My comedian friend Lachlan Patterson recently found a xylophone abandoned by a dumpster outside his Venice home. Unable to believe anyone would discard such a treasure, he adopted it and soon started to incorporate it into his act. Seeing this, I thought it was funny but also … Continue readingOn a high note w/ comedian Lachlan Patterson
I recently spent a whirlwind hour with NYX Cosmetics founder Toni Ko in one of her LA offices to photograph her for a Cosmopolitan feature called Get That Life. The weekly series focuses on successful women and how they made it in their respective careers. Ko founded her cosmetics company … Continue readingToni Ko for Cosmopolitan
Miami meets Venice Beach! A few weeks ago, I photographed Danni Washington, a Venice resident I met at the Venice Beach TEDx a couple months back. An environmentalist, using prize money won in a ROXY “Follow Your Heart” competition, Danni and her mother started … Continue readingDanni
When I saw my friend Eduardo, a.k.a. “Loboman,” deejaying at the recent TEDx Venice Beach dressed as you see above, I beelined for him and politely informed him that he’d be shooting with me at the studio in the near future. Okay, I actually asked, … Continue readingLoboman
These are some a couple of my favorite portraits from recent sessions with Los Angeles artist Aaron Axelrod. I first met Aaron through my girlfriend, who works with his cousin. I came across him again several months later while he was doing an live … Continue readingAaron Axelrod
If crime is an indication of summer, then summer is getting started with a bang. Yesterday I spent much of my day at crime scenes, two while shooting for the AP and at one that just happened to be around the corner from my apartment. … Continue readingJames “Whitey” Bulger arrested