The Dichotomy That Is My Photography Career

When I went freelance in 2001, I decided that I was going to focus on two specialties – sports and music. I sometimes live in two different worlds and one has little to do with the other.

Last week was one of those weeks.

It started with a trip to Washington, DC to make portraits of USA women’s soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo. I had planned to photograph her outdoors in the goal under beautiful blue skies. Mother Nature didn’t cooperate so we were forced to shoot in a hotel ballroom. We had some fun playing around with the curtains that were already there.

The next day I photographed USA vs. Canada at RFK Stadium. Hope didn’t have much to do because the USA won 6-0 and Canada didn’t have any shots on goal.

During the week, it was mostly music. I shot both Filter and Serj Tankian in concert, did a portrait of Torche in Philadelphia, and covered the New Kids on the Block‘s first performance together in 15 years.

Somewhere in there I also did a cover shoot for Folio Magazine with three executives from The Atlantic Monthly.

The week ended with me shooting Lorena Ochoa during three days of LPGA women’s golf in New Jersey.

Looking back, it was definitely an odd week. There have been some periods of time when either one of my specialties dominated, but last week it was about 50/50. I’m fortunate that I have some variety but still get to shoot the types of jobs that I really enjoy.

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