I was walking along the Pacific shore on Will Rogers Beach, enjoying the fresh ocean air. Then I saw her parked at the edge of a parking lot: a 1959 Corvette C1. I did not just want to get a picture of a pretty car. I wanted to capture the romance of a road trip, minus the road. So I raised the Leica SL2 with a Vario-Elmarit 24-90mm. A combination where the weight reminds you that you are...
Manhattan Beach, Los AngelesThis photo was taken in the early morning. The sun had just started to rise above the horizon. It projected the kind of grazing light that enhances everything it illuminates. The air was cool and the beach was empty except for the sound of waves and the click of metal gates opening somewhere down the pier. I had just started shooting with my Leica M9 and wanted to see...
Twilight on El Matador Beach in Malibu. What happens when a legend becomes a cliché? The tide was low enough to turn the sand into a mirror. And for a moment the whole beach looked staged, as if someone had ordered the Pacific to pose for a perfect reflection.El Matador has been filmed so often it hardly feels real anymore. You’ve seen it, even if you don’t remember where: The Notebook...