Wild Angel

Its been far to long since I've had the opportunity to collaborate with my favorite creative team Tammara and Sunha. This time around we decided to take a stab at the chopper scene. I was lucky enough to get connected with Jameson from The Hate Factory. Not only is Jameson a cool cat but he has a super cool bike shop in the ghetto which reminded me of something straight out of Brooklyn, NY. ... Jameson was kind enough to let us use his personal bike for some posed shots with Audrey.

This is what we came up with:

Catching up

Its that time of year again and things have been busy. Before I let time slip by any further I figure I better post my last shoot with Orlando Magazine. I truly enjoy collaborating with the crew at OM and jump at every opportunity I get to work with them. For the October issue the theme was 'Nightlife'. The direction we went with was indy rock with a dash of chic. For location I chose BBQ bar downtown Orlando. The backdrop set a perfect mood. To spicen things up I had 2 bands to shoot along side with the model.

I'd like to give a special thanks to Corinne, Tricia, and Michael of Alchemy Hair Salon for the kick ass job with the hair, Sunha for the stellar job with make-up, to my assistants Amanda and Beau for working so hard moving those heavy lights around and to Alan for helping me with the stealthy retouching. As they say.. it takes a village!

Here is some of what we came up with:

Vasti Cover Shoot

For this cover shoot I wanted something gritty with an industrial edge so I ended up using one of my oldest locations near downtown Orlando. The big barrels you see are actual gas chambers they use in gas stations.. Laiza and the boys seemed hip to the idea so we went with it.

Clothing wise, I was lucky enough to have Tammara from Fused Fashion
lend a helping hand. On the retouching my good friend Alan was nice enough to show me a few ninja tricks..

Here's what we came up with:

PLAYGROUND Editorial

When asked to contribute fashion pictures for the fall issue of Playground magazine I wasn't sure how I'd approach it. Whenever I think of fashion I typically don't think of a mom and her kids so I knew this would be a challenge.

Luckily I was paired up with the fabulous Tammara Kohler (stylist) and Sunha (make-up). We shot at the Robb n Stucky off 434 which is a daunting 10,000 square ft. furniture warehouse. The theme for our shoot was "Eco" and luckily David from Robb & Stucky had a few beautiful areas set up. All I had to do was drag a 9' backdrop to give the pages a continual feel.

Thanks to everyone involved!!

Here is what we came up with..

Long Live the Opera

This portrait assignment was shot at the Performing Arts Center at Valencia East. To read more about Robert Swedberg and the fall of the Orlando Opera click here: story

Masquerade Ball shoot at Aston Martin

When asked to shoot at the Aston Martin dealership I was instantly excited. I'm a huge fan of the Aston Martin DBR since the old James Bond movies and couldn't wait to see and hear the new DBR-9. I decided to shoot in the dealerships garage due to outside heat. I was amazed at how mint clean and organized the shop was, not to mention air conditioned. When I asked the head mechanic to move the 450 horsepower V12 around, he revved the engine and I must admit the sound was impressive.

As for the shoot, this is what I came up with..

Godamus Rhyme

This portrait shoot was originally intended for a music feature inside the Orlando Weekly and ended up on the cover! My original plan was to use available light but I ended up changing my mind last minute and brought 1 light with no attachment. We were lucky enough to shoot on the rooftop of news channel 13 downtown O town.

Here is what we came up with: