Navigators Annual Report Takes Silver Award in Graphis

Earlier this year I had the pleasure of photographing the the Navigators Group annual report for Addison and I’m excited to say Graphis just awarded the project a silver medal in their Annual Reports Competition.  The concept was to use the classic metaphor of a glass half full or empty to illustrate “Risk and Opportunity”. [...]

Commercial Photographer – A Stressful Job that Pays Badly

CNNMoney.com put out a list of the worst 15 jobs that are stressful and pay badly, and wouldn’t you know it, commercial photographer was ranked number eight.  CNN lists the average photographers salary at $43,600.00 and the stress level percentage at 100%.  ”The job may sound glamorous, but commercial photographers, who capture models, merchandise and [...]

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David Field Needs Your Vote

A few months back I featured the work of  my friend and super talented fellow photographer/ SCAD alumn David Field.  Well David  just informed me that he is in a three photographer winner take all race sponsored by Hasselbald.  Over the next 3 months David will be competeing in photographic challenges and tweeting about his experience. [...]

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I’m an ADC Young Gun

I’m pleased to announce that as of last night I can now add ADC Young Gun to my list of awards.  The competition organized by the Art Directors Club recognizes 50 creatives from around the globe under the age of 30 in the fields of art direction, graphic design, illustration, product design, video, and of course [...]

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Meet the Crew

Thought it might be fun to post a couple behind the scene shots from a shoot couple days back of some of my regular crew.  I can’t express enough how much of a team effort creating a quality photograph is and I’m very fortunate to have some great support.

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Back From the State Fair

A couple weeks back I traveled home to central Pennsylvania to photograph at the local fair for a personal body of work.  I’ve always had a fondness for the fair, it was a very big deal going in my child hood.  Like many things, the fair had a much more idealized polish when I was [...]

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Recently Published in Field & Stream

Below are a couple tears from a feature package I did for Field & Stream a couple months back for their Best of the Best issue.  Really loved the design on this package.

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Steve Cohen’s Very Awesome Video

On the subject of my recent obsession with all things video, you should all check out Steve Cohen’s very cool foray into the moving picture.  It’s stop motion done extremely well.  The client was Gravure.  This is by far the best example I’ve seen of a photographer going video. Check it out here. Below is [...]

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Taking the Plunge.

Well I’m officially back to a more normal pace after two weeks working at a break neck speed.  Not that I’m complaining.  This week is all about post processing and playing catch up. As I imagine many of us are, I’ve been really thinking over this video as part of our industry thing.  After a [...]

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Gourmet Folds, Cookie and Modern Brides as Well

Just heard through the grapevine Gourmet folded today. I haven’t been able to verify through any major news outlets yet, but the source appears legit.  While it’s a very sad loss, I’m not surprised since Condé Nast has both Bon App and Gourmet and has been looking to make some major cuts. Update*  The news [...]

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