New promo video! – The Birds
Made a silly promo video for the Kickstarter for my forthcoming book. Please check out and support! Thanks!
Category: venice
Gone Fishin’
Sometimes I liken photography to fishing. You just have to pick your spot and be patient. I know I’m not the first to make the analogy, but it’s often fitting. With varying success I’ve waited in one spot for close to an hour at times, … Continue readingGone Fishin’
Singer-Songwriter Gabrielle Jackson
What to do when your plans to do a studio shoot are thrown into question because a nearby brick wall has suddenly turned a bright fuchsia the night before your shoot? Change your plans of course! That was the situation late last year, the … Continue readingSinger-Songwriter Gabrielle Jackson
The Stoop
“Want to buy a cookie?” a group of voices asked in unison, startling my wife and me. This was a few months ago and happened just as we were strolling home along Windward Avenue in Venice. Looking just to our right we saw a couple guys smiling through … Continue readingThe Stoop
Off the Boardwalk – Venice Beach Portrait Series
Off the Boardwalk – ©2015 David Zentz Creating this collection of portraits featuring people I met on the Venice Boardwalk is a project I’d been wanting to do for some time, and finally had the chance to execute in early February. You can see the BTS … Continue readingOff the Boardwalk – Venice Beach Portrait Series
Behind the scenes – Venice Beach Portrait Series
This is a time-lapse showing the second of two amazing days spent producing a portrait series on the Venice Beach Boardwalk last week. With the invaluable help of Erinn and our assistant Marlena I shot 144 people from all walks of life and numerous countries. The … Continue readingBehind the scenes – Venice Beach Portrait Series