I have been working with The Challenged Athletes Foundation for many years shooting portraits and events. A few weeks back, I had the pleasure of photographing Bill Walton and CAF athlete, Scout Bassett, together in my studio. These images will be used to promote CAF’s annual Million Dollar Challenge, a 620-mile bike ride from San Francisco to San Diego from October 16-22. http://www.challengedathletes.org/compete/MDC_2006.htm
Scout is currently a student at UCLA where Bill led The Bruins to National Titles in 1972 and 1973. They both are avid cyclist and each have custom made bikes by Holland. To learn more about CAF, Scout and how you can help CAF, please visit http://www.challengedathletes.org/ You will be inspired!
I will be giving a webinar on with Photoshelter tomorrow titled: Focus on Your Passion: Finding Yourself in Photography. It should run about an hour and I will discuss some of the details of my personal project, Behind Photographs, shot on 20×24 Polaroid. In addition, I plan on giving some insight on how shooting personal work can help you to create a unique brand in this ever changing industry. Please check out the details at https://www.photoshelter.com/about/webinar/
I have been getting a bunch of calls about Ron and the HBO documentary “Smash His Camera”. I photographed Ron in New York for my Behind Photographs Project a couple years back. After the shoot, Ron was kind enough to send me 4 different signed copies of his books. Like him or not, there are some amazing images in his library, he truly has documented a generation.
Ron Galella and his photo "Windblown Jackie" 10/4/1971
I am happy to announce my latest project with for EA Sports. I had the unique opportunity to shoot Randy Couture in Las Vegas and then travel to Stary Oskol, Russia to photograph Fedor Emelianenko. Both fighters were amazing to work with and provided us with some great content. Along with fellow Brooks Institute graduate, Jeff Wiant, we shot video for the game release trailer which was announced this week at E3. Jeff edited the piece complete with a custom soundtrack by Chris Hoffee. I have to say the Canon 7D and Mark IV HD video was a blast to shoot. I will be able to release more details from the shoot soon and include some behind the scenes footage and stills. Thanks for reading.
Today EA announced that Drew Brees won the cover contest hosted by Doritos. We shot the cover for the second year in a row. Drew was amazing to work with, a true pro on set for our two day shoot which included not only the cover, but the “In Game” intro movie. Special thanks to Uncle Mark for producing, The San Diego Production Center for your great crew, EA for trusting me with this amazing opportunity and my studio staff for busting it out once again. Here are some “Behind the Scenes” videos from the shoot.
It is sad to see another participant from my Behind Photographs Project pass away, but I am very thankful to have shared time with so many of these great photographers. Marty Lederhandler was a legendary AP photographer who had a career which spanned 66 years. I was introduced to Marty by Paul Waldman, founder of The Living American Masters Photographers Project, just over a year ago and was able to photograph him in New York. Paul has documented photographers for about 15 years and we first met when he came to interview and photograph Dean Collins around 1993. At the time, I was Dean’s studio manager. In addition to Paul shooting portraits of photographers, he has also been recording them to create an oral history of the photo industry. Please take time to listen to Marty’s famous pigeon story from D-Day that Paul shared with us and visit his site at www.thelampp.org. Pigeon Story
It’s mid April and most of us are scrambling to get funds in order to pay our taxes. This year, while getting his tax money out of the bank, photographer Kim Komenich, did a bit more than just that…..he stopped a robbery.
It is no surprise. Kim is an amazing person and a incredible photographer. Here is his portrait for my Behind Photographs Project. He is holding a book of this images from The Phillippines when he captured the fall of The Marcos Regime and won The Pulitzer in 1987.
EA just posted a video of our cover shoot with Tim Tebow for the cover and marketing images for NCAA 11. More details and images to come after the draft. A special thanks to the EA creative team and Tim for a fun and memorable day.
I just got more sad news that my friend, legendary Rock & Roll Photographer, Jim Marshall, passed away last night in NY. I was just with Jim a few weeks back in San Francisco. He was the first photographer I recorded for my Behind Photographs Project in Dec 2006. I clearly recall him looking at the 20×24 Polaroid camera and quickly telling me that I was “F****** Crazy”. I first met Jim at the Indy 500 while I was at a party photographing Paul Newman. When I was introduced to Jim, he shook my hand and we talked a bit about photography. He then handed me his card and told me to call him later that evening to meet up for a drink. He not only had an amazing eye, but an incredible ability to recall the stories behind his images. He was a living history book. Jim started his career in 1959 and worked with everyone in the early days of Rock and Roll. The Stones, Janice, The Dead, Dylan, The Who, The Beatles, Miles….and the list goes on. He will be dearly missed but his pictures will live on forever. www.marshallphoto.com
Morrison Hotel Gallery, New York for the opening of TRUST
Jim talking about his famous Johnny Cash shot with Michael Zagaris, myself and Tracy Storer
Check out SI this week. I shot the double page spread portrait for the opener of the Kendry Morales story. The compelling words of Ben Reiter discuss Morales, his Cuban roots and his 12 attempts to flee the island in search of a new life in America. A special thanks to Nate Gordon at SI for calling me up for Spring Training!
