The Weekly Phlogging

Here’s a shot Jon took on a job near Fresno. It was taken from a Piper PA12 SuperCruiser, which is a slow flying single engine plane.

Last week P2 was hired by Chicago-based Public Works Magazine to shoot images for an article on green (living) roofs in San Diego. This was the first job where we made use of our remote control helicopter and camera. It is loads of fun, and certainly an attention getter. The lagoon in the background is a habitat for bird watchers and several of them were surprised to see this new (and rare) species hovering above the park.

A stormy Independence Day at the beach.

A few photos from recent magazine assignments in Colorado (top) and Idaho (bottom).

On a shoot in Death Valley last week we stopped at Badwater. At about 250 feet below sea level (and 110 degrees Farenheit), this salt flat is the lowest point in the continental U.S. Jon could not contain his excitement, and so was captured at a meager 245 feet below sea level.

P2 is headed out on the road this week for shoots in Death Valley, CA and El Paso, TX. Stay tuned. Stay cool.

Playing around with our old Holga film camera. Just to change things up a bit.

A few very recent portraits of juggler/comedian David Deeble. Check him out at daviddeeble.com. He’s funny.

At the end of April we photographed the Stella Nova Dance Company’s spring concert, “Prajna Within”. We spent a lot of time working with flares from the spot lights in order to add an ethereal element to the images. Here’s one of our favorites. For more on Stella Nova, visit stellanovadance.org.

Last week we got high in California’s Central Valley doing aerial photos of solar fields for Enfinity, a photovoltaic giant. We arrived amid much talk of an impending 2 day rainstorm, and so despite the high wind and gathering clouds we went up in the plane to get shots on the first day. The shooting was fine, but the landing was quite a thrill in 25mph cross winds. Of course, the next day was clear and sunny with beautiful puffy cumulus clouds, so Jon went for a second round in the plane, this time with the door removed so he could hang out for better shots.