As I often say, the best part of being a photographer is the people you meet, this could not be truer than in the case of Barbara Holland. I am truly richer having met her. Barbara seemed like an old friend the minute I met her. After we were done shooting we went for lunch and martinis, it was a perfect day. Shortly after the image was published in AARP The Magazine, Barbara contacted me about using the image for the jacket of her new book. I was flattered.
I know next to nothing about professional sports and have often joked that the only reason they do not take away my “guy license” is that I love all things with wheels. As a child I would drive around with my mother and name all of the cars by make and model. As an adult the Speed Channel completes me. Last week I made my annual pilgrimage to the New York Auto Show and this year I took my camera. My favorite client is currently working on an Infiniti campaign and used a slideshow of my travels in Taiwan to pitch an Idea, so I decided to see if I could make a slideshow using details from the Infiniti model line as a sort of spec spot. I had never made a slideshow on command and also thought it would be good way to show how my slideshows could be used in conjunction with a product. I have no doubt that the people staffing the Infiniti booth thought that I was up to some sort of corporate espionage. The other first for me is the music choice. I had a hard time finding an appropriate soundtrack and then remembered a little piece I did fooling around with Garage Band, so this is my first all Josh production.
As I often say, the best part of being a photographer is the people you meet, this could not be truer than in the case of Barbara Holland. I am truly richer having met her. Barbara seemed like an old friend the minute I met her. After we were done shooting we went for lunch and martinis, it was a perfect day. Shortly after the image was published in AARP The Magazine, Barbara contacted me about using the image for the jacket of her new book. I was flattered.
