Archive for the ‘Athlete Portrait’ Category

Junior Seau – RIP

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

I was very saddened to hear the news about Junior today. He was one of the first professional athletes I photographed when I moved to San Diego in the early 90′s and my athlete portraits have hung in his Mission Valley restaurant since it opened. Junior had a wonderful smile and was always a pleasure to have in the studio, he will be missed.

Chrissie Wellington – Iron Lady

Sunday, April 29th, 2012

Outdoor Fitness Magazine feature article on Chrissie Wellington.

EA SPORTS NCAA13 Cover

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Here is a peek at the new cover I shot of RGIII for EA NCAA FOOTBALL 13.

RGIII – NCAA Cover Shoot

Monday, March 12th, 2012

Here is a video of our shoot at Baylor with Robert Griffin III.

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LAVA – Heather Jackson

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

I shot the new cover of LAVA in San Diego with triathlete Heather Jackson. Always nice to see an art director use the photos well and let the images speak.

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Chris Lieto – Speedplay

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Here is an ad that is running in Triathlete Magazine shot in our studio for Speedplay.

Can The 49ers Keep It Up?

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Mike Cammalleri – Puck Life Cover

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Here is a shot of Cammallari that ended up on the cover of Puck Life.

J.J. Putz for SI

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

I did some portraits for Sports Illustrated back at Spring Training at the Diamondbacks new facility. J.J. was great to work with and gave us enough time to shoot some portraits on the mound and also in the pen.

Abby Wambach

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Congrats to Abby Wambach and the USA team, great finish yesterday! Here are a couple of frames I shot of her at The Home Depot Center for Backpacker Magazine.

Bill Walton & Scout Bassett Team Up

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

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!

Scout Bassett and Bill Walton

A behind the scenes video shot by the very talented John Gefrom. BillWaltonCAF2-desktop 5_FastStart_512K

Drew Brees – Madden 11 Cover

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

vg_madden11_cover_300Today 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.

Times Square Billboard

Times Square Billboard

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Tim Tebow – EA Cover Shoot

Friday, April 9th, 2010

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.

Kendry Morales – Sports Illustrated

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
March 22, 2010 issue of Sports Illustrated

March 22, 2010 issue of Sports Illustrated

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!

Our Dugout Studio

Our Dugout Studio