AUTOMOTIVE

My first professional encounter with automotive photography was photojournalism. At 17 years old, I photographed William Shatner (yes, Captain Kirk) piloting in a single-engine Cessna as he made a 3-point landing on the roof of a chromed stretch limousine speeding down a California airport runway. The photograph ran in the local newspaper and I won a blue ribbon for it at the county fair. That was one of many creative sparks that formed my love for cars, speed, racing, photography and print. I was driven, so to speak. For the relaunch of Hearst.com, I was instrumental in choosing a majority of the images for each Hearst entity including the landing page headers for Car and Driver, Road & Track and Black Book. Currently, I have Microbead Car Covers as a client since 2015. For Microbead I create graphics, advertising and materials for their brands, websites, auto trade shows and media needs like ads for Car and Driver, Road & Track, Popular Mechanics, BMW Roundel, BMW Car Club of America, Hemmings Motor News, Muscle Machines, Hagerty, Autoweek, Old Cars Weekly, Porsche Club of America and more. For 3 consecutive years, I contributed creative on the Infiniti Moments of Inspiration experiential marketing effort at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance for hosts Hearst Magazines and Hearst Integrated Media. Throughout my career I have art directed advertising and photo shoots, on location and on set, still and in motion, for Infiniti, Chrysler, Nissan, Kawasaki, Toyota for Nippondenso, Porsche for Kenwood and more. During my creative involvement on advertising for Nissan cars and trucks, I also contributed to ads for its Nissan Racing division and created advertorials featuring Ford, GMC, Audi, Sirius XM and others for Hearst Magazines.

Art Direction, Graphic Design, Creative Direction