9-19-08 - Milan, Italy - This editorial style fashion & beauty photography Flash Movie was shot in about 3 hours in an apartment in Milan, Italy. This 22 year old German model is very experienced and was just wonderful to shoot with. By having a lot of experience in front of the camera she is able to relax, move and relate to the camera without looking like she is trying. This is a mark of a true top professional.

9-18-08 - Milan, Italy - This editorial style fashion & beauty photography Flash Movie was shot midday in the apartment in Milano. The living room is quite large and is located in the middle of town, about 6 blocks from the Duomo & the Galleria. This 18 year old Russian model is brand new and was only her second shoot so a fair amout of directing was initially needed, which is very normal with new talent. But after an hour she relaxed and by then was able to, what I call, to "project".

9-10-08 This Western Lifestyle image was taken near the resort town of Vail, Colorado. We had perfect weather for this shoot and this image was used by Milano Hat Co. fo an ad in W&E magazine.

9-10-08 - This editorial style beauty photography image was shot in a hotel room. Make Up info: The model is wearing mascara & lipstick only.

8-29-08 - This is a difficult to execute advertising resort image to pull off. The model has to keep her eyes open, not blow air out her nose or mouth and keep a pleasant expression.

8-29-08 - This editorial style beauty photography image was shot at sunrise in South Florida. Make Up info: The model is wearing mascara & lipstick only.

8-12-08 - This editorial style beauty photography image was shot in a hotel room in Boca Raton and the entire shoot took about 2 hours. The challenge is to shoot in such a confined space and still get a great shot.

8-11-08 - This is a technically challenging advertising resort image to pull off. Keeping everything in focus, properly centered, eyes open, no air coming out of the nose and to have the model still have a pleasant expression is tough.

8-10-08 This Fashion Advertising image was shot in South Beach for Old Gringo Boots. My original concept was to shoot a cool, interesting fashion image where the central focus was on the boots. So I designed a special camera dolly so I could follow the model while she scooted along with the camera inches above the sidewalk with the lens aimed up.

8-9-08 On these types of resort lifestyle advertising images it is extraordinarily difficult to get all of the elements perfect.

8-7-08 This Editorial Aircraft image was shot just north of Fort Lauderdale, FL airport and is a classic example of being at the right place at the right time. Plus having the right gear and knowing what to do with it. Shot with Canon Professional Digital Camera set in RAW mode with a 200mm f1.8 Canon Professional lens then processed in Photoshop.

7-21-08 - This Editorial image of a Boeing 737 aircraft was shot for Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and shot in predawn light. Shot with Canon Professional Digital Camera set in RAW mode with a 14mm f2.8 Canon Professional lens then processed in Photoshop.

7-19-08 - This was not a planned shot. I was working with a client and we were changing locations when I saw this & called my assistant over. She had the Lumedyne battery powered studio strobe with a flash head mounted to a Sunbounce Mini reflector via a SUNBOUNCE Flash-Bracket. I positioned her & the mini & shot 3 images. All of them turned out, this one was the best.

7-17-08 - I must say I really like this Advertising Product Shot. I was shooting a project for Paige Wallace, a jewelry designer based in Texas, when I came up with this idea. Like a lot of images I do, thinking up the idea was very easy by comparison to actually executing it. But after a number of false starts I finally got it.

7-16-08 - This Editorial Cowgirl image was shot in Oklahoma in the same afternoon as the shot below.

7-15-08 - This Editorial Cowgirl image was shot in Oklahoma. I arrived about an hour before this image was taken and Bobbie gave me a quick tour of part of the ranch. I selected this location to shoot due to having a wide open area, some small hills to give elevation change, a single tree in the open and cattle. In the course of the shoot I used all the of the these elements.

7-14-08 - This Travel image was taken in Minneola, KS around 5 pm. I had left Denver, CO on my way to a ranch just outside Woodward, OK to shoot with a cowgirl I had met 5 years ago & could not get my travel plans to be in Woodward at proper time of day. So I was driving & while passing through Minneola I noticed 3 old grain elevators off to my left. I thought I really would like to shoot them but the sun was headed west and it was getting late plus I had another 2 hours driving time before I got to Woodward. Knowing I wanted to scout a while to locate the right spot to work and then get me & Bobbie back on site I decided to press on. I had driven past the elevators & I knew that I would not be real happy if I did not stop & shoot. So I turned around & grabbed a camera & shot two of the 3 elevators for 20 minutes, these are two of them.

7-12-08 - Magazine Cover Shot - The 2008 September-October issue of American Cowboy Magazine. This image was shot at sunrise in Colorado.

7-3-08 This Western Lifestyle image was taken near Hardin, Montana on the Little Big Horn Battlefield and the riders are crossing the Big Horn River. This is literally a few feet from Clusters' last stand and the Calvary are part of the Real Bird reenactment that takes place in late June. This crossing is difficult in that the water is still very high for this time of year and flowing very fast and there are several holes in the bottom so instead of walking the horses are swimming, and quite often so are the riders. The only other difficulty was putting enough insect repellant on to keep the ticks off & the mosquitoes from biting. They would still land on but not stick me.

6-30-08 While driving to Billings, Montana, I noticed a storm in the distance. I kept my eye on the sky and when the clouds were perfect, I sat on the brakes & whipped the Explorer off the Interstate (Scaring my passenger half to death in that they had not a clue just what in the Sam Hill I was doing). Pulling out my camera I aimed it towards this cloud & squeezed off a few shots.

