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LUNCH EDIQUETTE
n my early college years, I had a friend who was an exceptionally talented photographer. Over time, a kind of spirited rivalry developed between...
SAYING GOODBYE TO GRACIE
When the divorce first happened, the kids would crawl into my bed at night. Totally understandable. And, quite frankly, I enjoyed having a son...
Giving Varian Tech a Heart Attack
Back in the day, I did a lot of work for Varian Oncology out of Palo Alto, California.Some of the projects required travel to...
A River Runs Through It ••••
Many people don’t realize this, but a network of forgotten creeks and waterways that run beneath the streets of San Francisco. I certainly had...
Busted on HWY 280 ••••
Photographers often get invited to inticing fashion events. Mainly because the event sponsor knows that a photographer would bring attractive, undiscovered models with...
A Famous Photographer Needs My Help ••••
Back in the ’80s, there was a famous commercial photographer whose name was familiar to virtually everyone in the industry: Jay Maisel. Jay Maisel...
MY FIRST SHOOT WITH STEVE JOBS:
I was fortunate enough to meet Steve Jobs twice.I also had the privilege of photographing his successor, Jean-Louis Gassée. The first time I met...
21 •••••• Please, I have to meet ROBIN WILLIAMS 1 • ••••••
She was begging me. So I gave in. I was lucky enough to meet Robin Williams more than once in the studio. He was...
63 •••••• What the hell am I doing? I’m a Photographer, not a ……
It was about ten o’clock on a Saturday morning in late 1999. I was still a young man, and I stood on a sidewalk...
MY FIRST PRISON VISIT
“What do you think we are—animals?!” The inmate was screaming at me, veins bulging, eyes fierce. Around us, prisoners started swarming like bees to...
