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Maya
Here’s an image I made last week with Maya. I met her at a party and couldn’t resist asking to take her portrait. So glad she obliged!
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Sitting down with an Olympic legend – Adolf Kiefer
Adolf Kiefer at home in Illinois. In light of the recent accomplishments by Missy Franklin at the London Olympics (5 medals! 4 of them gold!) I thought I’d post some photos I shot and set aside a few...
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The real deal
Sometimes things just come together perfectly. Photographed at Paramount Studios in Hollywood while working a rather amazing event with my friend Maya Myers. Check her out here: http://mayamyers.com
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Ice the Villain
Here’s one from a recent shoot with hip-hop artist Ice the Villain. The shoot was a collaboration with a stylist friend, Sunshine Harding, that we submitted to the music and fashion blog Style &...
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Aaron Axelrod
These are some a couple of my favorite portraits from recent sessions with Los Angeles artist Aaron Axelrod. I first met Aaron through my girlfriend, who works with his cousin. I came across him...
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Rev. Cecil Murray for California Health Report
Last month I photographed the Rev. Cecil Murray in his old stomping grounds near the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, where he was pastor for 27 years. The shoot was for a...
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A conversation w/ Mark Francis
A couple days ago I had a random encounter with a man named Mark Francis while having coffee just off the boardwalk with some future photo subjects. When I was in college cigarettes were a great way...
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This is F*cking Awesome
To borrow a line from their hit single “Thrift Shop,” the above headline is what was going through my head while shooting the world tour poster for the hip-hop collaboration Macklemore & Ryan...
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Ace
I love shooting some of the many amazing, creative people residing in Venice. So I was thrilled to get together with the very talented Ace Norton last week at his Venice home. Since being introduced...
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Danni
Miami meets Venice Beach! A few weeks ago, I photographed Danni Washington, a Venice resident I met at the Venice Beach TEDx a couple months back. An environmentalist, using prize money won in a...
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Portraits from the world of higher ed
Here are a couple recent portraits shot at UCLA for separate stories for one of my favorite clients, The Chronicle of Higher Education. One of the best things about working with this publication is...
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Jody Miller & Amelia Warren Tyagi for brand eins Wissen
I’m finally coming up for air after a fairly busy April, and I realized I haven’t blogged for quite awhile. The month has been full of magazine and commercial assignments as well as excursions to...
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Mirror, Mirror
I was thrilled to be a part of this year’s Mirror, Mirror project benefitting the Safe Place for Youth, a drop-in center for homeless youth, ages 12-25, that is currently operating two afternoons a...
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Breaking Bad Composer Dave Porter for Sarah Lawrence College
In January I spent some time with Dave Porter, the composer responsible for forever imbuing the sound of a slide guitar with images of blue crystal meth, black hats and the scorching New Mexico...
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USA! – Jürgen Klinsmann for 11Freunde
As today marks team USA’s first game in the 2014 World Cup, I thought it was appropriate to post a couple of recent portraits I shot of the U.S. National Team head coach, and German soccer legend,...
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Jules Muck
Last week, I once again had the chance to photograph local artist Jules Muck. Most recognized throughout the area for her street art and murals, frequently green, spray painted interpretations of...
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Puttin’ on the Ritz
Every year or two Nana and I get back together to make some fresh portraits. This time, we had been talking about it when the opportunity to shoot in a room at the Ritz Carlton in downtown Los...
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Senior Surfers Cont’d.
I recently had my first encounter with a surfboard tree. What’s a surfboard tree, you ask? Well, for those of you who don’t know, which I can only imagine is most of you, it’s a part-wood,...
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Crime pays
These two shoots have something in common. One is a publicity shot for an actress named Marisa Costa who wanted to create an image that evoked a sort of noir, crime drama feel that might help her...
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The people in your neighborhood
Walking through the neighborhood recently I came across local musician Vinnie Caggiano, who was perched on the sill of the Groundworks coffee shop talking to our friend Petey Pete and strumming on a...
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