8-24-2011 - This video project was shot in Milan, Italy in front of the Duomo (Milan's main cathedral & the second largest in the world). Our client wanted to show his prospective clients a behind the scenes look what was involved in setting up a Saverino & Partners light show as well as a sense of scale that his projects could encompass. The equipment you see being set up are high intensity projectors that project the images on film onto the walls of the surrounding buildings. You can see what the final show looked like if you go here.

8-23-2011 - This advertising fashion image was shot in Milan, Italy on the second floor of an old apartment building.

7-8-11 - This personal image was shot at night in Miami Beach from a friend's condo balcony on the 18th floor or so. (I shot this a while back so I'm not positive about the floor level). I was waiting for my friend to finish some work because I was driving them to the airport. So I grabbed a camera & started to play by shooting cars as they passed by using a long shutter speed to get a blur. I knew that getting this type of photo to "work" meant shooting a lot of images & literally hoping I got one that really did work.

6-1-2011 This personal project is a time lapse video of of a rain storm was about 2 hours before sunset. It was so dark the streetlights turned on & went out when it started to get light again. You can tell when they went out by the vast color change, about 8 seconds into the video. This was shot from the balcony of my hotel room on Via Tortona on at the Porta Genova bridge. Both the Porta Genova train station & the metro station are on the other side of the bridge explaining the volume of foot traffic. Please note: This is a video and is a large file, so depending on your download speed, you may need to wait for a while before it starts to play.

2-18-11 - This advertising fashion image was shot in Nesso, Italy on Lake Como. We drove from Milan to this village on the lake and parked in the main square. I got out to scout while my styling crew dressed Gabby, who is one of the best models I have ever shot... just stunning. Her wardrobe is by INC (International Concepts).

2-13-11 - Branding is important to most companies around the world, large or small. Sports teams, news organizations, artists, car dealerships, lawyers, cell phone companies, airlines, resorts, writers et cetera all want and need branding. Part of what I do for my clients is branding through my vision & my photography.

Late last year I was asked to photograph an American writer, Jack Ketchum. He is based in NYC close to Central Park and I had shot with him 2 years before. My challenge is to shoot this person & make him "Look the part". Jack is a writer of horror but in person is real pleasant & fun to be around, so some work was in order to make him look evil. Another issue was the constraint of time. Jack could not meet before 1:30 pm & I had to leave for the airport at 3:30 pm. By the time the cab found the address & I was knocking on his door it was close to 2 pm. So I had 75 minutes to shoot & that included walking back from Central Park to the writers apartment to have him change clothes & walk back to a bar to shoot the last few images. In real time, I shot for 59 minutes & I shot 327 photos, or an average of 5½ shots per minute. Go here to read the rest.

1-28-11 - This cowboy image was one of a series of cowboys in the snow images shot in Colorado. We are heading back to the ranch after shooting. I'm riding & holding the camera over my head to shoot this image.

1-23-11 - This cowboy advertising image was one of a series of cowboys in the snow images shot in Colorado. I had seen this location, in general, not this exact spot, years ago but did not know how to get here, just today did I discover how to get here... on horseback.

12-25-10 - This Cowboy advertising image was one of a series shot on this cold snowy day in Clarke, Colorado. We arrived around 7 in the morning, loaded up the gear & drove to the top of a trail in a couple of 6 wheel drive Polaris "Mules". We then unloaded the photography gear, the wardrobe, the props and cowboy hats and commenced to shoot for about 5+ hours. The temperature was about 5-10 degrees F (-15C) and this location is in the 8500 feet range (2600 meters), so the air was thin. This shoot was for the Larry Mahan division of the Milano Hat Company in Dallas, Texas. Within the 5+ hours we were there we had solid overcast skies, then sunshine and some heavy snow showers, it is very unusual to have all of this in one day much less in 5 hours.

11-12-10 - This aircraft image was shot at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson, the world's busiest airport and one of the very few with 5 runways. This is an example of being in the right place at the right time and know what to do. It had just finished raining, the storm clouds moved out to allow the sunshine in and all of the elements to shoot a great image were there.

11-9-10 - Stazione Centrale is the main train station in the heart of Milan, to me it is a stunning architectural structure and is a juxtaposition in that it is mostly masculine in showing massive strength but parts of it are feminine in the curves and arches of it's steel skeleton.

