I Like Surprises

Like when Sarah took my white t-shirt and decided to wear it as a complete outfit. Stretching it, pulling it, forming it into all types of organic shapes. I've never seen anyone take a shirt to that much of an extreme before. It was brilliant! I was also surprised later to find out that she is a former Maxim cover model. We don't get many of those out here in NYC. . . . . . . . . . well at least I don't.

Spring Has Sprung!

You know how I can tell? In Washington DC, Cherry Blossoms are in full bloom and here in NYC I awake to the sound of jackhammers outside my window. I like to think of it as my own little March Madness. Spring also means that I will begin shooting outside again, so say goodbye to plain walls inside and hello to plain walls outside! Woohoo!!! But since its still rainy and cold for a few more days, here are a couple indoor shots of Poala @ IMG.

I've Never Been As Scared . . . . . . . .

As when Kristin decided to put my ipod on shuffle! With the end of every song came the unknown, "will it be something normal like 'The Killers'?", "what will I do if one of my 'motivational books on tape' pops on? Will I run to turn it off quickly or will I laugh it off and blame it on when I lent my computer to an old roommate?", "Oh My God! I think I have a Kelly Clarkson song on there!!!" See, I told ya, scary stuff! . . . . . . . . . how lucky am I that nobody found out about that last one huh?. Fortunate for me the shuffle experiment only yielded good results, like LCD Soundsystem, The Postal Service and some old R&B, (which actually fit perfectly with the series I was shooting at the time which was soft and backlit). Whewww! Here are a few shots of Kristin from the other day. We had a great time shooting and she couldn't have been sweeter. She even folded up the clothes from the shoot before she left! How nice was that?!!! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going get back to retouching while I listen to my ipod. . . . . . . . . . . . "But since you've been gone, I can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "

Taylor For Laila Azhar

Always a great shoot when your studio shares a wall with Tortilla Flats!

A Tornado Just Hit My Apartment!

Well, not exactly. But it kinda felt like it! Let's just say Lia has no trouble in the movement department, which made my job so easy that day! What sometimes could take the better part of a half hour to shoot took all of 10 minutes. Which means we were able to shoot about 5 looks in less than an hour. What was I going to do with all my free time??? Edit thats what, and post a few shots on facebook which yielded a request from Maud at Fashion Does It Better for a few shots for their site. Lia is the perfect editorial girl, free spirited and a rock star in front of the camera which means every shot is unique and uniquely Lia! I'm currently sitting at JFK waiting for my flight so I do not have all the images at my disposal, but here are a couple shots from our shoot.

Bent But Not Broken. . . . . I Hope

So, during the busiest week of shooting so far this year, Fashion Week, I managed to take a fall on 7th ave (fashion ave how ironic), and totally jacked up my wrist. I contemplated re-scheduling a couple shoots since operating a camera at the time seemed out of the question. However, with a few well timed advil's and a few zip lock bags of ice, I managed to shoot Natalia from IMG, who was an absolute sweetheart and speaks fluent French! I can barely handle English good. . . . . . . see, told ya. To me, she's a dead ringer for Sienna Miller, which means that Bruce Weber will probably book her for Abercrombie before my wrist heals. I also managed to shoot Laila Azhars lookbook which turned out great and ended with a margarita from Tortilla Flats which was right next door, (how conveeeeeenient). My wrist is still a little jacked so retouching the images might take a few extra days, but here are a couple quick shots of Natalia that caught my eye.

Supreme Being

Teresa from Supreme. A total sweetheart and an absolute dream to work with! Plus she hails from Munich so she gets bonus points in my book (too little representation from Germany in the industry if you ask me). I asked her to play with the shirt, tug on it, grab it, do whatever you want with it. These were only about 6% of the images we shot with this outfit, and it would be great to be able to post them all so you could see how every one was different. You can view more of her images on my site. Trust me, it was crazy hard to narrow it down to just two per look.