Notes from the Studio

  1. 12|16
    2011

    Macworld January Cover

    The iPhone 4s has been unleashed all over Macworld Magazine, inside and out. The cover may look nice and clean but the set to light it was a mess.

    If you're traveling for the holidays, load your iPad up with the Zinio version or look for the analog version at your airport news stand.

     
  2. 12|08
    2011

    Eames: The Architect and the Painter

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    About a year ago (November 2010) Dwell magazine hired me to photograph a bunch of cool chairs. Of course one of the chairs was a requisite Eames chair. Dwell had asked if a film crew could come by my studio as well since the editor of the magazine (Sam) was being interviewed in a film about Charles and Ray Eames. They thought they might get some footage during the day. See photos from that day here 

    Fast forward to now, and the movie, Eames: The Architect and the Painter, is now out in theaters. I went to see it since I thought it would be interesting and I wanted to see how the film turned out. I wasn't expecting to see any footage from my studio but was super-excited to see that towards the end of the movie my studio (and I) were shown. I even had a big line—I don't want to spoil it—but it was something like, "I think we should move the chair."

    I encourage you to see my film debut this really fascinating portrait of an incredibly innovative, influential and talented couple. http://firstrunfeatures.com/eames
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  3. 12|06
    2011

    Red, Red, Red

    San Francisco Magazine approached us with a fun idea for "The Trend" section of the December 2011 issue.  They wanted to incorporate the color red in an over-the-top fashion.  They provided a selection of red products to pick from to form the groups. Rather than washing the photos with a red overlay in Photoshop, we went old school and used red gels.  Each grouping was giving it's own surface and gel treatment. This allowed the photos to have their own identity while relating to each other as a series.