Scwhinn

Had a really fun shoot for Scwhinn Bikes recently.  Thanks to Bill Starkey, Dhiren Khemlani, Eric Haag, Amy Roy and Jared Scott all from Stick and Move in Philly.  Thanks to my talent, Barbora and Shani.  You guys looked great and were a barrel of laughs.   Also big ups to Shanna and Chris.   

This was pretty funny.  I am sure these photos won't make it into the ads.

Target

Just photographed Shaun White for the big red bulls-eye.  I think its the third time in as many months I've shot the red headed wonder and I've know him since he was a crew top, so it's chill. I was pretty excited however to meet for the first time the Target dog ( i'm a dog lover).  So naturally I had my assistant photograph the two of us for lasting memories.  It was sad to see him go when he went.  Til we meet again.......

Big thanks to all the peeps from Target -  Will and Lisa and of course to my crew.

Hummer

Thanks to my entire crew for all their hard work and diligence.  Best shoot yet!

I love my dog.

My Dog is my best friend.  Really.  Half moon Bay, California.  Hummer shoot wrap moment.

I ain't scared of Bruce Irons!

If there is one thing I hate is a mouthy smart ass.  I was in Hawaii recently photographing Bruce and Andy Irons.  Everything started out fine and the shoot went well.  But afterward we went surfing and Bruce dropped in on me at  Pipe and I exploded.  I don't care who he thinks he is or how sick he is.  Don't drop in on me.  I caught up to him on the beach and knocked his ass out.  

Ha ha, just kidding!

SALT

Thanks to the SALT crew.  And thanks to Danny Kwok for allowing us to use his home and the 

Ranch for our location.  It was a beautiful day.  

Death Valley does Holden

Traveled to Death Valley to shoot the Holden Outerwear Fall/Winter 089 campaign.  Great crew of snowboarders all with their own great personal style.  Both inside and out.  Great characters and people.  I took my dog with me and others had their canines along as well.  

Excited for the work to appear.  I went a slightly more stylized direction with the photography.  The landscape and the styling leant itself to a slicker, more stylized look in the light and overall exposure ratio.  The word Mike LeBlanc from Holden and I tossed around was 'cinmematic.'

It was a grand success.  And most importantly something everyone is very proud of.

Thanks to Mike from Holden for everything and I mean everything.

Recently photographed Shaun White for Guys NYLON.  I was in NYC when it hit and I saw it all over the place.  Super fun shoot.  Thanks to Marvin Jarett and Stephen Walker of Nylon for the gig.  Check out the article.  Shaun is a pretty funny dude.  

Janna Meyen for Transworld

Ahhh, the Pink Motel.  Where do I begin?  100's of films and TV shows have been filmed here, but for me the most important was a little indy film titled "Bones Brigade - The Search for Animal Chin."  If your a skater from the 80's or a skater from today you should know of this skate vid.  It was I think the 3rd Skate vid to ever be made.  Right behind the first Bones Brigade Video show and I think the Vision Video.  Anyway, the pool in the back is highly skate-able ( hell yes I skated it).  In the vid, it's T. Hawk, Lance Mountain, Tommy Guerrero, Mike McGill and the legendary Steve Cabalerro skating.  Check out the link.  It's rad with a capitol R.   Go to: youtube.com/watch?v=NluAvNT_3gk.  Fast forward to the 6:40 mark.  You'll notice the Motel desk clerk.  He's Monty the owner still. 

Thanks Shanna, Renee, Janna, Nick from TransWorld, Tonino from Nitro,  Monty and Tom from the Pink Motel, Conrad and Karen from Red Bull (inside joke), Skateboarding, my mom and dad for buying me the video.

Two recent Hummer ads.  These puppies have been running in a lot of pubs.  A couple gate folds.  I am very happy with how they evolved.  Creatively they get the point across for GM that these vehicles will get to some tight spots.  It's true.  They will.  Hummer's (not the kind from your girlfriend) get  a bad rap.  They get better gas mileage than most comparable SUV's and when we shoot, we really put them through the grind.   No faking it.  And as far as it being a war vehicle.  Remember a little brand called JEEP.  Those were the Hummers of WWII.  Now their driven by everyone from Tex the 4x4 guide in Telluride to Princess the college freshman to Mom, the super Mom. 

Many thanks to Michael Langone from Modernista!.  Greg Carter too.