Long gone are the days of being able to produce cool content that plays well in a magazine.  Ask any professional camera carrying chap, things are tough out there. Budgets have all but disappeared, space is sooooo limited, it’s a constant battle to get paid, it ALMOST takes the fun out of producing a great piece of work.

Which is why I feel so totally blessed to have this client (not sucking up ms publisher – just the facts) …  I am  one of the go-to-guys for a series of six regional publications that allows me the time and the space to make great pictures that I am happy to have here and be able to display.

Shooting the assignment Sports Buddies entailed six different locations over the course of six days. I traveled some with an assistant, lit a couple of the portraits, used perfect Florida natural light for the others… got wet, fell off a ladder, dodged go-carts traveling at freeway speeds, and hung out with cool people. Once the publication hit the streets, I received dozens of congratulations and praise by friends, clients and the subjects of the images.  I love this editorial photo gig, SOOO very cool…