A Rose Along the Path

I love to find a new model, get here in the studio and find a great shot or pose and watch how she becomes hooked and powerful in the room. How do you find a new model, you look around and see what's hiding in plain sight!! Of all the models I've worked with over the years - the only ones who surprise me - without fail are those who don't hustle it out for a living. That's not to say that the models who work the circuit for a living aren't good. They are some great ones and some awful ones but that's for another time. What I'm talking about is finding a rose along the desert path. Taking the time and risk with someone who's overlooked by the crowd or who removes herself from the crowd because she's "not beautiful."



Look at the new model I found on the blog and see the strength of the pose, the clarity of the work and it's her first session ever! Nothing pre-planned. Nothing stock, nothing standard - all of it an original idea for her and the camera catches the freshness of it even when the pose has been done before. What a great adventure.

Important news if you shoot nudes in New York State

a must read article - more on this later.

See today's NYPOst.

Update: Helicopter joins search for missing PSU student | Penn State News | Local - Centre Daily Times

Update: Helicopter joins search for missing PSU student | Penn State News | Local - Centre Daily Times

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Wondering about Humming and Noises

On a busy train station today in Brooklyn I encountered a little girl and her older brother and their dad. She was humming and when her dad asked her a question she responded with a rapid fire response that came with a sound track!

She explained her answer and acted out the noise of the car, the sounds of the door opening and closing and the oncoming train. It was great! I think she was about 5.

I got me to wondering - when do we stop the noises and humming and singing and skipping as we go? And isn't it sad when we do? Her "older" brother, perhaps all of 7 looked at her with great interest but a little disdain - like why can't you just use words??? I think he missed the point. The joy she had in just answering a question brightened my day.

your thoughts?

Chris Brown Admits I was Right!

see the You Tube video OR
go back and read my post from months ago when I said:
Chris Brown is an Abuser of Women! Now he says so too. Let's not let him off the hook - it's not right to hit women and children (fight guys in bars - still okay; rednecks - if it's a fair fight; commies - anytime).

Michael Jackson - the end was televised.

If you are one of the many contrarians who have asked "why all this coverage for a dead pop singer?" over the last several days and weeks today there is an answer. Given the dearth of Summer programming and the lack of interesting tv to see - they might just dig the guy up and kill him again!


(photo copyright NYPOST.com)


CNN reported that over 1 billion people watched the funeral/memorial service this week. 1 Billion people! Today's NY Times provides some details: 18 channels simulcast the service, 31 million at home viewers, CNN.com said it served 4.4 million live video streams (that's folks without cable or cheating at work), MSNBC.com counted 3.1 million, Yahoo reported 5 million streaming viewers. Compare this to the 33 million viewers to Princess Diana's funeral.

Today's New York Times also carries a great little piece by Gail Collins , "Michael, a Foreign Affair" that explains quite nicely how these things work today and have worked in the past. Turns out newspapers and media have always over reported death of celebrities, local or otherwise.

Michael Jackson 10th post

wondering now if Twitter would have worked for this.

Is anyone tweet-ing from the Staples Center.

How come no one can pronounce NOKIA correctly.

Is that Pome-aide in Jermaine's hair?

Shaheen Jafargholi singing MJ - who's Loving You. That's what I love about this country. That couldn't happen anywhere else - NOWHERE else. They ruined his nice rendition with a plug for the concert that will never be!

Time for patting ourselves on the back with the production/producer types. Now maybe I can stop watching this train wreck and get to work