I recently shot a cover image for the Canadian magazine Financial Post Business. The shoot went well and everyone involved was happy with the images. Hair and makeup was done by Diane Catorc and styling was done by Patricia LaCava. This shot was an outake, my favorite from the shoot, but of course not the images chosen by the magazine.

I did a series of surfer portraits as a personal project. What started out as a test of my new camera (Canon 1DS MkII) turned into a little project for myself. I went down to a local surf spot in Santa Cruz California to take some pictures with my new camera so I could get to know it better. Once I got home and started playing with the portraits I took I decided I liked what I saw and started going back to take more.
This was another shoot for Playboy magazine. They were featuring the artwork of an artist from just north of San Francisco in Petaluma California, Denise Leite. She was pretty crazy and fun to work with. I’m sure you can tell not only by her art work but also her outfits and hair that she is very unique.
As is usually the case, the magazine didn’t pick my favorite image. This was my favorite from the session.
I photographed author Peter Manso for Playboy Magazine at his home not far from San Francisco. This was the shot they used in the magazine. Peter has written many biographies, including one on Marlon Brando. The article in the magazine was about the war over Brando’s estate.