I recently did a family portrait for my amazing friends, Bobby and Melinda Walden. It was a a blast and we created some great pictures. I love doing this kind of work, because it becomes a treasured part of a family’s memories and travels through the generations. I consider that very meaningful work.
Recently, I had the honor to work with my amazing friends at Tyche Films on a Public Service Announcement for Planned Parenthood starring Scarlett Johanssen. Oh yeah, if you look close, you can see me in there too. Enjoy!
My lovely friend Kristin let me do maternity photos of her at the beach in Santa Monica. It was a beautiful day and an absolutely stunning sunset. What a pleasure to create such a beautiful memory for a wonderful lady.
Nothing says Santa Monica like the Pier
Playing in the water
Here are some photos from a recent shoot for Hopper Mag at the awesome jewelry company Spragwerks in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles. These guys make the coolest stuff; from tiny butcher knife pendants to custom wedding bands, to the simple wrench ring that I wear.
Last week I stopped by Polkatots, a local Pasadena cupcake shop, to pick up some goodies for a baby shower that I was throwing. I was so taken by the shop and the owners that I asked if they would be interested in doing a photo shoot. The gals were sweet enough to let me come back and take some portraits of them.
Here is a taste of the result!
And the cupcakes were fantastic.
LA and Seattle Cretins pose for a photo above the tunnel. Angeles Crest, Oct 2010
I took a ride up Angeles Crest with some members of the LA and Seattle chapters of the Cretins MC during this year’s LA Invasion. It isn’t often that I get to ride with these guys other than the occasional zip around town, even though I’ve known many of them for years.
The Angeles Crest is a great road and the weather was beautiful. It was a really fun day, big thanks for including me, guys!
I got to do a profile portrait for my friends at Hopper Mag (www.hoppermag.com) today. Making cool images of fun people, telling stories and shooting the shit sure doesn’t feel like working. Its a great life when the things you love to do for fun are the things you get to call work.
Me shooting a Character portrait - photo by JJ
What you get when you mix toy inventors with a Polynesian theme and a Best Drink Contest is an out of this world cocktail of fun, frivolity and fantastic good times. The characters are outrageous, the themes are fantastical and the presentations are a rip roaring good time.
Yes, you did read that right, there are people who get to spend their lives inventing the toys we and our kids play with. It is hard to imagine a better line of work for those of us who love to tinker.
Mad Inventor and Drink Judge Estraordinaire - Jim E
Every party should have a Tiki Fountain!
LadyTini arrives with much fanfare!
You never know who you are going to see in Southern California. A highlight of the night was the paparazzi filled arrival of noteworthy pseudo-celeb, LadyTini, replete with obligatory cocktail in hand!
A candid moment with LadyTini
We captured a quiet moment with LadyTini between the mayhem of her arrival and the chaos of her drink presentation.
During a recent portrait shoot, I had the opportunity to do some extra shots of Sandy and her ‘boys’. Aside from the two great big Great Danes, she has a new Bull Terrier named Ziggy. What a blast, shooting quickly before the new addition could run off and start to play, or try to eat the camera.
Family portraits come in all kinds of variations. During a portrait shoot in Los Angeles, the subject asked if we could do some frames with ‘the boys’. Of course!! Especially when ‘the boys’ are each twice her size! The juxtaposition of scale and the near symmetry struck me. What a fun shoot, great subjects and fun work.
