“FOR THE RECORD” SEPTEMBER 2012 The Challenge: The September music issue. The Answer: Shoot the most amazing emerging artist we can find with a sense of style a.k.a.: Macklemore. The Difficulties: We only had two hours of light (Macklemore stopped his other engagements to shoot with us). We had to get everything done just right and even though we only needed three shots, every second counts. And since we shot this in Macklemore’s hometown of Seattle, we were getting stopped frequently by his fans.
“REDICULOUS” DECEMBER 2011 The Challenge: The all-red December issue. The Answer: Sometimes you can't beat simplicity. A red cover was all we needed. The Difficulties: I was in Vietnam shooting for Elle when I was asked to shoot this cover story. Unfortunately, with clothing being limited in Vietnam, I could not get the correct pieces to shoot this story. With the deadline closing in, I realized that I had an image that I took a while back that could work. Six months prior, I was at a hiking trail in San Francisco with model Kelsey Harding. We found a construction worker’s helmet at the beginning of the trail and she jokingly put it on. I saw rays of sunlight coming through the foliage and throwing such a beautiful shadow on her face that I pulled out my camera and took several frames. I thought nothing of it until the moment that I needed a red theme cover for Papercut. The moral of the story is that you never know when or where your images may be presented to a large audience. Take every shot as if it's a cover shot.
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