Since I first saw the station in 1985, when I lived in Como, I was in awe of the size and beauty of this edifice. Most of the people who live in Milan who grew up seeing this station hardly give it a second look and every time I pass by I enjoy looking at it. I have shot the station on & off for years, first in 1985. On my trip in June I set out to shoot the station in earnest. About 20 minutes into my photo safari I was stopped by an official saying I had to get permission. "From whom", I asked & the reply was the police. So I went to the police and they said no, you need to go to customer service who said no you must go the station office who said no you must ask Rome. So I sent off an e-mail to Rome without any reply, all 6 of them went unacknowledged. On my last day in Milan in October, it was a cold, wet, dark, foggy, miserable Sunday and I decided I was going to shoot again at the station. I grabbed one camera with one lens, I added a neck strap, something I almost never use, left the tripod & camera bag at home & went to the station. I shot for 3 hours just walking around shooting photos looking like some cowboy tourist. Nobody said "No" this time and 1100+ photos later I went home, finished packing & left the next morning for Atlanta.

Most of my work is in color, and initially I was going to show this in color with a blue tint as it was when I shot most of these images. But as I worked on the first image I decided to see what it would look like in B&W. I liked most of the images much better in B&W than the color images. Some of the exterior images, to me, are impressive in color & B&W so I used both. If you go to the still images I have included other images not seen here plus, on some of the exterior images, both the color & B&W versions.

11-4-10 - While I was waiting in the main train station in Milan, Stazione Centrale di Milano or Milano Centrale, I commenced to wander around a bit shooting. This B&W toned image of a floor drain was shot during my foray. I found it interesting that such a mundane object would garner such effort in design & construction. My guess is this was made in 1930 or 1931. To me it shows the lengths the Italians will go for the sake of design & beauty. All of the pieces of steel were cut & then assembled and carefully welded into position.

10-31-10 - This cowboy image was one of a series of Longhorn cattle drive images shot in Colorado. I had seen this location the day before while scouting for another project and set up the shoot the next morning.

10-29-10 - This "In the Water" Lifestyle image was taken at sunrise near Hollywood. The biggest problem was the rip current which kept moving us off shore. I noticed how fast we moved off the beach & said, "Rip tide, get back close the the beach". The next issue was the size of the waves, with every set we would float up & settle back down 3-6 feet (1-2 meters) towards the ocean. This type of photography is the most difficult I have ever shot. Not only do you have to frame the image, focus the image, expose the image with constantly changing light due to clouds and the rising sun, I also have models moving in different directions, I have waves breaking over me, the camera gear inside the housing which is designed for neutral buoyancy underwater but is heavy out of the water, as in these photos. Plus dealing with the wind and the current. Another problem is the very short time window where the light is perfect, about 25 minutes. I normally meet the models about 45 minutes before sunrise. This way I can pick the swimsuits and have the models get to know each other before shooting. Plus in case traffic is bad they will still get there in time to shoot in perfect light.

10-23-10 - This Fashion Editorial style image was shot near Marina del Rey (Los Angeles) and was part of a video project shot by a German crew on me. Every 2 years the world's largest camera show is held in Cologne, Germany. About 180,000+ people attend from more than 160 countries. In the second largest venue (the largest was Canon's) there was an event called the "Leading Photographers of the World" and the producer had invited 5 International photographers to speak covering a range of types of photography: wedding, fashion, advertising, rock & roll and on Saturday, swim wear & lingerie. I was invited to speak about Fashion. The reason the video crew was in LA to shoot me & my crew is the "Leading Photographers of the World" wanted to hand out DVD's of all 5 photographers and have both an interview and how all of shot our work. They give the DVD's to attendees of the venue after the photographers spoke, which was 3 times a day. There were thousands of DVD's handed out and I have received e-mails from some of these people thanking me for sharing how I shoot.

The rest of the story is, I was in Milan, Italy and flew to LA via NYC to shoot this project & after a 28 hour day I finally got to bed in LA. My 2 checked bags missed the connection in NYC so I did not have all of my gear when we shot the first day. So we had to shoot a couple of shots the next day too and this image is from the second day.

10-21-10 - This advertising travel image was shot in Bellagio, Italy on Lake Como. I went there to shoot the town & a hotel. Really a great location.

