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David Duncan Livingston: Behind the Scenes Magazine of Interior and Architectural Photography
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Art Direction: Ironies Furniture
Ironies is a California based luxury furniture manufacture always at the design forefront. Here they show off not only great furnishings but also a clean modern take on styling. The principals of Ironies and I took a great monochromatic assemblage of forms and textures and used a lighting and photography style to create a soft [...]
Marketing: Best Ideas for Your Website
A Web Plan Stepping beyond the days of the photo portfolio your website needs to show prospective clients not only what you do but additionally your firm’s personality, its strengths, your process and uniqueness. Like a business plan, having a web plan will help you focus on how you want to be perceived. You will [...]
Book: California Country Style
Design and style writer Diane Dorrans Saeks asked me to be the photographer for this beautiful ode to country living. What a treat to go to great homes, meet wonderful hosts and come away with fresh photos. Michael Vanderbyl’s study in white was one of my favorite homes.
Book: Hawaii A Sense of Place
The book, Hawaii a Sense of Place by Mary Philpotts McGarth received the top book award for 2006 from the Hawaii Book Publishers Association. Awarded top photographer of the year by the Association was a mild mannered guy from the mainland. Mary’s unending energy and her devotion to the spirit of Hawaii is always an [...]
Book: San Francisco Style
A classic and a who’s who of the SF design community. As the photographer it was a pure delight to be welcomed into these homes and take away great stories from some very talented folks.
Art Direction: Advertising Photography
Advertising photography needs to be memorable with a quick connection made to the viewer. For my San Francisco clients when photographing for the best magazine ads, I give thought to the needs of proportion and placement. Will the ad photo need to be vertical or horizontal? Will the photo be a bleed, where will the [...]
Art Direction: Cropping
Re purposing photos for the web requires making the perfect crop. I have always taken pride in my balanced compositions and how they would stand on their own. For many years I sought to make vertical compositions that worked great for the covers of books and magazines and excelled as a full page bleed. Now [...]