I’ve known Jenn & Johnny for a looong time, and was honored when they asked me to capture their wedding day. They are a lovely couple, and the camera adores them. Luckily they aren’t camera shy, and were willing to play around with my creative whims. They had a small wedding at a friend’s house...
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Monday, March 1, 2010 Posted in Celebrities, Design, Layouts, Magazine, People, Photography, Portraits, Sports, The Wave Magazine
I’m lucky enough to be in a position where I can both photograph and design magazine covers, but in the real world it typically doesn’t happen this way. Often the magazine art director (AD) isn’t even involved in the shoot – they simply receive the end result and need to “make it work.”
When I wear...
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It’s nice that movie slides are (for the most part) digital these days. It makes it easier to update without having to fuss with all that film. The real challenge is making the ad’s message simple/clear enough for the average popcorn-munching, soda-slurping, waiting-for-the-movie-to-start moviegoer to, well, digest. Advertising is a necessary evil, and a captive...
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Check out George and Claire’s 40 page wedding album proof below – they are such a fun couple and I hope the photos I chose for the layouts illustrate this. The venue is Larkspur’s Toll House Hotel in Los Gatos – the reception was in the middle courtyard, and with weather like we had, it’s...
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I designed this cover with a movie still provided by Paramount Pictures. The “spa girl” was from a previous shoot I had at the wonderful Harmonie European Spa in Saratoga. Other Wave covers I’ve made here.
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