a little bit country

If you guessed that the CMA's were on the night before our shoot with Amanda based on the "country-esque" feel of this shoot, then you get a gold star! I love achieving goals, and one of my goals for my last trip out to LA was to shoot Amanda. I saw her layout in the last issue of Remix magazine and knew I had to shoot her. Her red hair and freckles, combined with my new found affinity for country music, and a secret lake we discovered off Mulholland drive, all added up to a story that had to be shot. 2012 is all about setting new goals. I'll check back here late next year to see if I won that Grammy for "Best New Country Artist", now all I need to do is learn how to sing and play the guitar, piece of cake.

Black Borders Are Beautiful

Bought some black bordered polaroid for my shoot with Caroline. Love the imperfections, hate that I didn't buy more.

Black and White Is The New Black

After seeing many of my color images floating around the internets sans color I decided to start experimenting a bit more in shades of grey. This swim shot of Alexa in black and white has more of an edge to it than it did in color. Plus I love how her eyes and her blonde hair pop against her skin tone.

Australian/American Diplomacy

It was fun dressing Kendal from 'down unda' in the good old stars and stripes with the 4th of July just around the corner. I felt like I was doing my part to bridge the divide that has separated our two counties for far too long. What you say? There is no divide? That Australia is basically like America's cousin but with free health care and a seemingly endless supply of beautiful blondes? Oh well, my bad. It was still fun though, Lee Greenwood would be proud.

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Electric Blue

Ice blue eyes, and in amazing shape, Kate was a great way to end my tip out to LA. I hope she swings thru NYC sometime soon, would love to shoot her again! Plus I could totally picture her walking around in the East Village, no make-up, distressed t-shirt, sunglasses, coffee in hand. . . . . .

From Here To SI

In conjunction with the release of the 2011 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, here are a few images of Kate from a recent shoot. A friend texted me last night and said, "That girl on your website is on David Letterman!" I don't get that text everyday.

Working On Being More Evil

One of the coolest girls I've shot, as well as one of the sweetest! I decided to use her to develop a slightly more evil side to my photography. More evilness to come. . . . . . .