September 19, 2011

GoDaddy




This is a great example of the kind of executive portraits I like to do.  It is environmental, showing a dramatic setting of a computer screen and equipment.  Without knowing anything about who this is, you certainly get a very definite idea about what his business is.
This is a photograph of Bob Parsons aka GoDaddy.  The way I heard the story, he made a zillion bucks in some business, retired, got bored, and started GoDaddy for something to do.  Made another zillion bucks and some great Super Bowl commercials.  An impressive man and a busy guy, I had fifteen minutes to make this photo.  I spotted this equipment in a tiny room, quickly set up a light, sat him down, shot enough to get a good expression and he was gone.  I learned to work quickly from years of experience as a photojournalist shooting features for magazines.

September 1, 2011

Sky Harbor


This photo was taken in Phoenix, Arizona, where I currently live, the airport is called Sky Harbor International Airport, a great name for an airport in the Desert Southwest.  I was traveling for a commercial shoot in Boston, where I used to live, and was really looking forward to the seafood there, which I think is the best in the world, something about the cold waters of the North Atlantic.  I was not disappointed.





An example:

Grilled scallops prepared at Legal Seafoods Test Kitchen located in Logan International Airport. Wonderful.