A few weeks ago, a snapshot I took from the San Diego Comic Con, in 2006 was featured on Digg.com. In one day according to my stats on flickr, it was viewed 120,405 times. Here's the image:
A few months ago whilst browsing the clearance rack at Target. Cat and I came across a red jacket that we just couldn't pass up. Bought it for 9 bucks..:) I knew the location where I wanted to use the red jacket and was already scheduling a shoot with a model to use the new jacket. I came across the cover of "Vanity Fair" with Kate Winslet on the cover. Stunning. I knew I wanted to do something similar. I bought the issue and when I finally met the model I'd be working with, I showed her the cover and told her my idea of doing something along the same vein. She agreed and this is what we captured that day:
Comic books, graphic novels, and film noir are the main influences of my inspiration for the creation of my images. Illuminative, darkness, surreal, edgy, emotive and whimsical, are some descriptors that come to mind when viewing my work. Along with dramatic use of light, shadow, contrast and color, I thrive on the symbiotic relationship of the model and photographer to create stunning artistic images. I feel that my work is more painterly than photographic, as I am enamored by the works of Dali, Escher, Monet, Degas. I love making art, I am not content with just taking pictures. I passionately construct these images as a painter would ardently compose a painting, layer upon layer onto stretched canvas. To me, it is more about the image itself: the emotion of it, the formal composition, the colors, and the feelings that you get from looking at the image. What it makes you think of, and what it means to you as opposed to the factual information of how it was made.