Journal
Portraits - Willow “Heart”
As soon as I met Willow I knew I wanted to shoot something with her. This collaboration with Willow was a three-way collaboration between Willow, Luca Calo (Makeup Artist) and me. The range of images we shot with Willow is so vast and varied.
With every collaboration, I ask the talent to bring their ideas and any visions they have for a photo session, so the origin of the shoot came from Willow's idea of blood and a heart, pardon the pun, but everything sort of flowed from there.
My goal was to take Willow’s inspiration, as I would the inspiration of any creative director or creative team, and use perspective, color, and light to flesh out the idea. She is a woman of dualities. She is extremely nice soft-spoken, and caring but with a fascination for transgression, gore, and knives, so I let that feed the spirit of the session, a balance between dark and light.
Stills + Motion For E-Commerce Product Launch - Sexy Gulls
Sexy Gulls was a new brand of eco-friendly swimwear designed and manufactured in Spain and Portugal and sold in the US and Australia. The client wanted a luxury location, but not too “modern” so we scouted for with a colorful, locatiion with a european villa feel.
Madrid Fashion Shoot - “Purgatory” & “Action Figures”
The fun part about collaborations and personal projects is everyone feels involved in the project. Everyone has permission to step outside of their paid roles and to explore and collaborate in ways they don’t most days.
AP39 Chosen Winner!!
A genuine heartfelt thank you to the Al-Pl for selecting this image as an AP39 Chosen Winner. It's a dream come true to see this photo appear among so many talented photographers whom I admire and who continually inspire me to create and see differently. I'm so honored and excited to be included!
Portraits For The Editorial Team of Cleverish Magazine
I had the amazing privilege to work with the insanely talented team at @cleverishmag for some branding images for their website…basically 6-7 cool ass people showed up at the studio to shoot for a few hours…we did groups and some portraits..several of them are some of my favorite portraits ever!
Being Seen In A Photograph - A Reflection
…On another level, it reminded me of the power of a photograph. Great photos tell stories, and we can sometimes marvel at the beauty of a frozen frame, but, every now and then, a photo has a sound or a voice, or a smell and that’s what we are all trying to capture when we click the shutter release for the thousandth time.