Actor Jason Beghe sat down with Mb and I for our “Friends and Neighbors” project.  This is a rough edit, chopped down from 2 hours of footage. Jason has clearly led an interesting life.

Jason Beghe photographed by Eric Schwabel

For the photo nerds out there: I’m shooting these videos on a Nikon D7000.  The still above was shot (a year earlier) on my Mamiya.

The Immigrant movie poster, Scott Thompson photographed by Eric Schwabel, poster design by Brett Lamb

Check out this movie poster we shot here at the studio for my good friend Josh Levy‘s new film, “The Immigrant,” Starring one of my heroes, Scott Thompson!  Great cameos by Michael Cera, Margaret Cho, Dave Foley, Will Forte and Deborah Theaker too!  Good gravy, that’s quite a cast!  See the trailer at theimmigrantfilm.com

I have to give major kudos to the poster designer, Brett Lamb, for an awesome job, that flag is epic.

Eileen Davidson photographed by Eric Schwabel

Just a quick glimpse of my shoot with actress Eileen Davidson at her Malibu home.

Eileen is probably best known for her role on “the Young and the Resless.”  I looked up the full name of her character and, according to Wikipedia, it’s Ashley Abbott Lassiter Newman Bladeson Howard Carlton Newman McCall

Eileen was wonderful and a gracious host for our quick shoot, a true beauty inside and out.

This is an ongoing project I’m working on with artist Mb Boissonnault.  I decided to begin a project that would allow me to explore video.  Coming from still photography, that meant beginning where I left off with the “Faces” portraits.

Shot on a Nikon D7000, Sennheiser shotgun mic, and some home-made lighting.

Next task is to add a little sound isolation to the studio.

My Human Light Suit project was recently featured in “Vegas Rated,” a beautiful publication (something that you can’t say about too many of ‘em lately) that is, in fact, precisely what it’s title suggests.  Pick it up at your local news stand and check it out!

Shooting Male: Limited Edition by Eric Schwabel

In 2009, Bruno Gmünder published a collection of my work.  I was 28 at the time and… Shall we say… excited.  3,000 copies of the first edition were printed.

This very limited edition re-release contains, as far as I am aware, the last copies remaining (we sold out of our copies ages ago, but they are still floating around on Amazon).  I’ve produced three new covers, each one in a run of only 100 copies, signed and numbered.  An 8×10 photograph is included with each book as well.

I’m honored to have had Ian Roberts write the introduction, with a second introduction by the model who inspired me to shoot this body of work, Matt York.

Shooting Male is hardbound, 120 pages, and printed in Germany.

Get your copy at schwabelstudio.bigcartel.com while they’re still around!

A peek inside for you below…

Prints from Shooting Male are available at archives.schwabelstudio.com

Adam Lambert photographed by Eric Schwabel for the Advocate

View the Advocate article and photos at http://news.advocate.com/post/11571958893/reinventing-adam-lambert

I had the great pleasure of working with Adam Lambert recently for this Advocate cover shoot, which came out today. This was one of the more unique shoot days I’ve ever experienced (on par with photographing Kirk Douglas at his home), as the Advocate wanted not just the set-up cover shot, but a number of candid photos of Adam going about his day.  So, about 15 seconds after we were introduced, I was in his car, speeding through Hollywood, my crew following behind.  We joked that it was a slightly awkward introduction, I met him, I’m in his car, I have a camera in his face. We both knew the job though and went about it, and snapped some pretty great shots, not all of which made it to publication.

Adam Lambert photographed by Eric Schwabel for the Advocate

Adam and I spent a bit of time chatting in the car between each location (and getting yelled at by a gas station manager for taking pictures — but I was able to calm him down…).  It turned out we were both headed to Burning Man in a few weeks, so that was the main topic of discussion.

I shot the candids on my Nikon D7000, with the occasional reflector fill.

Our final location was the recording studio where Adam was preparing his latest single and album (this is his official 2nd album, dropping in Q1 2012, the single, I’m told is coming out in November).  We set up a few shots in the studio but ultimately opted for the outdoor location for the cover shot, which made me a happy camper – I love photographing mixed light outdoor situations, and the grounds of the studio seemed to match Adam’s vibe for this new album.

The studio shots were all shot on my Mamiya with the DM28 digital back – very similar to the setup I used at Burning Man.

Adam was a gracious host to myself and my crew (a few asked for autographs when we were done), very focused on getting the shots and trusting both our teams to get it done. I have to thank Adam and his team for their help, and also to Advocate Creative Director Scott McPherson and Editor Michael Breen.

 

Adam Lambert photographed by Eric Schwabel at Real Raw Live

Adam Lambert photographed by Eric Schwabel