May 10 2009

Behind the scenes on Dell Studio One 19 lifestyle shoot…

Are Dell computer products displaying more & more elements of beauty and fashion?  In my opinion–yes. I have been very familiar with their computer products for about 15 years, and one thing I have noticed in the last couple of years is a definite shift in their product designs. In my opinion, in what we [...]


May 5 2009

Upcoming dinner with fashion photographer Jerry Avenaim on May 6th, San Antonio….

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - Very Limited Seating  - Come to San Antonio TX on Wednesday the 6th and have dinner with a friend of mine from LA, fashion photographer Jerry Avenaim .
This is a photograph my daughter took after Jerry had lunch with my family and I in LA over Christmas 08.

Being a fashion photographer, Jerry Avenaim knows [...]


Apr 29 2009

Kyrgyzstan: Day 2 of Los Bad Apples Middle East Tour ‘09

Kyrgyzstan - Day 2 - Getting off base for lunch, meeting with Colonel Christopher Bence - 376 AEW Commander; being introduced to the “Coin Challenge,” machine guns, hummers - a full day.


Apr 25 2009

Normally, I dislike being shot . . .

Fashion photographer, Gerry Hanan, finds a profile shot of himself he likes!


Apr 14 2009

Vincent LaForet meets Gerry Hanan of Hananexposures in Austin TX

This is me with Vincent Laforet, who, in my opinion, quite possibly did more last year to create buzz and hype about the new 5D Mark II than Canon.  This is not a slam on Canon; it is more a testament to Vincent’s skills in creating an incredible video, called Reverie, (in 72 hours) while having a pre-production 5D on loan [...]


Mar 22 2009

Shots from Los Bad Apples live performance at SXSW 09 Austin TX.

Last night, (the second last night of SXSW 09), was the final performance for Los Bad Apples at this years event here in Austin Texas. The band were slated to go on stage at midnight and play till around 1am.
There were preceeded by a rather unusual band called “Futomomo Satisfaction” who are self described as “Futomomo Satisfaction [...]


Mar 22 2009

1st Video upload from Los Bad Apples tour of the Middle East

I have finally edited video from the first day of travelling and the first few hours in Kyrgyzstan. It took a while because I was focused on the photographs first and then I had to learn Premiere since I have never edited video before.


Mar 11 2009

Kyrgyzstan day 1 of Los Bad Apples Middle East Tour

I have just returned from the adventure of a lifetime travelling accross 4 countries in the middle east for 17 days following the band Los Bad Apples on their Armed Forces Entertainment tour to play for troops stationed abroad.  I hope through my words and photographs that you can capture some of the excitement and adventure [...]


Jan 24 2009

Los Bad Apples album cover photograph featured on AFE Poster

Back in March of 08, Los Bad Apples came into the studio to shoot the cover for their debut album.  We had to shoot within a day of meeting because the band was to play at SXSW where they were opening for Ludacris, and needed enough time to duplicate & print the album to be [...]


Jan 24 2009

Studio Session - not to shoot fashion this time :)

In my studio today, as the title indicates, I was not doing a fashion shoot. Instead, I was doing lighting for the interviews with documentary film maker Lisa Kaselek and the band members of Los Bad Apples.
Over the course of the interviews, we began to learn about the background of each band member and some [...]