25th street at Greenmount Ave.

Shot on film.

Girl Overboard

She swam to the lighthouse but there was nothing to hang onto.

Peter Pronovost

2008 MacArthur Fellow and one of Time's 100 most influential people.

Thomas Holtz-Eaken

The shot I almost missed.

Thomas Circle

Early one morning in DC. I had a little time before a shoot but I almost got towed. I would have missed my shoot. The price of personal work.

Win learns to weld

Last night we had dinner by headlamp light.

It was their idea.

To my surpise...

I really dislike shooting on big rolls of white paper.I usually do "seemless" shoots using natural light it's much nicer than strobes and you get this nice glow you could never get from fake light. It makes me feel a bit like a 19th century photographer in a north light studio and that's almost worth it. To my surprise when these postcards came across my desk a shoot that I wanted to forget about ended with a great result. Sometimes all you need an AD and life is good.

Kid's and photo shoots don't always mix

Sometimes you have to be a photographer and a father.

Little Chapel at the GM Plant

I came across this in Detroit at a GM drive train plant, tucked away in the middle of the factory floor. The boxy chapel was big enough for about 5 people -- six if they squeezed in.

From fieldworker to brain surgeon.

From Readers Digest February 2008


"What a wonderful picture in reader's digest!!
You do a beautiful work and make me look very good and I thank you from
the bottom of my heart." Alfredo

Tianna

Tianna being made up for an Essence shoot. Beautiful light. Beautiful smile.