My photo on the big screen in the movie 'Away We Go'

About a year ago, I licensed several of my images for use in what was then an Untitled Sam Mendes Production. That production was released in theaters this summer as the movie 'Away We Go' staring John Krasinski (Jim Halpert from NBC's The Office) and Maya Rudolph, best known for her work on Saturday Night Live. The image above was used in the set of the house of another character played by Maggie Gyllenhaal. This was an extra bonus for me since she is one of my favorite actresses. The movie is now out on video and available for rental or purchase. My picture appears about an hour into the movie and can be seen during the staring couples interesting exit from dinner with Maggie Gyllenhall's character and her family.

Links:

Away We Go on IMDB

Official Trailer for Away We Go

Photo of the Week 9/14/09

I took this photo of two recently engaged friends of mine in Philadelphia on boathouse row. Ryan and Suzanne are getting married next spring at Georgetown University, where they met while getting their MBA. Coincidentally, the same way I met them. This photo was taken at a 1/125th of a second exposure at an aperture of f3.2 using my Nikor 70-200mm f2.8 lens at a focal length of 120mm.

Photo of the Week 9/7/09

I captured this image at a portrait session for a couple that recently welcomed their first child into the world. Portrait sessions are often viewed as highly staged affairs. I prefer to give little direction and simply try to capture people and their interactions as naturally as possible. I know the new father in this image quite well and feel this picture does a good job of capturing his interaction with and emotion for his young daughter.

This image was made outside using natural light on a cloudy day against a black backdrop. I used my 50mm f1.4 lens at f4.0 and 1/500th of a second exposure at an ISO of 400.

Photo of the Week 8/31/09

I have fallen behind a bit on my photos of the week but not for lack of interesting photo opportunities. I had the pleasure of meeting this interesting reptile recently on a trip to the Washington, DC Area. Puff the Magic Dragon is a Bearded Dragon Lizard and actually the third I have come across while on photo assignments. Puff spends most of his time sunning himself under the heat light except when he is hungry. Here you see my hand feeding him a piece of lettuce. This was shot with my favorite lens, my 50mm f1.4, at ISO 800, 1/500th of a sec, and f2.8 using ambient lighting.