My first assignment for the New York Times was this portrait of Kevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios. He is perhaps the most powerful comic-book geek in the movie business today. I always want to make great pictures, regardless of how big or small the publication or story. My hands were tied a bit on this one, as everything on set of The Avengers is top secret, so I can’t tell you about the big movie stars I met or how the movie ends. While I do like this picture, it was a bit frustrating because there were so many amazing places around the sets that would have been great if we could have gotten clearance to make a picture around it. All that is just to say, I want to get another chance to shoot for The Times and show them what I can do if I’m allowed to sink my teeth into an assignment. Thanks to Robert for getting the screen photo when the picture was on the Times home page in the early hours.
Posts Tagged ‘Portraits’
For the New York Times
Juliette + Michael
I spent a wonderful afternoon going to White Mesa with Michael and Juliette to make some engagement portraits last week. It gave me a chance to get to know them better before I photograph their wedding in the fall, and I like to think it helps them get comfortable and be natural and relaxed with the camera. There are a few more pictures of the happy couple on my archive.
Albuquerque Economic Development Portrait series
I was commissioned to create a portrait series for Albuquerque Economic Development, Inc., a private, non-profit corporation that helps promote and recruit local businesses for use on their new website and some additional promotional materials. Fifteen lit environmental portraits of business executives may not sound like very many to some, but given the schedule demands of these CEO’s, VP’s and plant managers, it’s no small task. Most of the portraits had to be done very quickly to accommodate their schedules. Big thanks to Eric CdeBaca of AED for helping arrange all the appointments. The wide format is to accommodate the demands of the AED website, which provide an interesting compositional challenge.
Michael Jacquorie - SCHOTT Solar
Mason Holland - ECLIPSE Aerospace
Pete Barr - Tempur-pedic
Hong Hou - Emcore
Anthony Tenorio -Applied Technology Associates (ATA)
Michael L. Rinn – Boeing Directed Energy Systems
Waneta Tuttle – Southwest Medical Ventures
Leann Kravitz - Fidelity Investments
Ann Keleher, Intel
Steve Downie - Ktech
Carlos Perea – Miox Corporation
Sal Martino – American Society of Radiologic Technologists
You can view more from the series on my photo archive.
Paleontologist Portrait for The Gallup Indepenent
I got a call to make a last minute portrait of Albert Prieto-Marquez, Ph.D. Paleontologist, and Postdoctoral Fellow at the American Museum of Natural History for the Gallup Independent. The fossil in the top picture was found near Gallup NM and is part of his current research.
Two of Stacia
Since it’s snowing outside today, I thought I’d share some nice warm color photos a made a few weeks back of my friend Stacia Spragg-Braude. Great light just seems to follow Stacia. I’ve had a difficult time deciding between the two pictures, so I thought I’d ask which of these you think is better, and bonus points if you take the time to articulate why. So, anybody want to play Mike Davis?




