6-29-08 This image was was taken in Colorado while I was shooting a fashion project - a totally different scene & model. I had directed the model I was shooting to a different location and while she was moving I heard these 5 wranglers leading 10 saddled horses from one location to another. I turned, raised the camera & shot 3 images before returning to shoot with the model who by then was approaching her new location. This is a wonderful Western Lifestyle Cowboy image.

6-19-08 I was in Eagle, CO to scout for an up coming Fashion project for The Milano Hat Company. This was the third day I was in Eagle and Dan, the outfitter I was using for this project, & I were sitting outside enjoying the evening.

I had identified several locations I wanted to shoot and I needed to know what time of day was best for each one of them. I had been up at 5 am to be able to look at how the light was going to develop in the morning so I could determine where I needed to be and how long I could spend before moving to the next location... chasing the light. The sun had been down about 10 minutes and Dan said, "look Steve." I turned my head & I could just see the top of the moon cresting over the mountain. Well I leaped up out of the chair I had seconds before thought I was going be able to relax in for a good while & commenced to hunt the closest camera and lens. I started to shoot & realized the lens I had on was too slow so I ran back I pulled my 200 f1.8 lens & started to shoot some more. Well it was too short so I then streaked back into the house & pulled out my 400mm f2.8 lens and it was just right. An example of shooting a great travel resort image by being at the right place at the right time.

5-21-08 This Fly Fishing image, shot for a resort client in Northeast Georgia, has multiple problems. It had rained heavily the night before meaning there was a lot of silt in the water, the silt was reddish in color, the underwater magnification caused the fishing line to not match where it transitions from above the water to underwater and the water was about 50 degrees.

5-4-08 On this type of Fly Fishing resort and lifestyle advertising photography the difficulty is getting a great location. A lot of fly fishing imagery is inherently challenging due to a majority of the locations being in small streams & rivers that are surrounded by trees. This plus most rivers and streams run North-South meaning getting early or late light on the subject is a problem. I talked to my client explaining what I was looking for and she told me about this location. We drove to where we could park the vehicles & I re-packed my camera bag to lighten the load for the 2 mile hike into the woods, downhill. When we arrived it was about 2 hours before sunset and after a quick scout I determined, that due to a high ridge covered with trees to the west, the last light would disappear about 30-40 minutes before sunset. I started to shoot within 10 minutes of arriving directing the talent to where I thought I could get some stunning imagery. I was able to shoot about 650+ images using the last vestiges of light before packing up and hiking back up the hill.

4-22-08 - Magazine Cover Shot - The 2008 June-July issue of American Cowboy Magazine. This image was shot at sunset in Glendo, Wyoming.

3-18-08 - Arizona - This is a behind the scenes video of an Advertising Fashion photography shoot that was produced in a private home in Cave Creek, AZ. This was shot for Patricia Wolf, a fashion designer in Texas.

3-5-08 - Atlanta - This fashion photography project was shot in a field of weeds and this segment took about 20-30 minutes to shoot. The gear we used: Canon Cameras and California Sunbounce.

1-22-08 - Colorado - These advertising photographs were shot for a cowboy boot company needing some lifestyle imagery for marketing. In winter the weather is very important. This was one of only a very few good weather days on this shoot. The temperature was about 15-20 degrees and I'm standing in show about 3-4 feet deep with the camera in one hand & my horses lead rope in the other. I wanted be be sure I could ride back & not walk back.

1-19-08 - This is one of several fashion advertising photography images I shot for a client to run ads in "Cowboys & Indians Magazine." The client contacted me the day after the official magazine deadline had passed and wondered if I could get the job done in time. Like most magazines there is an official deadline, the next deadline and then the "absolute drop dead" deadline extended to very few clients. Part of the problem was getting the samples in time. The client & I were both at an International trade show in Denver and some of the samples were not available until 5 days later which was a Thursday. The weather was another problem because it was January in Colorado. I knew the location I was going to shoot would work as long as it was not snowing. I had to shoot a spring time garment, 2 summer time garments & one fall/winter garment. The fall/winter was going to be easy but the spring & summer were going to take a lot of work. The weather was not going to be good until Saturday, one day past the second deadline. I talked to the National sales manager and due to my record of never missing a deadline ever she said I had an extra 4 days which brought it to the "absolute drop dead" deadline.

I cast for models, hired the model, had all of the samples flown in & shot the project on Saturday. Because of very heavy traffic due to skiers going to Vail, the model was 90 minutes late. It was 15-20 degrees outside where I shot 3 of the images.

12-25-07 - I just added a new series of images: "Desert Spring" in my "Personal Photography Work" section. This was shot in the last 2 hours of the day in the desert just outside of the resort town of Scottsdale, AZ. I had been watching the weather for several days & I finally got the weather I was looking for, black clouds, rain with sunshine. When I left the house it was raining but I thought it would clear just enough to shoot. So put on a slicker and jumped on the quad and roared off to the location I had scouted a few days before, about 4 miles from the ranch. The light was stunning and ranged from hard light to overcast.

The lenses used ranged from the Canon 15mm fisheye, the 16-35mm zoom lens and the 70-200mm zoom lens all on a Canon professional digital camera shooting RAW format and then processed in Photoshop.

12-2-07 On these types of resort lifestyle advertising images it is extraordinarily difficult to get all of the elements perfect. The water needs to be very clear, the water can't be too deep, the waves need to be almost not there, the models need to be comfortable in seaweed filled waters, with the occasional Jellyfish cruising by, and everyone gets red marks on the body from laying on and moving around in sand. Additionally the best time to shoot these is in the Winter and with most models having a small percentage of body fat this means they get cold quickly in the water.

