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So I was on an excursion with a couple of chicks when this stray dog became partial to us. Although we gave her no food (because we had none), she followed us for about an hour for over 2 miles or so, keeping by our side. She even crossed the street to a grassy area to take a crap (because on our side of the street, it was all concrete) but then recrossed the street to continue with us. At some point we wandered into a dog pack's territory and the pack came out to chase the intruder (our dog), but luckily they let her pass. (see video in movies section) As she continued to follow us she almost got ran over when we crossed the street, but she was lucky and barely missed getting creamed. So finally after all that we went to a local supermarket to get some sausages to feed her. Hopefully she had a very happy moment in her day. We lost her when we stepped into a restaurant to eat. She was gone by the time we came out of the restaurant.

Well, I had a fun job. Not that I would use this in my portfolio, but it was fun to shoot. Seems like I'm constantly getting jobs that have to do with people making faces. I suppose my past fashion shoots has had humor in it, but the humor was more spiteful and sarcastic. It seems that people are hiring me and taking that humor and watering it down. But I guess that's what it is when you get hired to do something for someone else. Buviet! Means "Oh Well" or "Shit Happens."

Sounds like a band.... So I shot this sort of conceptual series for this new magazine I'm working with. The results weren't bad, but the conceptual part was already kind of predetermined before I got the job, which takes the fun out of things for me. But I managed to add a little of my flavor and pulled out this shot that I do like. This guy is a fashion designer named Max Chernitsov and he likes fishing and fishes. Max Fish? Get it. If you don't, never mind.

So in the interest of our reemergence to the commitments made by those of our fallen comrades, we acknowledge them on this glorious day that reinvigorates our own commitments to assure that the US of A is kept in check with it's imperial agenda. Long live Mother Russia! Shot for Esquire: SIgn says more or less, "Mother Country: You should defend it!" It's part of a fashion story of Russian Marines which I shot on their training base. Weird, they were so nice and accommodating. "Sure, we'll put the tank anywhere you want." I can't imagine that happening in the US. See series here.