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Eric Dane
June 18, 2025
I had the opportunity to photograph Eric Dane at his house in the Hollywood Hills. There were so many great textures and rooms to work with and he was extremely accommodating with my ideas.
When taking pictures on-location and in somebodies home there Is always a certain level of set dressing that needs to be done - tables, pictures, speakers ect. moved out of the shot.
As a photographer, and guest, it’s important to remember to put everything back where you found It!
Variety TV Fest
May 12, 2025
These are some of my favorite photos from a portrait studio I did at the Variety TV Fest.
I’m often asked to do these quick, celebrity portrait studios and they can be tricky to execute at times. You get very little time with each person and the portrait is typically just one small part of their day.
However, I find that I typically get a few great photos out of each one so it keeps me coming back. I also enjoy the challenge of turning a hotel conference room into an elegent portrait space to create imagery. I’d build a whole set if I had the budget and the time.
I’m a big ‘Drag Race’ fan so the opportunity to photograph Onya Nurve, Jewels Sparkles and Bob the Drag Queen was the highlight for me.
Zachary Levi
March 22, 2025
I was asked to photograph Zachary Levi for a recent piece in Variety about a studio he is building in Texas. There is an empty floor in the Variety building so we chose to do the shoot there to try and emphasize that idea of construction.
I find these empty floors very interesting to photograph and visually compelling. This was a good opportunity to use some creative and colored lighting to light the space and the planes to make what could be a drab, grey space into something more interesting.
We also did a second setup on a red canvas backdrop I painted last year. I’m glad these backdrops are getting some milage.
D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
April 18, 2025
These quick on-the-street portraits are some of my favorite ‘guerrilla‘ shoots to do. Typicaly talent reps ask to shoot in a hotel room at a junket but for this one they didn’t have space so they asked to do it on the street next to the hotel which I was more than happy to oblige.
After a quick scout, D’Pharaoh, his PR rep and stylist met me acrosss the street and we hit a few locations. It’s a lot of fun to be a little crew on the sidewalk taking pictures while everybody else is going about their day. Not a bad way to spend a morning.
Emmy Myers
April 3, 2025
Emma Myers photographed for Variety Next - a new editorial franchise highlighting rising actors and actresses.
Emma was promoting the new Minecraft movie and the PR and studio were offering us these little Minecraft blocks.
I would typically turn down branded props from the movie they are promoting. However, we shot this outside on the terrace at Quixote West Hollywood so to juice the set a little bit I said “why not” and stacked them up to make a little environment - though I might have chipped a few of them as they were made of foam...
Turned out pretty super I think.
Amber Midthunder
March 13, 2025
I had the pleasure of photographing Amber Midthunder for WWD. It was the type of shoot I love where I can meet the talent, PR and hair/MUA at a location and just shoot In the open air. On this one It did start sprinkling briefly near the end but we persevered.
She is in two movies opening this month, Novacaine and Opus. I’ve had the opportunity to photograph her once before for Variety.
Awards Season Extra Editions
Feb 7, 2025
I once again had the opportunity to photograph Variety’s Awards Season Extra Editions for the 2024 Awards Season featuring covers with June Squib, Guy Pearce, Donnie Wahlberg and Tom Selleck among others.
Sophie Thatcher
Jan 31, 2025
Sophie Thatcher photographed for Variety Magazine at one of my favorite little parks in the city.