SKAGGS Blog - Photography

I recently got a new camera (Canon S90) and while I’m no expert (and admittedly a beginner), I’ve taken on a whole new appreciation for light and the art of photography. While looking through iphoto I noticed a common theme – the light…THE LIGHT!! Honestly, I can’t take a lot of credit because on most of the flicks I’ve literally gone – “point-shoot-move on”, but I will say that the S90 is flippin’ amazing when it comes…

Steel Grate

Since I was a youngster, I’ve always had a passion for photography. I was obsessed with it when I was in High School to the point that I talked my Dad into letting me build a darkroom in the basement of his office building. I spent hours down there trying everything possible with an enlarger and photographic paper. I even got to the point of developing color negatives and…

It took almost 2 months of planning, 1 trip from El Paso to Dallas and back, 1,000 - 5 gallon water bottles, 3 trucks, 2 tractors, 1 buggy and a whole lot of man (and woman) power to show that TOTO’s High Efficiency toilets are all about saving water—lots of water. It’s proven that TOTO’s HET’s can save up to 24,655 gallons of water, in just 1 year. A fantastic…

From designer divas and celebrity stylists to snooty editors and glamazon models, fashion photography in New York City is a notoriously cut-throat business. So what sorts the men from the boys? We straightened our shoulders, sucked in our paunch, and struck our best pose to ask RICK HAYLOR about life in the fashion fast lane, what it’s like backstage at Mercedes-Benz NYC Fashion Week, and how to pull off…

Ok, I promise that is my last Kate Moss post of 2007. The SHOWstudio website and blog always have amazing fashion footage and I think their whole concept of “fashion live” is fantastic.

Their latest project was Flowers For Kate, a (literally) fresh perspective on fashion.
In a nutshell, Kate Moss was due to be shot for a story in V Magazine, SHOWstudio offered a unique…

I stopped by my favorite cafe on this cold, cold New York morning to get a cup of tea and warm up. Doug, the owner of Le Colombe, served me and told me he had something to show me. He pulled out a book of his photography, which included a series of photos of birds in flight, sitting on power lines and perched on window ledges. The several shots he had in…

I’ve found a new home at Barnes and Noble TriBeCa. Ahhhhhhhh books, books and books galore!!! I honestly can’t remember the last time I was so excited about books!! I’ve been there at least 4 times in the past week and it was on my last visit that I discovered that the “Creature” book by Andrew Zuckerman was finally out. I came across his brilliant website about 2…

Dazed and Confused rekindled my childhood memories with their remake shoot of The Never Ending Story for their October Issue.(Hurrah for Falcor!)
Shot by Daniel Sannwald, you can see more about the Dazed + Confused shoot here and even watch a short film produced during the shoot. Rumor has it - they bumped this cover for an amazing Bjork shoot (it’s brilliant). I think…

There’s been quite a lot of media coverage over the last few weeks on retouching and just how far editors, and advertisers go to ensure that the photographed subjects look absolutely perfect. We recently wrapped on a fashion shoot for Lovenia (more news on that to come!) and whilst the model was absolutely breathtaking in person and on her original pictures, the retouched images show her looking simply divine—no bags under…