I met Mica several years back. She is a member of the Rho Delta Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority of which I have been volunteering my services for their yearly Wine and Croquet event. Last year she won the portrait session that I donated, using it to document her Halloween party. Our most recent portrait session was a business head-shot session. Mica recently got a new job, she wanted a professional head-shot, something that would bring out her personality, not be too stuffy and yet still be professional. I think that we succeeded on all accounts.

My light transceivers have been on the fritz. I decided to use my poor broken husband as a practice shoot while I tried to figure out what the heck was wrong with them. He was such a good sport and I loved the shots I got of him so I had to share. I did manage to get the darn light triggers to work, though not very reliably. It looks like they are going to have to go in for repair. What a bummer.

This is my favorite shot. It cracks me up. I think he is still recovering form the general anesthetic.

This is Doron. If you asked him what he does you would probably end up with a mischievous grin and a, 'well that's a good question.'. Doron has and unending list of talents.  I first met him when I joined Crossfit East Bay. He is an incredible crossfit coach. Not only is he a mobility king (despite being one of the least flexible people I know), but he knows how to watch what you are doing and fix it. I know that this sounds like a simple thing, but I promise you it is not. Thinking back to when I was attempting to teach my fella how to ski, all I could tell him was 'snow plow!!!' It didn't end well. I owe my wall-balls 100% to Doron. Not that they are all that great, but they are getting there. He has also worked tirelessly on my running form, almost got me to a sub 7 minute mile. If you have ever seen me run you would know just how impressive this is. Now I could stop there, but there is a lot more to Doron...

'I was born in Israel, and settled in the US at the age of 7 after a brief 3 year stint in Switzerland. I did my undergrad in Music (jazz theory and composition) from UC Riverside (2001), then master's in Architecture (M.Arch 1) at Syracuse Univ (2008). I got into computers through music, which got into CG and 3D, which got me into animation. Framing for animations and 3D required the same eye as shooting. Around 2000, I started shooting a lot. When I did my first year of grad school, I was mentored by a landscape/commercial photographer who was in school to get his own master's of Arch and he taught me the difference between shooting for fun and being critical about my craft. I became the defacto studio lighting and CG lighting expert at Syracuse and taught some studios/seminars on each. I love teaching and creating, in any medium.