About Jason Kravitz

The History of Me and Photography
Since a young age, I have thrived on channeling my creative flow through various mediums. Growing up in the 80's, I was fully immersed in the rise of the personal computer. Whether I was learning to write code, play games or toying with graphics applications, the computer was a powerful tool for expressing my creativity. Photography is a relatively new outlet for me although not surprising since my father Steve is an avid photographer. Film always seemed foreign, so it was digital photography that pulled me into the fray. Several years, classes, cameras and lenses later, I find it surprising that I wasn't shooting sooner.

The History of Aminus3
Long ago in the year 2003, I had a strange dream about subtraction, the letter A and the number 3. I spoke with a colorful cast of characters from Owen Wilson to a Full Metal Jacket style drill sergeant. My goal was to discover the answer to the question...

What is A - 3 ?

While I am no stranger to strange dreams, some such as this one seem slightly more significant. I woke up and registered Aminus3.com unsure of what it would become. Nearly a year later, my friend Aaron Schmidt and I decided this would be a nice home for us to share our photos with each other and so Aminus3 the Photoblog site was born. We went on a few more years with a closed community of family and friends before opening the site up to the public. Since then we've been amazed and thankful for the wonderful people from all over the world who have chosen to share their images on our website.

We encourage people with a passion for photography to create an account.

Life Beyond the Camera
Before photography, Aaron and I came together through music. We played in several bands together including Down to the Shake and the infamous quali.T.nhine. I have been known to play piano, keyboards, synths, trombone, harmonica and a sprinkling of vocals here and there. Occasionally, I'll pick up a guitar and attempt to sing along to a variety of songs in C, D or G.

I am also interested in games and virtual worlds. I wrote a little shareware game for the Mac nearly a decade ago called DevilDarts and then a new version for Windows Mobile devices a few years later. I am contemplating an iPhone version if I get some time...

It is appropriate that Aminus3 was born from a dream. I am interested in creating consciousness technology which allows people to expand their awareness on a personal and collective level. I am currently working on an interactive dream software that allows dreamers to find patterns and waking life themes in their dreams. I am also looking at ways to engage the Aminus3 community to work with their images to find deeper meaning in their lives.

Photography Equipment

Canon 40D
Gitzo Explorer G2228 Tripod
Kirk BH3 Tripod Head

Main Lenses
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 IS
Canon 24-105mm f/4 IS

Other Lenses
Canon 17-40mm f/4
Canon 400mm f/5.6
Canon 75-300mm IS (plus Nikon 6T close-up filter for macro)

Software
Adobe Lightroom 2
Adobe CS3
Mac OSX (it's been 10 or so years since I've left you and I'm happy to be back!)