Jay Gives Me a Pointer

As a former Navy Officer, I know the meaning of hard work, devotion to the project, and coming up with results, not excuses. As a photographer, I appreciate the creativity and fun I can devote to the session. I don't take myself seriously, but I am very serious about the success of the photo shoot.                                  

• Newsweek
• Time
• Parade
• US News & World Report
• People
• LA Times
• Oracle Magazine
• Forbes Russia
• dozens of trade publications involving frozen foods, respiration therapy, medical devices, lawyers, bakery items, and construction, etc...

• MADD
• American Heart Association
• San Diego Foundation
• Volunteers of America
• American Library Association 
• American College of Construction Lawyers

• SAIC
• HBO
• Honeywell
• Vineyard Vines
• Costco
• Lockheed-Martin
• Johnson&Johnson
• Aramark Healthcare

• Alaska Airlines
• Pratt & Whitney
• Aero-News Network
• US Navy
• US Marine Corps
• British Aerospace
• Critical Air Medicine
• Experimental Aircraft Assn.

                            Not  a Cal-OSHA approved photographer stand

                                                                                
My first camera was the art-deco "bullet" camera made by Kodak. It took 127 film (now long discontinued) and the bakelite lens would screw out and by flipping the sportsfinder up, it almost looked like a real photographer's fancy 35mm device.
 
                                      

I first knew I would be an artist when my Mom complained that valuable color film in the Bullet was being wasted on pictures of our driveway. Clearly she couldn't see that as a very young war photographer, I had captured an amazing diorama of brave toy soldiers storming the curb at Spruce Street. Misunderstood ever since, I have nevertheless successfully convinced hundreds of magazines, corporations, and organizations that I can comprehend  their needs and make dynamic photographs that exceed their expectations - on time and on budget.

For those of you who are film buffs, I don't know if I'm related to director Darren Aronofsky (Pi, The Wrestler), but I am thrilled to hear my last name pronounced correctly on TV:

AAH  RUN OFF SKEE !