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Fierce Creatures

Craig — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:31:30 +0000

I did this conceptual shoot of the Fresno band Fierce Creatures for the Fresno Bee’s entertainment section, “7,” a couple of weeks ago. I was pretty happy with it and got a lot of feedback on it so I thought I’d post it here on my blog. It’s stories like this that keep me wanting to go back and do all the mundane assignments I get each week at the paper. I just love having a new challenge and something that will allow me to really find my creative voice, so to speak. Anyway, I hope Fierce Creatures did well at South by Southwest and I look forward to seeing their careers take off.

Oh yeah, here’s a video I did during that same shoot.

More pictures after the break. Click the link below if you’re on the home page.

Inspirational story

Craig — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:44:12 +0000

Pha Mouvangsou’s life was a tough one from the get-go. As an infant, his mother (photographed with him and two of his sons here) smuggled him and any other surviving family members to Thailand from Laos where his family was being hunted down by the Viet Cong. HIs father, who was fighting with the Americans had already escaped. In a Thailand refugee camp for four years, young Pha was fed mice to keep his protein up. Eventually the family was re-located in Fresno where Pha lived in poverty and soon got mixed up in gangs. After becoming a father, it was his own son, Sebastian, who got his life turned around. Pha enrolled at DeVry University and earned both bachelors and Masters degrees. Today he works as a branch manager at Consolidated Electrical Distributors and also teaches at the Institute of Technology, influencing young adults who were very much like him. He supports a family of four boys, his wife, mother and other family members. I photographed Mouvangsou for Link Magazine, a publication from the Career College Association which will publish the story soon. Can’t wait to get a copy of that. What a wonderful story.

2008 Favorites

Craig — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:13:02 +0000

Here’s a collection of some of my favorites from my work for The Bee in no particular order. Enjoy.

Old church

Craig — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:56:21 +0000

I went out to this old church just before Thanksgiving. It’s The Academy Church out in Academy. I never knew it was there but apparently it’s one of the oldest Protestant churches in the Valley. It’s right off hwy 168 but tucked away so you can’t see it until you’re right up on it. It only has four services a year and most of the members go to other churches but make a point to attend the special visits. I liked the color and the fall light that fell through the open windows. Very inspiring.