I’ve traveled my fair share, but this last two week excursion to India was anything but ordinary. I had a blast with the people I went and ones we met along the way. The locals were the friendliest people I’ve ever met, and the beauty of even the somewhat polluted Bombay was overwhelming to the point of us almost staying indefinitely. Inadvertently I even ended up shooting a few weddings. Eventually the responsibilities of our Western lives outweighed the pleasures of staying so here I am, back in San Francisco.

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My friend hooked me up with Nika who put together the Eternal Spring fashion show at SomArts space. I wasn’t going to go all out, but when the show strated I was ready to go, with my friend Matt shooting from the front of the stage. I decided to take the back, facing the spectators. I always like that perspective, since the lighting at most runways is not optimal for the style I shoot. The site for the show is http://eternalspring08.com/

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So, its been a while since I updated my blog even though I’ve been involved in a few affairs. This particular project I am doing the photoshop work only with the images shot by a different photographer. The idea behind the calendar is to combine photographic images with painted scenes to create a modern pinup look. The backgrounds were painted by my good friend Debi Tounge, These are not finished quite yet, but pretty close to the final product. The photographer used a green screen and I just combined the images in PS. It turned out to be a lot of work to make the final image look believable and not like a cardboard cut out. I have a few more to go, but that will be after I get back from India.

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I shoot many events, and have gotten lucky with a few killer referrals. However, this is one of those events where I am flabbergasted at even the thought of being invited to shoot such an evening. The sold out event was to raise money for the guest of honor, Angela Bofill. Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Narada Michael Walden, Mary Wilson and other great musicians. The photos are destined to probably end up in SF Chronicle, Jet and some other publications.

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I got a chance to take some cool shots of Splyce, in an attempt to perfect my DJ shooting techiques. I set up 2 flashes, one on camera, and one off to the side to create a hard light effect. DJ Splyce is well known, especialy in LA area…here are the pics:

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