Behind the lens at Thoughtform Design

After last weeks presentation at Thoughtform Design I was invited to sit down with Project Strategist John Sotirakis, and some of his colleagues, for a brief Q&A. Jonathon Hill was one of those and he created the web page of my presentation.

We talked about photography, culture of the amateur, the influence of stock photography on assignment work and our clients interpretation of a visual comp. I talked about the journey from Assistant to producer to photographer. The importance of mentors and mentoring and why I love teaching.

An additional caption and attribution should be noted on the photograph of Greg Louganis, that was a Polaroid test, from a photo shoot in 1986, I was the first assistant and the photographer was David Vance.

Dreams, Goals & Lists

This morning I am presenting to THOUGHTFORM Inc, a Pittsburgh based design firm. I was invited by my friend and colleague, John Sotirakis,to tell some stories that I refer to as "behind the lens" (reference to "Behind the Music," on VH-1).

Going back to my early mentors, David Vance, Art Kane and Kurt Markus the experiences of assisting, producing and shooting come full circle in the photograph that I am creating today for clients and my personal projects.

Later I will share some of the stories.