I love the brutality of hard light. Especially when used with a high contrast black and white treatment. Subjects emerge or recede into darkness. Features that might otherwise be missed are accentuated. Everything is stripped down to shapes. All too often I overcomplicate my setups and run the risk of missing the essence of my subject. When I can make myself slow down and simplify, that seems to be where I mot often find truth.
Read MoreLast month when I was on set for the Starset shoot I received a text from my buddy Jimmy, the photo editor at Revolver magazine. He asked if I would be interested in shooting Korn in LA on Thursday. As in three days away. The band was planning a private release show for Friday the 13th, in anticipation of the release of their 13th album, The Nothing. My response? “Definitely.”
Read MoreI recently shot product and editorial images for Michael Malul London, an emerging fragrance brand. Aside from shooting the standard “soft light on white” ecom shots, I shot a range of of stylistic shots using different colored backdrops and hard light.
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