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Traveling the US and the World in search of interesting subjects and places to capture with my Nikon cameras and lenses. Environmental portraits are my specialty with a love of the gritty and abandoned or desolate as my favorite locations. Juxtaposition would be the word I'd use to describe my desired aesthetic. Other area's of photographic interest are concerts, sports, and of course my daughter Zoe.

to in taking advantage of
13/09/2024

to in taking advantage of

Light and wardrobe test thank you for snapping the shutter! Which frame has better styling 1. For Mets 2. For Sun ...
13/09/2024

Light and wardrobe test thank you for snapping the shutter! Which frame has better styling 1. For Mets 2. For Sun hat

and teamed up with to do a quick studio class yesterday… thanks to the attendees and store staff and to our middle -...
12/09/2024

and teamed up with to do a quick studio class yesterday… thanks to the attendees and store staff and to our middle - standing in front of and my constant lights.

Throwback to in Philly with flying and skin
12/09/2024

Throwback to in Philly with flying and skin

Grabbed up my A9III AND for these quick shots of - meant to post on the 10th which was our 10 year anniversary from ...
12/09/2024

Grabbed up my A9III AND for these quick shots of - meant to post on the 10th which was our 10 year anniversary from our first shoot… she’s always been a supporter and collaborator and a thoughtful critic and a friend and has brought energy shoots when I needed it… iso 250 f/1.8 1/20000th (not a typo - this is the middle of the day with the )

with and my - f13 at 1/125th thanks to for setting this up and being great company in awful traffic…. Turned out ...
11/09/2024

with and my - f13 at 1/125th thanks to for setting this up and being great company in awful traffic…. Turned out totally worth it.

Great time at with for our at : our Subjects were awesome and I can’t thank them enough for the patience they showed...
08/09/2024

Great time at with for our at : our Subjects were awesome and I can’t thank them enough for the patience they showed with the students and I can’t thank those same students enough for all the enthusiasm, questions, ideas, etc…. Great day - the set up for my shot is shared in last couple shots… just… whoa!🤯

26/05/2024

Great day in Philly today at - I want to thank everyone for coming out, trying out the and gear and keeping me energized in some heat I haven’t dealt with in a bit…. I had two great models at my station that worked their butts off in the heat in front of my A9III and Fj400’s ISO 250 f/4.5 1/16000th at 4 power on the strobes….

yesterday in Philly with ‘s and the ISO 250 16mm f/5 1/16000th
26/05/2024

yesterday in Philly with ‘s and the ISO 250 16mm f/5 1/16000th

Fun day testing creating hard light portraits with the on a FJ400. Shots 1 and 3 are with the with the middle shot...
24/05/2024

Fun day testing creating hard light portraits with the on a FJ400. Shots 1 and 3 are with the with the middle shot coming from the - My model killed it dealing with the heat and the sharp shells on the beach while i poured on the light at shutter speeds from 1/3200 to 1/25600
The A9III Global shutter with the FJ400 just impresses me to no end - 10 years ago for 600 dollars i was getting a 65 ws speedlight that couldn’t beat the sun at 2pm in June unless it was inches from the subject. Now for under 600 bucks i have a 400ws strobe that can recycle at full power in under a second that i can put far from the subject if my composition calls for it - it’s an amazing time to be a photographer PS - i love 16 by 9 as an image ratio

From last week at with the strobes, drop pro background, and the minis along with my patented water mister to creat...
24/05/2024

From last week at with the strobes, drop pro background, and the minis along with my patented water mister to create the atmosphere behind.

I’m still trying to wrap my head completely around some of the things I’ll be able to do with my Sony A9III and my stro...
22/05/2024

I’m still trying to wrap my head completely around some of the things I’ll be able to do with my Sony A9III and my strobes - without a sync speed I’m getting the full power out of my strobes at any shutter speed. In this shot I was shooting at f/3.5 and 1/12800th second. No camera I’ve owned before could do that and if limited by the constraints of High Speed Sync I would have been at 1/8000th which would NOT be a big difference in exposure. The big difference is that i had the power on the 2 FJ400’s at 5 power with them out of the frame where in high speed sync I would have been losing about 2.3 stops of power and would have had to move them much closer and then do post to remove them… This is the tip of the ideas i have for this…

Throwback to the beach - finally getting a warm day today. Go enjoy it
21/05/2024

