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Monthly Archive August, 2006

I’VE NEVER LIKED ALCOHOL, I LIKE WORKAHOL

Last night Ben, my new assistant, mentioned in passing that I was a workaholic. I’ve never thought of
myself as one. I love naps and can be a total slug given half a chance. I walk Wilkie (my dog) through a field or
down by the river every single day. I watch TV [...]

NOT SHOOTING and A (TRUE) STORY

When I started this blog I was craaaazy busy shooting for a living and living to shoot.
There was no shortage of fresh images and projects (commercial and personal) to draw from.
A big, hot creative period. These things happen. These things end.
I wondered what I’d post those weeks when nothing much seemed to be [...]

BYEBYE (FUNNY)

Some people tell me I’m funny.
Example:
Me: “Do you think we should move over there?”
Some people: “You’re funny.”
Me: “ But I only said ‘Do you think we should move over there?’”
Some people: “It’s the way you said it”.
Funny, I guess.
I never really got it (being funny) until I met Christina, my assistant. [...]

DANCEDANCEDANCE

Spent a bunch of days shooting dancers in dance outfits. What a scene.
There were 7 or 8 dancer/models per day, 2 makeup artists, 2 hairdo doers and a producer. Plus a choreographer to make sure the images would meet the stringent scrutiny of people in the dance world who, I’m told, [...]