Erik Huggers Variety Weekly Intel


Here are my recent portraits of Vice President
General Manager of Intel Media, Erik Huggers for the new "Variety Weekly."  I spent the day taking portraits of Erik all around the Intel office campus. I even got to photograph him on the roof in front of Silicon Valley's largest satellite. The satellite was so big to get the whole structure in the photo including Erik, I had stand so far back you couldn't even identify his face. I had to stick to the closer photographs of Huggers in front of the satellite. My favorite photo is the tight shot on the black background of Erik. The photo has an energy exhibiting Erik's pioneer optimism on media and technology.



TV PRODUCERS FOR VARIETY WEEKLY

I photographed TV producers last week for the new Variety Weekly.

According to the Huffington Post, "Hollywood trade magazine Variety launches a new era on Tuesday with the publication of its first weekly glossy magazine focused on in-depth, analytical stories aimed squarely at entertainment industry professionals.

A week after 80 years of daily publication ceased following a change in ownership, the new editors at Variety say the magazine will shine a "laser focus" on the business needs of Hollywood rather than moving toward the more celebrity-filled content seen on other entertainment outlets."

It is kind of exciting I got to shoot for the very first Variety Weekly... it is somewhat historical. 

Basically I took straight portraits of the TV producers capturing glimpses of their personality while talking TV.  It was intriguing to hear them talk about their current favorite TV shows and what makes a good television show:



Chuck Lorre Executive Producer and Creator of The Big Bang Theory, Two and Half Men, and Mike and Molly)

 
David Goldberg (Chairmen and CEO of Endemol North America)
 
Thomas Beers (producer of Deadliest Catch and CEO of FreeMantleMedia North America)

 Susan Daniels (President of Programming 
for MTV)
 
Malik Ducard (YouTube)
 Jay Sures (UTA Managing Director)

 James Duff (Executive Producer of Major Crimes)


 Loretha Jones (President of Programming, BET Networks)
 Kurt Sutter (Creator/Producer of Sons of Anarachy)
 Michael Wright (President of Programming of TNT, TBS, and TCM)
 Graham Yost (Executive Producer of Justified and The Americans)
Beth Roberts (Chief Operating Officer, Universal Cable Productions, and executive VP, business affairs, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment and Cable Studios, NBCUniversal)
 Emiliano Saccone (President of MundoFox)
 Greg Yaitanes (Executive Producer, Banshee)
 Janet Tamaro (Executive Producer of Rizzoli and Isles)
 Kevin Murphy (Executive Producer of Defiance)
 Harris Whitbeck (CEO of Zodiac Latino)
Marc Juris (EVP and COO of truTV

TV PRODUCERS!

I photographed TV producers for the new "Variety Weekly" last week. Here are some of my portraits. Pictured here is Kurt Sutter, the creator and executive producer of Sons of Anarchy's.
Variety TV Summit: Sons of Anarchy's Kurt Sutter, Two and a Half Men's Chuck Lorre, other execs talk binge watching, social media and more.

Jenn Rock and Roller Violinist

I photographed Jennifer sometime last year and she just launched her new website. I like the feeling of her hair covering face for some reason. I think it adds a little bit of mystery.

Bill Snyder passes away at 100

Bill Snyder passed away last week at the age of 100 years old. Snyder was one of the WWII veterans in my book. He was the first American Marine soldier to marry an Australian women in WWII.







WWII VETERAN AND QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I spent most of my time in basic training, helping to train new recruits.  I was a prick. I turned boys into men.”
William King, Seaman, U.S. Navy 

I have roughly 500 WWII veterans that I have photographed and I figure why not share their WWII stories instead of just sitting on my computer. Yes, their stories have been shared in my book (THE LAST GOOD WAR: THE FACES AND VOICE OF WWII). There are also a lot WWII veterans that did not make it into my book

WWII QUOTE OF THE DAY: Willis Loehr, Col., ret., U. S. Air Force

I have roughly 500 WWII veterans that I have photographed and I figure why not share their WWII stories instead of just sitting on my computer. Yes, their stories have been shared in my book (THE LAST GOOD WAR: THE FACES AND VOICE OF WWII). There are also a lot WWII veterans that did not make it into my book:
Willis Loehr, Col., ret., U. S. Air Force
Col. Loehr was an Air Force pilot with 30 years of distinguished service. Among his experiences was a mid-air collision with a German plane that sheared the left wing off of his airplane.  He was forced to bail out at 300 mph with a damaged chute. 
“Now the canopy opens and the seat propels you clear of the plane.  Back then you had to climb over the side.  You just hoped you wouldn’t hit the plane. I hit the tail.”   

Abstract Corks... look like the moon.





I was messing around photographing used wine corks this weekend for my wine photography website. Wine corks are somewhat mundane looking or at least I thought they would be to photograph. Viewing the stained corks on black and only showing the stained wine end is somewhat interesting looking. I think blown up big as a print would look really beautiful...

New Wine Portraits!




I have already shared these wine portraits on FACEBOOK. I wanted to blog them as well! Not strictly zinfandel wine makers, but they all make zinfandel in Napa and Sonoma counties.