new work, random pictures and life in general. . .
October 28, 2009
i was raised in an atheist jewish household in two of the biggest (and most liberal) cities in the country. my brother and i never even went to hebrew school. i like to say that we’re more jew-ish than jewish. we love matzo ball soup. we’re expert complainers. but no bar mitzvahs. i have no [...]
October 26, 2009
if you’re a normal person seeking advice you ask a professional. a doctor or a lawyer or a business manager, perhaps. if you’re a photographer seeking advice you ask other photographers. this is under the assumption that other photographers might somehow be magically less clueless than yourself. we all like to live with our delusions. [...]
October 23, 2009
dr. ken helps business executives be their very best through his company, the impact group. he seems to use speakerphone to do this sometimes. i photographed dr. ken in his home office in cheviot hills, where he was funny and gracious. at the end of the shoot his wife and son came in to see [...]
October 22, 2009
every so often i get to photograph someone who surprises me with their graciousness. this could be because most people, when confronted with a camera, are not terribly gracious. but john had researched me, seem to know who i was (strangely), and seemed excited to be photographed.
he is the managing director of galen, a healthcare [...]
October 19, 2009
this week brings russell doolittle, of UC san diego. russell specializes in the evolution of proteins, and blood-clotting mechanisms in particular. admitedly, all these things are over my head, but having been on coumadin for the past ten-plus years i often find myself getting into blood-clotting conversations with doctors and biologists. mostly we have a [...]
October 16, 2009
on september 23rd at 12:36pm my niece, willamina, was born. so i’m now officially the coolest uncle in the room. (okay, the only uncle in the room.) here are pictures from her first day of life – 7 lbs, 13 oz, chubby and healthy and beautiful! happy birthday, guppy!
congratulations to my brother, james, and my [...]
October 14, 2009
today, october 14th, is the birthday of my friend and artist-extraordinaire, marshall arisman. happy birthday, marshall!
everyone do yourself a favor and go look at marshall’s work here.
October 13, 2009
searching through my various geeky news feeds today i was delighted to see that the 2009 nobel prize in chemistry went to venkatraman “venki” ramakrishnan, for his work in mapping the structure of the ribosome.
in late may i went to a symposium on evolutionary biology at cold spring harbor laboratory where i was lucky enough [...]
October 12, 2009
this shoot took place over two days in mid august, put together at a scramble with just hours to spare; the second day shoot addressing some wardrobe issues that were not able to be dealt with in the mad dash the day before.
celebrity shoots go fast and can be minefields of scheduling, intention and negotiation. [...]