The Philadelphia Photographer

I first photographed Chanelle Price for ESPN Rise Magazine back in November 2007.  The only reason I got a call from the TBWAChiatDay agency in Los Angeles is because copyright of the images from that assignment remains with me.  Chanelle is a great girl, extremely talented, genuine and a ferocious work ethic both on and [...]

I can’t take any claim to discovering this, but the irony is overwhelming.  I’ve been a Mac user since 2001 and have never looked back.  The new Mac commercials always make me smile, but so did Bill Gates attempt at the robot (skip to 4:00).  However, this latest discovery takes the cake.   PC commercials are [...]

Check out this kid, Joey Lawrence.  Stumbled on his page from the blog over at Strobist.  He is 18 years old and has no formal photographic education.  Also take a look at Keaton Andrew, another youngster producing cool images. Disclaimer – These two would get kicked out of my former journalism school instantly, but where [...]

After checking the byline for an article on espn.com that I posted yesterday I was shocked that a freelance writer for that media outlet wouldn’t have a more professional email address / byline / credit.  I checked around other stories on espn.com and found more yahoo, hotmail and gmail addresses.  Not professional in my opinion. [...]

Back to the blogging world after a 3-year hiatus.  There was a blog titled “wawa and wagamama” that I began shortly after college, mainly to chronicle the wonderful life of living at home and working as a Sports Illustrated assistant.  It dissolved and I moved on.   Consider this a quasi-continuation of that blog, with the focus [...]