An editorial portrait of Andre Charoo at the Yerba Buena Gardens shot in downtown San Francisco for Past & Present Magazine, the alumni magazine of Crescent School (Toronto) Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
Editorial photo shoot of Vaughn Brown of Parker Dusseau Menswear photographed in San Francisco, CA for Bicycling Magazine. Continue Reading
An editorial gallery of automotive images from a photo shoot at the Tesla factory in Fremont, CA for Lufthansa Magazine. The story and photos cover the robots used at the Tesla factory to assemble the luxury SUV Model X car. Continue Reading
“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? Continue Reading
Outtakes from an editorial portrait shoot with tiki artist Brad Parker of Kona, HI for Hana Hou! Magazine Continue Reading
Coverage of 19 year old Pietro Fittipaldi, grandson of the legendary driver Emerson Fittipaldi, for Motorsport.com breaking the Formula 3 lap record car at Sonoma Raceway. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
Tearsheet and outtakes from an editorial photo shoot with Reverend Horton Heat for Inked Magazine at The Chapel in San Francisco, CA Continue Reading
Editorial portraits of Nir Eyal at Sanford University in Palo Alto, CA for technology magazine EPiServer Engage Magazine (Sweden). Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
Tearsheet: Editorial portraits of hip hop artist A.B.S in San Francisco for XXL Magazine. Continue Reading
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). Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
A gallery of 16 portraits of pro skateboarders from an ongoing series that ran in the April issue of The Skateboard Mag. Continue Reading
Behind the scenes look of a 1973 Riviera lowrider for an editorial feature on the Royal Jokers Car Club for Auto Cult Magazine. Continue Reading
A commercial executive portrait assignment on HP’s Gary Elliott by Bay Area editorial photographer Jay Watson for ANA Magazine. Continue Reading
(4 of 4) Commissioned work on Northern California surfing for “Cold Water Souls,” a UK published book on surfing the world’s frigid waters. Continue Reading
(3 of 4) Commissioned work on Northern California surfing for “Cold Water Souls,” a UK published book on surfing the world’s frigid waters. Continue Reading
(2 of 4) Commissioned work on Northern California surfing for “Cold Water Souls,” a UK published book on surfing the world’s frigid waters. Continue Reading
(1 of 4) Commissioned work on Northern California surfing for “Cold Water Souls,” a UK published book on surfing the world’s frigid waters. Continue Reading
An editorial portrait of biologist Janine Benyus for Future Magazine, a Swedish publication about engineering. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