Throwback to the beach - finally getting a warm day today. Go enjoy it

= no words for how much i love this band. DC 2024
19/05/2024

= no words for how much i love this band.
DC 2024





Set up a mini studio in the tent outside yesterday - some rain stopped us from doing a few ideas that i had for outside...
19/05/2024

Set up a mini studio in the tent outside yesterday - some rain stopped us from doing a few ideas that i had for outside but that didn’t stop attendees from having a blast trying out the gear including the new mini which i love….
Great day - thanks for all that made it out

Missing the young bull behind the plate - get better soon .13
19/05/2024

Missing the young bull behind the plate - get better soon .13

in at the - such a great band… .cage.qs
19/05/2024

in at the - such a great band…
.cage.qs

to .sweetkill getting cleaned up -
18/05/2024

to .sweetkill getting cleaned up -

to getting clean after a shoot - lit with FJ400 - shot on A1
16/05/2024

to getting clean after a shoot - lit with FJ400 - shot on A1

It’s with the FJ400 and Sony A1 and 24-70 GMII
16/05/2024

It’s with the FJ400 and
Sony A1 and 24-70 GMII

I didn’t have my best day shooting - I’ve grown to used to using flash for my punk rock stuff but seeing friends put the...
15/05/2024

I didn’t have my best day shooting - I’ve grown to used to using flash for my punk rock stuff but seeing friends put their hearts into their music always leaves me feeling refreshed. Luckily I’ve got a few more chances to see coming up in June as they tour with - Always thankful to be around the guys….

Happy birthday - hope your second half century is amazing
13/05/2024

Happy birthday - hope your second half century is amazing

It’s a little chilly here in Boston today - definitely for May. So here is a throwback to Martine on a chilly day in Bro...
10/05/2024

It’s a little chilly here in Boston today - definitely for May. So here is a throwback to Martine on a chilly day in Brooklyn…

with from from a couple years back… and I brought our to the studio to create some drama - super fun day
10/05/2024

with from from a couple years back… and I brought our to the studio to create some drama - super fun day

Slightly lighting/camera geeky post so I’ll start by saying I love shooting and I hate doing a lot of post so I’m always...
01/05/2024

Slightly lighting/camera geeky post so I’ll start by saying I love shooting and I hate doing a lot of post so I’m always excited when new gear makes my life easier - now the geeky stuff: I got my hands on a and finally got to take it out and use it with my strobes. The is a game changer. I’d played with it at the Sony booth at WPPI but that was inside in a controlled setting where I could’ve made drama pretty easily… FF to yesterday. and I were shooting together at about 430. Tons of Sun when it popped out of the clouds - normally If I wanted to shoot shallow DOF I’d have to go to high speed sync and give up a ton of power… 2+ stops by the time I reach 1/8000th of a second. That creates limits: distance to subject, modifier choice, shorter battery life, longer recycle time etc. Now enter the A9III : the global shutter eliminates the need for HSS by capturing all the light in an exposure instantaneously. This allows for the full strobe to be captured at any shutter speed instead of the power sapping “pulsing” of High Speed Sync…. For these shots I’m at iso 250 (base on the A9III) and 2.8 at 1/10,000th on first shot and 1/8000th on the second…. I didn’t need to go up to 1/80,000th like I could… but the amazing part is the power on my strobes was only 5 (1/16th for the fraction folks) - wow. Just wow.

to - one of the really good guys I’ve met in my life…. Hope the day is great and that I see you sooner rather than ...
24/04/2024

to - one of the really good guys I’ve met in my life…. Hope the day is great and that I see you sooner rather than later

to 2012/13 I would just carry a speedlight and ask people to take photos of their dogs. I should’ve done a lot more. ...
23/04/2024

to 2012/13 I would just carry a speedlight and ask people to take photos of their dogs. I should’ve done a lot more.

If you know me and you are a hardcore kid you’ve heard me go on about 1989 and all the great records that came out that ...
20/04/2024

If you know me and you are a hardcore kid you’ve heard me go on about 1989 and all the great records that came out that year… in my opinion the greatest year in HC history. One of the standouts that year was - from the opening bass line of rise and fall to the crushingly precise riffs to the great drum sound it’s an all time great record: that final elevation was the vocals of - he sounded like no one else in NYHC. His stage mannerisms put him at his peak amongst the great frontmen. RIP Eddie

on the queen shoreline with a couple speedlights…
20/04/2024

on the queen shoreline with a couple speedlights…

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I knew I couldn’t get the shot I wanted. Driving 6 hours north wasn’t in the cards. I knew if I did a timelapse that I wouldn’t get the actual #eclipse to show but I did hope for the dramatic loss of light to be captured and it was… #timelapse #eclipse2024 #sonyalpha #theawakening #daddydaughtertime #newjersey

#throwback to a #timelapse in @joshuatreenps with @photosuban made up of 350 stills as the #moon fights the #sun - I miss the desert but unfortunately rarely miss dessert.

