This is an ongoing project I’m working on with artist Mb Boissonnault. I decided to begin a project that would allow me to explore video. Coming from still photography, that meant beginning where I left ...
Martin Sugarman sat down with us for the Friends and Neighbors series of video portraits. Martin is a former war photographer who founded the surf culture magazine “H20.” He is heavily involved in the Venice ...
Angel was our 10th subject for this video portrait series. I met her through a mutual friend, she did hair and makeup for a number of photographs in my book, “Shooting Male.” We hadn’t spoken ...
In mid-2010, I was chatting with my neighbor, painter MB Boissonnault about my desire to turn my close-up “faces” portraits into video, but that I didn’t know anything about video and had no clue how ...
I actually did this portrait of Neil Patrick Harris for the awesome folks at the Los Angeles Stage Alliance, but was contacted by the Tony Awards to use it for Sunday’s program, so if you’re ...
Schwabel Studio rep Joseph Aranda met with photo editor Maggie Soladay a few weeks back in New York, and gave her a copy of our “Create-A-Face” promo. Maggie does a monthly blog post where she ...
Aside from all the hits we’ve been getting from my Burning Man project, the most searched term on SCHWABELSTUDIO.com this week is “Kirk Douglas.” I photographed him for LASA in 2009 at his home in ...
I’m honored to have had the opportunity to photograph actress Betty Garrett in 2008. She was the second or third subject for my series of close up portraits. I remember telling her if the lighting ...
Thanks to the thousands of people who came through for the Venice Art Walk last Sunday! The Venice Art Walk and Auctions are a fundraiser for the Venice Family Clinic, which serves up some quality ...