Pickup Artist

Saturday I shot the opening reception of "Tides of Emotion", the mother daughter exhibition at the James Coleman Gallery in Santa Monica. Katina Zinner's large format abstracts shared the space with dramatic bronze figures by her mom the famed photographer Christa Zinner.

Painter Katina Zinner shows her appreciation to gallery owner Tony Kettering by giving him a lift

Katina with her canvases

Christa and Katina at the reception with one of Christa's sculptures on the right

Escape to Dance Mountain

Dance winners from the Dick Clark Productions hit show, "So You Think You Can Dance" kicked off their 2008 Tour with a celebration at Magic Mountain in Valencia. After dark the park closed except for cast and crew. Once I finished shooting PR pictures everyone was anxious to hit the coasters. Me, I passed. Click here to view all my pictures on the Film Magic site.

Dancer Courtney Galiano parties with her favorite WB Wabbit

Not to be outdone, Courtney is joined by Joshua Allen, Katee Shean and Twitch. All others need no introduction

Beaches

Catherine Cunningham at BDPR, Inc. brought me on board to cover the opening reception of Olivier Pojzman's fine art photography series at
the James Coleman Gallery. Olivier who is known for his celebrity portraits showcased his fine art series featuring dramatic landscapes of Southern California beaches.

Gallery owner, Tony Kettering and photographer Olivier Pojzman in front of the Santa Monica studio.

Olivier in front of one of his landscapes. This high resolution image of Venice Beach had such detail that one local guest actually was able to spot himself in it.

Flanked by art patrons, Catherine Cunningham and BDPR, Inc. owner Alyson Dutch enjoy what turned out to be a successful reception.