Trump this

This is the time of year when many photographers wait patiently to finally show off the work they've done for the September "the summer is almost over, lets go back to work and sell, sell, sell" issues on the newsstand. And so it was again today when I spied the new issue of Golf Magazine with an assignment that I shot back in May.

As the recap suggests this was a weird gig, with a weird-ish guy (with weird hair), on the very edge of a strange misfitting part of DR (Punta Cana). I tried for months to figure out what the magazine was thinking (do they hate it? love it?) and still don't know. I guess I'm happy with what they used, but wish the play had been a lot more dramatic, especially considering that I was shooting especially for a double-truck slot that the art director asked me to pay careful attention to (therefore limiting other better options that they may have ultimately liked more?!).

It's a tough call on pressure situations like this job: do you follow your client's stated wants (which have and will change, morph, get forgotten, and fall apart), or do you try to take control and make the call yourself artistically. In a perfect world you have time to do both. Honestly, with The Donald I really wasn't able to break through to him in a formal situation (which came at the very beginning of our many hours together; may have been different later) and get the lit portrait that I think Golf was hoping for me to capture. But on the other hand, I got a TON of stuff they never expected. Anyway, its over now... congrats to writer Mike Walker for a really fun Q&A. Here are some of the other pics that I liked:

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Comments (1)

Nice one JL you certainly worked it - not sure if you will be so mobile next time out with all those new sandbags and c-stands - dont forget to keep it lean Trump was obviously impressed with the size of your exisiting assets.

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