FUEL

It is always an honor to get the call from the team at Nike for their photo needs. This past week was no exception at the launch of the new Nike FUEL. I had the good fortune to photograph, for the first time, the legendary athletes Lance Armstrong and Carmelita Jeter. I also shot future NBA MVP Kevin Durant who I have worked with countless times before. Looking forward to shooting him again at this years All Star Game. Thanks to the Nike team and my kick ass photo crew who helped to make the day a success.

 

Graflex

The holidays were a whirlwind and things are back up in full speed to start the New Year. There are some great projects on the horizon and I cant wait to be able to blog about them. While I had some down time around Christmas and for the past few months, I have been playing around with an old school Graflex and digital back – having the time of my life. Its really fun to make pictures! With the right subject and the right situation, its also a blast to bring it on commercial shoots.Wanted to do a quick post of a portrait that I shot with it of Dwight Howard. Love the whole experience of shooting with it – my subjects interest, the slow pace and the beautiful fall off.

Great Scott!

The Christmas Album

I couldnt resist the cheesy title but really – Great Scott! A few months back I met with the awesome team at Clear Channel and was optimistic that we might work together down the road.  I had the good fortune to do just that for the Scott Weiland performance. It was 30 minutes shooting feature portraits and then an hour shooting an intimate concert.  Yes – thats way oversimplified – didnt mention the 3 hours of prep, the hour delay and the lugging Jeyhoun and I did but really – a damn good day! All the girls at Clear Channel were super helpful and inspiring and creative and yes – they are all women. I probably was a Stone Temple Pilots fan back in the day but that was really insignificant.  Watching someone as talented Scott perform up close is always the highlight of my job.  Whether its watching LeBron dunk or Bobby Flay cook or Scott sing – to be around people who are that good at what they do is very inspiring.

 

The Christmas Album