JonahLight.com http://blog.jonahlight.com high-octane photography Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:30:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Pepperdine University Faculty Shoot http://blog.jonahlight.com/pepperdine-university-faculty-shoot/ http://blog.jonahlight.com/pepperdine-university-faculty-shoot/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:21:49 +0000 admin http://blog.jonahlight.com/?p=276 As it turns out, Pepperdine University has a satellite branch for their business school right off of the 405 at Howard Hughes Parkway. All within an hour, I had 5 back-to-back outdoor environmental portraits to shoot of various professors. It was noon and sunny (so the lighting was a challenge), it was windy, all images had to be shot in the same plaza and, of course, I had to make each shot look different than the next.
The subjects were all fabulous personalities to work with (especially Dave McMahon and his huge smile). The shots came out great and Pepperdine’s Marketing department was thrilled. Click on the links below for more info on these accomplished faculty members.

Pepperdine Business School Faculty

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Driving down to New Port Beach at 5:00 in the morning, I knew that I wouldn’t have much time with him. My assistant and I got down there by 6:00 (the sun was still barley up), we were set for the shoot by 7:00 and by 7:20 we were already packing up to leave.

While Mohamed was a relatively nice guy with a good sense of humor, it’s always a rough way to start off a shoot when your celebrity talent says “I hate photo shoots. You have no more than 20 minutes of my time, so let’s hurry up and get this over with.” Needless to say, we quickly zoomed thru our 4 lighting setups and Mohamed was pleased at how “painless” our shoot was. His personal assistant even told me later that week the he actually liked the way he looked in our photographs!

Now, if I can only figure out how to focus in on just a tiny piece of that PIMCO bond portfolio…

mohamed el-erian pimco

]]> http://blog.jonahlight.com/pimco-magazine-shoot/feed/ 0 Element 7 iPhone Accessories http://blog.jonahlight.com/element-7-iphone-accessories/ http://blog.jonahlight.com/element-7-iphone-accessories/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:36:51 +0000 admin http://blog.jonahlight.com/?p=238 We shot various products for Element 7 last week including gaming accessories and colorful protective cases for the iPhone, and stands and carrying cases for the iPad. Getting just the right lighting on highly reflective surfaces can be a bit difficult, but both the client and myself were very happy with how the pictures turned out. Here are just a handful of examples from the shoot.

]]> http://blog.jonahlight.com/element-7-iphone-accessories/feed/ 0 The Negotiation Specialist http://blog.jonahlight.com/the-negotiation-specialist/ http://blog.jonahlight.com/the-negotiation-specialist/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:48:31 +0000 admin http://blog.jonahlight.com/?p=161 I shot with Raphael Lapin (a Harvard-trained international negotiation specialist) at the swanky Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills for a story that was being written about him and his new book “Working with Difficult People”. While it took a little bit of leg-work on my end to convince the hotel management to give us permission to shoot in their courtyard, it was worth the effort as the visual background was stunning to work in. Raphael was a natural and completely comfortable in front of my camera, and in spite of his new book, not at all difficult to work with!

http://www.researchmag.com/Issues/2010/January-1-2010/PublishingImages/RaphaelLapinWeb.gif

http://conflict-management.net

The Negotiation Specialist - Raphael Lapin

]]> http://blog.jonahlight.com/the-negotiation-specialist/feed/ 0 Research Magazine Shoot http://blog.jonahlight.com/research-magazine-shoot/ http://blog.jonahlight.com/research-magazine-shoot/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:14:33 +0000 admin http://blog.jonahlight.com/?p=153 In early June, I drove down near San Diego, CA on assignment for Research Magazine to shoot a cover story on Tom Lawson. A former US Naval Commander and fighter pilot, Tom now manages the La Jolla branch of Marill Lynch. We shoot in the office and at his home, highlighting some of Tom’s hobbies such as riding his Harley and of course, maintaining his Vineyard.

You can see the article and read about Mr. Lawson on the Research Magazine website. Check out the links below!

]]> http://blog.jonahlight.com/research-magazine-shoot/feed/ 0 Photo shoot for Cedars-Sinai http://blog.jonahlight.com/photo-shoot-for-cedars-sinai/ http://blog.jonahlight.com/photo-shoot-for-cedars-sinai/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:33:41 +0000 admin http://blog.jonahlight.com/?p=17 This was a shoot I did with the advertising agency Wong-Doody for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 2 weeks ago. The goal of the shoot was to show how it feels to be a patient inside at Cedars, and how well you feel taken care of… all while being incredibly comfortable in their space.
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