Heaven’s Disco must be cranking this week as Robin Gibb joins Donna Summer on the dance floor behind the pearly velvet rope…
I shot this portrait of the Bee Gees for Entertainment Weekly back in 1997 when they were making their comeback tour and as you can see from this photo, the lads were a lot of fun. The background is a set we built in the studio after imagining they should each have a room filled with gold records. When I told them the concept, the brothers laughed and said “you know we’ll have to look into that…”
Just imagine how great that would look under a disco ball in Heaven’s Studio 54…
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This is beyond surreal…Much L-O-V-E to everyone at X Factor and Sony for my prime-time debut photographing celebrity portraits of the X Factor Finalists with SONY NEX-5N then passing the cameras out to all the contestants so they could see how easy it was to get great professional results with a camera small enough they can take it with them everywhere.
To all the finalists for welcoming me to their show this week – you guys rock!
To Steve Sommers and Kayla Lindquist of Sony…thanks for believing!
To my personal fashion stylist, my lovely wife Fazia, I love you baby!
EQUIPMENT:
SONY NEX-5N
SONY NEX Electronic Viewfinder
SONY NEX Camera Mount Adapter LA-EA2
SONY 24mm/1.8 E-Mount Lens
SONY CZ 85/1.4
SONY CZ 24-70/2.8
LIGHTING:
K5600 800w Joker HMI Crossover Kit
Profoto 7′ Silver Parabolic Umbrella Style Reflector
STACY FRANCIS was one of my faves. Sorry to see her go but I'll always remember her in the spotlight!
STACY FRANCIS
CHRIS RENE
JOSH KRAJCIK
MELANIE AMARO
MARCUS CANTY
LAKODA RAYNE
LEROY BELL
DREW
ASTRO
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Stacy Francis,
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It’s kinda cool when you’re watching 60 Minutes and all of a sudden one of your photos fills the screen like this Sports Illustrated Cover of NFL Agent Drew Rosenhaus for a profile on the Miami superagent, but hey 60 Minutes, how bout a little love?
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One of the most overlooked aspects of any shoot is making sure the subjects have FUN! But we always try to have fun and we certainly did when we shot Serena Williams showing off her new skills as a manicurist for People Magazine. You mean the 12-time grand slam winner does nails??? You bet! Seems like forehands and backhands aren’t the only hands she’s worked on tour. She’s been doing the nails of girls on the WTA tour for years and now she’s made herself official getting her manicurist license. My favorite shot in Serena working on her gal Val’s nails surrounded by her glam squad Make-up by Natasha Gross, Hair by Angie Meadows and Stylist Lyndrea Price.
Editor: Jen Lombardo
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Very sad news today, yet I can only smile when I think of Leslie Nielsen and laugh at his countless funny movie lines all delivered with the same perfect deadpan and I’ll always smile when I think of the shoot we did for Draft Magazine. The tux was his idea. The 007 beertini was mine. As dry as his humor. Thanks for laughs, Leslie!
Actor Leslie Nielsen photographed poolside at home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for Draft Magazine.
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