Director Josie Whittlesey came by my little studio set up on West 10th street a few weeks ago. I prefer natural light but… 1) my long term plans include laughing at my current light setup and I was thinking I should first really understand exactly what a couple of $3 photo floods can do. 2) [...]
Meredith German Knows a Thing or Two About Color
Feb 17, ’11
12:28 PM
This one goes out to all my favorite photo editors! You’re gonna love Meredith German’s label Meredith Wendell,which she runs with her husband Ross. Perfectly constructed accessories, in Pop Art color hits on leather and glass, make the constant barrage of desperate photographer emails just that much more bearable. Check it out… you’ll love it. [...]
Happy Westminster Day
Feb 11, ’11
10:05 AM
The Westminster Dog Show is for serious next level dog-loving. I mean, I love dogs (my wife and I have a pitbull-mix and a chihuahua-mix who is something of a star in Puerto Rico)… and hair too (even though I’m follicly challenged), but I am purely an amateur as evidenced by our mutts. If you [...]
Words on a Post-It Note: Sparkly and Smudgy
Feb 4, ’11
6:31 PM
I have a new portrait up of Molly McCommons at the West Village’s favorite store Castor & Pollux. I stayed up late prepping the file, with a basketball game on (high five: the Lakers lost), listening to Bob Lind (who has a record entitled “Photographs of Feeling”), and wondering what kind of picture I’d made. [...]
East Coast Sunrise – Tulum, Mexico or Bad Depth Perception / Mild A.D.D. / Slight Dyslexia
Jan 20, ’11
3:25 PM
I woke up before dawn in Tulum, Mexico while staying there during Thanksgiving to watch the sunrise. It was unbelievably beautiful. I’ve only been on the beach with a camera at dawn once before (Coney Island for a shoot a couple of years ago). I’m hoping and praying everyday to become a better photographer and [...]
Stefania Pia and the Parking Ninjas
Jan 13, ’11
8:08 PM
A new pic went up at the Castor & Pollux Loving blog today of Italian Vogue writer / jewelry maker / West Village neighbor / good cheer maven Stefania Pia. She is in a word a hoot (is that two words?). Capturing a pic of her careening personality while she’s not laughing or one where [...]
Anndra Neen Sisters
Dec 4, ’10
6:46 PM
A new pic of jewelry makers Phoebe and Annette Stephens, of Anndra Neen, for the Ladies of Castor & Pollux. I was 30 minutes early so happily found this park a couple blocks away while checking out their neighborhood. While Fall may just be NYC’s finest season (I love some hazy yellow light) I am [...]
On the Road Jack
Dec 2, ’10
11:55 PM
I’ve been traveling a bit these past few late-fall/early-winter weeks. DC, West Virginia, Miami and Tulum. Miami was work, DC/WVA was family and Tulum was vacation (although I managed to score some work in Tulum in January so I’ll be headed back when NYC is at it’s most, um, challenging weather-wise… I just high-fived myself). [...]
Lesley M.M. Blume
Nov 15, ’10
11:52 PM
Lesley M.M. Blume sells books much faster than most people. Her new book, Let’s Bring Back, based on her column for The Huffington Post is selling like hotcakes. Here’s a pic I took of her for Castor & Pollux.
Making Lemonade (or the view from Frederich Church’s Window)
Nov 4, ’10
6:38 PM
I was recently given the opportunity to plead my case in court that I wasn’t actually driving 90mph on I-87 this past summer. (In my defense I was trying to pass an erratic Massachusetts driver–commonly know as Massholes… I lived there so I know of what I speak.) Two points and $180 later I decide [...]