LL Cool J Photoshoot Behind The Scenes
Last week I had a photoshoot with rapper / actor LL Cool J. This was another fast session, only having about 10-15 minutes with the artist, but this is nothing new for me! LL was a true class act. Friendly and warm with myself and the entire crew. It made my job very easy. Some [...]
My Rod Stewart Portrait: 3 Minutes Of Setup And 2 Shutter Clicks
My portrait of Rod Stewart: 3 minutes of setup (due to multiple location and schedule changes on the talent side, which is normal on a portrait taking place the same day as a concert) & literally 2 shutter clicks before the shoot was wrapped. Taken with my Phase One IQ140 with their brand new 75-150 [...]
What My Last Two Weeks Have Been Like (Hint: zoom, vroom, brrrr, whoosh)
First of all, apologies for the few blog posts the past month. It has been a wild and diverse 2013 so far! In the past two weeks alone I shot a magazine cover in pittsburgh, taught photography to 250 people in DC (taught over 600 folks in the month of January), filmed a TV ad [...]
Photoshoot with UK Pop Star Conor Maynard With Lighting Diagram
I had a quick shoot in New York City last week with the young star from the UK. He debuted his album in America just a few days ago. This setup was pretty simple. The backdrop is real and not a drop-in. Only had a total of 15 minutes or so for a 3 setups, [...]
Gizmodo Just Called Me “The Luckiest Man Alive” And My Interview With Christina Hendricks
I’m really starting to enjoy this whole writing thing I’ve been doing recently. Never knew I would end up being a professional writer and celebrity interviewer, but here I am: A high school goof-off turned luckiest man alive. You know what? I am pretty darn lucky. Thanks to the Gizmodo and Gawker team for [...]
3 Doors Down Greatest Hits Album – Check Out My Old Tour Photography!
The new 3 Doors Down Greatest Hits album just came out and if you check out the booklet, you will see a bunch of my photos from when I used to tour with the band (such as the one above). iTunes: http://smarturl.it/3DDGreatestHitsiT Amazon: http://smarturl.it/3DDGreatestHitsAmz Want to see more of my old rock and roll tour photography? You [...]
My Ed Kowalczyk Album Cover Is Now Out!
Check out the album cover I shot for Ed Kowalczyk, formerly of the band Live, in Los Angeles this past summer. Ed’s new EP is available on iTunes now! (Ed K.) The Garden EP is available now on ITunes and Amazon.com in North America! For my international fans, you can head on over to my [...]
All Time Low – November 2012 Alt Press Magazine Cover Reveal And Photoshoot Video Trailer
Last month I had another photoshoot with the rock band All Time Low for the cover of Alternative Press Magazine. Well, 3 special edition covers to be exact. Today, the magazine revealed the covers and the trailer for our photoshoot. The November 2012 issue comes out next month (October 2012). Look forward to sharing the entire spread! [...]
Rock And Roll Reunion : 3 Doors Down And The Phase One
Somewhere about 8-10 years ago, a rock band that was soaring in the charts hired me to be their tour photographer. No, it was not that easy. It’s a long story about how I convinced a magazine to hire me, then got the band to be in the magazine after doing some cold calls, and [...]
60 Megapixels Of Glory – Shooting With The Phase One IQ160
I am excited and proud to announce I have a new partnership with the makers of one of the finest digital camera systems and capture software in the world, Phase One, and my favorite photography plug-ins by Nik Software. Digital Transitions and Phase One have provided me with a brand new Phase One body with [...]
Photoshoot: Thomas Dolby Is Blinded With Science On The Cover Of Distro Magazine
I did this shoot for Engadget’s Distro Magazine in New York City a month or so ago of singer Thomas Dolby. I only had about 20 minutes for this entire shoot due to the subject’s very tight schedule (he had a show that night). I had my lights pre-setup and ready to go by the [...]
Filming A New TV Advertisement For Acura : Behind The Scenes
The past week or so, I have been in New York City shooting a couple of projects. One of my projects was a doozie… I was hired by the ad agency Tier 10 Marketing, under the creative direction of Scott Rodgers, to produce and film a new tv ad for Acura via the New York [...]