10-15-10 This beauty image of Esther was shot on stage at Photokina, the world's largest camera show. I was one of 5 International photographers invited to speak at "The Leading Photographers of the World" venue. Photokina is where most of the camera manufacturers announce their newest products & the press coverage is amazing. They had 170,000 people attend this event over 5 days from dozens of countries from all over the globe.

9-2-10 - This travel and resort advertising image was shot at O'Canonico in Sorrento, Italy, which is my favorite restaurant anywhere. As I sit here typing this out I am trying hard to think of any other restaurant where the food is better & I just can't. There are certainly some in NYC, Miami Beach and LA that come very close. One of the main reasons the food is just wonderful is the location, across the Gulf of Naples from Mount Vesuvius, which over the last several millennia, has erupted many times and in the course of these, have violently belched & spewed nutrient rich volcanic ash over the entire region. As a result the local people can grow food here that you just can't get anywhere. Also most of the food is grown locally by hand, you can't really use machinery due to the terrain. Planted by hand, picked & packed by hand & travels just a few miles instead of hundreds or thousands of miles as is does in the USA. The food is grown for it's flavor instead of how well it looks after it has traveled thousands of miles by train & truck. This image was shot at O'Canonico in Sorrento, Italy, which is my favorite restaurant anywhere. As I sit here typing this out I am trying hard to think of any other restaurant where the food is better & I just can't. There are certainly some in NYC, Miami Beach and LA that come very close. One of the main reasons the food is just wonderful is the location, across the Gulf of Naples from Mount Vesuvius, which over the last several millennia, has erupted many times and in the course of these, have violently belched & spewed nutrient rich volcanic ash over the entire region. As a result the local people can grow food here that you just can't get anywhere. Also most of the food is grown locally by hand, you can't really use machinery due to the terrain. Planted by hand, picked & packed by hand & travels just a few miles instead of hundreds or thousands of miles as is does in the USA. The food is grown for it's flavor instead of how well it looks after it has traveled thousands of miles by train & truck.

7-30-10 - This fashion still & video project was shot in the middle of an Interstate interchange in Atlanta.

7-20-10 - This advertising beauty image was taken in the Milan apartment using sunlight only. I had the model lean towards me while she was sitting on the floor.

7-10-10 - This advertising travel and resort image is in Sorrento, Italy. This breakfast area overlooks Marina Grande, a small fishing village in Sorrento. This was shot early, about 6 am and the staff had just finished setting the tables.

5-24-10 - This aircraft image was shot at Sky Harbor in Phoenix. I arrived at the airport about 45 minutes before sunrise, had to wait for the security man to arrive, move all of my gear from my car to the back of his pick up truck, drive through a check point & as soon as I was in position, at 7:25 am, I started shooting. This image was shot 11 minutes later and was one of many great images I shot that morning.

5-17-10 - This still & video advertising fashion project was shot in the middle of an Interstate interchange in Atlanta.

4-27-10 - This fashion advertising project was shot in an alley behind an old industrial factory (Civil War Era) turned into an art complex. Below the photo there are 2 buttons so you can see a behind the scenes video and several different treatments of the photo.

4-6-10 - This fashion & beauty project was shot in a private home in Milan, Italy. For make up the model is wearing mascara & lipstick.

4-2-10 - This advertising fashion image was taken as part of a project for a fashion client in Colorado on a cold winter afternoon. This was the 5th set up of this session and even though was shot during the day, is illuminated primarily by strobe light. This allowed us to control the light direction, fall off and quality. By doing this we are able to deliver an engaging image that makes people stop & look, something important in branding of a single product or a wide range of products made or licensed under a common brand name.

3-27-10 - This fashion image was taken in a studio in Nashville, TN where we were shooting a series of images for a client. On every project my producer always keeps a watchful eye on the styling crew to make sure there are no delays and to help solve any problems that may come up. In doing this it insures that the work keeps flowing and as a result we were 30 minutes ahead of schedule. My producer had also structured a staggered model schedule to help hold down costs to the client, so I did not have the other models needed to keep shooting and lunch had not been delivered as yet.

2-4-10 - This cowboy image was one of a series of horses running in the snow shot in Colorado. When I drove up to the ranch it was snowing heavily and had been for sometime. So when I shot these images I was working with untracked snow.

12-19-09 - This Cowboy Lifestyle image was shot on a ranch in Colorado for a client's Christmas card. The real story here is not how I shot the photo, but what I had to do to get the photo, specifically the tree.