Kaelyn Joan Hendricks

I recently did a portrait session with one of the most laid back clients I’ve ever photographed. Wee Kaelyn was very happy just to lie back and let me do all the work…

You can view some of the images here

Itzincab, Mexico

Along with the final exhibition of ‘24 on 14th‘ I also spent some time assisting my friend Dan teaching photography to a bunch of kids in a local village about 1hr outside the city of Merida.

For the 2nd session we did a basic portrait workshop outside with natural light and in the surroundings of the village, Itzincab. The kids really took to their new cameras and we also very willing subjects for me as I shot them while Dan pointed out some techniques I was using.

You can view the entire set here on flickr

Another Photo Book…

I forgot to post this. It’s a photography book of my cousin’s children and the family that I did in March. Click on the book to preview it. Once again I used blurb.com.

DC Scores

Here are some shots of a recent gig I shot for DC Scores - a terrific organization that gets kids spending time playing soccer rather than on the streets and instills a sense of teamwork, greater self esteem, positive peer to peer interactions and a stronger attachment to school. You can view the entire set here

the Big Time

this month my friend, photographer Josh Yospyn is featured with a 2 page spread in Popular Photography – the world’s biggest selling photography magazine!

Josh’s subject is a rather familiar yet strangely elusive scotsman in a ‘deliberately’ un-ironed shirt.

‘See if you can spot this one’

The Rock and Roll Ethic: now showing at Artomatic 2009

Come along to this year’s Artomatic and see my new show – the Rock and Roll Ethic:

This year I’m exhibiting 14 images from shows I’ve shot over the past 2 years. I’m on the 8th floor – facing the new baseball stadium.

‘Final’ exhibition for 24 on 14th

I’ll be exhibiting my 24 on 14th work next month (in May) at the City of Medira Museum in Mexico. This is part of another group show this time showcasing international photographers from the US, Canada, France, Cuba and pretty much the rest of Latin America. I’m honoured to be part of it and will be in Merida for the opening of the show on May 18th 2009.

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And to answer your question, YES, I am milking that day for every drop of publicity and exhibit time I can get.

Here is a link to the images that will be in the show

Latest Book

I finished this book a while ago but had to keep it under wraps until Mothers Day in the UK!

Mirror to the World and new band stuff

I’m currently exhibiting my 24 on 14th work in a new group show called ‘Mirror to the World’. The show kicked off last weekend and was a big success – the opening night was alot of fun and saw about 60 or photography lovers decending on Glen Echo Photoworks in Maryland.

Photo courtesy  Steve Goldenberg.

This was the 2nd exhibit of 24 on 14th – this time I showed 12 of my favourite images unframed and mounted behind plexiglass. I was really pleased with the job that Image Impact in Rockville did on the mounting and would definitely recommend them to anyone.  True to the form of 24 on 14th, it was ‘featured’ in the Washinton Post for the 2nd time in a row!  the first being during it’s first showing at Artomatic last year. It was also mentioned on Washington DC’s local National Public Radio station WAMU’s ArtBeat one morning. Here is the (albeit small) feature from the Post:

Also last weekend I was in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware and was at the Dogfish Head Brewpub on the friday night – for some reason (probably the fact that knew we were all going to get a bit drunk – it was my birthday) i didn’t take my camera – anyway 2 great bands played that night and I managed to borrow my friend Damien’s Nikon D40 and shoot the main act  – The Fleshtones, a legendary New York outfit who first played CGBGs in the late 70s and have been playing ever since. They are ‘getting on a bit’ (I can talk) but they totally rocked the place down – it was a fantastic performance and somehow (despite the lashings of amazing fresh very strong local beer) I managed to get some reasonable stuff – a real testemant to the D40 and it’s basic kit lens (18-55mm).

You can see the rest of the Fleshtones stuff on flickr…

A Busy end to 2008…

December 2008 was a very busy month for me. Especially considering that the previous months were pretty dead.

I finally delivered 7 copies of a photo book of the lovely wee Zoe.

I’m going to do 2 more this month (January 2009) and try and build upon that work. It was great fun shooting, editing and designing the book with my client’s Sarah and her husband Jollian. They both loved the book and could not wait until Xmas day to give the book to various members of their family.

Click on the image above to preview the book.

Next I did a big corporate job for Streetwise Partners – a corporate mentoring organization based in New York and Washington DC. I shot their 2008 Graduation Ceremony at White and Chase LLP. It was a really enjoyable event and I met a whole bunch of great people.

After that I did another job for a former client of mine who I met through by DC Dogs (DogCity) connections. I shot a group at Shirlington Dog Park in Alexandria, Virginia. Again this was alot of fun, especially chasing 4 or 5 pugs/frenchies around in the mud!

I.’ve started working on those 2 baby/kid photo books I mentioned. One is for my friends Ian and Kirsten of their son John. The other book is for my cousin Gillian and her husband Martin – this time it’s of their kids Ewan and Katie.