Golf Outtake

Sod Edit

Fire and Bug zapper reshoot

Grass Fire

This seemed like a good idea at the time

Bug Zapper

I am not sure if this is working and will need to reshoot it to find out why.

SAW

Saw Grass

Archive Ad

Watering the office

I went to the gardening section at The Home Depot in search of something to photograph on the sod and found this attachment. I connected it to the hose next to the house and had my 8 year old turn on the water while I made an exposure. The water came on stronger than I expected and ended up on the ceiling and the floor. My daughter and I thought it was funny but my wife.
Not so much.

Turf Love

Lighting the group

Sod in the Office

Sod Photography

Did you know that you can buy sod for $2.70 a roll. So cheap I bought 2.

Muse Redux

Jay: My muse

I shot Jast last night again. This time outside the Skidmore designed building in Oakland not far from my house. Can't wait to see the film.

New Portfolio Page

Paper Series Promo

Shaun Fenn: Boy Genius

Shaun Fenn is a photographer that Archibald and I have worked with in the past. He is one motivated mofo. He came to photography late in life but sure is making up for lost time. When we started working together he asked me how he should promote himself to magazines. I mentioned that most editors were in New York and that he should schlep his book around. 10 days later he was on a plane. While driving to a job together he mentioned he and his kids went mountain biking in Lake Tahoe and decribed all the armour the riders wore. I said that sounded like it might make some cool images. Three days later he was up on the mountain shooting portraits. Now he has really hit it out of the park with this set of images inspired by the Adam and Eve motif.

Golfer

I shot this portrait of a golfer suffering from clinical depression last week.

Promotion

I sent out an editorial mailing today. One magazine called Concrete News. WTF? I am also targeting the other end of the market with a new Archive ad.

Polaroids in a hotel room

We had to rent a hotel room for a few hours for a shoot yesterday. As we were packing up I turned around and saw the trash can full of polaroids. There are worse ways to make a living.

Rough Draft

KAA Redux

TB.com Update

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Modesto

Brace Yourself

If you work in advertising , used to work in advertising or if your neighbor's dog worked in advertising then brace yourself because you will probably get this spam from me in the next 48 hours.

office Project 5

A Soccer Story

I played indoor soccer today with my regular group of Mexican dishwashers. They are all in their 20s and all seemed to have been born with soccer balls in their mouths. They are always super welcoming and tolerent of my "style" of play. While they make crisp passes and always know where the ball should go I tend to be more of a bruiser. My wife has watched me play and she finds it odd that I am the only one who seems to be in perpetual motion and tend to be the only one who runs full speed at people when on defense.

Today I was guarding a guy half my age as he shouldered me into the boards on the way to scoring. The next time he crossed in front of the goal I dug an elbow into his kidneys and drove him to the ground. He smiled as I gave him a hand up. He had on a matching blue jersey and shorts from a Mexican pro team and seemed like the guy in high school who always had his pick of girls while I always actually had to talk to them if I hoped to get anywhere.

A few minutes later play stopped suddenly. The head dishwasher came on the field in street clothes and was yelling an inch away from my blue jersyeed friend. They started referring to each other and their friends as the N word. It was not meant as an insult and I was the only one who thought it was strange half guys on the field were lighter skinned than I.

I wanted to make a comment about the healing effect our new president had on the nation. Or maybe a random ,"Can't we all just get along" but thought better of it. Apparently the head dishwasher was accusing my buddy of stealing a cell phone at an earlier game .

Eventually the two moved off to the side and seemed to make up in the end. Back on the field, play resumed and I tried not to get too wide open so it wasn't so obvious that they wouldn't pass to me. The universe was put back into harmony and all was well once more.

Polaroid Holder