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Assignment: Shooting a new Restaurant in the Hours Before Opening

The Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Southern Arizona operates a Vegas scale casino and is continually upgrading the facility. They are an established client and when the newly constructed very chic Asian restaurant was nearing completion, I was called in to make a set of photographs for use in the marketing: architectural interiors, portraits of the [...]

Assignment: Deep Within the Recesses of the Earth

When I got the call to make photographs inside a copper mine that had been abandoned for a decade, with no electricity or lights, it was at once exciting and scary. It was a new client who had come across my web site and selected me based on my corporate and industrial experience. The company [...]

Assignment: Shooting with Heart: Harley Style

I’ve always enjoyed shooting with Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) because of the way people respond with open arms to helping “Jerry’s Kids” overcome the ravages of muscle weakening diseases. Harley Davidson has been a long time supporter of MDA , lending their name and time and money to the cause. During a recent photo shoot with MDA, [...]

Assignment: Architecturals on Mexican Time

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, is a 16th century Spanish Colonial town on the World Heritage register – a place rich in culture and architectural gems, both traditional and contemporary. While in San Miguel recently, I was called upon to make interior and exterior architectural renderings at Jillita’s home,  that were to be used in [...]

Assignment: On Top of the World

The WM Keck Observatory is respected by leading astronomers and scholars world wide. Situated on the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, the twin 10 meter telescopes gather data that is transmitted to the Remote Operations at Headquarters in Waimea. Scientists then interpret and distribute their newest findings about the workings [...]

Assignment: Creative-on-Creative

David Isaac is a classical music composer, an emerging talent – a visionary with an expansive imagination. He contacted me about making photographs for his promotional campaign which included his web site, album art and PR material.  He had precise ideas for photo-illustrative images in advance of our meeting. During our consultation, we formulated a plan [...]

Stylizing the Location

Arizona Mail Order Company is a long standing client for whom I shoot women’s shoes and clothing accessories in the studio and on location. AMO is one of the largest mail order companies of its kind and competes on a national level in the sales on medium prices shoes. The art directors come to me for [...]

Portrait of the Artist

Chris Deverill is a sculptor who is establishing himself in the West with extraordinary work. We had photographed some of his pieces several weeks ago. Chris contacted me about making a portrait for American Artist Magazine and for some of his upcoming shows.

The Challenge: Create an environment that felt like a workplace and gallery [...]

Annual Report Challenges

I stood on a platform at the edge of the telescope after a two hour drive up the volcano. Breathing from an oxygen canister at a 13,600 foot elevation, I surveyed my first shot of the morning

The Challenge: Compose and light a cavernous area of hydraulic mirror controllers while showing engineers in a dynamic [...]

Shooting with Tom Bergeron

During a recent photo shoot with Tom Bergeron, host of Dancing With the Stars, Tom confided to me that he was not always so relaxed in front of a still camera. When broadcasting to millions of viewers across America, no problem.  He told me that he started to practice in the mirror. I’ve done that, [...]