11-24-07 - This lifestyle advertising photography shot was taken with the last 3 minutes of direct sunlight of the day. We had arrived and it started to rain so we all stayed in the cars until it had almost stopped. I got out and everyone followed me to the beach. I knew there was a lifeguard stand close by that would give some protection from the rain. We arrived & I had the models climb onto the stand which had a narrow walkway all the way around it and it was under the roof. So I started to shoot just to get the models warmed up. I then moved them around the corner and shot some more. Within 3-5 minutes of the sun being down the clouds moved and I got 3 minutes of direct sunlight.

11-24-07 - This editorial style beauty photography image was shot in a hotel room in Boca Raton and the entire shoot took about 2 hours. The challenge is to shoot in such a confined space and still get a great shot.

11-21-07 - This advertising beauty photography image was shot on Hollywood Beach. The original concept was to shoot in the water however the wind was too strong and huge waves would make it almost impossible to shoot so I had the model sit on a lifeguard stand to elevate her which kept the sand out of her eyes. I did not like her swimsuit for this type of beauty shot so I grabbed a towel I had brought and had her drop the swimsuit straps and hold the towel up. We shot 80 images in about 20 minutes.

10-28-07 - This personal Photography project was shot in the Los Angeles flower market and took about 4 hours to shoot. The market opens around 3-4 am & starts to close around noon, so you need to arrive early. The only problem is deciding on what to shoot, there are so many choices.

10-06-07 - This series of Advertising Beauty Photography shots were shot in the garden of a private villa in Malcesine, Italy in the rain. The model is wearing mascara and lipstick for make up and no other makeup at all.

10-06-07 - This series of Advertising Beauty Photography shots were shot in the garden of a private villa in Malcesine, Italy in the rain. The model is wearing mascara and lipstick for make up and no other makeup at all.

10-05-07 - This is a series of travel type of images. They were all shot in a private home in Milano, Italy near the center of town, the Duomo.

10-4-07 - In this series of advertising beauty Photography shots the model had mascara & lipstick, no other makeup was used. Lighting wise is sunlight with 2 California Sunbounce reflectors. The location was in a private home in downtown Milano. The construction on the home started in the 1300's.

10-8-07 - This series of advertising resort Photography images was shot in about 3 hours late in the day. These lifestyle images were shot for a rental villa in Malcesine, Italy, near Verona, on Lake Garda. I had communicated with the models what to bring in the way of wardrobe & I brought some of my resort collection of wardrobe too.

9-23-07 - Milano, Italy - So there I was, in the "daylight" studio shooting an advertising project for a client and I just happen to glance out the window while the client was working on styling the product. It has been raining all day and I saw this street lifestyle scene. The combination of the red car & the red umbrella was more than I could ignore. But there was also a somewhat well... really a rather rotund woman using a ugly umbrella walking in the opposite direction. So I just removed her hefty self and her tacky umbrella.

9-22-07 - So after my June shoot in the little old ladies’ house in Nesso, I have wanted to go back and shoot the Castle ruins. These Editorial Travel Photography images were shot for the Como Province Tourist Office.

9-22-07 - These Editorial Travel Photography images were shot for the Como Province Tourist Office of this Romanesque church, San Giacomo di Spurano, on Lake Como, is in the town of Ossuccio. The pre-Roman origins of this village are confirmed by votive altar from the second century A.D. that belonged to some people called the "Ausuciates", who gave the village their name.

9-22-07 - These Editorial Travel Photography images were shot in a cemetery on Lake Como in a town called Carate Urio. It is the tomb of Luigi Comitti and his family. I noticed the pattern as soon as I started to head down the stairs.

9-21-07 - These Editorial Travel Photography images were shot in Como, Italy on a project for the Como Province Tourist Office, go here to see 8 selects and read on how I was able to expand the contrast & tonal range to show detail in very deep shadows and still hold the brightest highlight.

9-23-07 - This was shot directly across the street from the North Milano Railroad station in Como, a commuter rail line. When I lived here in Como I would take the train returning from Milan to the last stop, Lago di Como, cross the street & just sit on one of the many benches and look at the lake & the lights at night. I was walking about and this group of swans landed in one of them several little harbors in Como. My first Italian fashion shoot in 1985 was just off to the right where the boats are pulled up the "steps".

9-20-07 - These Editorial Travel Photography images were shot in Como, Italy on a project for the Como Province Tourist Office, go here to see 2 selects.

9-13-07 - Added an Advertising Photography Problem Solving section showing solutions to advertising and editorial fashion, beauty, industrial, lifestyle, lingerie and swim wear photographic problems. Go here to look at some examples.

9-10-07 - Industrial Advertising Photography project. When shooting Advertising Industrial imagery or Editorial Industrial imagery, it is sometimes difficult to make it interesting. Take these HVAC items: Almost devoid of color, largely flat panels shaped like a box and made from galvanized steel. The key is to shoot them without large areas of light and without dark areas. Also I needed to hold the specular highlights to zero. Given the shiny metallic material these industrial items are made of, a tall order.

8-19-07 - Sunrise in the golf resort town of Boca Raton, FL. - My client had just bought this golf course a few months before I arrived. The roughs, fairways and greens were all in a sad state and he needed imagery to help market the course. My contact with the course had called me due to my being a lifestyle and golf resort shooter & asked if I could make the course look better than it really did. After arriving at the course I spent hours in the golf cart looking for angles to shoot. I finally found a few and even then I really had to work in making the course look at least good.

