Stories
Post-sunburn.
Spent the day yesterday shooting a wedding at the St. Regis in Dana Point, CA in a black suit with sunburn. But I guess the sunburn was worth it because at least I have a little viddy to show for it. Enjoy… Heading to LAX.
Haiti. Day 5.
Continued from Day 1, 2, 3 & 4. Day 5 At around 3:30 AM Ben woke me up from my spot in the back of the truck. Incredibly groggy, but only a little stiff, I climbed out, pulled on my shell to warm up, and followed him into the main compound of Villa Creole. Ben [...]
Where do we go from here?
I have clearly been silent here. In fact, I was shocked to see that the last time I posted was on May 24, 2010. So, for all of June and some few days in May and July, I just haven’t been present in the blogosphere. Some time in the middle of June was the two [...]
Spring a la iPhone.
Just a few iPhone photos from the last couple of months. As I was going through these, I found that my iPhone pictures are a really accurate visual journal. I’m pretty good at popping my phone out as often as possible and its fun to go through and reiview the last couple of months’ worth [...]
Apolis Activism
I recently teamed up with Apolis Activism– a collaboration with a huge list of other people. Ready for this? Kim Reierson took photos while James Wilson, of the blog Secret Forts, styled and helped art direct a short video by Apolis (specifically Shea Parton) about their spring line and Michael Daube from CITTA as well [...]
Haiti. Day 4.
Continued from Day 1, 2, & 3. Day 4 There are some things on my travels in the past that I’ve chosen to share, through stories and photographs, with friends, family, and Loose Luggage readers. Most things, actually. But on several of the trips I’ve been on there have been certain sacred moments that were [...]
Haiti. Day 3.
I apologize for the delay in getting day 3 up here. It’s both time consuming and personally exhausting to write these. Continued from Day 1 & Day 2. Day 3. At approximately 5 o’clock in the morning I heard the panicked and urgent voice of Doug. He had ripped open the zipper of the tent [...]
Haiti. Day 2.
Continued from Day 1. Please forgive typos– I’m sure they are many. Day 2 The effect the vibrant-hot morning sun made through the dust and filth that was kicked up across the city of Port au Prince was foreboding and ethereal. It turned everyone on the horizon into shadowy figures. My drowsiness faded and I [...]
Haiti. Day 1.
Over the course of the next 7 days, I’m going to be publishing here on Loose Luggage a seven-part article about my recent trip to Haiti in the wake of the 7.1 earthquake that has now claimed some 200,000 lives. Each part of this article will correspond (roughly) with 1 day of my trip. Day [...]
Native Son
This morning I photographed a Sikh wedding in New Jersey. After which I worked on a contract for a shoot in Turks & Caicos in April and then headed out to SoHo to photograph a cocktail party. At the cocktail party I chatted with someone who currently works in finance, but has interests in becoming [...]
A great Sunday.
I have been (obviously) relatively absent from the blogging world for the last week or so. And of late (in general) my posts have been fewer and far(rer– wish that was a word) between. I can’t apologize, as this has been a really great time of productivity and rest for me that has been much [...]
The Pearl of the West Indies: Images from the recent earthquake in Haiti
I’ve finally finished my photos and slideshow from my trip to Haiti, thanks to “Soundslides,” which is a powerful program for documentary photographers who want to share their work with the world. Click on the link below which will take you to the slideshow and then you can watch it full screen, toggle the sound, [...]
The apple doesn’t fall far?
The older I get, the more I begin to appreciate not just where I’m going– but where I came from. While I was home over break I looked at some slides of pictures my dad took when he was traveling in Europe years ago. It’s weird to see pictures of your parents when they were [...]
My 2009 China trip with LiNK
In the midst of an unexpectedly crazy-hectic fall, I never had the chance to finish doing post-production and sorting my images from my trip to China. I went to Northern China in October with my good friends over at LiNK to document their work over there. It was a truly stretching experience both as a [...]
Nikon Festival top 50
While I was in Brazil for Ira & Andrea’s wedding I had a couple extra days on my own at the end. I spent a good chunk of that time staying out of the rain and editing footage from the wedding, but I also took about 24 hours to put together a 140-second short film [...]
Shake The Dust – NYC – Day 1
Well, Patrick arrived here on a red-eye yesterday morning… and we hit the ground running. For the next 5 days we’ll be shooting an 8 minute mini-documentary as we push forward with raising funding for this film. I can honestly say that this past evening was one of the most creatively fulfilling nights of my [...]
We need your help…
I’ve been working on a side project for the last 6 months that is now finally (beginning) to come to fruition. After 1 photo shoot and a very brief video shoot, I’m moving forward with an international “blogumentary” project entitled “Shake The Dust.” The documentary, which will ideally be shared in the form of videos, [...]
Monday night wedding? Yes.
I had an absolute blast the other day shooting Marci & Aaron’s wedding. Such great people– and such a great event. More shots from the actual wedding later, but a few random non-wedding shots from the night… I LOVE the last one.
Ryan & Emily
I’m sitting in Beijing on at the tale end of a week-long trip to China. I’ll have loads of pictures to post down the road, but in the mean time, here’s a few of my favorite shots from last weekend. Ryan and Emily, good friends of mine from New York, got married at the Nixon [...]
Christening the new place.
Friday night Janelle (who’s moving to New York next week), Erin, Jon, and I had a gypsy-style dinner at our new place. It felt like the official christening, and hopefully the first of many dinner parties to come.
Don’t worry, I’m still alive.
I haven’t posted in… days. 6 maybe? Not totally sure. This has been a really busy week. House searching in New York. Not fun. But we found a place! Until I have a chance to post the, probably… 20 posts I’m behind on… an old random picture of Samuel.
US Open of Surfing, 2009.
I’m photographing the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach again this year for one of my favorite clients. Nike really saved the day with the open, and it has been incredible. But with the prize money increase, the big names of surfing have been here: Andy Irons, Slater, Machado. And that has meant CROWDS. [...]
Texas sky.
Just few images from a hot Texas night a couple weeks ago. These are of my good friend Chad.
St. Joseph, MI.
As this is being published, I’m en route to New York City on the Lakeshore Limited Amtrak train. I’ll be getting some much needed photo editing done as I watch the scenery pass me by out the window. Here’s a few shots from my trip to St. Joseph with my parents today. It was gorgeous [...]