[caption id="attachment_200" align="alignleft" width="507" caption="Akina Adderley, a Star is Born!"][/caption] What a sweeeeet shoot this was! After much gnashing of teeth over WHERE to shoot, we just headed into my little studio and let Akina be Akina. Lovely. And the music is great, too. Congr
Read Full Story[caption id="attachment_196" align="alignleft" width="503" caption="Gay Pride Cover, 2011"][/caption] Man, I have NOT been keeping up! I've got a couple more covers to upload, which I'll do now. Otherwise, I've been kicking back some. Just spent some time in Santa Fe, which mostly reminded me of
Read Full Story[caption id="attachment_167" align="alignleft" width="590" caption="And Now for Something Completely Different!"][/caption] Just to show how varied my photographic life can be, we go from the touching story of Dean Young, the extrordinary poet who is literally waiting on a heart, to the Texas Bur
Read Full StoryI'm on a roll here! Three Chron covers in the last month, and looking at a possible 4th . (the next one's racey. so watch for it!) This is a portrait I was pretty happy with. This is a great guy, a poet, a teacher at UT, who is waiting for a heart transplant. Frequently when you shoot, like I do,
Read Full Story[gallery] Pick your favorite Alejandro photo. I got to cover the Austin Music People show last night. Wow! What a lineup! One of those nights when all the bands seem to be playing beyond themselves. Really really great! I went to cover another band (watch next week's chron if you're curious
Read Full StoryI was so so sad to hear of Pinetop Perkins passing last week. I had just recently seen him at the Austin Chronicle Music Anthology release show. I was too shy to go say hi. I am/was a big a fan. I love love love all the old players. He was a beauty to behold.
Read Full StoryAnd here's the second cover--SXSW Music Keynote speaker Bob Geldof. I thought the color came out really nice on this one. He and I shared a very bad hair day, tho.
Read Full StorySXSW almost KILLED me, but I was lucky enough to score 2, count 'em 2, covers for the Austin Chronicle. both were shockers. but i LOVE this one. I thought the colors and design were really great. Hats off to everyone who worked SO HARD on the festival coverage: all my fellow photogs, writers, de
Read Full Storyfollow this link to a shot of me at work! http://on.fb.me/gyVLC5 Shooting away on the red carpet for Jodie Foster's new film. What a thrill for me to be so close! I'm not a huge celebrity person, but this one was really fun. Here's my favorite shot. Nothing like a little eye contact. &n
Read Full StoryOH, YOKO! Yoko Ono just blew me away today. What an inspiration! I hadn't thought about how her contributions have been ignored or attributed to others (generally men) until she talked about her path. A true avante garde leader. Wow! And an excellent interview by Jody Denberg of KUT. All t
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What a sweeeeet shoot this was! After much gnashing of teeth over WHERE to shoot, we just headed into my little studio and let Akina be Akina. Lovely. And the music is great, too. Congrats to Akina and the Vintage Playboys on the cover and their new fame.
Man, I have NOT been keeping up! I’ve got a couple more covers to upload, which I’ll do now. Otherwise, I’ve been kicking back some. Just spent some time in Santa Fe, which mostly reminded me of what a not-horribly hot climate is like! Really, I love it there. Paid a pass-by homage to Georgia [...]
Just to show how varied my photographic life can be, we go from the touching story of Dean Young, the extrordinary poet who is literally waiting on a heart, to the Texas Burlesque Festival and a night of shooting and hanging out with burlesque queens. This turned into something of a tale, because the shoot [...]
I’m on a roll here! Three Chron covers in the last month, and looking at a possible 4th . (the next one’s racey. so watch for it!) This is a portrait I was pretty happy with. This is a great guy, a poet, a teacher at UT, who is waiting for a heart transplant. Frequently [...]
Pick your favorite Alejandro photo. I got to cover the Austin Music People show last night. Wow! What a lineup! One of those nights when all the bands seem to be playing beyond themselves. Really really great! I went to cover another band (watch next week’s chron if you’re curious) but the big thrill for [...]
I was so so sad to hear of Pinetop Perkins passing last week. I had just recently seen him at the Austin Chronicle Music Anthology release show. I was too shy to go say hi. I am/was a big a fan. I love love love all the old players. He was a beauty to behold.
And here’s the second cover–SXSW Music Keynote speaker Bob Geldof. I thought the color came out really nice on this one. He and I shared a very bad hair day, tho.
SXSW almost KILLED me, but I was lucky enough to score 2, count ‘em 2, covers for the Austin Chronicle. both were shockers. but i LOVE this one. I thought the colors and design were really great. Hats off to everyone who worked SO HARD on the festival coverage: all my fellow photogs, writers, designers [...]
follow this link to a shot of me at work! http://on.fb.me/gyVLC5 Shooting away on the red carpet for Jodie Foster’s new film. What a thrill for me to be so close! I’m not a huge celebrity person, but this one was really fun. Here’s my favorite shot. Nothing like a little eye contact.
OH, YOKO! Yoko Ono just blew me away today. What an inspiration! I hadn’t thought about how her contributions have been ignored or attributed to others (generally men) until she talked about her path. A true avante garde leader. Wow! And an excellent interview by Jody Denberg of KUT. All together, fantastic!