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A new French Magazine for iPad uniquely just came out. They published an article of several pages about my work. Check it out on iTunes
A recent photo shoot with well-known bloggers Mark Glaser and Judith Torres for a brochure produced by theblobs.com. They wanted a scruffy background which I found in East Palo Alto. They added the graffiti part in post-production.
I was in Las Vegas for an assignment about the MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) and the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). I watched the Silva vs Sonnen II fight during the UFC148.
A fun assignment for the German magazine Bild. The subject was Tina Folsom, a best-selling author that specializes in paranormal romance. She was great to work with. I spent most of the day with her, starting in her home and finishing at the foot of the Golden gate Bridge. Check out her work at http://www.tinawritesromance.com
A recent assignment for the Swedish magazine Veckans Affarer: John Lagerling/ Director, Android Global Partnerships at Google. The shoot was challenging because the client wanted a choice of outdoor and indoors situations while Lagerling could give me 60 minutes only. Did I mention that Google allowed the shoot inside the lobby and in front of the building only? :) Nevertheless, the subject was very cooperative and everything went well.
A new cover of Photon magazine. The photograph was taken in San Diego. I flew there for the day and had the opportunity to use my new 24ft telescopic mast.
A recent shoot for the remote video start-up company, Sensr.net. I photographed real customers for their new website.
One of my pictures of Steve Jobs, late CEO of Aple Inc., was used for the cover of the German news magazine, Der Spiegel. Der Spiegel is one of Europe's largest publications of its kind.
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A recent double spread in the Canadian magazine, La Semaine, featuring my feature story about Google.
A new cover for Photon Magazine, the world's leading solar magazine. This beautiful house with an impressive solar system (15kw) was taken in Palo Alto, CA.
Just back from Dallas, TX, where I photographed this incredible fast food place, the Heart Attack Grill, which offers huge hamburgers estimated to be as much as 8,000 calories! The owner, "Dr" Jon Bass says:" "Don't come here every day. If you do, you will die." The story can be seen here.
Just finished a photo shoot of the Google Street View Trike with its inventor, Daniel Ratner. The Street View trike is a three-wheeled pedicab mounted with a 360 degree multiple camera system mounted on a 7-foot pole that records photographic images automatically. The trike can go where the regular Google Street View Car cannot, like park trails, walkways and some of very narrow streets in Europe. The pictures can be seen here.
A picture of (former) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak with Muammar Gaddafi of Libya I took at the Egyptian border city of Mersa Matrouh on Oct. 16, 1989 has been widely published worldwide since the fall of Egyptian leader. Reuters asked me to comment on their blog how I took this picture http://blogs.reuters.com/photo/2011/02/24/waiting-for-gaddafi/
Below is the picture of me that day near one of Gaddafi's female bodyguards who was pregnant.
A recent assignment for The Times of London. I photographed American author and New York Times columnist, Harold McGee, who writes about the chemistry, technique and history of food and cooking.
A recent publication in Stern, one of Germany's main news magazines, of a picture of the world's oldest Koran in Cairo, Egypt. The picture was part of a complete photo essay that is syndicated worldwide by Corbis.
A recent assignment for the corporate magazine of the laser division of Trumpf, the German high-tech company. The subject was Charles Townes, the American physicist. Townes won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1964 for his role in the invention of the maser and the laser. The picture was taken at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, CA.
Another cover for Photon from an assignment in Los Altos, CA
One of my pictures taken during a 5-day assignment in Nebraska for the world's leading solar magazine, Photon, was used on one of the latest covers. The picture was a real challenge because I was shooting in the middle of very friendly cows who kept bumping into me.
Just released the ad for vAuto I photographed for an advertising agency based in Ilinois. The gentleman in the picture is Justin Hansel of Hansel Auto Group, who was great to work with.
One of my pictures taken during a 5-day assignment in Arizona for the world's leading solar magazine, Photon, was used on the cover
Just published in the Scottish Daily Record in the UK my story about the Fertility Institutes, the clinic in Los Angeles that helps couples to choose the sex of their babies.
We just finished editing a short video clip about James Pridham and his miniature village. Now that the quality of HD video has reached a level that can match our expectations, we started offering video production on specific projects via Octamedia, our multimedia communication company.
An assignment I just did for Envy Magazine about Stressed Teens has just been published, 2 pages. The text is by Isabelle Boucq.
A recent assignment for Photon Magazine about the big solar company, Sunpower Corp, was published as a double spread in Photon Italy.
That was a great assignment where I had the opportunity to visit Sunpower's gorgeous headquarters located in a previous Ford factory in Point - Richmond , CA. It is a huge place with a fantastic layout and plenty of large windows and indoor plants.
An assignment for the French Canadian magazine, l' Actualité, about Google's CFO, Patrick Pichette, introduced me to a very cool and down to earth person. He commutes to work everyday on his bicycle.
