Foo Fighters

This is the Q cover out today. I shot Grohl & Co at their studio in LA.

10 o'clock live

Ten o'clock live is a new show on Channel 4 hosted by some of Britain's funniest comedians, David Mitchell, Jimmy Carr, Charlie Brooker and Lauren Laverne, who comment on the latest news in a format that is itself a spoof of how the news is presented on television.

Beauties

I went to a beauty pageant in Texas. It was a very interesting day, experiencing the efforts that go into the making of a beauty queen. I shot throughout the day. After the crowning I photographed the winners: The money shots are my money shots.

அசீஸ் அன்சாரி

That's how you write Aziz Ansari.

Harry's Law

This is the poster for a new show on NBC called "Harry's Law with Kathy Bates, shot on the Universal lot in Studio City.

Badgers

This is a story for ESPN about how the Badgers overturned many of college football's core beliefs. It was shot in a cold hallway of their stadium in Madison. I take the prop styling credit.

Josh Radnor

This is actor Josh Radnor of "How I met your mother" turned writer/director of a new film called "HappyThankYouMorePlease", shot at 5th and Sunset in LA.

Mad Love on CBS

I did the ads and publicity for a new show called "Mad Love" on CBS with Jason Biggs, Sarah Chalke, Tyler Labine and Judy Greer, shot at Smashbox in Culver City.

Marines

I went to the California desert to meet the Mojave Vipers, a local chapter of the Young Marines. The Young Marines is a youth education and service program for boys and girls, ages 8 through completion of high school. The Young Marines promotes the mental, moral, and physical development of its members. The program focuses on character building, leadership, and promotes a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.

After the "shoot" I had a little fun shooting myself, M4s, M16s, pistols, shotguns, you name it.

Gaga Barbie

EW came up with the most brilliant idea of doing a year in pictures of Lady Gaga's finest moments and outfits. We re-created paparazzi pictures from her concert tour with the piano on fire, middle finger flipping at a mets game, her interview on Larry King Live, her sister's high school graduation, receiving an MTV award from Cher and scenes from her telephone video in a prison cell and in the prison exercise yard. Michele Romero pulled this shoot together, which involved some very unusual skills, Barbie styling, Barbie hair styling, miniature sets, Barbie make up and Sharpie tattooing.

Awesome Hoff

I shot the ads for The Hasselhoffs, a new reality show about The Hoff and his two daughters on A&E.

Tallahassee

When Q asked if I wanted to shoot The Dums I could pick any city on their US tour calendar. I picked Tallahassee, it has some amazing swamp locations surrounding it. I arranged for a couple of boats and picked up the lantern at an antiques shop on the way to the shoot. I stood knee deep in the swamp when I shot these angles, camera tethered into a laptop, we kind of checked for alligators before I went in.

The National

Fuck You

"Fuck you" star Cee Lo, formerly Gnarls Barkley. I went to his rehearsal space near Atlanta, which really had nothing to offer picturewise, so I shot on simple colorful backgrounds and let the bling do the work.

Romance

I shot My Chemical Romance for Q magazine in London. Q suggested doing a Blade Runner theme, which of course is hugely set extensive and expensive. I google-mapped-street-viewed the surrounding of the studio we had booked to see how I can utilize existing structures. I used one of the entrances to the building and all I needed were a few neon signs, some pipes and wires, a smoke machine, add some water, and we were in Blade Runner city.

Betty

I'm posting this slightly delayed: Betty White for Parade's 2010 Halloween cover.

Raising Hope On Fox

When the Fox creatives approached me with the initial pdf of shot ideas, there were over 10 great concepts on the table, all of them too good to be edited or eliminated. We decided to be ambitions and aim for doing them all in the one shoot day we had (plus a build and a pre-light day of course). And we did do them all!

Big Bang Theory

These pictures are from a marathon gallery shoot I did in the spring. We had six simultaneous sets and rotated between them.

A lesser Drew Carey

Drew Carey lost 100 lb and it is hard to recognize him. In my pictures I was using metaphors for his dramatic weight loss, my favorite being the two walls he squeezed inbetween. We made a small "behind the scenes" video with a Flip camera:

http://www.parade.com/health/2010/09/26-drew-carey-video-extras.html