How was your summer?

I hope your summer was great! We took our girls to Brazil for World Youth Day. What an experience! I was warned by many not to travel to Brazil with a lot of expensive gear because of wide spread theft. My solution was to take my back up body, a Canon 5D Mark II, and a 50mm lens. It was fairly compact and allowed me to shoot rather conspicuously. I was able to use photo merge for more wide angle stuff and the Mark II sensor gave me a large enough file to zoom in on other shots and I was able to shoot with Hi Def video. If I only brought my iPhone, I'd be kicking myself!

Salty

I had the great pleasure of recently working with Jarrod Saltalamacchia, catcher for the Boston Red Sox. He and his wife Ashley could not have been nicer and more hospitable.  West Palm Beach is very nice this time of year. Thanks for a great shoot!

Nancy Brown

I recently enjoyed seeing my dear old friend and mentor Nancy Brown while on a shoot in South Florida. Nancy brought me in as an intern, then hired me as an assistant when I first moved to NYC. She not only taught me everything about commercial photography from A-Z, she taught me how to treat people with respect and dignity. Nancy also taught me that making photos should be fun and not to take yourself too seriously. She has fallen in love with Asia in recent years and has visited there quite often. Her new book "Simply China" is beautiful! Check it out: http://simplychinabynancybrown.com

Thanks Nancy, for all that you've done for me.

Happy New Year!

May 2013 be a healthy, joyful, and prosperous new year for you!

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/