8-18-07 - Florida - This Lifestyle Resort Advertising and/or Editorial Photography image was shot near Miami Beach. On these types of images it is extraordinarily difficult to get all of the elements perfect. The waves, the wind and the current are all moving the models and the photographer. I position the models perfectly and a big wave comes in and moves them up and to the right or the left, sometimes several feet. What once was a perfectly framed image is now a problem because they have been moved up. In doing so their heads that were outlined by the beach are now in such a position that they have palm trees growing out of them, not too professional. Technically this is some of the most demanding imagery I have ever shot. Not only do I have the usual exposure, composition, model direction, watching for wardrobe problems I now have to deal with models constantly moving up & down & to the left, to the right and getting salt water in their eyes & nose. Plus I’m moving up, down to the left to the right. When a big wave breaks over the housing the focus does not work very well for several seconds. In addition to all of this the location only works light wise at sunrise. PLUS on this shot the sun was totally blocked by the clouds so I then had to use an electronic waterproof strobe to provide the light needed followed by a huge amount of Photoshop work to finish the image.

8-17-07 - Florida - This Lifestyle Resort Advertising and/or Editorial Photography image was shot near Miami Beach. On these types of images it is extraordinarily difficult to get all of the elements perfect. The waves, the wind and the current are all moving the models and the photographer. I position the models perfectly and a big wave comes in and moves them up and to the right or the left, sometimes several feet. What once was a perfectly framed image is now a problem because they have been moved up. In doing so their heads that were outlined by the beach are now in such a position that they have palm trees growing out of them, not too professional. Technically this is some of the most demanding imagery I have ever shot. Not only do I have the usual exposure, composition, model direction, watching for wardrobe problems I now have to deal with models constantly moving up & down & to the left, to the right and getting salt water in their eyes & nose. Plus I’m moving up, down to the left to the right. When a big wave breaks over the housing the focus does not work very well for several seconds. In addition to all of this the location only works light wise at sunrise. And as most of you know, sunrise light is not pretty for very long, like 30-70 minutes depending on the atmospheric conditions.

8-16-07 - Florida - This Lifestyle Resort Advertising and/or Editorial Photography image was shot near Miami Beach. On these types of images it is extraordinarily difficult to get all of the elements perfect. The waves, the wind and the current are all moving the models and the photographer. I position the models perfectly and a big wave comes in and moves them up and to the right or the left, sometimes several feet. What once was a perfectly framed image is now a problem because they have been moved up. In doing so their heads that were outlined by the beach are now in such a position that they have palm trees growing out of them, not too professional. Technically this is some of the most demanding imagery I have ever shot. Not only do I have the usual exposure, composition, model direction, watching for wardrobe problems I now have to deal with models constantly moving up & down & to the left, to the right and getting salt water in their eyes & nose. Plus I’m moving up, down to the left to the right. When a big wave breaks over the housing the focus does not work very well for several seconds. In addition to all of this the location only works light wise at sunrise. And as most of you know, sunrise light is not pretty for very long, like 30-70 minutes depending on the atmospheric conditions.

8-15-07 - Florida - This Advertising and/or Editorial Resort Lifestyle Photography image was shot near Miami Beach. On these types of images it is extraordinarily difficult to get all of the elements perfect. The waves, the wind and the current are all moving the models and the photographer. I position the models perfectly and a big wave comes in and moves them up and to the right or the left, sometimes several feet. What once was a perfectly framed image is now a problem because they have been moved up. In doing so their heads that were outlined by the beach are now in such a position that they have palm trees growing out of them, not too professional. Technically this is some of the most demanding imagery I have ever shot. Not only do I have the usual exposure, composition, model direction, watching for wardrobe problems I now have to deal with models constantly moving up & down & to the left, to the right and getting salt water in their eyes & nose. Plus I’m moving up, down to the left to the right. When a big wave breaks over the housing the focus does not work very well for several seconds. In addition to all of this the location only works light wise at sunrise. And as most of you know, sunrise light is not pretty for very long, like 30-70 minutes depending on the atmospheric conditions.

8-14-07 - Florida - This Resort Lifestyle Advertising and/or Editorial Photography image was shot near Miami Beach. On these types of images it is extraordinarily difficult to get all of the elements perfect. The waves, the wind and the current are all moving the models and the photographer. I position the models perfectly and a big wave comes in and moves them up and to the right or the left, sometimes several feet. What once was a perfectly framed image is now a problem because they have been moved up. In doing so their heads that were outlined by the beach are now in such a position that they have palm trees growing out of them, not too professional. Technically this is some of the most demanding imagery I have ever shot. Not only do I have the usual exposure, composition, model direction, watching for wardrobe problems I now have to deal with models constantly moving up & down & to the left, to the right and getting salt water in their eyes & nose. Plus I’m moving up, down to the left to the right. When a big wave breaks over the housing the focus does not work very well for several seconds. In addition to all of this the location only works light wise at sunrise. And as most of you know, sunrise light is not pretty for very long, like 30-70 minutes depending on the atmospheric conditions.

