With corporate editorial shoots sometimes you have to work with what you’re given, which often amounts to about 5 minutes in a 12×12 foot, white-walled conference room that’s 75 percent occupied by a large, round table. Fortunately, when your subject works at a successful … Continue readingEditorial shoot – Jeffrey Sherman for Financial Advisor Magazine
Can you say culture shock? A day after returning from two weeks in Thailand I was back on the road, driving three hours north to Woodlake, Calif., to attend the annual Woodlake Lions Rodeo for a feature assignment for the Wall Street Journal. The piece was for … Continue readingRodeo Clown Justin Rumford for the Wall Street Journal
Problem: You’ve been assigned to photograph the presidents of two neighboring divisions of a major corporation, but neither of them will be in town at the same time prior to your deadline. Solution: Composite! This was the situation on a recent shoot for Globe … Continue readingGlobe Magazine – Corporate photography for Georg Fischer
Last year I had the unique opportunity of trailing judo legend Hayward Nishioka for a piece on the declining role of physical education at colleges and universities for the Chronicle of Higher Education. At 72, Hayward, a 7th degree black belt, has long since retired from professional … Continue readingDay in the Life of judo legend Hayward Nishioka for the Chronicle of Higher Ed
Earlier this year, I had the chance to shoot for Release Your Wild, a social media marketing campaign for the Archery Trade Association, who were working with Weber Shandwick to create a series of photos to be used on their Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr accounts. With … Continue readingRelease Your Wild – Lifestyle photo campaign for social media
As today marks team USA’s first game in the 2014 World Cup, I thought it was appropriate to post a couple of recent portraits I shot of the U.S. National Team head coach, and German soccer legend, Jürgen Klinsmann for German football magazine 11Freunde. … Continue readingUSA! – Jürgen Klinsmann for 11Freunde