What is your take on the HDSLR as a tool for commercials? Good point and bad points? Any adjustments in your shooting methods to accommodate them? Ah – The HDSLRs. The very first thing I want to say is that these opinions and anecdotal moments are based on what’s true in my experience with HDSLRs [...]
Archive | August, 2010
Back to Work with some exciting news
The summer is winding down, we had some fantastic surf days, and we are all back in the studio now, the machines are humming away. The exciting news of the day, is that tomorrow will start a 5 installment interview with David Darby, ASC, for the 5 Questions series. David is a veteran of hundreds [...]
The new BEST COAST Video
Here it is. I will have more about the how and why of this film in the next couple of weeks. Thank you to all the many people who helped in the production of this short film. Especially to Best Coast, who inspired us to make it. Related Posts:The ReelMaking a Lifestyle Documentary Film: Best [...]
Shelter Island, NY
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The James Sullivan Interview. Marlboro, Guns and the Utah Desert.
James Sullivan interviews DHS for his new series. He gets me to talk about models, agents, guns, and the time the talent almost all died during a job in the desert. Click here to view the first 2 episodes. Related Posts:No Related Posts
5 Questions For: Jeff Hirsch, Owner of Fotocare
Jeff Hirsch owns and runs Fotocare in NYC. Since 1968 they have been taking care of professional photographers. The word “care” is what runs through the organization. They not only rent gear, or sell cameras, they take care of their customers. I could relate a dozen stories of them going to bat for me with [...]
Luis De Oliveira: What single quality would you say a great designer needs to have?
“That’s a good question. I think ‘prolific’ is probably the most important of all. Design is a highly subjective thing. The whole idea that we can really strip down to the point where we can serve everyone and serve everything is a beautiful modernist idea, but I don’t think it reflects the world. Maybe in [...]
Tennessee
Beauty is everywhere if you look for it. Great images are everywhere, 24×7. It doesn’t matter what camera you have, what matters is that it gets used. Thus, I am obsessed, I am a maniac, I will not be embarrassed into stopping. Nope. Not me. If you are around me, chances are I will be [...]
5 Questions For a MakeUp Artist: Regina Harris
Regina is an extraordinary makeup artist, emphasis on the word artist. She has been doing fashion and beauty for 25 years, and is most recognized of late for her collaborations with Marilyn Minter and their work for Tom Ford. In addition, she has a launched a fragrance which is carried in select stores globally. 1. [...]
About
David Harry Stewart is a photographer and director. He comes from a small town in western New York. He started taking pictures at the age of 8, first with a plastic Kodak 126, then a Polaroid Swinger. He did his first national ad campaign at age 23, then moved on to Paris to work for fashion magazines. Returning to New York he has a successful and award winning career, working for magazines like Interview, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, New York Magazine, Time and The New York Times Magazine. Agency work includes Saatchi, Deutsch, BBDO, Leo Burnett, and Ogilivy, for clients such as American Express, Nike, Coke, Corona and Bank of America. Awards include Communication Arts, The Art Directors Club, Photo District News, The Living Photograph Motion Awards, and American Photography. He splits his time between Los Angeles and New York.