8-13-07 - Florida - This Resort Lifestyle Advertising and/or Editorial Photography image was shot near Miami Beach. On these types of images it is extraordinarily difficult to get all of the elements perfect. The waves, the wind and the current are all moving the models and the photographer. I position the models perfectly and a big wave comes in and moves them up and to the right or the left, sometimes several feet. What once was a perfectly framed image is now a problem because they have been moved up. In doing so their heads that were outlined by the beach are now in such a position that they have palm trees growing out of them, not too professional. Technically this is some of the most demanding imagery I have ever shot. Not only do I have the usual exposure, composition, model direction, watching for wardrobe problems I now have to deal with models constantly moving up & down & to the left, to the right and getting salt water in their eyes & nose. Plus I’m moving up, down to the left to the right. When a big wave breaks over the housing the focus does not work very well for several seconds. In addition to all of this the location only works light wise at sunrise. And as most of you know, sunrise light is not pretty for very long, like 30-70 minutes depending on the atmospheric conditions.

8-10-07 - Florida - This Resort Lifestyle Advertising and/or Editorial Photography image was shot near Miami Beach. On these types of images it is extraordinarily difficult to get all of the elements perfect. The waves, the wind and the current are all moving the models and the photographer. I position the models perfectly and a big wave comes in and moves them up and to the right or the left, sometimes several feet. What once was a perfectly framed image is now a problem because they have been moved up. In doing so their heads that were outlined by the beach are now in such a position that they have palm trees growing out of them, not too professional. Technically this is some of the most demanding imagery I have ever shot. Not only do I have the usual exposure, composition, model direction, watching for wardrobe problems I now have to deal with models constantly moving up & down & to the left, to the right and getting salt water in their eyes & nose. Plus I’m moving up, down to the left to the right. When a big wave breaks over the housing the focus does not work very well for several seconds. In addition to all of this the location only works light wise at sunrise. And as most of you know, sunrise light is not pretty for very long, like 30-70 minutes depending on the atmospheric conditions.

6-26-07 - A new editorial travel location has been added, Sorrento, Italy.

6-26-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel Photography image was shot in Brunate which overlooks Como, Italy on a project.

6-26-07 - These Advertising Resort Travel Photography images were shot in Nesso near Como, Italy on a project.

6-25-07 - These Advertising Resort Travel Photography images were shot in Milan, Italy on a project.

6-21-07 - These Advertising Resort Travel Photography images were shot in Sorrento, Italy on a project.

6-20-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel Photography image was shot in Positano, Italy on a project.

6-19-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel Photography image was shot in Positano, Italy on a project.

6-18-07 - These Advertising Resort Travel Photography image were shot in Marina Grande, near Sorrento, Italy on a project.

6-17-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel Photography image was shot in Sorrento, Italy on a project.

6-16-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel Photography image was shot in Marina Grande, near Sorrento, Italy on a project.

6-15-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel Photography image was shot in Sorrento, Italy on a project.

6-14-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel Photography image was shot in Sorrento, Italy on a project.

6-13-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel Photography image was shot in Sorrento, Italy on a project.

6-12-07 - This Advertising Resort Travel Photography image was shot at sunrise in Sorrento, Italy on a project. The cruise ship was coming to port, got just outside the port & dropped anchor. You could hear the chain rattling out of the hold while the heavy anchor was descending into the depths of the clear blue waters of the Mediterranean pulling the chain behind it.

6-8-07 - Colorado - An advertising Beauty Photography image. This image was shot on a ranch in Colorado with a Canon professional digital camera set on 100 ISO, 1/320 second exposure, using an 85mm f1.8 lens @ f2.2 then processed using Photoshop CS3 and using the Adobe RAW converter. A California Sunbounce reflector was used to add fill light.

6-4-07 - Colorado - This was shot for a Western Lifestyle Advertising Resort Photography client just outside of resort towns of Vail and Beaver Creek.

6-3-07 - Colorado - This was shot for a Western Fashion Advertising Photography client just outside of resort towns of Vail and Beaver Creek.

6-3-07 - Colorado - Location lingerie fashion photography shoot.

5-30-07 - Sunset in the rain - Colorado - This was shot for a Cowboy Hat Advertising client.

4-14-07 - Arizona - This was shot for a Western Fashion Advertising Photography client just outside of resort filled Scottsdale in the Arizona desert.

3-31-07 - California - This was shot on a resort looking horse ranch for Rockies Jeans, a Western Fashion Advertising Photography client.

1-26-07 - Colorado - This was shot for a Western Fashion Advertising Photography client. This was shot about 20 seconds before the sun went behind a mountain and the temperature was about 34 degrees. This image was shot with a Canon professional digital camera, EF28mm-70mm f2.8 lens set at 28mm and f4, 1/500 second exposure handheld, 100 ISO and then processed using Photoshop CS3 Beta and using the beta RAW converter. It was close to dark before we got back to the corral and by then the temperature was close to 25 degrees.

1-24-07 - Colorado - This was shot for a Western Fashion Advertising Photography client.

1-22-07 - Colorado - This was about 40 minutes after the sun had gone down for a Western Lifestyle Advertising Photography client, a trail riding outfitter. 

1-22-07 - Western Lifestyle Advertising Photography client, a trail riding outfitter.

1-20-07 - Colorado - This was shot late afternoon for a Western Lifestyle Advertising Photography client, a trail riding outfitter.

1-19-07 - Colorado - This was shot late afternoon for a Western Lifestyle Advertising Photography project.

1-17-07 - Colorado - This was shot for a Western Fashion Advertising Photography project.

1-11-07 - Shot an Editorial Beauty Photography project with Danyelle.

1-3-07 - Added a new Flash Movie: The year 2006 in advertising photographs. This promo features fashion photography, beauty photography, lifestyle photography, cowboy photography, western lifestyle photography, aircraft photography and personal work.

