Monday, August 25, 2014
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Monday, August 18, 2014
Cardinal Plaza Shell Portraits
Back in February I was hired to shoot the Cardinal Plaza Shell in Springfield, Virginia for Ratchet + Wrench. The owner, Scott Brown, was very pleased with my photography and asked me back to photograph his staff and additional shots of the Gas Station for his new website. The portraits are in color on the website but I couldn’t help myself and converted a few to Black and White and worked up a handful of outtakes.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Cosmic Foreshadowing
My first photo shoot. Sort of… I was on the other side of the camera. This is my brother and I in Thailand in 1983-4ish. We were on vacation and my parents were asked by a photographer doing a fashion shoot if their kids could be in a shot. I remember being on the boat with the model but we could not communicate. I obviously did not speak Thai and she did not speak english. Not sure why my shirt is tucked in like that. I never tuck in my shirt. Even now. I don’t know what was going through my brother’s head but his glance to the model makes this shot interesting.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Full Time Photographer Podcast
A few months ago I was contacted by Josh Rossi and asked to be interviewed for his Full Time Photographer Podcast. I was of course flattered that he would reach out to me and I told him I would play along if I could be of any help. Last week we conducted the interview over Skype and I thought it went well. Josh is a great guy and his Podcast is apparently gaining steam in downloads at iTunes. The Podcast is geared towards beginning photographers who are in the early throws pursuing a career. We mostly talked of assisting and hopefully something worth interest came out of my mouth. Given an opportunity I can get a little long winded but luckily Josh was there to reign me end and keep me from hanging an abrupt left into tangent-land. Here is a link to the podcast on his site as well as a link to iTunes if you prefer their interface. Check out the rest of his series. He’s been at it a while so there is bound to be a wealth of knowledge there. Thanks Josh!
Full Time Photographer Podcast (Website)
Full Time Photographer (iTunes)
Friday, August 1, 2014
Last Round from Dusseldorf
The last afternoon and evening before heading home I had a chance to run around and see a little more of Dusseldorf. We took a tour bus around Dusseldorf and the photography was pretty abysmal through the side window but it was great to see more than a few blocks around the hotel. That evening I ran out with Robert and walked around the Ko and photographed the new Daniel Libeskind buildings.