BEST OF THE CHRONICLE 2010 (JAN-JUNE)
One of my regular editorial clients is my hometown newspaper, The Houston Chronicle. Since my workload lately consists of more corporate work, getting an assignment from the Chron often seems like a much needed break. From triathlons to plastic surgeons, these are my favorite images produced on location for The Houston Chronicle between January and June, 2010.
JAMESON TAILLON
I recently photographed local pitching phenom, Jameson Taillon, at his high school’s home field in The Woodlands, Texas. Jameson was recently selected 2nd overall in Major League Baseball’s 2010 first-year player draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
FUTURE OLYMPIAN?
A couple of weeks ago I got an assignment to photograph an up and coming high school swimming star from Kingwood, Texas. The image was going to accompany an article for the All Greater Houston section of the Houston Chronicle which is a special section highlighting outstanding high school athletes from the Houston area. After [...]
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 [...]
ADRIENNE & ELIZABETH
A few weeks ago my friend Adrienne assisted me on an editorial portrait shoot for The Houston Chronicle. It was a rather overcast and chilly day, but she was a trooper and patiently stood in as I got my lighting all set prior to the subject’s arrival. Of the few frames of Adrienne that I [...]
RANDOM ABSTRACTIONS
The other day I decided to play around with a few photo tools I rarely get the chance to utilize. I toyed with photographing a few things in the office and kitchen before finding inspiration and making some rather abstract imagery. The photo above is one I particularly liked from the set. There is a [...]
THE RED CURTAIN
No, this is entry has nothing to do with the USSR or the Cold War, but we do like red. Libby and I have some bold red curtains that span an entire wall in our living room, so we decided to have a bit of fun with some gear that was laying about being inventoried. [...]
BEST OF 2009
As we wrap up the first week of the new year I can’t help but reflect on the past year. There were struggles as there are with anything, but I’d be remised if I didn’t sit back and be thankful for the good things. I met a lot of great people, made a few new [...]
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: 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 [...]
MORE PORTRAITS!
I’ve had a rather busy week catching up on pretty much everything, toiling over contest entries and shooting. This week is the first week I think I’ve shot more stills than video with the new 5D II. First it was Sunday with Lacey and today it was Shawn. I had a noon assignment for the [...]
NEW PORTRAITS
Today I got to sleep in (not like that’s unusual or anything) and meet up with the lovely Lacey Grantz. I have done portraits of Lacey in the past and had a blast then, and this time was no different. She is a doll and so easy to work with. We shot a variety of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
