It’s been over a year since the devastating ‘quake in Haiti; a year during which precious time has slipped by and our hard work in the impoverished nation has been threatened by apathy and disregard. Let’s remember the money we’ve invested in helping Haiti, the volunteers who’ve…[Read more]

Yes, it’s true. I am a dork. So much so that I built this thing. I call it the Ark, because it is basically the same size and shape as the Ark in Raiders of the Lost… Except, no face-melting, which is nice. Actually, it’s a temp-controlled, acoustically sealed rack-mount enclosure for all the AV [...]

It’s hot. Chances are, so are you.

Katia Cadet’s full 30″ broadcast spot urging America to honor the words or the Star-Spangled Banner: To be brave, and to honor the promises we have made. Just a couple hundred miles from the fireworks in Miami, thousands of children are without roofs, food or even clean water. We made a promise to make a [...]

Going from concept to pitch to playout in seven days is not an easy task. From tracking vocals until sunrise Saturday, shooting until 4am Sunday and then working on post until… well, later today, it’s been non-stop. But it’s worth it. Already people are starting to remember Haiti, and our promised efforts there. With promotion [...]

Because it’s time we remember what we’re up against. This is the beautiful master-shot of Haitian-born, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Katia Cadet singing the our national anthem as we approach the Fourth of July. It’s part of a shorter charity spot to be released later today. This was one of the most inspiring shoots I’ve ever been [...]

…well, Kingston, Jamaica, in the national stadium for Caribbean Fashion Week, at least. The Grammy-nominated artist gave a sneak-peak world-wide debut of the video single from her upcoming debut solo album, and took some time to pose with the new face of POLO, Ralph Lauren, Orraine Barrett. More to come on that. Production in Jamaica [...]

Colin Farrell talks to FilmSlateMagazine.com about his new film Ondine at the red-carpet premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.

Paparazzi Misbehaves at 2010 Tribeca Film Festival! They insult A-list celebrities, spit on security guards and have their flashes set to stun. Introducing the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival papaparazzi pen.

On the red carpet for the Tribeca Film Festival premier of Letters to Juliet.

Celebrities Ed Burns, Christy Turlington, Selma Blair, The Edge and Robert DeNiro walk the red carpet for the premier of Burns’s new film Nice Guy Johnny. 2010 TriBeCa Film Festival.

I’m amazed that the speedlight fired with every exposure (thank you Canon!). Devin Meece, a bartender at Yorkville’s American Trash, takes a swing at the arcade punching bag. He connects.

Yorkville is the capital of little dogs.

So while looking at a new apartment; need more natural light!!. Saw one today, and on the hallway wall, this left-over from a very Earth-unconcious era. In the old days apartments just burned their trash, plane and simple. You’d throw your garbage down the shoot and into a whirlwind of flame. Now, only the brick [...]

So… I spent a lot of time today looking very foolish with my camera in a tree. Self-portraits from POVTREE.

Two weeks ago it was a radical transition back to motion-picture, but on a cinema-video scale ( the 5D Mk II with even a crappy mic , handled properly and photogenically, is an unprecedented creative tool ), and I began to feel like the cheater to his true love — longing, guilt and a LONG time spent regaining trust (ok, [...]

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