My name in Italian

It was great working with award winning Italian Director Sylvia Maione last spring. One of the projects that I shot for her, "I am still waiting a day" is a modern day Romeo & Juliet short for an Italian music producing company. I like seeing my name in Italian credits, pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py2v1zh2fI8&list=PL9379EECB1336EE0A&index=17&feature=plpp_video

Cake Boss Christmas

Buddy (The Cake Boss) Valastro is always a real pro. After shooting for 12 hours on one of his many TV shows, he came home and allowed me plenty of time to shoot this piece for Elan.
I wanted to photograph Buddy at dusk, but his other shoot schedule was going to run late. So we set up early, got the beautiful sky at dusk and then waited for him to arrive and shoot the same position with him.
Have a VERY Merry Christmas!!!

Sweeet!

I want to thank Karin Giamella of Blue Sheep Bake Shop for the beautiful birthday cake and eye catching cupcakes that she supplied for a recent shoot. Their cakes are so much fun, not to mention very delicious! Check them out! http://bluesheepbakeshop.myshopify.com/

What was that?!

One thing I've learned over the years is that you never know what your gonna see on the beaches on Southern California! I brought my family to the beach one morning and right in front of me these two guys started flipping out! I had to get my camera. Thanks to Sean and Joshua, we had a memorable day!

Let's Merge

Photoshops Photomerge feature continues to amaze as to how simple it is to use. I wanted to emphasis the length of everything in the image, the pier, the beach, the board, etc. Photomerge helped me to achieve that with 11 exposures!

CPM Video Rig

I love my new CPM Video Rig, shown here with Italian director Silvia Maione. Silvia hired me as her Director of photography for a couple of projects that she is doing for Italian TV. The CPM rig is an awesome device. Besides the fact that it is a MUCH cheaper alternative to other products out there, it is also very well made and very durable. Believe me, Silvia had me put it to the test and it passed with flying colors!

Autism Speaks Shine A Light Campaign

What a pleasure working with such great kids for the second Autism Speaks campaign. The gave it their all and did such a great job. Thanks again to everyone involved.

Take a self portrait

          When was the last time you took a self portrait? Go ahead and send it around.

It's been quite a while since my last post. I've been busy on many projects as well as raising 5 kids.

One of my most exciting  projects was directing a music video with the very talented Stephanie St. Clair. She was great to work with and we all had a great time.

Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrTFWAauwHM