Hot. That’s what I was going for. And easy, which it was. I used to shoot like this all the time. In college and in my earlier years as a photo assistant I would often find a girl I thought was hot (even if others … Read More →
Category Archives: Portrait
Michael Bastian for GANT
“You have 30 minutes.” That’s what I usually get. Although in this case, the interview went over and I only had 20. After 8 minutes the PR rep started leaning over my shoulder to make sure I wouldn’t run over. I told her I would only … Read More →
RHLS – Mackswell and Sarah
It took a week after the lookbook shoot for me to finally make it back to the studio and take some portraits of these two. Very glad I did. I really love Macks and Sarah. They are just exactly who they are – no pretense … Read More →
Dominique, Laura & Nadia – beauty test
So Birgitte Philippides, a makeup and hair artist I’ve known for several years now – we did a portrait of some famous New York foot doctor a while back for Harpers, royal b-i-t-c-h as it turns out, but that’s another story – called me recently … Read More →
Ian Schrager – ES Magazine
“Ian. Nice to meet you, Ian.” Just doesn’t feel right. ”Mr. Schrager” is really the only way to address this guy. Kinda like your dad, grandpa, your best friend from childhood, and a mentor/boss rolled all into one. Such a NICE GUY. This shoot was … Read More →
Quick sexy test at the Way Back Inn
I haven’t been shooting women over the past couple of years, which is weird because that is what I’m especially good at. Lately I’ve been asked to shoot mostly men. If you didn’t know my earlier work, you’d probably scan through this blog and think … Read More →
AIRISMINE at Coney Island
Sometimes I agree to shoots based on nothing more than trust in friends. I have a photographer friend Yu Tsai who I might mention just won the PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR award (www.yutsai.com) who I still work for when I can and through him I … Read More →
Nick Denton and Gaby Darbyshire – Gawker.com
This is the story of how I shot the brains behind Gawker for Tatler magazine. To put it another way, I shot two Brits for a British magazine exactly the way a Brit photographer would shoot. What do I mean by ‘shoot like a Brit’? It … Read More →
Josh Groban
Wow, what a nice guy. I did a typical “JR inserts foot in mouth” bit when we were talking and he asked me what music I liked. I told him I liked almost everything except Glee, that I hated Glee – it was all they … Read More →
Reeve Carney
Say hello to the next Spiderman. On Broadway, of course… Very cool guy. Love his music. www.carneyband.com
Marcus Samuelsson
45 minutes. That’s about all I had. I walked in and the restaurant was between shifts. I was lucky to have my good friend Jason there, an experienced assistant, working as my photo assistant. My retoucher Edwin was also there to make sure the images … Read More →
Jim Campilongo
I’m a huge fan of real musicians. Why do I say “real”? It might sound shitty and vain but I always have had a problem with how easily we artists sell out by performing for too little and not demanding the respect we worked so … Read More →