February 2012

I'm finally able to show some pics from the three day shoot I did for Wirtschafts Woche at the Dubai Air Show where I followed Airbus Ceo Tom Enders for three days. Actually, I had expected to follow him for three days, but the reality was I mostly waited around for 10 hours and shot a few minutes each day. Sometimes I'd shoot a dozen frames when he had a moment, once I only shot one before Enders told me, "I"m not here to showboat".Not my easiest shoot but enjoyable nonetheless. And now I can add Germany to the countries I've been published.

Since quitting the office to spend more time shooting, I've been reminded how much I've missed meeting new people face to face rather than on the phone. Setting up shoots and arranging stories, I was constantly on the phone and in front of my computer, often dealing with really interesting, seemingly nice people I would never meet in person. Enter Rajive Keshup. I was contacted by Bloomberg Business Week to photograph Keshup as part of a large feature they were doing in which they had people all around the world being shot. Since the images had to all work together, the direction from photo...