Journal

The Journey was long but well worth it. After a not-so-terrible 17 hour flight plus another 3-4 hours of airport and transit nonsense I finally arrived in the desert oasis known as Dubai, an emirate (i.e. state) of the United Arab Emirates, aka U.A.E. While the flight and all wasn't so bad, there was one major foul up that really grinded my gears: Lufthansa forgot to put by bag on the airplane...Thanks Lufthansa; what happened to German efficiency? I digress. I was off the ai

This year I had the pleasure of enjoying Christmas in the desert oasis that is Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. I've got to say, they do Christmas right in Dubai. Certainly gives a California Christmas a run for its money. Malls and stores are all decked out, all the homes and restaurants I've been to sport enormous and well decorated Christmas trees. Needless to say, Dubai was, and still is, very jolly and full of Christmas spirit. While I'm here for my month long stay I a

​Last year I had the good fortune of meeting photographer Bram Norman in Venice, CA. He is an incredibly talented photographer; but above all, he is a uniquely kind person. Within a few minutes of speaking with Bram, it was obvious that he is the kind of person who can put your nerves at ease and make you instantly feel familiar and comfortable. It makes sense, then, that his subjects always look uniquely natural, as though Bram caught a fleeting moment between poses. This as

The pinup. Predating the likes of playboy by about 60 years. One of the first images that certainly evoked a lot of emotions and then some. Photographs of the style became popular as cameras became more prevalent, and advertising agencies realized that putting a beautiful woman on products sells to both men and women. Then computers came around, the internet, and well, the rest is history. The pinup was forgotten; until recently, anyway. Popularized during the 1940s, the pinu

Shock From the moment I decided to pickup a professional camera, I knew it was to evoke an emotion in those who saw my photographs and projects. With the inauguration of the askario journal, I felt it was fit to start with a photo from the New Year's Eve 2016. I flew to San Francisco, CA this past NYE to spend the evening with some old and new friends. Since I have voluntarily become the group photographer among many of my friends, I naturally took my camera to capture whatev