When I was a student at Brooks Institute, I vividly remember when Charles Moore came to be a guest speaker. His haunting and powerful images will be forever etched in my mind. Charles Moore used his camera to change the world. Last week Charles passed away at age 79. I had the chance to reconnect with him not long ago in New York when he sat for a portrait for my Behind Photographs project. Please take a the time to view this documentary on Charles, he deserves a small portion of your day in exchange for his lifetime of work.
Thank you Charles for your time, your images and the love you have shared. You will be dearly missed.
Congrats to Zach Parise for scoring one of the most clutch goals ever in yesterdays Gold Medal game with 24 seconds left. But it was the Canadian Team that pulled it out in OT to win the gold, in what (in my opinion), was the highlight of the winter games.
Tech Note (For Photo Geeks): Profoto head with Mola overhead on boom arm. Single strobe head on background. Canon Mark II DS, 85mm.
Here is my cover and a shot from the new issue of Dirtsports Magazine. I was given this assignment based on a photo I took about 15 years ago of Ivan “The Ironman” Stewart that was shot for No Fear. Back then (in the days of Photoshop verson 1, which I didn’t even own), I made a giant No Fear logo that was cut out and placed backward on the face of a large diffusion flat. This large flat was lit with strobes to create a large light source which I used to light the portrait. I then shot the portrait of Ivan using a 4×5 view camera and in his eyes you could read the words, No Fear.
The editor of Dirtsports Magazine has followed my work for years and was familiar with this image. For this years Driver of the Year issue, he asked me to create a similar image of Andy McMillin with the iconic McMillin “M” logo in Andy’s eyes. So I pulled the old trick out of my bag and made a giant “M” logo, filled it in with some blue gels and it worked like a charm. Sure these days you could do this in Photoshop, but it was fun to do it in camera. It made for a more interesting photoshoot and certainly got the crew at the shop talking. Andy is an amazing driver and a great kid, I think we have just begun to see him on the podium. To check out more pics of Andy and see some footage of him behind the wheel, check out http://www.andymcmillin.com.
Here are some pics from fun shoot for Harlingwood Equity Partners. They were looking to update their website with fresh images that better represented their progressive staff and work environment.
Here is some additional press on my “Behind Photographs” project running on the CBS China website. The gallery features 37 images they selected. Please take a peek, http://image.fengniao.com/vision/content/1/138-1.html.
I received a request from a magazine today to pull files of all the players I had shot portraits of that are playing this weekend. Here is what I came up with. Should be great weekend of football.
Here is a peek at the Russian edition of Esquire Magazine that I have to say is full of amazing design and photography. They ran a series of my photographer portraits this month. Be sure to check out the contributor pic! Who is that handsome Cyborg?
Today EA announced that Drew Brees won the cover contest hosted by Doritos. We shot the cover for the second year in a row. Drew was amazing to work with, a true pro on set for our two day shoot which included not only the cover, but the “In Game” intro movie. Special thanks to Uncle Mark for producing, The San Diego Production Center for your great crew, EA for trusting me with this amazing opportunity and my studio staff for busting it out once again. Here are some “Behind the Scenes” videos from the shoot.
When I was a student at Brooks Institute, I vividly remember when Charles Moore came to be a guest speaker. His haunting and powerful images will be forever etched in my mind. Charles Moore used his camera to change the world. Last week Charles passed away at age 79. I had the chance to reconnect with him not long ago in New York when he sat for a portrait for my Behind Photographs project. Please take a the time to view this documentary on Charles, he deserves a small portion of your day in exchange for his lifetime of work.
Here is my cover and a shot from the new issue of Dirtsports Magazine. I was given this assignment based on a photo I took about 15 years ago of Ivan “The Ironman” Stewart that was shot for No Fear. Back then (in the days of Photoshop verson 1, which I didn’t even own), I made a giant No Fear logo that was cut out and placed backward on the face of a large diffusion flat. This large flat was lit with strobes to create a large light source which I used to light the portrait. I then shot the portrait of Ivan using a 4×5 view camera and in his eyes you could read the words, No Fear.
Here are some pics from fun shoot for Harlingwood Equity Partners. They were looking to update their website with fresh images that better represented their progressive staff and work environment.
Here is some additional press on my “Behind Photographs” project running on the CBS China website. The gallery features 37 images they selected. Please take a peek,
I received a request from a magazine today to pull files of all the players I had shot portraits of that are playing this weekend. Here is what I came up with. Should be great weekend of football.
