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Musician, Luke James sitting in for a light test on set for Island Def Jam.
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Celeste stands in for actress Ellen Burstyn before the shoot for “Flowers in the Attic” begins. Read more about this shoot: Gunk the Lens
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Musician, John Legend and his wife, actress, Chrissy Teigen in my studio for FEED Projects. Read more here.
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FEED founder, Lauren Bush Lauren and her team overlooking the shoot. Read more here.
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Sue Aikens, a professional badass, is photographed for National Geographic Channel's "Life Below Zero" key art. Read more about our indoor blizzard here.
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Sue and I chat about a film that we are both fans of, Kung Pow while she has her wardrobe adjusted.
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Client and friend, Andy Baker of the National Geographic Channel tunes into our shoot via FaceTime. (If the client gets too client-y, we can just turn him off.)
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Sometimes we go to the real snow instead of creating it indoors. In this case, it was a 7 mile glacier hike.
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When our equipment van got stuck in the mud on an Alaskan back road while shooting for the US Army, the soldiers helped pull us out, then gave us a lift in something better equipped for the terrain.
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Five armed men in uniform rushing towards you is still a little unsettling even if you did set it up for a photo.
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Digital tech, Jesse Korman, actor, Dermott Keaney and I on set of “The Red Tent” in Morocco.
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Jesse adapting to the climate in the Sahara desert.
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Rob Lowe and Ginnifer Goodwin as JFK and Jackie Kennedy sit in a replica of the presidential limousine. Read my blog post from this shoot here.
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When I said a 20x30 soft box, I meant FEET not INCHES.” - Khalid Mohtaseb
Killing Kennedy behind the scenes featurette shot by my friend, Cale Glendening
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John Carlos poses in Bushwick, Brooklyn for my annual photo series, "Halloween in Brooklyn."
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Problem solved - no more hat interference when I look through my camera's viewfinder.
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Stalking our next victim...