Some photos that didn’t end up running in the Village Voice that deserve some love and attention anyway.

The latest video I worked on with The Goddamn Cobras. NSFW-ish.

Getting the photo of cargo ships was as simple as chatting up a Queens native named Mike.

The photo that ran in the Village Voice vs. the photo I took with my iphone…

Here is my 2nd attempt at posting from my iPhone. I just shot the Phish show at Madison Square Garden for Village Voice. I’ll post a similiar photo from my 5d later so shots can be compared.

Here is my 2nd attempt at posting from my iPhone. I just shot the Phish show at Madison Square Garden for Village Voice. I’ll post a similiar photo from my…

A couple of weeks ago, I got to shoot for the cover story for Village Voice. Although it wasn’t going to be the cover, I was super excited for the extra space allotted for photos and the subject matter. My editor explained to the situation to me as modern day tenement-styled housing in the heart of Chinatown.

I am slowly but surely taking over Village Voice. I shot for an article on NYC’s pop up putt putt (say that five times fast) courses and two weeks ago the paper had me hanging out with an Italian pop star. The photos above are what ran. I’m posting some of the other shots I liked so they get to see the light of day.

A week from Saturday I start my “Forever Young” roadtrip with a group of 12 (plus 1 dog) across these great united states all the way to Boulder. I am definitely looking at Ryan McGinley’s “I Know Where the Summer Goes” to get inspired.
I am slowly but surely taking over Village Voice. I shot for an article on NYC’s pop up putt putt (say that five times fast) courses and two weeks ago…

I recently got to shoot for The Village Voice, an alt-weekly and NYC media institution. The photo came out lovely lovely lovely, mostly due to the handsomeness of the artist I shot and his interesting art that made pretty light patterns.

The shot almost didn’t happen as the installation wouldn’t turn on. Needing to get a photo that day no matter, I set up this shot:

Yes, less exciting but still interesting (the box is nearly bigger than my room!). What makes this photo notable (for me at least) is the last minute DIY lighting. The box was in a gallery with large windows, but not nearly enough natural lighting to do anything respectable. They had a flood light sitting around that I plugged in and got this shot (I took a screen grab from Lightroom with the highlights in red):

I liked the exposure and settings but the hot spots were a bit much and concentrated. Doug loves construction lights because they are by far cheaper than lighting kits and has experimented with similar DIY diffusers (two dryer sheets apparently do the trick). Inspired and excited by my first shoot for VV I grab a bit of bubble wrap from one of the art pieces and grab a gallery worker to hold it up in front of the light.
This is the general set up:

This is the results:

And THAT is how you make cheap construction lighting work for you.
Photo and info on the artist is here.
I recently got to shoot for The Village Voice, an alt-weekly and NYC media institution. The photo came out lovely lovely lovely, mostly due to the handsomeness of the artist…