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Youssou N'dour - I Bring What I Love

Last night I shot the Q&A for the Producer's Guild of America. It was a viewing of I Bring What I Love, a documentary film about Youssou N'dour. I only saw the last part of the film, but what I saw was so moving and beautiful! The film was directed by Chai Vasarhelyi who is pictured above.

Banner Ad on heebmagazine.com

I shot these this morning for a banner ad on heebmagazine.com. The shirt says 'WHAT WOULD BARBARA DO? Mucho fun :) You can see the web ad here.

Happy Father's Day!!

Last year for father's day I decided to scan some of my grandma's most popular dessert recipes cards and make cookbook for my dad. This year I chose to bake one of my dad's favorite treats, Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. After I got done baking them, they were so delicious looking I couldn't resist shooting them! So here they are, unfortunately the cookies won't be arriving in LA in time for Father's day, but until then my dad can do a little drooling over what will be arriving on his doorstep this week. (UPS said they should be there on Wednesday dad. )

As for my shooting notes, I shot these at 11:30pm in my tiny little kitchen with only my on-camera flash and some wall bounce. I am super pleased with the outcome! I never shoot food this way, usually I use a back key and frontal fill, or a window with a fill card. But in a pinch, I think this is a great technique.

Happy Father's Day!!

Time Out NY Photos

I shot this back in Febuary, but I didn't have my blog then, so I thought I would throw it up here. To see more stuff from TONY, just click here. The last shot is from the party that followed the release of the issue. The previous cover shot of Judah Freelander isn't my shot, I just shot a large percentage of the surrounding images.

My Papa in His Element

Just a portrait I shot of my dad and a some detail of his studio when I was in LA.

The Arsenal They Called Home

In the previous post I talked about my trip to Ohio with my mother to visit the place she called home from ages 10-13. Above are images from the house she spent those years in, two other images, (the sand bag and Army men) are from what used to be an administration building on the arsenal.

The house is located on what is now, a National Guard training facility outside the town of Ravenna Ohio. We got in touch with Ltc. Meade who was kind enough to take us on a personal guided tour of what used to be an active military arsenal. All of the homes that make up my mom's former neighborhood, are now used for urban warfare training, which is partly what made photographing this portion of the 'revisit' so interesting. This was one of my first experiences ever being on military land.

The portrait is of Mrs Rogers, who lived across the street from my mom during the years she lived there.

For more images click here.