Mystery

The sense of mystery in photographs has always intrigued me. What's really going on? Why am I so captivated by it?
I took this photograph when I was in NYC last year. Honestly, I never thought anyone would really get it. I'm facinated about peoples reactions to it.
Some think it is a horrible photo; one that evokes fear - something out of a Hitchcock movie. Other's see mystery. Is someone looking through other people's windows? Or are they paranoid about others looking at them?
For other "mystery" photos visit a web gallery I've created.

The Art Directors

I love taking photos of people! But when I was asked to take the photos of two local art directors I was kind of nervous and excited at the same time. Nervous because I could only use 1/10 of the studio space available to me and excited because I knew I could experiment. We ended up shooting against the garage door then added a black and then white background for contrast. It's nice working with people who are willing to experiment a little

Here are some of the photos I took of Neal Ashby and Mathew Curry. They were nominated for a Grammy in the album design category. The images were shot for Apple's web site.

To see more images from this shoot go to my web site

Barber Shop

These are two images from a recent shoot for BlueCross BlueSheild at a small barber shop in Washington, DC. The first is an personal portrait taken of Fredrick just before we started shooting. He had a great look and I wanted to take a few minutes to take his portrait.
The second photo is the one used for the advertisement. It was a fairly simple shoot - mainly used the available light from outside and the existing tungsten lights in the shop. Two lights were use. One on the left, behind the subjects and bounced off the ceiling. The second is a fill light directed towards the subject.

Motorcycle Photography

Had a great time working with Doulas Sonders, a Washington DC based advertising photographer, on a test shoot this past Saturday. The shoot was personal work of two motorcyclist shot in an empty parking lot in Fairfax VA.