12-6-06 - Shot a series of images for a Cowboy Fashion Photography client. Shot just outside of Las Vegas, NV on a perfect afternoon in direct sunlight. Notice that the hats do not loose detail even in the very hard sunlight. This is because I had an assistant 70 feet towards the sun with a light modifying device that is normally only used in the motion picture industry. This allows me to maintain the detail without loosing the "edge" of hard light. I had another assistant off to my left with a 4' x 6' California Sunbounce reflector bouncing light primarily on the woman's face to ensure a good "Beauty" light.

This image was shot with a 200mm f1.8 lens shot at f1.8. Shooting a "Fast" telephoto lens wide open makes the background blur out which pulls the eye to the models & the hats. The image was then processed with an Adobe Camera RAW Converter then retouched and finished in Photoshop.

10-31-06 - Added a series of 6 Advertising Flash web banners shot & produced for a professional race team. You can also see them on my Flash Movie page. 

10-30-06 - Wolcott, Colorado - This was shot on a cold morning for a Cowboy Web site Advertising Photography project. You can also see it on my Flash Movie page. 

10-5-06 - Burns, Colorado - This was shot on a very gray, rainy & cold morning for a Cowboy Web site Advertising Photography project. 

9-30-06 - Sunrise in Wolcott, Colorado - This was shot for a Cowboy Advertising Photography project.

9-29-06 - Sunset in Wolcott, Colorado - This was shot for a Cowboy Advertising Photography project.

9-28-06 - Sunrise in Wolcott, Colorado - Shot for 30 minutes for a Cowboy Advertising Photography project. This project started well before sunrise which was about 7 AM. We were on the ranch about 5:30 AM to call in the herd of horses. The cowboys then saddled up and rode out at pre-dawn to locate the herd of cattle and drive them to the location I had scouted a few days before. I had several radios in use to be able to communicate with the cowboys as to the status of pushing the cattle in position and then directing them where to push the herd next.

9-26-06 - Sunrise in Wolcott, Colorado - This was shot while scouting for a Cowboy Advertising Photography Photography project.

9-11-06 - Shot an Advertising Beauty Photography project with Diana.

9-9-06 - Predawn & Sunrise, shot an Advertising Lifestyle Resort Photography project on Hollywood  Beach. Just North of Miami Beach - This was shot at sunrise and in about 20 minutes the light was too hard to shoot.

9-8-06 - Predawn & Sunrise, shot a Lifestyle Resort Advertising Photography project on Hollywood Beach.

8-19-06 - Added an Advertising Lifestyle Flash movie.

8-11-06 - Shot an Advertising Beauty Photography project with Malayne.

8-9-06 - Shot an Advertising Lingerie Photography project with Chelsea.

7-31-06 - Added a new Advertising Beauty Photography project with Katie.

7-30-06 - Added a new Fly Fishing Lifestyle Advertising Photography section.

7-29-06 - Made a new Advertising & catalog fashion photography promo.

6-15-06 - Added new images to my Industrial Photography section.

5-30-06 - Added a new Travel Advertising Photography Section.

5-15-06 - Shot an Advertising Beauty Photography project with Jessica.

5-14-06 - Just posted  a new section to my personal work "Travel Beauty" - this was a small palm frond that was in the front yard. Shot with a Canon Professional digital camera & a Canon 28-70 zoom lens, all at f2.8. On a couple of the shots I used an extension tube to be able to shoot closer.

5-6-06 - Shot an Advertising Beauty Lingerie Photography project with Chelsie a great mover with wonderful skin & eyes. Shot with a Canon 85mm f1.8 set at f3.2 on a Canon digital camera.

5-6-06 - Shot an Advertising Beauty Lingerie Photography project with Vanessa.

4-28-06 - Just posted a new Flash Cowboy movie project which is from a series Cowboy images taken in Wolcott, CO. at one of my favorite locations to shoot in the winter.  It is just off I-70 making it easy to get to, it has a huge pasture allowing sweeping light to get in, it has several stands of trees, mounted Cowboys, 60-70 horses and about 100 head of Texas Longhorn cattle. The owner always was after me to shoot in the fall so in September I flew out and spent a week shooting. In this image I'm panning the camera with the action to help keep some of the image sharp enough to see what is in the scene and yet still have a lot of blur. The very nature of panning with a long shutter speed while hand holding the camera means I need to shoot a lot of images to get one or two stunning images.

The opening Flash movie segment, which took about three hours to design and prep & less than 10 minutes to shoot, was shot 10-15 minutes after the sun had set which allowed me to get the exposure down to 1/10 of a second and get the sky I wanted. What I wanted was for the cattle to walk without stopping to graze. I showed my cowboy wrangler what I needed and he put some feed down at the north end of the pasture and allowed the cattle to eat and then pushed them off of the feed to the southern end. He then had the cowboys push the cattle to the north end while I walked alongside the cowboys & the cows looking at framing. When I had determined the Line I wanted the cows to walk I showed this to the head wrangler. He then had the cowboys push the cattle back south & held them there until I said, Go! 

What I did was to shoot a few frames, pick up the camera bag and run to the next spot and shoot a few frames, grab the camera bag and run again. The time frame that a photographer has to shoot this quality, intensity and color of light after sunset is around 8-10 minutes, which is not long. At the same time I'm giving directions to the  wranglers holding the herd tight, keeping the speed to the level I was looking for and moving in the direction I wanted. The second Flash movie segment was shot earlier in the day while prepping for the final sequence.

