Death + Taxes Magazine

Today I photographed Joel McHale form E! Channel's Talk Soup for Ray Lego the PE for Death+Taxes Magazine. What a funny dude. Very nice guy. We had to rip it out in half an hour and wasn't given much freedom with location. Was just told to show up at 1pm to look around the E! offices and then shoot Joel at 2 pm before he had to tape the show. Kind of nerve racking when I showed up and realized the building was super corpo looking. Once inside I was able to find some places in the hallways and some scattered lobbies throughout that were interesting. Sorta made it this quirky, behind the scenes feel. The studio and more visually stimulating areas were off limits. But it was fun to stuff him below desks, and in large boxes with tons of computer cable. He was a great sport.

Sometimes you have to work with what your given. Photo Editor said the pics were "a little weird, but in a good way." To me a great compliment.

Thanks to my new team/entourage Lauren and Abigail. Hard workers and they don't smell.

Big Up to Ray. Looking forward to next one.

Genuine Appreciation.

I just wanted to say, I genuinely appreciate all those of late who have been ringing me up for work. Thanks so much. I feel so blessed.

For those photographers who don't feel busy, trust in the fact that it comes in waves. I know. It will be next week that the phone will ring. Or maybe it won't be for a year, but once it starts - it's on! You'll relish in this period where you had time to work on your marketing, shoot some personal work or simply let your daughter paint on your face. Bare in mind it could be worse. And you know what, maybe it is. Maybe your on the verge of going out of business or having to assist again. Here's a tip. Stay positive. Things do happen for a reason and there is a course. We all go through rough spots. Stay strong and be constructive. Work hard and it will all improve and I bet you'll be the better for it.

Vision before Visibility is a new idea I heard today. I like the way it sounds. I think vision first and visibility will follow.

Be well.

We're selling phones here.........

A job I shot in December for Boost Mobile is out. I thanked all involved in an earlier post. But thanks again to everyone, especially Russell from Boost and Keith and Dana from 180LA.

Aside from some rain, the shoot went very well and everyone is happy. I'm happy, client ( Boost) is happy and agency (180LA) is happy. Eschelon in Venice did the retouching and they did a great job. The printed piece looks nice and juicy and rich.

Ok, who's next?

Subaru

Thanks to The Designory for a great shoot in Mammoth. To make it official thanks goes to:

Sondra, Steve, Terry, Scott, Ines, Mike, Barbara, Jenn, Pamela, Jason and Steve Morrison.