Wired Magazine

I was looking at the current issue of Wired Magazine and BAM , there was an ad I had shot for RBRC in it. The hard part was getting the leaves to stay in place without any damage to the laptop not to mention the monkey....

BUSH

So this is the coolest thing I've done lately. I've shot boxing ringside at Caesars Palace back when Tyson ruled the ring, spent the day with the Stanley Cup, but this ranks up there as far as phot shoot go. I got to be part of the White House press pool when Bush visited Novozymes in Franklin County. I've worked with Novozymes in the past and they got me the gig. I was 1 of 6 local press people allowed to tag along. I had to be there 4 hours early and the security was incredible. They ran a background check on me the week before. The people in the Secret Service and Marines were really nice to deal with. It was alot of stand here, go over there, don't step over that line, don't point your camera in that direction, now move over here. I'm a Nikon shooter, but all the press pool photographers were shooting with Canon. If I did this type of photography everyday, I think I'd make the switch.
The press pool arrived in a helicopter that landed about 50 feet away , corn cobs and stalks were flying in the air. There was alot of running and jockeying for postion as Bush moved to different locations of the plant. At times I was about 5 feet from Bush. I will say Bush looked tired and old. My favorite shot of the day is the one with the black background. I shot this from the side, there was a support beam wrapped in black fabric that blocked the people in the panel to his left, and a Secret Service agent to my right, this was my best angle to shoot.

Doctors at Duke

Some out-takes of a shoot while waiting for doctors and nurses to show-up..........

Night Life

Been working on a project on nightlife in the "big city" , featuring the local hip hotspots to be seen at. Had a great time shooting it, but I'm not use to being out that late. Most were shot available light, but I used a ring-flash and small soft-box for some.

Knobs

Another editorial project for a feature on a store that sells knobs for drawers. I really liked the glass knobs and just used a reflector on a Profoto head to get the shadows and highlights.

Martha Steward

I worked on an editorial project for the new Martha Steward KB Homes in Cary. They were looking for interiors,exteriors and details of some model homes. It usually take me about aday per home to do a project like this, but they were under a tight deadline. So I shot 5 homes in 5 hours........ I focused on the living/kitchen/dineing rooms of the model homes, all done with 3 Profoto heads and a Sun Pack 522. It was a fast paced day and I'm happy with the results. I really like some of the detail shots.

CatchUP

Going to try and catch up from last week and do some post today.......
Did some product shots for a pharmaceutical company. Your basic shoot it on white and drop it out. We went back and forth about getting a hand model for the one shot and it wasn't in the budget, so they used someone from the office......