This week, things have finally slowed down in the commercial photo world for me.  Aside from doing a ton of laundry, paying a lot of over due bills, and actually visiting a grocery store, I decided it’s time to buckle down and start creating new work for myself.  I tried my damnedest to get some shots during International Surfing Day since its the one day a year you can get a shot run without there being any waves.  But when I got down to the beach to shoot, I got bummed out because the waves were oh so awful.  Decided to frolic around in the warm June water and left the camera in the car.  The fact that it was onshore and fathers day didn’t help the situation when I tried to set up a night shoot.

The good that came out of it though was that I got to pitch to Andrew Gesler an idea I had for him being the subject of a quiver portrait.  Andrew is a very animated guy, and I knew that he would be down for just about anything.  He has the mentality of giving anything a shot, so long as he trusts you.  Luckily, I feel like he does trust me after this experience.  I wanted to shoot at around dusk at 8pm, but instead we dodged lighting storms for about two hours, waiting for things to clear up and it finally did at around 10pm.  Although it was dark and windy, we still gave it a shot and things came out much like I had hoped for in the original concept.

Want to thank Andrew, Jeannine, and Steve for their willingness.

Here’s to hoping this will inspire someone to hire me!

How could dangling lights over water be dangerous?

Pretty Colors

Hes a trip. I love it.

The Andrew Gesler Experience

One of the "final images"