I hope everyone has such a wonderful holiday season and an amazing, magical New Year!!!

xxTamar

A couple weeks ago I took some photos of D.R.U.G.S. We shot in the abandoned zoo at Griffith Park. It was COLD but so fun. I can’t wait to post the rest of the pics, but for now, here is the one released image. This photo was shot in a pitch black, pee-smelling, narrow stairwell leading up to some old cages! Definitely an experience. The cages were covered in graffiti and christmas lights!

**Update: There are three released photos. Please click to enlarge.**

The cage at the top of the stairwell:

Last month I had the pleasure to work with Patrick Stump, formally of Fallout Boy. He needed some new photos for his solo debut. We shot at the Escarpment, one of my all-time favorite locations in LA. He was such a nice guy and so easy to work with. It was really a fun day.

While most of the photos haven’t been released yet, here is one that was just released a few days ago. Please click to enlarge.

*Edit: Here are some that have been released:

The other day I wrote about how my amazing friend/set designer transformed XCVI’s warehouse into a barn for our Summer 2011 Photo Shoot. Well, the photos have been retouched! Please click on the photo below to check out some of the final photos from the shoot. You can also find all of them on XCVI’s Facebook Page by clicking these words.

Here are a couple photos I shot, in collaboration with Ryan Schude, at the Hollywood Castle. Please click to enlarge to see the detail!

Yesterday I photographed XCVI for their Summer 2011 Photo Shoot. We shot the beautiful as always, Joy. My set designer, Katie, turned a portion of the XCVI warehouse into a barn! It was pretty amazing so I couldn’t help but share some of the photos from behind the scenes (Thanks to Daniela from XCVI for most of these pics).

Katie’s initial sketch:

Katie and Martin starting to build!:

Danielle and I:

Daniela on the cute swing Katie built!:

Katie:

And it’s ready!:

Taking some pics:

Last year I photographed George Pinnachio (and a couple others) for the AMA Award Pre-Show that they host. Here is one of the final photos:

I was asked to photograph two other hosts for this year’s show. I will post pics once I have the final photos. In the meantime, I also had fun the other week taking photos of some ABC anchormen and firefighters for the annual Spark of Love Toy Drive. And please check out the ABC 7 site if you are interested in donating toys or equipment!

The Printed Blog has featured a photo of mine in their new issue. Check out the full issue online!. You can also subscribe to the printed issue by going to their website, www.theprintedblog.com

I was asked to do an interview for “How’d They Do That”, presented by Adorama Photography TV. Slightly embarrassing since I am usually not great at talking about my work, but decided to post the video regardless!

For my recent photo shoot with XCVI I also filmed a video lookbook, check it out! Please click here (or on the HD link on the video) to see the larger HD version on Vimeo.