And Now For Something Completely Different…Sorta.

A couple months ago my wife and I were about an hour and a half from walking out the door when I got an email form the Art Director at the OC Weekly with an assignment for that evening. Anyone that has ever done work for an alt-weekly knows sometimes you fly by the seat of your pants.  Assignments can come up super last minute and you have to fly.  Since we already had tickets for a movie I was leaning toward turning the assignment down but as I read the brief I knew that would be stupid. The assignment was to …

Selfies!

Most of my photography subjects are of every day folks, it’s the favorite part of my job.  A great many of my subjects will often tell me quickly they don’t like having their picture taken. Normally laugh and say “me either.”  It is usually enough to start to put them at ease.  But it is true, I hate having my picture taken! I decided I needed to sack up and take some self portraits.  I decided to make “me” my last subject of 2012.  I approached my portrait similar to how I would approach an assignment I was given.  I wanted to have two finished products …