http://www.msgphoto.com/latestshot new work, random pictures and life in general. . . Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:09:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en this month sees the magazine cover debut of my adorable and chubby niece, willamina. i got an assignment to photograph harvey karp, a pediatrician and author of the "happiest baby" series of books and DVDs. it's all about the five S's, people. (swaddling, side/stomach positioning, shushing, swinging and sucking) harvey ... http://www.msgphoto.com/latestshot/2010/03/04/dr-harvey-karp-and-willa/ i'm very pleased to be a part of collect.give, a wonderful site launched by the incomparable kevin miyazaki. collect.give is a place where photographers offer small editions of small prints (letter size or less) for a low price and donate the proceeds to a charity of their choice. as of ... http://www.msgphoto.com/latestshot/2010/03/02/collectgive-mother-nature-doth-provide/ home from the conference in florida - a success, i think - and scrambling through a busy week. another busy week to follow after this one. there's much to update here but i've been distracted by offline things, scheduling shoots and logistical matters. soon, though, i promise. in the meantime, ... http://www.msgphoto.com/latestshot/2010/02/19/flight-2618/ this week i’m headed off to orlando to the cardiology 2010 conference. i’ll be speaking and signing books there saturday night (2.13.10) at the disney contemporary resort. if you’re in the neighborhood please stop by and say hello! as part of my presentation to the conference i made this short film. ... http://www.msgphoto.com/latestshot/2010/02/08/im-a-lot-closer-to-it-than-a-lot-of-people/ ron bloom married sandy, his high school sweetheart, and made his fortune in real estate. in 1988 sandy died after a long battle with cancer. some time later ron met lois, and they married. lois had also lost close family to cancer, and now they've both given a substantial philanthropic ... http://www.msgphoto.com/latestshot/2010/02/08/ronald-and-lois-bloom/ my baby niece's first visit to pasadena on the occasion of milo's birthday. willa's already been on her first magazine cover (more on that in a future post), and i'm sure she'll be in many pictures still to come. http://www.msgphoto.com/latestshot/2010/02/02/james-and-willa-on-milos-birthday/ at some point yesterday, stuck in traffic driving home from visiting mario and ali, i realized that i've been photographing them off an on for ten years. that's a whole decade. i tried to think of who else - aside from maybe my family - i had spent that many ... http://www.msgphoto.com/latestshot/2009/12/31/mario-and-ali-123009/ http://www.msgphoto.com/latestshot/2009/12/30/happy-birthday-to-james-123009/ [caption id="attachment_821" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="photo by sydney taylor"][/caption] back in september i got an email from sydney. sydney is 15 years old, a congenital heart patient, like me. unlike me, sydney had her first pacemaker implanted when she was only 15 hours old (i was eight (years)). she said, "I am ... http://www.msgphoto.com/latestshot/2009/12/24/merry-christmas-to-sydney/ http://www.msgphoto.com/latestshot/2009/12/18/happy-birthday-to-danielle-121809/