This is a still pulled from the 5D Mk3 video below. I was able to save a decent sized tiff file from the video frames that would easily work for a one page print ad by opening up the clip in Photoshop CS6. 

I just finished shooting the Sustainability Report for California State College Cal Poly SLO. The finished piece will be a beautifully printed book that promotes their green practices on campus. We got to shoot alot of moody images that suggested particular metaphors. It really was a great job. Thanks go out to the folks at the ad agency Barnett Cox & Associates and Pamela Timm at the college. Click thru the photo above to see more outtakes.

I shot a story for Forbes Magazine last month and it is on the news stands now, it is about Michael Stewart of the non profit Sustainable Surf and how he is trying to make the surf industry greener. This was the 3rd collaboration between the writer Todd Woody and I, he is a surfer as well. The 3 of us met on a typical spring morning at a surf spot in Santa Cruz. The plan was to shoot portraits of Michael out in the lineup on his surfboard. Not so easy with 6 feet of swell, wind, and a quick moving rip that kept depositing us in what Michael called the ‘Whitey Zone’, as in Great Whites. We did get some cool shots in the water but we also did a variation on land. Here is the layout and an outtake above. Click thru to read Todd’s story.

More photos of surfers being paid to not wear wetsuits in freezing California waters ( click thru to see the last time we did it ). The funny thing is that I am always wearing my hooded 4/3mm while shooting. I shot this for Sunset Mag in Avila Beach using a consumer point and shoot camera.

I have been on a dream job ……. gotta keep it under wraps for now but here is a sneak peek.