Swinger Update

Things have really come along since my last Swinger update in April. Brad and the guys at the shop have been working hard at truing up the panels on the car. Cutting out rust, welding in steel using lead to fill in cracks and LOTS of sanding and priming. The results are truly amazing.

Picking out a color was a bit nerve racking but feel extremely happy and confident in the 1970 Mopar B-5 paint Brad suggested.

Next step is prepping the insides of the panels and painting them. Once all the panels are painted the car will get assembled for the final stage followed by one last sand, prep and then paint!

Here are some pics of the progress:

The Measure of a Man

I met Benoit a few years back for an Orlando Weekly music column story. This time around he made the cover! The story is a bit of a difficult one having to do with his immigration issues. For more on the story read here - Orlando Weekly

In case your wondering.. "Glazer has conducted, directed and performed as the sole trumpeter for Cirque de Soleil’s La Nouba. He has also co-produced feature-film soundtracks that earned him Gemeaux and Felix awards (considered Quebec’s Emmys and Grammys, respectively), lectured to the world’s top trumpet players and he owns a U.S. patent on a new trumpet design. At 21 years of age, he was hired into a tenure-track conductor position in the world-class Jazz Orchestra Program at McGill University, a feat that the dean of the university says “hasn’t happened since and likely won’t happen again.” He’s considered a legend within the Drum Corps International movement, and he’s also an adept bassist (electric and upright), drummer, keyboardist, woodwind player and sound engineer. He’s the founder of an acclaimed nonprofit in Orlando, the Timucua Arts Foundation, which this publication called the city’s “best saving grace” in its 2009 Best of Orlando issue." - Orlando Weekly

Fashionably late

I originally planned this shoot for 8 am thinking we would beat the heat. Unlike the cover shoot, this day felt about 120˚ outside. Since we were shooting at the Lynx bus station, the mix of diesel fumes with the heat had me wore out! I originally had planned a multiple light set up but in the end was happy with my 1 beauty light set up..

Here's the end result..

Playground Fashion Issue

With fall around the corner, I had the opportunity in working with the girls from Playground on their fall fashion issue. Despite our record setting heat wave I managed to schedule our shoot in the late evening and lucky for us we had a breeze. For a location, I chose the side of Bloomingdale's @ Mall Millenia due to the industrial feel and muted color. My subject was Orlando Magic Jason Williams's beautiful wife Denika and two cool kids Jaxon and Mia. When I saw Denika walk out in those leather Chanel pants I was really thankful it wasn't 110˚ out!

Huge thanks to Tammara for a killer job on styling, Sunha for an amazing job on make-up, hair by Jessica Olsen and my two hard working assistants.

Here's the cover and a few behind the scenes..

Noble

Occasionally I get the random call for product photography. This time around the call was from Noble Marketing Group. They were looking to photograph some binders they designed in house. Luckily the art director was super laid back and the process was painless.

Here are some of the designs and set up..

Portrait with Tom Drage

Another last minute portrait assignment, this time with Orange County Attorney Tom Drage. I literally had 5 minutes between his meetings to set this up.

How Dare You

My favorite kind of assignments are the ones where your not quite sure how they will pan out until an hour before the shoot. The type shoots that you almost have no control over and in the end require a minimal amount of gear and the approach is gorilla style.

This assignment was for the Orlando Weekly's music column. I shot the band at Park Ave CD's as one of the band members worked there. The second image was shot outside in their parking lot.

Thanks guys for making it happen.






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