I Don't Have A Gym Membership

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Last week I shot some ads with a couple bodybuilders, and man was it a blast. It was our third shoot together over the past year and a half or so, and every time we just...kinda get to play. You might not guess it, but you couldn't ask for better collaborators. They're always energetic, funny, and game for anything, and perhaps best of all, they just don't take themselves too seriously. It makes for a fun day of shooting. So big thanks to Ron and Gabe for being reliably great in front of the camera, Sam for the fun concepts and choosing me to shoot them, Patty for her crazy good food skills, Jenny for her makeup magic, and Josh for being an ever-reliable facilitator. I can't share the images from the shoot yet, but here's some silliness we found time for:

Family photo.  Clockwise from top left: Gabe, Josh, Ron, Sam, Jenny, Patty, and yours truly.

You might be wondering if they're that huge or if I'm that small.  Answer's yes.

There may be two of them holding me up in this photo, but it really would have only required one of those four arms.

Kenya Callback

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This past week I shot the keynote speeches at Build 2017, Microsoft's huge developer conference, which this year was held at the Washington State Convention Center here in Seattle.  On the giant screens in the cavernous event space, I noticed a favorite photo I shot in Kenya being used to inform attendees of Microsoft's work to extend internet accessibility to far-flung corners of the globe.  It's an amazing and transformative effort, and I'll always consider myself fortunate for having the opportunity to witness it firsthand and help tell the story.  If you'd like to learn about Microsoft's use of TV White Spaces to deliver the internet to rural areas of the world, check out one of the links below.  You can also head to my website and have a look at the Kenya page, which has a bunch more images and a bit of explanation as well.  Thanks for reading!

Microsoft News
BBC News
New Scientist

Wrapped in Detroit

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Photo from the end of my work trip last week in Detroit, where I shot a couple days of environmental portraits and documentary-style images for Microsoft.  This is my tired but contented face.  It was a great trip, and I can't wait to share the photos and the story once it runs.  Stay tuned! Update, 06/01/17: The story is live—check it out here!

India

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It's funny that just a couple posts ago I talked about how much I love work travel, and here I am so soon doing another entry about an international work trip.  This time I was in India for four days, and while I'm not able to share any images from three of them (sorry), I can post a few that I shot during the one non-work day I had there.  I had an amazing time, and I hope you enjoy these few things that caught my eye.

Yeah, pretty sure he's got this under control.

I actually bought a copy of Animal Farm and read it on the plane ride back to Seattle.

The jankiest scaffolding you've ever seen.

Super janky electrical work.

Friendly reminder.

Jewish In Seattle: Fashion Feature

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A short time ago I was contacted again by Neomi Rapoport (art director of Jewish in Seattle), this time to ask me about shooting a fashion feature for a holiday issue of the magazine.  "Do they really mean to be asking me?" was my first thought, as I'd never claim to be a fashion photographer and do not, in fact, even feel that I'm particularly fashionable myself.  I was nevertheless totally happy to do it, of course, because it's fun to branch out and do different things, and I'd never pass up the opportunity to work with Emily (editor) and Neomi.  And wouldn't you know it?  When you have a great location, art director, model (Devon at SMG), stylist (Emma Ranniger), and HMUA (Kathy Evans), it turns out you wind up looking pretty good.  Especially when you have lovely clothes as well, provided by some of Seattle's finest designers.  Here are just a few images from the day's shoot, beginning with my personal favorite:

And then, because there was some question at the magazine about fashion for the cover, we did a few photos in my studio depicting different takes on honey and apples.  I quite liked them all.