Prius Love

Well I'm way behind on my posts, but wanted to share a few images from a shoot a few weeks ago. I had the pleasure shooting and meeting Rick Johnson and his wonderful family. Rick, a Phoenix area resident was the first in the Southwest region to take ownership of the 2010 Prius. He really has a long standing love affair with the hybrid car – he purchased his first Toyota Prius in 2001 and loved the first generation hybrid so much he still owns it today.  When the second generation Prius was announced in 2004 he thought the extra improvements Toyota made to the car justified owning a second hybrid so he bought one of those too.

Avondale Toyota with Handcrafted Media wanted me to do some PR and marketing shots, so here's a few shots showing all SIX of his loves: 

Go Team Avondale Toyota!

Here's a few images from yesterday's shoot for Avondale Toyota. As always, great working with them on their additional Team Member's photos. Thanks Brad and Angie! (btw - she's the beautiful lady the upper right corner of the image below.)

Here's me in action and the set-up: single strobe and softbox with ambient back and fill light. 

Down Right Sexy

I was lucky enough to have the time today to shoot some beautiful autos belonging to a small group of enthusiasts who get together Sunday mornings to show off their classic cars. Some are just down right sexy!

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Contraption Thingy

First off I want to clarify, no matter how much I would like to be seen as very clever and brilliantly creative, I can’t take any credit for this cool contraption thingy. The credit and inspiration all goes to a great designer and photographer, Jason Garcia, whom I ran into at Lux coffee shop. He was lugging around this weird, black tube like thing taking pictures of scooters in the parking lot. Curiosity got the best of me and I had to go find out what he was up to. Turns out he shoots down a constructed tube into the viewfinder of a vintage Kodak Duaflex. The result is a square, grainy, artsy fartsy, retro picture. Cool. I just had to go right out and get my own Duaflex and build my contraption. Below are a few of the first results of images in and around our garden:

Below are a few shots of the Kodak Duaflex and my contraption.

In The Mood

Last Saturday night I had the great opportunity again to donate my skills to the annual Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing (a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to the preservation of historic aircraft) "A Night in the 40s Big Band Dance". A great cause to honor the men and women who served our country and loads of fun. The Sun Lakes Big Band did a great job swingin' to Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and my favorite tune from Glenn Miller, "In The Mood.” Now if I could only dance...

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A Quickie

Just a few shots from the quick PR shoot last week for John Elway's Crown Toyota in Ontario CA and his Manhattan Beach Toyota in Manhattan Beach CA for Handcrafted Media. After the shoot I got to follow John to a celebrity golf tournament. He's not only a NFL legend, but also an amazing golfer!