Randy is a very funny Iranian rapper. You don’t see too many of them around here. Shot last week on location on a rainy day in downtown Los Angeles. Light provided by a Quantum turbo handheld by my assistant Jonathan. Related Posts:The ReelMaking a Lifestyle Documentary Film: Best Coast The Sun Was So HighBest Coast [...]
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Q+A with myself
Lets use the word investigations, although maybe that is too CSI. These photos are of people that I have just met through my fixer. You’ve read about the fixer in a previous post, right? We all hang out for a few hours and I try to see what sort of beautiful images I can make. [...]
Ocean-Rough Cuts
These are more or less direct out of the camera, a bit of exposure compensation, but otherwise au natural. I was using a hideous piece of gear called an Ewa Water Bag. I use it about every 2 years, and each time I do I can’t believe how impossibly difficult it is to use. The [...]
Party
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On camera flash is punk rock
I had a conversation the other day with my buddy Sam Grawe, editor of Dwell, talking about doing new kinds of work. After about 5 minutes, Sam in his genius way, off handedly pronounces ” flash on camera is punk rock”. Sam is a genius, or at least the smartest giant I know. Sam is [...]
Dodgeball-4-Ever
What: Adult Dodgeball, Where: Various neighborhood rec centers around the east side of LA Why: I take photos for the fun of it, sometimes I get paid. How: Flash on camera, combined with a key light coming from the back or side. My assistant is on the far side of the gym going side to [...]
High Speed Synch Light Test
70-200II f2.8, 1/1000. Byron hoping not to break his wheels when he lands this. 70-200II f2.8, 1/1000. Byron finishing a front flip out of the bowl, cigarette in hand. 24-70f2.8 at about 50mm, f5.6, 1/1000, speedlight on camera. Yes, shooting this is way scary. He is coming at me full speed then jumps maybe 3 [...]
Diary of an Advertising Job
Job: Global launch of a pharmaceutical. 7 primary shots, one still life shot. Budget, low 6 figures. Tuesday: Hello NYC! Arrived late Sunday, the jet lag is fading, thank you Diet Coke. Meeting Robert Kozek, 1st assist, to test lights at Fotocare. There is some talk from the client about wanting to overpower daylight so [...]
Feed the Eye.
The above photo is by Jonathan Waiter. We produce a lot of content around here, but we also are obsessive consumers of content. Blogs, magazines-tons of them, movies, books, everything we can get our greedy little hands on goes down the hatch. This mornings diet: CNN.com, Interview Magazine, NYTimes Magazine on line, NY Magazine, The [...]
HOW TO: Rescued Fighting Dogs Stills, Time Magazine
This was one of the best feeling jobs I have done in years. Time Magazine was great about giving me all the support I could ask for. Feel great about the results, feel great about the dogs, feel great about the people I was working with. Here is the story of how these pictures came [...]
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.
