I’m going to mail a promo to Art Buyers for Valentine’s Day with this photo. Hopefully, most people will find it humorous or odd and not offensive. What do you think? Feel free to add a caption or dialog. Whoever makes me laugh the most will get a 5×5 print, and I may ask to use your text in the promo. I’m not kidding. The MOMA captions were really funny. And Cluadia Mazur truly will receive the Grand Prize (I’m re-gifting the $10 Chili’s Gift Certificate my dentist sent me for a client referral) for best MOMA photo caption. Share this with your friends. It’s time for me to add some buttons to this site for making sharing easier.
I was in New York City recently with my wife, and we visited the MOMA with a friend. We had just been joking about some of the art (see Gabriel Orozco’s shoebox on a floor) when I came upon this couple. This photo is ripe for adding one’s own caption. When I see it, I imagine the guy saying, “Yup, that’s really black!” Feel free to add your own in the comments.
Blend Images featured one of my photos in the January Newsletter it sent to clients. I’m told it goes to about 50,000 contacts to show art buyers new work in the collection. A screen-capture is below (my photo is bottom one), but you can see the full promotion here.
I woke up this morning to a thick fog. I don’t often take my camera with me while walking our beagle, but today I decided it was a good idea. We walked about half a mile up Colley Ave to a bridge that crosses over a finger of the Lafayette River and there I found a few good photo opportunities. I tied Moe up to a tree and took a few photos. I tried both a blue and sepia tone for this image, and decided on the sepia you see here.
I was a featured contributor in the Fall/Winter 2009 issue of Distinction Magazine. It’s a relatively new, high-end magazine in Hampton Roads. It’s a beautifully bound, glossy that will be inserted in newspapers quarterly. It seems to be very targeted, which I think is the only way for a magazine to be successful. I photographed two well-known, local chefs during a convivial interview. You can see more at distinctionhr.com
I met Jarrell at a party here in Norfolk. In addition to having great style, he was super easy to talk to and I thought it would be fun to photograph him. This was my favorite from our shoot. For anyone interested, Jarrell also does some clothing design when not studying at ODU.
Farah Nosh shared her powerful photos of Iraq and Lebanon last night as part of Old Dominion’s Literary Festival which had a Peace and War theme this year. Given that I am married to one of the organizers and suggested Farah as a presenter, I had the privilege of introducing her to the crowd and also interviewing her for a local publication. The full interview is at altdaily.com. Also visit her website to see photos. Here is an excerpt from the interview:
“When we look back on Iraq, we’ll see that there is a huge part of the history that is missing,” said Nosh, the only photographer speaking this year at ODU’s annual Literary Festival. “Even with my intimate personal experience, I feel that I don’t fully know the story. I don’t think the world has the slightest sense of what happened during those last couple of years.”
You can tell she is pretty humble. She was also kind and generous with her time after the presentation.
Did another shoot last week working with a single model. I brought my beagle to the location to add a nice warm home feeling to the image. He was not the most cooperative model. I can see why people like working with pros!
We did a little stock shoot over labor day weekend. It seems like everyone I know is having kids, so much like the last post, this photo features a small child. This is a real couple and their super cute one-year old son. They were great models (thanks guys). And I lucked out with this beautiful location. I was scouting beach locations and spotted a house that I thought would be great for its facade. When I knocked to inquire about it, the kind owner offered to show me the back yard. It’s a small Eden! The 150 year old oak tree seen in this photo became a major element I wanted to include.
I signed on recently as a contributor to Blend Images. Blend has a great collection of multiethnic imagery. It’s a great niche, and I’m glad I can be a part of it. So far everyone over there has been really welcoming and helpful. I did my first shoot for them about a week ago. A friend introduced me to Jamie (below) and her adorable son. We had a nice time, hanging out trying to create some authentic moments. The image below came out of the shoot, and I will be using it as a little promotional tool to let art buyers know about this new venue for my photos. This image and about 8 others from the shoot will be available in a few weeks as Rights Managed images.
