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Welcome to the next ‘Moon Phase post! These are travel photos from our recent honeymoon to Italy, France and Morocco. This is our first day in Positano, the beautiful coastal city of the Amalfi Coast. We ate amazing food, drank lots of Negronis, and walked until our legs hurt! Enjoy!
Read MoreI’ve created a new series on the blog called, ‘Moon Phases, where I’ll be sharing and writing about our recent month-long honeymoon to Italy, France, and Morocco. I’ll be telling some stories about our travels, showing my favorite images, and writing about how and why I created them. First up: Naples!
Read MoreExcited to show some images I shot for Nike and the SNKRS app! An incredible day in Harlem and SOHO talking with and photographing some passionate sneaker collectors.
Read MoreSome highlights from the fifth annual Spring in the Stuy celebration at La Cima Charter School in Bedstuy, Brooklyn.
Read MoreThe second set of images from my time with Club Atletico St. Louis. Click below to see more photos from a difficult loss during the second home game.
Read MoreSummer has barely started and it’s already been filled with lots of travel, shooting, and as always, seeking out new clients here in St. Louis! I was so happy when Club Atletico reached out to me to meet up about shooting with them this season. If you know me, you know my passion for soccer, and any opportunity to combine it with photography is a dream come true.
Read MoreDetails on an exciting new personal project!
Read MoreI was hired by the NYU-Tisch Clive Davis School of Music to photograph a panel discussing the lasting impact of Prince. It was a great afternoon and the panel, moderated by NPRs Jason King, discussed everything from Prince's early influences, to his revolutionary sound and shared some incredible personal stories as well. The Panel included writer and tv host Toure, journalist Carol Cooper, writer Alan Light, Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee, Grammy winning artists Anthony Hamilton and Kimbra, and Clive Davis Institute faculty member Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson.
I'm in the midst of planning my second shoot for Jazz at Lincoln Center, and thought it was a good opportunity to finally share last season's images as well as some BTS photos and videos.
Late last year my friend and fellow Portfolio Center alum, Casey Walter asked me if I'd like to do some work for Jazz at Lincoln Center. Casey is a design director at Jazz, and we'd been talking about collaborating on a project for some time, but it had mostly been in the vein of shooting some live concerts and small portrait work (all things I would have been more than excited to shoot). But when he approached me with the opportunity to shoot the 2015-2016 featured artist campaign, printed collateral to be used throughout the year, AND Wynton Marsalis and the JLC Orchestra?? Whoa. YES.
That conversation set off a busy month of planning, assembling a team, multiple meetings about concept, lighting, budget, and scheduling. It was by far the biggest project I had ever been a part of, and an experience I will value long into my career.
The shoot was split into two days at Milk Studios. Day one featured some fun portraits with the different artists who would be performing during the upcoming season, including Kate Davis, Jared Grimes, Monty Alexander, and Adriane Lenox.
Photo by Madison Salavec
Day 2 was a bit more involved and included individual portraits of each member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, including the man himself, Wynton Marsalis. A major challenge of day 2 was a group shot featuring all 16 members of the orchestra. This had to be done in the middle of the head shots, as not all members could be there for the full day, and a large number of production meetings centered on how best to accommodate the artists who had to leave early. To do this, we had to make sure our headshot set and lighting were marked, so we could quickly move them and make room for our full orchestra group shot, and then come back to our original set for the remaining head shots . To add to our already complicated day, we had to shoot the band in two different shots as not everyone could fit on the cyc wall at one time.
We finished day 2 with solo portraits of Wynton Marsalis. He was incredibly gracious with his time and even allowed me to make a few natural light portraits of him after we had wrapped up on set. The evening light flooding into the studio at the end of the day was too good to pass up. It was the perfect end to a busy month of planning and an exciting couple of days. The studio was constantly filled with music, and several impromptu jam sessions broke out throughout the day. Not a bad way to close out the year!
Shoots like these don't come together on their own, and I owe huge thanks to the folks at Wonderful Machine, Casey and everyone at Jazz at Lincoln Center, my rockstar friend and assistant Claudia Paul, digital tech Alex Rudinski, and of course my incredible producer, Madison Salavec.
If you've been around Lincoln Center the past few months you may have seen some of the final images, but I'll be posting the final print materials here soon. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more :)
Photo by Madison Salavec
I flew out to Las Vegas to photograph Golden State Warrior and 2015 NBA Champ, Harrison Barnes as he went through his intense off-season workout.
Some work from the Innovation Issue of Edible Magazine. I shot Heritage Radio director Erin Fairbanks in Bushwick. Heritage is leading the way in a new wave of internet radio and podcasts. Their headquarters are in a transformed shipping container attached to Roberta's Pizza. Portraits and pizza? Not a bad afternoon.
I was hired by Ebony Magazine to shoot some behind-the-scenes images of the May cover shoot with Wendy Williams. It was a fun and crowded day, with multiple hair stylists, wardrobe stylists, video & photography crews, and Wendy Williams' own entourage on set. It was amazing to watch celebrity photographer, George Holz and his crew work through several lighting and location challenges, and come away with a great cover. Enjoy a few more from the day:
Cover shot by George Holz
Portrait of Lauren
The trip ended with a hike near Helen Hunt Falls with some more crazy, fast changing weather, and some great late-afternoon views of downtown Colorado Springs.
(Thanks to Madison for the photos of yours truly!)
