Photos

Have been rummaging through some old hard drive folders recently which led me to stumble upon a few forgotten images. Another thing I should put more time into as there are certainly countless images that have yet to even be looked at. Going back to what I said on the previous post though, it’s all about seeing how images fit in. Not one to really make “One Off’s”, my focus has mostly been on long term series/projects. The two you see here go into the "One Off category, at least for now. Who knows, maybe a series will grow over time and they will fit perfectly within it? Almost exactly a year ago I made these while walking around Encinitas. On that particular day the focus was people living some sort of the “van life”. No idea why. This woman and her husband are technically homeless, although they do own the RV pictured here. So I’m not sure how you classify that. Both very nice and were happy to let me inside to make a few pictures. She was quick to pull some old photos out of herself and said as I raised the camera “this was back when I was beautiful”.

Southern California Fitness Photographer

Gym Shark Photo Shoot

Health and Fitness Lifestyle Photography

Been a long time since I’ve posted some commercial work, but here are a couple outtakes from a shoot I did for UK based fitness apparel company Gym Shark. They make really nice stuff and gave me a lot of freedom to shoot pretty much on my own, which I always love. The athlete just did his thing and I did mine. No real staging of any kind. Good times.

To see more of my fitness images click HERE.



Street Photography San Diego

Southern California Street Photography

San Diego - Orange County

Street photography is such a gift. You can do it any time and anywhere. Literally. No need to worry about call times, schedules, pre-lighting, or talent arrival. Don’t get me wrong, I love all of that, but this is the perfect balance. Almost meditative. The perfect thing to do in the middle of a long edit day, killing time before a meeting, or for an hour on vacation. So much fun. Most of these were done in various parts of Southern California, but there are also a few from a recent rip up to Portland, OR.

Click HERE to see more from this series.


Street Photography

About a year ago I developed a healthy obsession with photography books, and now have a small (and growing) collection that I try and comb through regularly. It's a calming thing to do, but it's also sort of a free education. Every time I look through another book, or back through an old one, I learn something new. Whether that's a new way of seeing, or whatever, it doesn't matter. Either way it has caused me to to enjoy shooting and looking for different kinds of images. I've always been of the opinion that not every image needs to be "epic". I fully understand why most people need to shoot that way, and why it sells, but there is a lot more to it than that. Simple images that show the viewer a slice of life or tell a story, are every bit as fun to make as one of the guy standing on top of Everest. The images below were taken on a couple walks around my neighborhood in San Diego and another in Los Angeles. They are simple, but I really like them, and will be making a lot more of them. The term "street photography" is getting pretty loose these days. Back in the day, if you were a street photographer, then you were wandering around NYC with a Leica. Now, these images would probably fit into that category. Looking at them, the style of shooting isn't much different from my America series. Just different subjects.