BusinessWeek – Marcarthur

BusinessWeek called me last monday evening, and so Meg and I went and shot Marcarthur the next day with final images delivered on Wed morning.  Quick turn-around job for me and for them apparently, because it ran in today’s issue.  Here’s a scan, along with the original and an alternate I liked (something about the tilt of his head).

David

All of you who read my blog have read the multiple posts about the press that’s going out of business downstairs from my apartment.  Well, I went and shot some portraits of David Harris who has run the place which his father and grandfather ran before him.  Here are the results.

Turner

 

Two from lunch

Leslie

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testing out the new 85mm.

Melissa and Kevin

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I’m working on my Karsh lighting chops.  No one but myself to shoot in my cold apartment.

POZ – Chodo

A couple months ago I got shot a Buddhist monk named Chodo for Poz magazine. I just got my hands on the latest issue with the portraits.  Quick photos of the magazine, but you get the idea.  Also below is my favorite shot from the session, which they used in the table of contents. Would have made a nice cover in my opinion

Window Light

I’ve been addicted to window light the past couple days (see yesterday’s images).  I think it’s funny the lengths we go to just to recreate artificially something that most of us have ready access to.  And for some reason, the fake stuff never ‘quite’ looks like the real thing to me.  Sometimes I try to trick my mind into thinking it’s one or the other to see if it’s all in my head.  Kind of like listening to broadband static and trying to trick yourself into thinking it’s a waterfall you’re listening to (by the way, it works the other way around too, next time you’re near a waterfall, close your eyes and try to imagine it’s just static on your stereo. Fun stuff).  

Anyway, I need to do more of this.  I’d love to have a natural light studio with skylights like all the guys in Paris from the turn of the last century.  Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ studio is crazy cool too.  Sigh.  A guy can dream, can’t he?

I’ve got more to say on this subject, but I’ve got to mull it over a bit.  In the meantime, here’s a shot from a portrait commission I shot today. A bit cheesy I’ll admit, but the light is nice.
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