Sunless Studio Sells Sea Shells By The Sea Shore

I did this shoot for Sunless Studio back in late May. Sunless Studio is an up and coming sunless tanning salon in Beverly Hills. They came to me and wanted an AD that was different than anything out there for Sunless tanning. They wanted it to be like my style but very memorable. Their slogan that goes along with the image is "Practice Safe Sun." I came up with a concept for the shoot that could be recreated in other shoots for other ADs. I am extremely proud of this image and would consider it top 3 favorite images I have ever done. Everyone at Sunless Studios loved it as well. They were extremely fun to work with and I can't wait for the next shoot!

A-Salted Sea

Few weekends ago, Jesse Carmody and I went on an awesome trip to the Salton Sea. It was such a fun trip. We camped by the sea, played Weezer while roasting marshmallows and were amazed to be the only people in the entire camp site. It was almost straight out of a horror film. hahaha. We took this trip to break the norm of what we have been feeling. With this in mind, there were no digital cameras, no strobes....just film 35. Shooting film again made me think of how it used to be. How much simpler life is with out technology. I am so thankful that we could take on this adventure. It is so far one of my favorite moments of 2009.

The images below are horriable scans (seeing that I am not going to school anymore, I do not have access to a film scaner) but they are the raw images of what was shot. I used Provia 400 cross processed. I also set my ISO to 250 and from there over exposed 2/3rds of a stop. In processing, I pulled it 2/3rds of a stop. I just wanted to see what I would get. Such a different cross process look....for sure.....

Double Dutch

I did a shoot with Marcus a little while ago in Downtown LA. Wanted to try a slightly different look in post. We will see........

It was a great shoot. Marcus is a awesome guy and Kaycee Krieg was a wonderful stylist. Cheers!

Maple Maple my stomach of staples!

Almost 2 years ago now, I took a trip to see how far north I could make it along the West Coast. I slept out of my car every night and brought just the bare essentials (hahahah....and maybe my acoustic bass). I wanted the trip to be different so I brought 3 rolls of 400 Provia film and cross processed the whole thing when finished. Made it all the way to Vancouver, B.C. It was the best trip of my entire life. Being by myself made the trip just that much better. I just remember being in my car and all the times I would be laughing and just simply enjoying life. I didn't need another person in the car to make the trip special. The trip was special enough....beautiful enough to laugh the entire way. Here are some of the pictures from the trip. Maybe one day I will finish scaning in all the images.....

Valley Response Magazine = bunnies and warm feelings

I loved the photo credits because everyone looks all professional and I look...well....you can't be that surprised if you know me. hahahaha







So two months ago I did some photoshoots for a magazine called Valley Response Magazine which is ran out of Visalia, CA. Their staff is full of awesome warm hearted people. They have a lot of respect for those who shoot for the magazine and are always making sure you know how much they appreciate the work you do. I recently shot for the next magazine last week. Here is some of the work I did for the latest issue. Can't wait to do more work with them in the future. This job also provides me with a chance to see my family while working as well. Something I am very greatful for.

Joe and Laura....and maybe a blue footed boobie....

I got to have the pleasure of making my good friend's Joe and Laura Ruggeri the first wedding I have ever photographed. They flew me out to NYC while the wedding was held in New Rochelle (I love that town!). This is just a few of the images from the day. Thank you so much for taking care of me while there. And for all the people I met, especially those who took part with me in dancing until 2am to a car that was bumping tunes in the reception tent.....I had an awesome time!

I spent about 1 week in NYC after the wedding meeting up with at least one person every day. Met up with ESPN the magazine, Deutsch, DDBO, Oglivy & Mathers, DDB, Paper magazine, The Bonnier Corporation, and Devito / Verdi. Meetings were awesome. Have some really amazing opertunities in the works right now. I am going to wait and if it all starts to work out then I will talk more about it. Super exciting though.

After the business side of NYC, I got to have a little fun. Went to see The Colbert Report (my hero), saw my sister-in-laws opening night off broadway show "Everyday Rapture", went museum hopping with John Avelluto from Joe and Laura's wedding, went to Freemans which is quite possibly the best restraunt in Manhattan, got magnolias cupcakes (ahhh!!! so good!), and I got to say hi to everyone at Mark Seliger's studio. It was kind of sad to see that most of the people I knew while there are now gone due to the economy. But it was still a good visit.

I have a lot of things going on in my work life but I will talk about that more as I find out more. In the mean time, yeee hawwwwwww!!!!!

That guy gets his salsa from New York City! NEW YORK CITY?!

I am still in Manhattan....here til Friday morning. Things are going pretty good. I am learning a lot about myself as well as a lot about people in the industry. Don't have much time to talk. I am meeting up with my friend Carlo who works at BBDO Worldwide today so i gotta go soon. But when I get back into Los Angeles, I will write more about my whole experience. Lots of good stuff. I am so excited about May. So much work!!!! It will be awesome! I also have more news about the documentary I am involved with. Skippy!