@bouncingsoulsnj killing it at @starlandnj December 2023 for the last stop on their winter tour… #newjersey #punkrock #heroes

I recently was able to access a bunch of raw files that I thought were lost to me forever… these as an example ar just over 10 years old (amazingly enough Chelsea looks about the same) These aren’t the oldest files in there, but these come from a trip that I took with the people at Westcott long before I was working there… Dave Piazza, and the rest of the crew from Westcott took us out to shoot with Chelsea Dawn and it was a blast… I had no idea that this is where I would end up, but that was definitely a cementing day in my love for Westcott products…

Today won’t be like yesterday… the boys in @banecentral have decided that Armageddon is locked and loaded and will make an Ali like return to Boston today. @papidalby @aaronbedard @zachbane @bobbybane @jamessiboni @peterchilton #stu #bane #canwestadtagain

A few images from the @summitworkshops workshop with @jeanfruthimages #stevefine , and me. As always I was using @westcottlighting strobes. 1x4 Rapidboxes to right and left with grids and FJ400 with the main light coming from an FJ200 in the Octa S with Grid. Big shout out to @csteppig for pulling this together and Jean for getting @gleasonsgym to give us a bit of space. And as always : the students inspire me to be better than I am… #westcottlighting #summitworkshops #boxers #sportsportraits #lighting #lighting. Also big thanks to @jillian_graniero killed it

Happy #earthday : I don’t shoot enough landscape… be safe. Love your mother. My head is throbbing due to a crappy fall but I’m thankful every day…

@6ycleallentown crew with me and @whauserphoto

BTS and finished results to celebrate #worldbikeday with the @6ycleallentown crew. @whauserphoto and myself set this up with @westcottlighting lights, mods, and backdrop - #fitness #biking #excercise #athletes #workout #branding

Reel featuring some #bts and #finishedimages of the #brandingphotography shoot that I did with the crew @6ycleallentown and my partner @whauserphoto using @westcottlighting , @sonyalpha A1 and @tamronamericas 35-150 - smoke is from the @pmi_gear #smokegenie #fitness #ocf #lighting #westcottlighting #westcott #6cycle #behindthescenes #girlswithguns (the big muscle kind)

First #stagedive #hyperlapse for #aboynamedscout with proud papa @papidalby looking on and @saladdaysstudio and @bewellhc playing #kidsintbepit #hardcore #pickmeuppullmein

@walterschreifels , @civ_gb , @lukieluke1 , Arthur and @charliegnyc killed it in Baltimore - here is a #hyperlpse set to #newdirection

Throwback to catching #mermaids in the river - the fantastical @ink_stained_skin waiting for her legs to come back while me and and @whauserphoto get the #westcottlighting right #fj400 x 2 #cosplay #fantasy #waterislife #inked #lighting @westcottlighting

Fun day at Ace Photo in Virginia showing off @westcottlighting with @jason.etzel from @sonyalpha and our model @alexmercado79 using the #fjwirelessflashsystem along with the #xdroppro

#bts with @mets #photoday and the #polarbear @polarpete20 : @westcottlighting all around featuring the #fj400 and #fj200 as well as #flexigels and #xdroppro #letsgomets #lfgm #baseball #bigpete #mediaday

During the @wppievents 2023 I brought my @westcottlighting gear to the @bhphoto booth to do a few set ups so the attendees could experience the consistency and creativity of strobes with myself and @misschelseadawn Using two FJ400’s and an FJ200 against a #westcottlighting #xdroppro background we created a few different looks without moving a light…

A couple of weeks ago my friend (and great shooter) @mikelopez_pics hit me up to ask if i'd be open to shooting some portraits of a friend of his in the village - Shot these with one @westcottlighting FJ400 and a 4x6 Rapid box on the streets of Greenwich Village - #lighting #westcottlighting #streetphotography #personalbranding #rapidbox #fj400

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