Every year the San Francisco chapter of the American Photographic Artists, hosts a very larger juried photo show. In fact, it always ends up being their best attended event of the year. The show is geared towards the personal images taken by commercial photographers. The work is always PHENOMENAL, and truly inspiring. More than 1000 prints are submitted, but the final selection is limited to only 100 finals. I always feel lucky to have some of my own work selected […]

He is actually a great actor, or at least I can say that he can really get into it. Pretty amazing for and autistic child. He loves participating, but he does have a limited time limit before he acts out in his full Prima Donna mode. I love working with him though.  Here he is in an older shot, but in a recent new ad design. And no, that’s not me next to him. That’s a paid model who people […]

I always enjoy working with The Valley Girl crew. The show is well thought out and the crew moves through the production quickly with a lot of fun to boot.   People always think we shoot shots in real living rooms or kitchens or whatever it may seem, so I like to show a birds eye view to demonstrate what really makes a video set. And why it is so much easier to light in a studio than on location.  

  It’s true. Although it may not be what you think. While I know it’s wise for a photographer to share his latest work, since my weekends are typically consumed with something else, I felt like sharing more about the reality of life. At least my life.   Briefly: every weekend I need to split up capsules of medications and supplements for my son Matthew. Usually it takes 2-3 hours of extra time per weekend to prepare his weekly supplement […]

Hey, it’s always nice to get a little recognition. Especially when it is from one of the largest industry communities in the world The AMCP – Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals.  I don’t know when this was posted, but I just came across if while doing a Google search for some images.  Thanks AMCP http://blog.amcpros.com/2012/08/28/photography-in-advertising/   ****************************************************************************************************************************   WOW, another surprise when doing a search. Another write-up. this time on the video that was shot of the project from […]

    The Valley Girl web show is totally fun. Great crew to work with. This was a week long shoot, filled with local Bay Area entrepreneurs.  Jesse Draper is the host of the show and she is quite dedicated.  But Jon, the producer, was the person who really put in all the groundwork for me and the crew.  And boy, look at that set!  Next time, though, I am breaking out Margaritas at the end.

    Working with one of my favorite producers, Mike Kaney, on a caveman video for Koding.  I was just asked to direct because Mike felt I could pull something out of the non-pro actors that wouldn’t be seen otherwise. I am glad he has such faith in me. I think the reason I can do that is because I am more willing than most to push myself even into an embarrassing spot, in order to get the shot.  As […]

    Got to shoot some great pick-up shots for the 4th Street Video today. Naomi Hummel worked extra hard for me on this shoot.  Aerialists do dangerous work. So the crew and I spent 4 hours putting up special rigging. Pipes, bolted to other pipes, tied into the ceiling, braced by high rollers, tied to sandbags, counter balanced by wood framing, etc……  She came in, took one look and said, “tear it down”. It was too complicated and looked […]

    Some shoots are just more fun than others. It was great to have a very talented Austin Powers impersonator in the studio for a shoot for TMG.  This is just a screen capture of the video we shot. I hope to have a secondary roll of the video up on the website soon. Shooting photographs is different than directing video. When working with actors on still photography, I speak directly to the models as I am shooting them. […]

    We had a great time shooting outdoor stills and video for Altec.  Being outdoors on a beautiful day really makes one appreciate both the career choice and living in California. We were working with Valerie from Altec. She is one of those healthy people who runs like 20 miles ever morning or something like that. Looks healthy, eats healthy, is healthy.  So she had no problem trenching through the fields helping to carry equipment.  So I wasn’t embarrassed […]