Jamey Novick Photography

02/18/2023

So...I don't post a lot here. As you can see. It's mostly a place for people to be able to contact me if they don't have any other means. This morning I thought, if I don't ever post here, at least my last post should reflect something of me out to the world. Well. The tiny part of me that is good anyway. ;)

I'm not gonna lie, it seems like things have gone a bit sideways in the world, and just as they seem to be righting themselves, another wave breaks over us. I don't care what you look like, what your politics are or your religion or your financial status or what bathroom you use. Things have been shaken. We have been shook. A lot of the places that we would normally turn for solace seem drained of color a bit.

But. The reality is, the big picture hasn't changed. Not at all. Your neighbors and family haven't turned into vile alien beings who want you to suffer. We've just been...artificially divided. We're all still here just trying to provide for ourselves and our families as best we are equipped. It's always been the case that some are far more equipped for such things than others. We all want the same things. We all want to be happy. And I want that for all of you. Every one of you.

There is a line in Paradise Lost that without context (you need to remove the context and the religion if it clouds the message for you), makes perfect sense here:

The mind is its own place, and in it self
Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n

I think there's money to be made by making a hell of heaven inside of us. So it's been happening for a long time now. And we just need to stop that. Just stop. Because we can.

I don't ever ask people to smile. There's something sad to me about expecting that turning up the corners of your mouth means you've actually moved from despondency to joy. But, on any day that you feel bad, I wish that I could say something so wicked, so innocent, so outrageous that the seed of that smile inside you would burst open into a thousand sun-flowers and explode whatever bad feeling had you in its grips.

I wish all of you, each one of you, the freedom of mind to differentiate between the picture that others with something to gain will show you and the reality they will build for you in order that they will make a single nickel, and the show that the universe is putting on for you every day, just for you. All for you.

Be free people. Be free.

04/27/2018

Hey there everyone! This is my yearly request for all of you to search your hearts for those friends and family who are super cool individuals that work well with others, avoid drama, work hard, show up on time, laugh at all my jokes (YES - THAT IS A REQUIREMENT - Ok, it's not a requirement), that would enjoy working with us this Summer. As usual, we have several photography positions open (we will train!!!!) and *maybe* some sales, and *maybe* some tech positions. We will train for all of them. The photographer positions are labor intensive and you must be able to handle hours outside in the weather holding a heavy camera and literally running around baseball fields. Tech and sales are less exciting, but less exciting is good for some people, so - please email us at info at jameynovick.com (see how I cleverly avoided spam by spelling that out - the "at" is the @ character) to schedule your appointment. We hire people of all ages as long as you are legally able to work :) and we LOVE when people come back to us every year. Please come back to us!!! We are looking to hire at least 10 people - so don't be shy...

02/21/2018

Thank you everyone who voted us 2018 Best of the Best Photographer!! It means a lot!!

05/15/2017

I'm posting this as a public service announcement. Update your windows computers with all the latest security updates. If you are running a system older than windows 10, check online for specific patches for the wannacry worm. Over 200k computers affected with this ransomeware.

04/14/2017

SUMMER HELP WANTED!!!!
It's that time of year again and we are currently hiring pleasant, very hard working, dedicated, punctual, socially intelligent, and otherwise totally awesome individuals to work with us out at Cooperstown All Star Village for the Summer. WE WILL ABSOLUTELY TRAIN THE RIGHT PEOPLE. The positions available are: TECH (photo wrangler - handle the photos once they come up from the fields), PHOTO (photographer), and SALES. It's hard work, I'm not going to lie, but every position is pretty cool in its own way. Please email us at [email protected] to set up an interview.

01/09/2017

Gorgeous sunrise this morning!

11/13/2016

Tonight's supermoon

11/10/2016

Check out this awesome 360 aerial shot we took this morning during the Rockefeller tree cutting right here in Oneonta!! Pan around to see the complete aerial view!!

10/12/2016

03/21/2016

Hello everyone! It's that time of year again when we reach out to our friends and family to find responsible, motivated, energetic hard working people to join our seasonal staff at Cooperstown All Star Village from June 4 thru August 27. Please pass the word along that we are accepting interviews now to fill openings in photography, sales, and tech, and that we do train for all of that (and several of our staff members work in all three areas).

For those of you interested in photography, this is very labor intensive outdoor work in the sun, rain, and - okay, we haven't worked in the snow yet. Yet. But sometimes it's pretty cold. We've had people coming back for many years in a row. I like to think that's because of me, but I'm pretty sure it's just a cool job.

SO - if you are a responsible, hard working, motivated individual, have an interest in working ALL SUMMER, work well on a team, have an interest in photography, photo editing, and or sales, and want to get together to see if we're a good fit, I'm excited to talk with you!

You can respond to this post or call (be sure to leave a message so we can call you back, we don't keep regular hours in the off-season) 607-437-9337.

09/28/2015

It's small but you can see the red from the supermoon between the house and the tree

01/18/2015

Not only can we restore photos from prints, we can also restore from negatives 35mm and 220!!