Hasselblad H1

and

Mamiya 645DF Cameras

I use the legendary, medium format, Hasselblad H1 and the amazing Mamiya 645DF camera platforms for my 22, 60 and 80 million pixel, Phase One, digital capture systems. 

These digital systems produce complex,  High Definition pictures with incredible color vitality.

These are the same cameras that NASA uses in outer space.

Speedotron Studio

and

Lumedyne location lighting systems

The Lumedyne system is a powerful, portable, location lighting system that gives me perfect flash exposures with beautiful color and dynamic range.  These units are used both on-camera and off-camera, providing wide angle, even, quality lighting.

I have used Speedotrons for almost my entire career.  They are reliable, consistent and powerful.  My range of light controls includes huge soft boxes and umbrella reflectors for fantastic light control on products, people and animals.

Sinar P3 View Cameras

I use the incredible Sinar P3, Large Format, camera system for my advertising, food, product, architectural, marketing, product, scientific, publications,  trade show, and commercial assignments.

Panasonic AG-HPX170

Video Camera

This is a P2, solid state, high definition, progressive, 1/3", 3-CCD, hand-held system with a 13x Leica Dicomar, image stabilized lens, and 1080p/12-60fps resolution.

Keyence VHX-1000

16-bit High Definition Digital Microscope

This state-of-the-art scientific tool provides a fantastic, microscopic depth of field that is at least 20 times greater than that from any optical microscope.  It has a resolution of 18 million pixels but uses pixel shifting to produce an effective resolution of up to 54 million pixels, producing images with excellent color fidelity and ultra high resolution. 

Helicopter and Fixed Wing

Aerial Photography and Videography services

I can't do everything.  Through the years, I have worked with a wide range of very talented professionals, from a variety of different companies, who have helped me tremendously.  I am a success because of these professional service partners. 

For instance: I am not a pilot and I don't own an airplane or helicopter.  So, when I need to fly a job, I locate the best pilot and the most appropriate aircraft in the area closest to my job site. 

Then, I charter the specific aircraft needed to meet the needs of each client and each assignment.  I can fly from any airport in the country, at any time of day or night, every day of the year.  I am not limited to a specific airplane or helicopter.  I am only limited by budgets and weather issues.

Every job, each pilot and all of my clients are special and unique.

DLS Transportation:

Distinguished Luxury Services and Transportation

DLS Transportation provides first class and world wide chauffeured coach and limousine services, private luxury yacht charters and vacation packages, private residence rentals, unique helicopter charters, rentals and dinner tours, private corporate jet charters, luxury car rentals, armed protection and personal bodyguard services, personal concierge services, exclusive access to entertainment venues and VIP talent booking services, exclusive Members Only Club access, world wide tours and entertainment plus premier event coordination, professional video and photography services as well as incredible, personal, world class gourmet catering services.

Their catering services are provided by a world class chef.  Your meals can be served in the smallest of personal and private affairs or the largest of special events.  DLS Transportation can provide these catered services on yachts, corporate jets, helicopters, limousines, hotels, on your own island and in your private residence.

DLS Transportation provides a range of rental and charter yachts, jets, cars and limousines unmatched by any other company.  They include the most expensive cars in the world and must be seen to be appreciated.

The personal concierge services provided by DLS Transportation range from individual attention given anywhere in the world to professional services provided to huge groups of VIP corporate representatives anywhere they are needed.

DLS Transportation is more than just a limo company.  They are the complete, world class solution.  If you need it, they have it.

Amaro Helicopters:

Amaro Helicopters often provides my aerial shooting platforms as well as my highly recommended tour helicopters.  Flying from Burbank, Fullerton and Orange County airports, Amaro Helicopters covers all of Southern California.  They offer many exciting packages for dinner, wedding and vacation helicopter tours.

Want to fly to Palm Springs or to Las Vegas for lunch?  How about a quick tour of the Pacific Coast?  From Santa Barbara and San Francisco to San Diego and Las Vegas, Amaro Helicopters can pick you up, from your private residence... in the helicopter or by exclusive chauffeured limousines.

Amaro Helicopters offers you a unique way to become engaged or to renew your existing wedding vows.  Do it with an exclusive night time flight over Los Angeles where you can land on the roof of your private restaurant or penthouse.  Enjoy an evening of dining, dancing, romance and a smooth helicopter ride anywhere you would like to go.

Amaro Helicopters provides personal protection and body guard services in addition to custom tours, plus specific pick up and delivery of passengers from anywhere they would be permitted to land.

Amaro Helicopters use Robinson R44, Bell 206 Jet Ranger and the A-Star helicopters.  The A-Star is rigged with a Tyler nose mount, gryo-controlled, system for professional film work, video production and high quality still photos.

Amaro Helicopters have been used to produce images used in major commercials, movies and videos of all types.  These are the perfect platforms to shoot marketing, educational, sales, legal, commercial, industrial, construction and personal video or 35mm film assignments.

Want a Ride?

Aerial Stabilization system

Helicopters vibrate during flight.  In order for us to achieve smooth video and still photos, we use a variety of stabilization techniques, including the Tyler, Nose Mounted, gyro system.  This is critical for the best possible action and airborne video shots.

I'm available for Destination Events 

If you don't have a professional photographer, like me, in your geographical area, just give me a call.   I'm as close as your phone. 

  Just get me there and back.  

Your photography assignment will be priced the same way (pre-approved time and materials) regardless of where it is shot.

My proposal will be specific, detailed, itemized and contracted.  I will not exceed your timeline or assigned budgets.

