FEATURED IN PDN MAGAZINE
Back in October, I was browsing through my issue of PDN (Photo District News) magazine and came across an ad that was promoting one of their contests. I have never really paid much attention to contests, the few that I have entered in the past have been in the photojournalism realm and most of the [...]
FEATURED IN PHOTOSHOP USER MAGAZINE
About a month and a half ago I got an email from Mike Mackenzie, Associate Publisher of Photoshop User and Layers magazines, letting me know that they wanted me to be featured in Photoshop User magazine. I was thrilled to be featured in a magazine that I receive and read every month. Check out the story and see PDF images of the entire magazine feature spread here.
PRINTS FOR SALE!
In June of 2010 I participated in a group gallery show called “Convergences” featuring an amazing group of local Houston illustrators, painters and street artists. I assembled a grid of 4 square prints to display which conveyed my theme of “abstract portraits”. These 4, 20″x20″ prints are now being sold to help fund an exciting upcoming project.
THE 400 PAGE BLURB BOOK
I recently created a mammoth, 400 page 7″x7″ book via Blurb.com for my grandmother’s 80th birthday celebration. The pages were filled with 100% scanned in film images from my family’s history. See how the book came to be as well as see lots of photos of the finished product in this post.
IN PRINT: Alpacas and Doctors for the Houston Chronicle
In early March I got an assignment to photograph famed Houston plastic surgeon, Dr. Joseph Agris. Agris is known for his charitable work all over the globe which is funded partially by his private practice here in Houston. We initially shot a few images of Dr. Agris at his Texas Med Center offices, but agreed [...]
IN PRINT: The Scales for Highways Magazine
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: Highways Magazine PUBLICATION DATE: January 2010 LINK: http://www.goodsamclub.com NOTES: I was assigned to photograph Susan and Monty Scales back in October. The assignment was to get some images of them next to their RV which was in San Leon, a town near the coast of Southeast Texas. When I first arrived I [...]
IN PRINT: Africa book
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: AFRICA (self-published photo book) PUBLICATION DATE: January 2010 LINK: n/a NOTES: This little book has been a long time coming. Back in July of 2009 I spent a little over a week exploring Southern Africa and came away with a diverse set of images from the coastal villages near Cape Town to [...]
IN PRINT: Planet Funk in Qatar for Health and Fitness
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: Health and Fitness Magazine PUBLICATION DATE: December 2009 LINK: http://www.healthandfitnessmag.com/ NOTES: This is a two-page spread in the December 2009 issue of Health and Fitness Magazine about Planet Funk’s trip to Qatar in October. I accompanied the group and had an incredible time. I did a fair amount of video in addition [...]
IN PRINT: Edward Kampf for Houston Chronicle
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: Houston Chronicle PUBLICATION DATE: November 7, 2009 LINK: N/A NOTES: From time to time I get an assignment to make a quick business portrait from the Chronicle. A portrait assignment assigned to me by the Chron and a portrait assignment assigned to me by a business magazine may seem similar and may [...]
IN PRINT: Brad Ausmus for Sports Illustrated
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: SI.com / Sports Illustrated PUBLICATION DATE: October 16th, 2009 LINK: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/the_bonus/10/16/brad.ausmus/index.html NOTES: This image of former Astro, Brad Ausmus, was taken during batting practice. He had just signed with the Dodgers and this was his first time back at Minute Maid Park since the move. He was laughing and carrying on with [...]
IN PRINT: Brad Burke for Rice University
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: Rice University: Jones Graduate School of Business promotional brochure PUBLICATION DATE: October 2009 LINK: http://business.rice.edu/ NOTES: I met Brad Burke, Rice University’s managing director of the Jones Graduate School of Business while on assignment for the Houston Chronicle. I was assigned to photograph Burke for a business feature for the paper and [...]
IN PRINT: Rio Feature for Pet Talk
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: Pet Talk Magazine PUBLICATION DATE: October 2009 LINK: http://houstonpettalk.com NOTES: I shot this feature during my last trip to South America. I was there working on other essays, but decided to explore the intricacies of pet life in Rio for Pet Talk Magazine’s new travel section. I wanted to show that like [...]
