Artists in Residence Calendar

Earlier this fall I was hired to photograph artists living in their 80's and 90's. I traveled to LA, Memphis, Chicago, and Atlanta. I just got the calendars for 2014. Pictured here is Perry Wolf with only 6 of his 15 Emmy Awards for being a documentary film/TV director and screenwriter. It was so much fun to travel and spend time with these "old" artists.

Ken Burns Portrait


One of the portraits I took of documentary film maker Ken Burns this past Friday. He is possibly one of America's most famous and important documentary film makers.

Louie Zamperini is in my WWII book and I took his portrait. Angelina Jolee and the Cohen brothers are making a movie on his story from the Lauren Hillenbrand book "Unbroken."


Pretty cool! Just saw this online:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/10/10/angelina-jolie-louis-zamperini-unbroken/2962285/


Louie Zamperini is in my WWII book and I took his portrait. Angelina Jolee and the Cohen brothers are making a movie on his story from the Lauren Hillenbrand book "Unbroken."

Film footage from my POWER OF WOMEN photo shoot for Variety Magazine this past Friday in Beverly Hills of Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, Amy Poehler, Kerry Washington, Jennifer Hudson, Elizabeth Banks, and Amy Pascual.

Alright, here is the behind the scenes film footage from my POWER OF WOMEN photo shoot for Variety Magazine this past Friday in Beverly Hills of Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, Amy Poehler, Kerry Washington, Jennifer Hudson, Elizabeth Banks, and Amy Pascual. I still need to edit the individual photos. More to come!

https://vimeo.com/album/1656842/video/76355564

SJSU Acceleration Ad Campaign

The ad campaign I shot for SJSU this summer is finally printed and on display. The portraits reflect the impact of $208,000,000 raised by SJSU supporters. Most people have to pay off their college loans as soon as they get out of school and Travis Lopez (pictured here) created a scholarship fund as a senior in his under grad schooling. Incredibly smart guy and runs a start up.

SJSU ad campaign

The ad campaign I shot for SJSU this summer is finally printed and on display. The portraits reflect the impact of $208,000,000 raised by SJSU supporters. Zach Lewis pictured here builds urban gardens for communities and also harvests fruits and vegetables from people's home and donates the food to homeless shelters. The funding for Zach to run Garden to Table is funded by Silicon Valley businesses.

http://www.flashesofhope.org/



Got this email today from "Flashes of Hope." My wife and I volunteered a few years ago at UCLA Hospital to photograph kids with cancer and their family members together. Such an eye opening experience and some of the kids did end up passing away I later found out. If there are any photographers out there that want to volunteer their time, check out the http://www.flashesofhope.org/ website. It is incredibly rewarding and helps put your life into perspective.

Editing photos of veterans today...

Editing photos of veterans today for a client (it is the best to combine passion with work). Here is a preview of a WWII veteran... One thing I have really learned from photographing so many elderly individuals is that people love seeing the contrast of age from young to old. Off to the Adobe headquarters for a photo shoot.

Editing photos of veterans today...

Editing photos of veterans today for a client (it is the best to combine passion with work). Here is a preview of a WWII veteran... One thing I have really learned from photographing so many elderly individuals is that people love seeing the contrast of age from young to old. Off to the Adobe headquarters for a photo shoot.
 

Bedrock Wine Co. Photo Shoot

It has been one heck of a busy summer shooting and filming. Here are portraits I shot for Bedrock Wine Co (owner/wine maker Morgan Twain-Peterson and manager Chris Cottrell) several weeks ago. I don't think I have ever laughed so much on a photo shoot.











Recent portrait I took of Mitch Hurwitz creator, writer, director, and producer of "Arrested Development"

Recent portrait I took of Mitch Hurwitz creator, writer, director, and producer of "Arrested Development" at his house in LA for "AwardsLine Magazine." Article is about the new relaunch of the show on Netflix. I only had 10 minutes to photograph him... "There's ALWAYS money in the banana stand!" I wish I could have photographed him in a banana outfit in an the banana stand. Oh well!