Last weekend I traveled down to Brooklyn, NY to shoot current women’s boxing champ, Melissa Hernandez. What I really wanted out of the shoot was to capture the essence and rawness of what a typical training day was like for her. So, I just had her do her normal routine as I followed her around the gym. I’ve always been interested in boxing myself so it was pretty fun for me to see what a typical day in the gym was like. In addition to being a pro boxer, Melissa also trains others at Gleason’s Gym. A few years ago, she even trained Hillary Swank for her role in Million Dollar Baby. Anyway, one thing’s for sure Melissa is one person I would NOT want to take a punch from.

A few months ago, around Dec./Jan. I was traveling through Europe to Barcelona, Spain and Manchester, England with Gary Land digital teching for him as we shot the images for Adidas’ 2010 World Cup campaign which finally launched this week. It was a huge shoot, probably the biggest for Adidas in the last 5 years or so. So huge, that PDN decided to interview Gary about the experience. I have to say that even though the article isn’t about me, I’m still proud to have played a part in such an enormous production. Take a look at the interview, and if you really want to show how much you support order a copy of this month’s PDN.