IN PRINT: Houston Cougars for ESPN
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: ESPN.com / ESPN The Magazine PUBLICATION DATE: September 28th, 2009 LINK: http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/8520/houston-stays-even-keeled-after-texas-tech-win NOTES: I shot this image of Case Keenum, the quarterback of my Alma-Mater, the University of Houston Cougars during the amazing win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Robertson Stadium in Houston, Texas.
IN PRINT: The Dog Whisperer for Pet Talk
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: Pet Talk Magazine PUBLICATION DATE: September 2009 LINK: http://houstonpettalk.com NOTES: I shot this image during a shoot with Cesar near Lake Conroe, north of Houston during this past Summer. He was filming an episode of his hit NatGeo channel show, The Dog Whisperer and I was lucky to be able to tag [...]
IN PRINT: Performing Pets for Pet Talk
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: Pet Talk Magazine PUBLICATION DATE: April 2009 LINK: http://s49388.gridserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/09_pettalk_04.pdf NOTES: The image above is of Grover and Shawn. Shawn is a collector of rare birds and Grover is a rare hyacinth macaw native to the central Brazilian Amazon region. Hyacinths are majestic creatures, the largest flying parrot species in the world. Shawn [...]
IN PRINT: Bloody Midgets featured on SportsShooter
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: SportsShooter.com PUBLICATION DATE: January 23rd, 2009 LINK: http://sportsshooter.com NOTES: I was delighted to see my essay on midget wrestling was featured on the front page over at SportsShooter.com. See the entire series on my main portfolio website HERE.
IN PRINT: Milken Award winner for Houston Chronicle
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: Houston Chronicle PUBLICATION DATE: December 18th, 2008 LINK: N/A NOTES: This image shot during an assignment for the Houston Chronicle was my second Milken award ceremony. I photographed my first back in late 2007 in Colorado Springs. They are fun since they tell me who won before they tell anyone else! The [...]
IN PRINT: Hanenburg for the Rocky Mountain News
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: The Rocky Mountain News PUBLICATION DATE: August 8th, 2008 LINK: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/27/pressure-doesnt-faze-hanenburg/ NOTES: I shot this image of cross country star Kaitlin Hanenburg in late 2007 for the Colorado Springs Gazette before it was picked up a year later by the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado.
IN PRINT: President George Bush for Baseball Musings
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: BaseballMusings.com PUBLICATION DATE: December 20th, 2007 LINK: http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/024285.php NOTES: I shot this image of former President George Bush Sr. and former first lady Barbara Bush at an Astros game. Mr. and Mrs. Bush frequent Astros games so I see them often. They have the best seats in the house (directly behind home [...]
IN PRINT: Pet feature for the Detroit Free Press
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: freep.com / Detroit Free Press PUBLICATION DATE: December 7th, 2007 LINK: N/A NOTES: This image of Monty and his new owner was originally shot for the Colorado Springs Gazette and picked up by the Free Press.
IN PRINT: Kevin Kolb for Sports Illustrated
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: Sports Illustrated PUBLICATION DATE: May 7th, 2007 LINK: http://sportsillustrated.com NOTES: This image of former UH Cougar quarterback Kevin Kolb was from a UH home game during the 2006 season I believe. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles as a backup QB behind Donovan McNabb.
IN PRINT: House of Dreams movie poster
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: House of Dreams movie poster PUBLICATION DATE: April 2007 LINK: http://houseofdreamsthemovie.com NOTES: A various assortment of my portraits done of Planet Funk dancers, have been featured here on the front of a set of promotional posters and flyers for House of Dreams a documentary filmed here in Houston. The flyers were designed [...]
IN PRINT: 2006 UH Engineering Annual Report
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: 2006 University of Houston: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Annual Report PUBLICATION DATE: 2007 LINK: http://www.egr.uh.edu/ECE/ NOTES: This has quite a few of my images I made while working in the communications department for the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston, my alma-mater. I did several shoots in [...]
IN PRINT: print mailers for The Lodge
PUBLICATION OR LOCATION: print mailers/flyers for The Lodge at Bayou Bend restaurant in Houston, Texas. PUBLICATION DATE: Spring 2007 LINK: N/A NOTES: Some of my food photography for the upscale restaurant, The Lodge at Bayou Bend (formerly the Rainbow Lodge, now Landry’s owned Brenner’s on the Bayou) was featured on these print mailers to promote [...]
