New Puppy!

Just had to take a break from updating here with shoots and tear sheets from '08 to post a couple pictures of my beautiful new puppy, Nelly! Obviously there will be lots of pictures - most of which will be saved for the Facebook - but, just this once ;) I couldn't resist....

July 2008, DC Magazine

Had a couple of good assignments from DC Magazine for the July issue. It was kind of a hectic month for DC- they were transitioning from one photo editor (Forrest Stillin) to another (Jeff Millies), and as a result seemed like there were some last minute changes to the issue before printing. In any case, here's the first assignment:



This is Krista Johnson (left), with Judy Mayka and Thalia Attinger. They own and run a boutique on Wisconsin Ave in DC called "We One You Two". The focus was on Krista as she was the one interviewed for the piece. I was really happy with a lot of the shots, it's a shame it ended up running somewhat small. (They also cropped the hell out of it to make room for copy, which is always disappointing). Here's another shot of Krista that I really liked:



The boutique had lots of white walls and a really open sort of structure, so there was a lot of flexibility and control for lighting.

The other assignment was David Fogel of "Space 88":



Space 88 is a small business incubator space located in Silver Spring, Maryland. Small companies or individuals with small businesses can rent the space and it's amenities (including work stations, a conference room, a multimedia studio, and a lounge) for a relatively small monthly fee. They ended up going with something else instead, using a shot that was less about David and more about the space, but I still really like this shot of him.

July 2008, Baltimore Magazine

If you live in B-more or have visited here recently, you may have seen what people have been calling the "billboard trucks". With glass walls enabling you to see inside, these small box trucks roam the streets as cruising advertisements. The trucks get decked out with their clients company's logos and showcase some pretty attention grabbing eye candy, like the Victory Motorcycle we used for the shoot:



We had a blast shooting this! The location is the point up in Federal Hill park, which has a gorgeous view of downtown and Inner Harbor, Baltimore. Needless to say, you're really not supposed to drive a truck through the park, much less park it where we did for the shots, so we had very little time to get what we needed. We were only a little concerned about getting caught, convinced that the worst anyone would do is tell us to go away, but no one ever did. And it didn't seem to bother anyone at the park, in fact most seemed at least intrigued, some taking pictures of us photographing the truck.



Also in this issue I photographed Michael Osborne, executive director of Baltimore's Harbour Pointe, a treatment facility dedicated to helping compulsive gamblers. A former gambling addict himself, he's become an expert on illegal gambling and even gives workshops on the subject to the FBI and IRS. At the time of the shoot, he was working on a pilot episode for a reality tv type show being bid on by HBO and A&E.

When we met, I was hoping the sun would be down a little more than it was. It looks somewhat dark in the image, but it was actually quite bright out. I used tungsten filters on my lights to make the ambient sunlight blueish, and a fast shutter speed to darken it. I also put a small light on the ground behind him to help with the spotlight effect.