4-22-06 - Shot an Advertising beauty Photography project on Bethany near Atlanta, GA. A clean headshot photographed about 1 hour before sunset. Shot into the sun using an 85mm f1.8 Canon lens.

4-13-06 - On the way to the jewelry beauty project below, I shot a few cactus- go here for a select. I pulled over, got the lens & a polarizer & shot for 2 minutes.

4-13-06 Midday - Paradise Valley, AZ - Shot a Jewelry Beauty Photography project. This is a great location and is my second time shooting at this home. This entire shoot took about 70 minutes.

4-13-06 Sunrise - Rio Verde, AZ - Shot a 40 minute Cowboy Photography project. I always shoot at sunrise at this location. The horseman, Craig Marple, always has great animated horses & can control them from the ground.

4-12-06 Sunset - Rio Verde, AZ - Shot a 90 minute Cowgirl Photography project. This is one of a series of shots for an ad to run in "Cowboys & Indians Magazine." I had shot for 40 minutes and the sun set behind a mountain. So we waited for 40 minutes for the sun to "Set" and shot this series of images.  

4-12-06 Sunrise - Rio Verde, AZ - Shot a 40 minute Cowboy horsemanship Photography project. Here is Craig Marple working one of his horses. Note the front hoofs are off the ground as Craig cues the horse to turn to its left. 

4-11-06 - Paradise Valley, AZ - Shot a 3 hour Fashion Advertising Photography project for Patricia Wolf. Patricia Wolf is a fabulous Southwestern clothing designer using hand painted leathers, metal and stone studs and fringe as principal design elements. These are to be run in "Cowboys & Indians Magazine." 

4-11-06 - Sunrise - Rio Verde, AZ - Shot a 20 minute Cowboy Photography project. he horseman, Craig Marple, always has great animated horses & can control them from the ground. This shot of DunnBoy is only one of a dozen high energy images I got that morning.

4-10-06 - Sunset - Cave Creek, AZ - Shot cactus - personal Photography project. 10 minutes.

4-10-06 - Midday - Sedona, AZ - Shot a Beauty Photography project with Tifany. This location is just off a main road and takes maybe 3 minutes to walk to. We started midday and I worked with shadows & open shade until later in the day we shot in direct late light. 4-5 hours. 

4-10-06 - While waiting on location in Sedona for the model to warm up & for the sun to return I shot a series of textures, go here for some selects.

4-10-06 - Sunrise - Rio Verde, AZ - Shot a 40 minute Cowboy Photography project. The horseman, Craig Marple, always has great animated horses & can control them from the ground. This shot of DunnBoy is only one of a dozen high energy images I got that morning.

4-9-06 - Sunset - Rio Verde, AZ - Shot a Cowboy Photography project. This is one of a series of images shot for CM Cinches to be run as ads in "Cowboys & Indians Magazine." 

4-9-06 - Sunrise - Rio Verde, AZ - Shot a Cowboy Photography project.

4-7-06 - After spending the night in the Ft. Worth Stockyards Hotel, on the National Register of historical places, I shot the stockyards, or what is left of them as a personal project. Go here for a select.

4-6-06 - Shot an advertising Cowboy Photography project with 8 times World Champion roper Roy Cooper - the first $2 million dollar rodeo cowboy - on his ranch in Texas.

3-25-06 - Late afternoon, shot a Lifestyle Resort Advertising Photography project on Hollywood  Beach with Arianna & Joseph. The challenge to was getting a long exposure and still have a relatively crisp image while hand holding the camera in strong waves.

3-25-06 - Late afternoon, shot a Lifestyle Resort Advertising Photography project on Hollywood  Beach with Ericka & Idriss. Ericka & Idriss moved well together and related well to the camera.

3-22-06  - Late afternoon, shot a Fashion advertising Photography project in Hollywood with Alexey. I had shot Alexey, see the afternoon shoot on 3-12-06, and liked his look for fashion. Just a great model.

3-21-06 Midday, shot an Advertising Beauty Photography project in a private home in Pompano Beach with Shelley who is a consummate professional. Shelley is such a professional model..

3-19-06  - Late afternoon, shot a Advertising Business Photography project on Lighthouse Point Beach with AJ. I had about 5-6 minutes of light left & a very strong wind.

3-19-06 Midday, shot an Advertising Beauty Photography project in a private home in Pompano Beach with AJ, who has great skin, wonderful hair, totally comfortable with her self and moves very well. I have shot with AJ for several years and every time is better than the last, this was no exception. Just stunning.

3-16-06  - Late afternoon, shot an Advertising Lifestyle resort Photography project on Lighthouse Point Beach with Crystal & Lance. Crystal & Lance are both good looking, have great bodies & are great models. They were perfect and were able to pull off a difficult image and look real in doing so. Thanks guys!

3-14-06 - Late afternoon, shot an Advertising Lifestyle Photography resort project on Lighthouse Point Beach with Shana & John. I could not ask for better models on this shoot.

3-12-06 - Late afternoon, shot an Advertising Lifestyle resort Photography project on Deerfield Beach with Ashley & Alexey. This shoot was both of these models first lifestyle shoot. After the normal first time jitters they both were great.

3-12-06 Midday, shot an Advertising Beauty Photography project in a private home in Pompano Beach with Ashley, who is tall, has great skin, totally comfortable with her self and moves very well. The hardest part of this shoot was getting Ashley, who is 5'10" tall, to fit on the sofa.

3-10-06 - Late afternoon, shot an Advertising Lifestyle Resort Photography project on Deerfield Beach with Erika & Lawrence. These two models really fit well & have a on camera chemistry that worked.

