Santa Cruz Surfer

While I was in Los Gatos I had the idea to run over Highway 17 and see some friends and family for the afternoon. After a nice latte at Verve in downtown Santa Cruz, I walked along the coast by Santa Cruz’s famous lighthouse. I couldn’t resist taking a shot of this surfer dude…

Santa Cruz Surfer

 

Celebrity Portrait Series: Chip Ingram

Last week I flew out to Los Gatos to film Chip Ingram. Chip had been up most of the night before and was tired the morning of the shoot. I took just a few frames of him, and for some reason I liked this one…unguarded, real, different.

Chip Ingram

 

The Mercy Corps Top Ten

In 2012, Mercy Corps sent photographers to cover some of the most remarkable stories in 10 different countries, from Afghanistan to Yemen, Colombia to South Sudan. I had the good fortune to be assigned to Central Africa Republic, which was a fantastic trip. Over 17,000 photos from all these shoots landed on Phil Ottum’s desk at Mercy Corps; here are his top 10 (check out #s 2 and 3!). Below is one that I, being a card player, really liked that did not make it into Phil’s top ten. But that’s cool; cards aren’t for everyone. Be sure to check out Phil’s list–there are some very fine images in there, 8 of which rank way over mine…

 

 

And the Winner Is…

So this morning I was messing around under the hood of my web site and got to wondering what post was the most hit-upon since I started this thing. Thanks to the very handy WordPress Site Stats, I noticed that the most-often-visited single posting on my web site is…The Magic Bus.I suppose some people may hit this page looking for The Who or something. Maybe not. But suffice it to say, this series of photos I made has become the most-viewed images in my entire body of work available online. Not what I would have guessed, but there it is…