Monthly Archives: December 2008

Sazerac

Saturday, December 27, 2008

When I was in New Orleans last September I ate at a wonderful restaurant called Herbsaint. I decided to let the bartender choose my first drink by asking him, “If I’m only going to have one drink in this town, and that drink is going to be in this bar, what should I have?” His [...]

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Happy Holidays

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

The dog’s first fire. He enjoyed it but was a bit suspicious.

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No Photos

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

I drove around some back roads today looking for a location for an upcoming shoot. I didn’t find anything. I like to think about this quote from Harry Callahan on days like this, “I carried an 8×10 to the top of a mountain in Estes Park and never took a picture.” I think about that [...]

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Like a Snake Biting it’s Own Tail

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

When I first saw this month’s J.Crew cover I wanted to get all huffy and claim it was bald faced plagiarism. I shot the image on the left over a year ago. All the elements are there; a boat, an intimate couple, and an icy backdrop. However, two lines of thinking from my more temperate [...]

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Straight Lines

Monday, December 1, 2008

Lately, I’ve been exploring more urban waterways. One of these takes water from Alameda County down to Los Angeles, the other takes run off water from the Oakland Coliseum parking lot and brings it to the San Francisco Bay.

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Right Angles

Monday, December 1, 2008

Recently, I went out to do some location scouting for a car shoot. There are some salt flats in the bay area that are a lot closer than Bonneville or Black Rock. Unfortunately these salt flats are part of the bay’s tidal marsh and when I got there they were submerged under a foot or [...]

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