Alec Mapa/ Frontiers Magazine

I was browsing through my Archives and found this image of actor Alec Mapa (Ugly Betty, Desperate Houswives) I shot for the cover of Frontiers Magazine. We were emulating the character on the original Star Trek, Hikaru Sulu played by George Takei, which was beautifully art directed by Ricardo Saliz. Alec was such a sport. I wanted to capture the look of him floating in space and since we didn't have a budget to rig Alec in the air I had him jump a million times (on concrete) giving me all kinds of different poses. Frontiers Magazine had a lot of images to choose from, but I was excited with the one they chose for the cover.

Elliott Yamin/ Holiday CD

I had the pleasure of photographing Elliott Yamin (American Idol Season 5) for his soulful holiday CD. I wanted to scan the images from the CD for my blog around the holidays but things got a little crazy with travel and time..... but better late than never. I was happy with the images the record company chose for the CD. I love the energy of the inside images and the hod-die image on the cover. The shoot was styled by celebrity stylist Toni Ferrara..... Love her, and grooming was done by Asaf Narkis. The last image above (Elliott in his tux) was Elliott reacting to me calling a wrap to the shoot. That's sometimes when you get the good stuff.

Burlapp Lookbook Spring 2010

The two images above are from the 2010 Spring Burlapp Lookbook I shot for the amazingly talented designer Alan Del Rosario and his equally talented business partner Brian Sullivan. We had such a fun day shooting 30 or more designs in 8 hours so as to meet the deadline for fashion week in New York. These two images in particular were printed 3 feet wide by 8 feet tall and were displayed at the show. I wish I could have been there to see it. Next time.