UNDER THE SEA
I had a great time visit my Dad and friends for Father’s Day on Sunday. I finally got a chance to use the underwater housing for my CanonG9. It definitely takes a bit to get used to the variables of underwater photography, but after I got used to what the housing and environment could and could [...]
THE LOVELY LACEY
Last week and this week have been pretty busy. I did two portrait shoots with a modern dancer named Lacey Grantz. We did one studio session on Thursday and did some fun outdoor, natural light stuff on Saturday. The top photo was from Saturday’s take and the bottom was from the studio session. We did [...]
INTROSPECTION
…or just a cheesy self-portrait? I guess it’s really not a self-portrait since my friend Drew pressed the button. This image is a result of a spontaneous night of shooting a few friends of mine had recently. I wanted to try a few different lighting ideas for an upcoming commercial shoot and it ended up [...]
BRAZIL
And no I’m not talking about Blanka’s stage on the original Street Fighter. I’m talking about a country so rich in culture it drowns you. I spent the first two weeks of 2008 in Brazil and was so impressed by the beauty and ethnology of the nation Id have liked to just stayed. Although there are an [...]
A NEW FRIEND
For those that are not aware, Ive been shooting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the last week or so and it has been an amazing experience thus far. It’s January and since Brazil is in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the height of Summer here. The day I arrived the temperature reached 102F however since [...]
MORE ATHLETES
Its been a little crazy around here for the past week or so. I have only 4 days left of work here at The Gazette before I pack up and drive the 16 hours back home to Houston. It seems like it has gone by so fast, yet at the same time, looking back, my [...]
ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
For the past week or so Ive been working on The Gazette’s Athletes of the Year special section that will come out in about 3 weeks. It’s something they put out each year that highlights the accomplishments of 12 (this year) prep athletes that have excelled in their sport for the season. I was handed [...]
AN A-LIST ACTOR AND A FEW RANTS
There really wasn’t too much to discuss today regarding images captured however I have to discuss the day’s goings on, as it has been a quite interesting few hours. Mondays are my late day so I sleep in a bit and start my shift at 2pm. About 11am, just minutes before my alarm was scheduled to [...]
OF PAINTERS AND PORTRAITS
I really need to make an entry about my experiences at the Mountain Workshops, but this one’s about today’s events. The majority of this morning was devoted to sending out my first barrage of photo applications to a tirade of different papers all over the country. With 18 packages postmarked and over $60 later, I [...]
A CURE FOR A BROKEN HEART
This is cardiologist, Dr. John R.Mehall sitting at the controls of a device manufactured by Intuitive Surgical Inc. called the DaVinci Surgical System. Dr. Mehall operates out of Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs and has been using this rare, non-invasive unit for a few months now. The 1.6 million dollar device includes a “robot-like” system that features [...]
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK #1
Today I got the chance to shoot the first Athlete of the Week sportrait (sports portrait for those not in the biz) for the Gazette’s special weekly highlight during the school year. The subject was Kory Harnell, a star golfer for Air Academy High School, which is situated on the Air Force Academy base. I wanted to [...]
LAST MINUTE PORTRAITS
A good friend of mine and dancer for Planet Funk Academy, Rebekah, had paid me for some portraits many moons ago, however it wasn’t until now that our schedules allowed us to actually work some images. She called me late Wednesday night and I really was not ready for a shoot. I really wanted to [...]
