Rock Americana

I had a cool experience today. Fender corporation is replicating Eddie Cochran's Gretsch guitar and will have a limited number made for sale. For those unfamiliar with Eddie, you can get caught up here, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Cochran. I was commissioned to organize and photograph some of his personal effects to be included on a DVD. We poured over some truly priceless items owned by this incredibly talented young man who's life and potential ended far too soon. I've attached a collage of images, including some never before seen taken by his mom.

Hiking in Zion

Back in July we forded up the Virgin River in Zion, http://www.masterworkimage.blogspot.com/2009/08/zion-remix.html. It got pretty deep in some spots and it was everything I could do to keep my camera dry ; )

Revamp

Considering my last post, I should explain I haven't gone off the abstract deep end! My tv made this fascinating portrait of Pat Sajak this evening and I figured it was as good an image as any to test out larger images on the ol' blog.

London at night

Rangefinder Spread

I haven't received the magazine yet, but I did get a PDF of the spread today. The images below are clickable if you'd like to read the interview questions. Thanks again to all who made this possible by voting during the final cut! Thanks as well, to Rangefinder magazine for the opportunity!

Masterworkweddings.com

I had a good run of weddings recently, three in three weeks last month. A sampling of them is below. Most know of my main site, www.masterworkimage.com, but not my wedding site, www.masterworkweddings.com. More can be viewed there. I never could shoot just one thing, much to the chagrin of my photography teachers. I like to think the same emotions and sensibilities run through all my work, from the five different portfolios on my main site to my wedding imagery. I think of it as photographic cross-training. Besides, it's really hard to put the camera down when it's connected to my hand!

Portfolio work

Images from a recent portfolio shoot. Thanks to Kimberly for an outstanding job with hair and makeup.

Pioneer

Comp. of Pioneer Pro DJ ad shot last week.

Thank you!

I want to sincerely thank everyone who voted for my work in the Rangefinder Magazine contest! I'm overwhelmed by the support received via emails and voting from clients, family and friends alike! My work was chosen to the top five and will be featured in next month's issue of Rangefinder! The initial ten were chosen from over 3,200 websites submitted and the top five via online voting, which can be tricky, as it's a bit of a popularity contest and I'm a hermit! So I must truly thank everyone who voted and passed the link along! Not sure, but there may some images next month on their site, www.rangefindermag.com. I'll also scan and post the spread here, once I receive it.

Thank you, thank you!

I need your help!

Rangefinder Magazine recently chose ten artists for their contest 'Unsung Heroes,' and I was one of them! Although hero I am not, I could definitely use your votes! From the ten, five will be chosen via online voting and those artists will be featured in the magazine! As the self professed 'worst marketer in the world' of my own work, being featured in Rangefinder would do more in that regard than anything I could ever come up with, haha! The voting link is www.rangefindermag.com/storage/contest/unsung_voting.html. Vote as often as you like, every vote is much appreciated! Thank you in advance!!