My Photoshoot With The Music Artists “Big Time Rush” And “Cody Simpson”
I recently had a photoshoot with teen heartthrob music groups “Big Time Rush” and “Cody Simpson”. Not being a teenage girl, these guys weren’t on my music radar beforehand, but they were all extremely nice and definitely put on a good music performance on stage. You can see more of my portraits and performance photos [...]
The World Debut Of Cedric Gervais “Molly” – My New Music Video Project (NSFW)
Just to warn you, this may be a little too racy to watch at the workplace… This is the video to the song that had everyone in the music world buzzing due to the Madonna and Deadmau5 twitter battle over it. The song, the buzz over the video, and my production company were all over [...]
“Little White Doves” By Dirty Vegas – My New Music Video Release
I shot this music video with the new Red Epic camera with my 8112 Studios co-founder, Nicholas Cambata right in Washington DC. It debuted a week ago and has over 100k views on youtube alone. Aiming for 1 million views
NBA Player Rudy Gay Photoshoot For Dime Magazine – November 2011
My second photoshoot with basketball player Rudy Gay is hot of the presses (you can see my first shoot with him here) in the new issue of Dime Magazine. I took these at the basketball courts he played on while growing up in the Baltimore, Maryland area. Most images were taking with a large softbox as [...]
Preview Of My Jack’s Mannequin / Andrew McMahon Photoshoot Spread In The New Alt Press Magazine
My Jacks Mannequin / Andrew McMahon photoshoot in the new AltPress Magazine. What do you think? Did this shoot at the concert venue Wolf Trap in Virginia. I haven’t even seen the spread in person yet, but my buddy Joe Cereghino sent me this iPhone photo. He saw it while grocery shopping with his baby boy [...]
Photoshoot With Lady Antebellum Using The Ferrari Edition Hasselblad H4D
Had a recent photoshoot with the talented top 40 trio, Lady Antebellum. This was another one of those quick shoots where I only had 10-15 minutes to do a couple of setups due to their tight schedule. The band and their crew was EXTREMELY nice and pleasant to work with. I opted to go natural/environmental [...]
Trying Out The New Ferrari H4D On Set With Lady Antebellum
I’m shooting in 4 states this week: Florida, DC, NYC, and Montana. Yesterday I was in New York City to photograph portraits and performance of the popular band, Lady Antebellum. I will do a longer blog post about this in the next few days with some of the shots I captured and the behind the [...]
My Blink 182 Alt Press Magazine Covers Revealed And Behind The Scenes Video
Alt Press Magazine released my 4 special edition covers from my Los Angeles photoshoot with Blink 182 this week. You can check out Alt Press issue #279 when it goes on sale September 6, 2011. Wait until you see what I shot for the inside of the magazine! I have loved shooting for Alt [...]
Always Trying To Get The [iPhone] Shot – On Set With Rudy Gay
On set photographing Memphis Grizzlies player Rudy Gay in Baltimore, Maryland for a huge feature in Dime Magazine earlier this week. We had a great shoot and Rudy couldn’t be a cooler guy. He was even nice enough to hold my ladder as I climbed up to get a shot from the hoop so that [...]
So I Had A Pretty Full Weekend… 3 Doors Down Album Release Party / Road Trip Edition
I’m addicted to road trips. So much so that I think it may be a detriment to my health. It all started Friday when I picked up my Avis Camaro SS convertible from Reagan National airport in DC. I drove 13 hours to Nashville, picking up my friend, talented model photographer Katie Moore, along the way in North [...]
A Surprise Waiting By My Breakfast In New Jersey…
I was in the lovely state of New Jersey yesterday shooting ads for a yoga clothing line, DJ Skins, with my old buddy and client Josh Klenert creative-directing. I woke up and saw this literally sitting by my breakfast randomly… It’s one of my portraits of the beautiful poker player Beth Shak, who you may [...]