You will get the best, for less

I would love to meet with you, for a private educational mini-seminar, in the comfort of your home, office, restaurant or reception venue. 

Any time. 

Any place. 

No cost, no obligation and no pressure.

My work and my prices will sell themselves.

Thank you for your consideration

 

My professional services                 Thank you for your time and your consideration.  I appreciate this opportunity to present my work to you.                 During the last 38 years, I have personally photographed Representatives from the White House, Congress and Senates.  I have worked with international corporations, ad agencies, construction firms, architects, helicopter companies, local small businesses, governmental agencies, law firms and with thousands of individual families all across the country.    I have worked from 12,000 feet above ground to 250 feet below ground.  I have accumulated more than 10,000 hours worth of aerial photography services and I have personally shot more than 6,500 corporate special events, weddings and bar mitzvahs.  I have worked in my own studio, out on location, under earthquake damaged homes, in burned out structures, in medical operating rooms, at construction sites, in huge warehouses, at crime scenes, in commercial kitchens, in beautiful executive suites and in thousands of private residencies. For almost 40 years, I have provided professional commercial, industrial, medical, advertising, aerial, architectural, food, legal, product, scientific, event, public relations, publications, marketing, trade show, construction photography and video production services.                     .  I charge $100.00/hr plus any pre-approved expenses and any required sales tax, for all of my professional photography and video production services.  This includes any initial consultations, pre-flight time, my actual photography or video services, any required post production editing services and all of my custom Photoshop services.  There is a 1-hour minimum.           .  I am fast, quiet, obsessively detail oriented and professional.             .  I shoot from 150-200 properly exposed, beautifully composed, meaningful, worth while pictures PER HOUR!  I will shoot anything you wish.             .  In the air, on station, I shoot up to 1,000 pictures per hour.  Literally, I shoot a frame every 3-5 seconds when I am over my target site.           .    You will own everything that I create for you.  This includes all of the initial RAW footage or files and all of the converted or edited footage and 300dpi JPEG and TIFF still files.  .    I can shoot your aerial video footage for you and, then, you or your video production team can do all of the required post production work yourselves... or I can do it all for you, using the latest video editing software available. .    From initial concept to full completion, I can design your whole show, consult with you or your clients and coordinate every aspect of your project.  This includes storyboarding the concept, script writing, voice and on-camera talent selections, production music selections, narration tracks, sound track production, graphics and special effects. .    Your original high definition, 1080p/12-60fps footage and any edited or "sweetened" video content will be provided to you on tape, memory card or on an external, Western Digital, USB3, 2TB hard drive.       .  The Copyrights, for all of your images, will be transferred to you, upon payment in full.  I will retain a limited reuse authorization, allowing me to use your images to help market my services online, in related publications, in my trade show booth and in my meetings.  Nothing will ever be offered to anyone, at any time or for any reason, for reuse or sale.                   .  This is my company, I will be your still photographer/videographer.  I will work alone unless the job is too large for me to complete within the time allowed.                  .  Some assignments will require the use of additional professionals, services and equipment which I will not personally own.  You will be advised of this and the costs for these additional assets will be passed through to you, without a personal markup.              .  I will arrive a couple of hours early, or, in the case of a Destination Event, a couple of days early, at your event, at no extra cost.             .  I will be honored to personally shoot, post-process, Photoshop, edit, sharpen and deliver all of your files or footage.  No one else works for me.             .  I will shoot your wonderful, high definition pictures with the best, 22, 60 or 80 million pixel, medium format, cameras in the world.               .  I will use the best video equipment for your assignment, based on your budget, timeline and effects required.                 .  All of your incredible, high definition pictures will be color-balanced, cleaned, cropped, density-controlled, Photoshopped and sharpened before you ever see them.             .  All of your still photo files will be transferred to your external, USB3, Western Digital, hard drive.              .  You'll be able to print your own sharp pictures at my preferred professional photo lab, called "A.V. Partners", in Santa Ana (949.955.3699) or at any professional photo lab in the country...  or I can do it all for you.           .  Your professionally-printed, Fuji, luster-surfaced,  Crystal Archive, photographic, 8x10 prints will only cost about $2.50/each.  16x20 Fuji prints will only cost you about $12.00/each.

I am a proud, very satisfied, Board Member and volunteer for the Animal Assistance League of Orange County.  The Animal Assistance League is the largest, non-profit, no kill, humane animal rescue, animal adoption center and animal shelter in all of Orange County.

We routinely take care of about 200 cats and dogs, both in our shelter and in our various foster homes.  Some of our special guests have been with us for more than 15 years.  We are their only family. 

We are always full and always in need of wonderful donations and volunteers.  As soon as we adopt out, we fill our empty kennel spaces with other little County Shelter angels who, literally, have only minutes left to live.  

In addition to caring for hundreds of our own little animals, we also feed and fund numerous other family pets, pet education and medical assistance programs.  Whenever we have any extra money, we always find ways use it, helping families who can't afford pet food or working with a local vet hospital and some type of critical, life-saving animal surgery. 

That is our honor. 

We always need adoptive families, small donations, skilled staff and loving volunteers.   Please, give me a call if you have room in your heart to adopt a wonderful, loving, little cat or dog.  Then, too, call me if you have a few extra hours to volunteer, a special talent that we could use or a few extra pennies to share.

Their welfare is in our hands.

www.aaloc.org

Animal Assistance League of Orange County

Humane Education Center

15102 Jackson Street

Midway City, California  92655

714.893.4393