New year, new gear. Leica S2 System

I have been shooting with this new Leica,37 MP system the past few days around the neighborhood. I look forward to using it along with my Canon set up on a big shoot starting this week. I have found it is very easy understand if you are familiar with shooting 35mm DSLRs. I owned a Leica M-6 ten years ago and loved it!

4 State Trucks 2012 Calendar Candids with Agnes and Drivers

Now that the calendar has been out for a month I thought I would share these photos of calendar girl Agnes Olech with some of the drivers.

Steve Moss at Red Oak II

With Andy Baker and Steve Heins at Red Oak II

At Lowell Davis’ house in Red Oak II

Outtake of Ray Graves’ Peterbilt

Outtake with Paul Marcotte’s Peterbilt in the background

With Mike Muro who’s Peterbilt is the month of August.

Kind of a cool behind the scenes perspective.

USC Alumni Magazine Winter 2011

This feature on these Language Academy students was shot back in August. They are from various
countries around the world and are thriving in this program offered by USC. This is probably the best feature story I have shot
for the university. It features Surachart Ratchajanda from Thailand, Norio Kaji from Japan, Dilyara Kenzhegaliyeva from Kazakhstan and Mazin Alahmadi from Saudi Arabia. This is a really special group of students who will be very successful in their chosen fields down the road! Thanks to Sheharazad Fleming, the fantastic new Art Director at the magazine for hiring me to shoot this story. All the best in 2012!

Genlux Melissa Farman Interview

Hello,
I thought this wouldn’t make it in before the end of the year but here it is.
I shot this image of Melissa, who will portray Bristol Palin in the upcoming HBO Film “Game Change”
next month. This was shot for Genlux back in October here in Hollywood. Much thanks to my great stylist Lindsey Dupuis! Melissa Farman is young, but very interesting and has already been in the hot ABC show “Lost”. I believe she will become
more well know in the years to come for sure. You heard it here 1st!

Large Car Magazine cover to close out 2011

Hello all, this may be the last post of this year. I had the pleasure of shooting Bruce’s rig up near Tahoe a few weeks before Thanksgiving. This is my second cover for the magazine and both trucks were yellow.

Here is the double page spread that shows off all the features of his Peterbilt

All the best in 2012!

Agnes Olech Egotastic Story!!!

Hello! What a nice way to start a Monday than to see this story on my Favorite blog!
A big thank you to Bill at Egotastic for the great post. I would also like to thank Agnes,
my top stylist Lindsey Dupuis, Miss Crofton in the UK for the great looks and Bryan at 4 State Trucks for giving me the job of shooting the retro “Class Pays” ads. What a way to end a superb year! Here’s to 2012! Thanks to all my followers for the continued support!

Lowell Davis and Red Oak II

If you ever find yourself traveling on Route 66 near Joplin Mo. make sure to check out Red Oak 2 The force behind this historical part of the Midwest is Lowell Davis, a very talented artist who built this small town in a cornfield. Here is Lowell and Miss Agnes on his front porch as we were on our way to a different location while shooting the 4 State Trucks 2012 Calendar

and here are some of the building Lowell has moved into this neighborhood over the years.

Here is a great quote of the artist explaining his take on art:

“I don’t believe that an artist should be restricted to use only paint or clay. It can be anything including junk, wood, even an old building. To me, Red Oak II is a combination of a painting and a sculpture, and it is just made from things that someone else threw away.”

Please, you owe it to yourself to check out this small town and stop by Lowell’s house in the middle of it all and say hi. He is super creative and fun to talk to and loves Aussies. He has met people from all over the world who make the trek across the country on this very famous road.

Fleet Owner, 4 State Trucks Calendar, Blog Post

My good friend, writer Sean Kilcarr over at Fleet Owner Magazine did a nice write up on my 4 State Trucks Calendar shoot.

Please have a read of the making of this great calendar which is avail for sale over at 4 State Trucks

If you get the printed magazine, there will be a one page story in that as well next week.

RIDES MAGAZINE FEATURE

Check out the latest issue of Rides Magazine out now. They usually shoot Hip Hop Star’s cars and SUVs but this issue they did a 3 page story on Jeff Botelho’s Pete Convertible. This magazine is avail at most convenience stores so pick one up if you see it! I know the build isn’t breaking news to the custom truck world, but to to the mainstream, its something out of left field. Enjoy!

Visions of Earth Nat Geo Book

Just in time for the holiday season, National Geographic released this book and I happened to check one out at Barnes and Noble at the Grove here in Hollywood. Its 500 pages of the best photos of the Visions of Earth section of the magazine which is the most popular section of the subscribers.

40 bucks get you one. Enjoy!