Rare Magazine: New Website

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Rare Magazine has done a great job with their new website.  I like this page, where you can see lots of my recent work for the publication.  Bonus:  the format of the site allows more of my photos from each shoot to be displayed.  The staff at Rare has really stepped it up!

In Print: TRIBEZA

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In TRIBEZA this month, some photos in the Wedding Treats piece.  Mine are the Cupcake Bar, top-right and bottom left.  Stacey Bridges for the Austin Cake Ball shots.  Hey, I got to sample the Cupcakes.  Check out more of my shots all over Lori’s site –>  The Cupcake Bar!

Two Birds

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Being interviewed.

Documenting The Story, When To Put The Camera Down?

When I was in high school one of my first assignments as a school (and town’s newspaper) sports photographer was to shoot our team’s first football game of the season. During the game one of our players was injured and was put in the back of an ambulance. Team emotions ran high.  But, even at [...]

Austin Band Editorial Shoot

Yesterday’s photo shoot was interesting in many ways, but not for the usual creative reasons.  I was assigned to shoot an editorial of an Austin band that may or may not, as is always the case, “make it big” in the coming months. Having been at this for the better part of 25 years, I [...]

US Magazine Ads Down. What A Surprise.

Iconic magazines not selling enough ads to stay in business?  How about cutting out the waste, increasing the value of the content, then charge for that content?  I buy magazines that cost way more than $5.  But they’re really, really good magazines.   Not bloated with ads, but rather filled with quality writing and photography.   The [...]

Eva Mendes, Jamie Dornan, Kind of Wearing Calvin Klein

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Upcoming billboards and advertising outlets will feature a rather steamy set of images with Calvin Klein model and actress, Eva Mendes.  It would appear that Mendes and Jamie Dornan are getting their sand on, under the boardwalk.  Calvin Klein has always known how to sell the sizzle, so you’ll buy the steak later.  These are [...]

V Magazine’s “Size Issue”

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I’ve had clients commission me to do glamour/boudoir with the understanding that they are plus-size women who are comfortable and accepting of that part of themselves. When that statement is true, it’s a great thing. Sure, the standard glamourizing still applies. It’s a type a photography that is about fantasy and an idealized look, after [...]

Rare Magazine: Bright Light Social Hour

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From my photo shoot with Bright Light Social Hour for this month’s Rare Magazine:

Rare Magazine: Jonathan Gill

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From my photo shoot with Jonathan Gill for this month’s Rare Magazine: