Last light series...the beginning

Jason at Next. 

Raw image.

Last light concept (more on this soon), shot last hour or so of daylight. Location Santa Monica. 

Post coffee morning images..

Raw image from daylight shoot, Melissa Graham at Nous, Malibu, California.

Coffee and stopped moments in time

This morning I have been thinking about inspiring images in terms of light, human nature, and understanding that within a frame. Rendering light in a way unique to time and nature..Philip-Lorca diCorcia, I always wonder how set up his images are, how much planning vs. the moment goes on..

An image from Hollywood Blvd.

There is something stange and magical about Hollywood Blvd. This was actually the first image I made there, and the light has a really great west coast feel to me. Its the east side of the Blvd. , so not as much foot traffic as you may think, even looks sort of desolate here..

Abby, Hollywood Blvd, CA. (raw images)

A new way of seeing...

For some time now I have been attempting to understand my fascination with Los Angeles. 

Its a very different place visually for me, and I am under the impression I must somehow

describe this with photography. So I have a very large personal project which is slowly forming

into an idea, and with some luck, images...more on this very soon, the time is now and things are moving forward...I have a few technical questions to resolve, but those are easy...the ideas itself are always much more challenging...I think perhpas it may lead to some very nice images...

I want to present to you this one image by the late great Richard "Dick" Avedon. Its from his American West series, and I find it one of his stronger images from the book. Actually when I had the good fortune of working with "Dick" (yes everyone did call him that) this image was in mural print form within his brownstown studio on the upper east side. Its really striking in large print format, its a mix of brutal honesty, and an absolute fabrication, which is what is why I am so attracted to it visually. I think currently this maybe a strong influence in my new project, which could if nothing else be interesting in print. 

Photo credit: Richard Avedon, 'In The American West'

Been away for some time....some new images in the works

Helene retouched, on camera flash, Santa Monica, CA.

This shoot image mix was shot in Santa Monica at the Viceroy Hotel(a nice place if you need a chill hotel towards the beach). Shoot is one model, Helene, shot over a few hours, daylight into nite. I wanted to work with the same location, same model, but two very different ideas...