Portfolio | Motorsports and Automotive Photography

automotive and motorsports photography

After years. And years. And years. I finally sat down and created a portfolio of motorsports and automotive photography. This collection comes from some playoff-level assignments shot for various clients including: Audi sportscar experience, Mercedes-Benz, Motorcyclist Magazine, Porsche, Simraceway, and more. There will certainly be new trophies added and replacements to the portfolio over time. So far these are my all-stars.

AMA Superbike Racer Thad Wolff | Motorcyclist Magazine

Thad Wolff, Lagua Seca for Motorcyclist Magazine

Photo shoot with former AMA pro racer Thad Wolff for the cover of Motorcyclist Magazine during the FIM Superbike World Championships at Laguna Seca. It was a day with high temps, a bit of luck, gratitude, and oil stained boots. The feature is about Thad’s relationship with a Suzuki GS1000 bike, and his friendship with the innovative guru mechanic Matsu Matsuzawa.

Portraits of Cyclists Cait Dooley and Peter Stetina | Bicycling Magazine

cyclist Cait Dooley

Sometimes we meet people for a reason. The morning I was scheduled to photograph pro racer Peter Stetina in Santa Rosa, CA for a Bicycling Magazine feature called “These Legs Were Made For Cycling,” I was rear ended in an accident and totaled my truck. Peter’s story for the piece is about his recovery during […]

Editorial: Google CEO Sundar Pichai | Telegraph (UK)

Sundar Pichai, Google CEO

“You’ll only have 15 minutes,” said the PR person on the phone who was in charge of keeping Google CEO Sundar Pichai on schedule during my upcoming photo shot for The Telegraph (UK). Okay. Got it. So what do you do?

Tearsheet | Andy Miller, NBA Sacramento Kings

Outtake: Andy Miller, Co-Owner Sacramento Kings

Editorial portraits of Andy Miller, former Apple executive and co-owner of the Sacramento Kings NBA team. Photographed at his home in Palo Alto, CA for the cover of Boston College Law School Magazine.

Tearsheet | Canadian Cycling Magazine

Descent down 84 to Pescadero. "Ride In The Redwoods"

An editorial tearsheet from Canadian Cycling Magazine and image gallery on cycling in the Redwoods along the Northern California coast starting in Palo Alto, CA.

Editorial Portrait | Andrew Spokes. San Francisco, CA

Suites and ties. I often photograph people who wear them for assignments. Sometimes it’s for corporate portraits and head shots of executives in the Bay Area. Other times it could be a sharp fellow like Andrew Spokes (above) for the cover of a NY investment magazine.

Panorama Editorial Portrait: Artist Kevin Kearney

Bay Area arist Kevin Kearney

35 images make up this panorama portrait of Bay Area artist Kevin Kearney photographed at his home in Sebastopol, CA. The assignment was from an editorial feature for Maryland Institute College of Art.

Tearsheet | Palatov D4 Race Car in EVO Magazine

Brian Makse tests the Palatov race car at Infineon Raceway for an editorial feature in EVO Magazine.

Here is the Palatov D4 race car designed by Dennis Palatov being track tested at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Ca. One goal for this outing was to compare the results against a race simulator by Simraceway. These are some of the images which ran in the British car magazine EVO, and in Sympatico Autos (Canada).

Editorial Portrait: Dr. Jay Lalezari

Editorial portrait of Dr. Jay Lalezari

In print this month for the French magazine Science et vie is my editorial portrait of Dr. Jay Lalezari of Quest Clinical Research in San Francisco, CA. There is a lesson I learned from this shoot that is applicable to any magazine photographer in a crunch.

Cold Water Souls (1 of 4)

(1 of 4) Commissioned work on Northern California surfing for “Cold Water Souls,” a UK published book on surfing the world’s frigid waters.

Revisit | Freddy Corbin Portrait (A Collaboration)

A collaboration with Brian Bounds on an outtake portrait of tattoo artist Freddy Corbin. Included is an experimentation of ideas over a series of 4 images. original photo by Jay Watson for Inked Magazine.

Surfboard Shaper Manuel Caro | Drift Surfing

Manuel Caro portraits

Portraits and outtakes of Manuel Caro shot for Drift Surfing. The last image is a before and after set showing my post production work. You can see the difference between a processed RAW file using Adobe Lightroom and compare it to the final retouched version using Adobe PhotoShop.