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What is it about corporate work that you like so much?
It's the diversity of industries and the unique locations I encounter while on assignment that keeps me excited about my work. I can honestly say, that I am just as excited if not more so today, about my work and the field of corporate location work.
I also enjoy the travel that is involved with this type of work. I've been fortunate enough to travel extensively around the world on assignment. My only complaint is that I rarely have enough time to enjoy the places I visit. I'm often on a tight schedule that requires I be at other locations at specific times that can be very frustrating.
Yes. I started my career as a corporate shooter in 1983 after assisting for Houston based photographer Joe Baraban. I met Joe while I was working as a flight attendant for a major airline. That chance meeting at 40,000 feet changed my life. We use to have a saying in the industry "there's a smile in every window and an ass in every seat" clearly I was in the right place at the right time!
What have been your influences in photography?
Other influences would have to include the graphical shape and the design elements in our daily life. I like repeated shapes and patterns with the inclusion of people in the frame.
What have been some of your more challenging and exciting assignments?
Another might be a trip to Mongolia, I was hired to photograph assets during an analyst tour a gold company was conducting to their properties.
I see that you have recently been teaching workshops, how did you get involved with that? I was asked by the Santa Fe Workshops and Maine Media Workshops to teach location lighting. I also conduct my own lighting workshops around the country called "Small Strobes, Big Results". The workshops are design to teach photographer how to create studio quality lighting from their shoe-mounted speedlights off camera. I've had some wonderful location to hold the workshops at. Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Central Terminal Train Station in Buffalo, and a fire station in TX. The organization know as Nikonians has also tapped me to teach advanced lighting using the Nikon CLS system. I'll be teaching in Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, Orlando and Philadelphia in the next several months. I have also joined Popular Photography's "Mentor Series" as a mentor. I really enjoy teaching at workshops, I meet some very nice folks and I enjoy helping young photographers with their education.
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