3-10-06 Midday, shot an Advertising Beauty Photography project in a private home in Pompano Beach with Erika, who has great skin, totally comfortable with her self and moves very well.

3-8-06 Midday, shot an Advertising Beauty Photography project in a private home in Pompano Beach with Elaine, who has great skin, great shape, huge eyes and moves very well. Go here to see the Flash movie.

3-5-06 - Midday, shot an Advertising Beauty Photography project in a private home in Pompano Beach with Crystal, who has great skin & is very comfortable with herself.

3-5-06 - Late afternoon, shot an Advertising Lifestyle Resort Photography project on Deerfield Beach with Rachael & Patrick. Rachael is wonderful and was able to help Patrick who is brand new.

3-5-06 - Midday, shot an Advertising Beauty Photography project in a private home in Pompano Beach with Rachael, who is a stunning wonderful model to work with. Very comfortable with herself, great body, great hair and just fun.

3-3-06 - Shot an Advertising Beauty Photography project with Sarah. One of the keys to getting great shots is with the model. If a model "gives" to the photographer everyone will wind up with great shots. Sarah is a giver & we got a lot of great selects.

2-28-06 - Shot an Advertising Lifestyle Photography shoot with David & LaTrice.

2-2-06 - Shot an Advertising Fashion Photography shoot for WETA - you can see the Flash movie here. Everything you see in this project was shot in only 7 hours. The stills & video, the changes, the styling, the moving from one location to the next total time, less lunch, was 7 hours. The models were just stunning and the M/U & Hair was exactly what I wanted. I shot 1800+ images & the client's ad agency wound up using 58 final images.

1-29-06 - Austin, Texas shot in the afternoon/evening - scout for fashion shoot - the challenge was to find great locations very close to each other due to a very restrictive timeline - you can see a Flash movie here and photos only here.

1-29-06 - Sunrise - shot the Texas state capitol in Austin - You can see a select here.

1-21-06 Sunset - Shot a series of Cowboys in the snow  in Wolcott, CO.

1-21-06 sunrise - Shot a series of Cowboys and Longhorn cattle in the snow  in Wolcott, CO. - It was 11 degrees below zero. Challenge: Keeping the batteries warm. Solution: Put the batteries in a Lightware pouch with 2 hand warmers in with the batteries & keep the pouch in the inside coat pocket.

1-20-06 - Shot a series of Cowboys in the snow in Wolcott, CO. - I was riding on a tall horse and to give you an idea of just how deep the snow was while riding my boot was halfway in the snow it was 15 degrees when we got back to the barn.

1-16-06 - While getting ready to leave Denver for Wolcott, I looked at the sky grabbed my cameras & drove to an Industrial Power Plant nearby.

1-16-06 - Finished the Fashion advertising Photography project in Denver below with Heather 15 hours later, snow & cold.

1-15-05 - Shot an Advertising Fashion Photography project in Denver with Heather in warm & brilliant sunshine. Heather is just great to shoot with. This was the third project we worked on together & she is just a great model to work with and just be with.

12-18-05 - Shot an Advertising Lifestyle Photography project in Deerfield Beach with Brian & Jamie. Brian is Miami's leading model in South Florida in his age range. Just a great model & person he is so easy to work with under any situation.

12-17-05 - Shot an Advertising beauty project with Sarah Elizabeth. This project took about 3 hours and Sarah Elizabeth was a very good model.

12-17-05 - Sunrise - Shot an Advertising Lifestyle Photography project in Ft Lauderdale with Brian & Jamie.

12-15-05 Midday - This was shot in private home in Pompano Beach - an Advertising Beauty Photography project with Carrie. This project took about 3 hours and Carrie was a very good model with a wonderful look & shape.

12-13-05 Late afternoon in Deerfield Beach shot an Advertising Lifestyle Photography project with Crystal & David. Crystal is such a wonderful model to work with. In any situation I put her in she shines through and looks 100% real. She is one of my favorite South Florida models to work with in her age range.

12-13-05 Midday - This Beauty Advertising Photography image was shot in private home in Pompano Beach shot beauty with Crystal. One of the keys to getting great shots is with the model. If a model "gives" to the photographer everyone will wind up with great shots. Crystal is very comfortable with herself, is a giver & as a result we got a lot of great selects.

12-12-05 - Sunset in Deerfield Beach Lifestyle shot with Tara & Duane. This project took about 70 minutes and both models were wonderful to work with. They both made the shots 100% real.

12-12-05 - This beauty advertising Photography image was shot in private home in Pompano Beach shot beauty with Tara. This project took about 3 hours with great results.

12-8-05 - This beauty image was shot in private home in Pompano Beach shot very sexy lifestyle with Wendy & Duane. This difficult project took about 90 minutes and both models were wonderful to work with. They both made the shots 100% real.

11-17-05 - Shot beauty with Adina - same location. This project took about 40 minutes to shoot due to the temperature being in the low 50's. Normally I would shoot until sunset but it was just too cold, but Adina did just great.

11-5-05 - Shot a series of Beauty Editorial Style Images with Shannon in the same location as Stephanie. You can see the 2nd Flash movie here. Shannon is a great model to work with and has a wide range of looks. She is the only model that has given me enough range of looks for me to be able to produce 2 Flash movies from one shoot.

10-29-05 - Shot a series of Beauty Editorial Style Images with Stephanie, who in addition to being a great mover with a great personality is simply stunning, this shoot lasted about 90 minutes.