I will follow you… wherever
I will follow you… wherever
Horses always gave me so much peace. I was lucky enough to spend so much time with them. I spent so many hours waiting for the right shot, but I’m still missing it.
Lulù, La Donna – Arabian Broodmare
Hollywood rooftop with Nicole Anderson.
Islamorada, Florida. Ready to make it the next fall/winter outdoor studio. I know, we’ve been already there like 17 years ago, but I love this place. It’s 1h45mins from Miami and from the International Airport. We have people in Miami Beach and NYC for the castings and the fittings and we’ll have the shootings in these amazing places.
Never interrupt an artist during the creation process
Since November 2019, I was taking care of my mom, I canceled the most part of the jobs and I broke the most part of my working contracts. She was diagnosed with dementia and she began to change so much in a very short period of time. She completely became a new person.
In the last 8 months every single morning was like a new beginning. I had to enter in her apartment explaining who I was and what we were going to do that day. Every single day… the same story, like if her brain had a hard reset during the night. But it was worth it, every single step of the process. I learned a lot from this and tomorrow I would do the same choice again and again. This experience has been the toughest of my life but it’s also been the most incredible one.
A few days ago when the doctor called me to go to the hospital for a final goodbye she was awake, with the oxygen mask but still awake. She took my hand and she made a very little smile and all of the sudden she recognised me like she never did in the last 30 months because of the dementia.
I just gave back to my mom like 1% of what she did for me and my brother when we were young and I felt like it was just the right thing to do. I left so much money and contracts behind but again I can tell you: it was all worth it. She was the one, 33 years ago, who bought my first ticket for LA and I still remember the words from that day: “Honey, go and follow your dreams, because I never had the chance to do it”.
I changed a lot in the last 5 months after my brother died and now my mom. I’m focusing on what is really important in this life and what is not important at all and that’s a huge change.
There are still a lot of people coming across my website every day and in the last 12 months I had so many emails asking why I was not posting more.
Well, it was right to tell you the truth.
I love this picture of my mother and my bro that was taken somewhere at the Italian Riviera in 1968… I was not even born. I’ve been lucky, I had the coolest mom in the world and the best brother ever. I will miss them forever even if the fact that now they are back together somewhere in the universe is giving me a little of peace.
There’s a New Look in town at the photoshoot ????????
Santa Monica, California – Waiting for the make up artist and the hair stylist and the stylist….????while the jetlag is killing me.
First One of a very long series ????
Style is in the air????
When you shoot fashion every magazine has its own rules… The good part of this job is to spend the day breaking those rules. Never let someone to tell you how to shoot ????
It’s always great to be back home when the job is done. ????
sometimes there’s no need to say any word
you don’t really know what a bad hair day is!!! ????
Donald, Appaloosa Stallion. 27 years and counting ????
And finally the guys at the editing are back working on the archives. Lot of news coming out in a few weeks. ????
I’ve always been a huge fan of the out of focus images ????the ones you see what’s in the picture but your mind is doing the most part of the job picturing what’s in there. ???? I know… even my brain is out of focus.
I mean this is a CAMERA. A real one. Mostly if you like Street Photography this is exactly what you need. And yes, it was so much fun to make this review. ????
As you all know, I’m not a tech photographer, I’m not good with numbers and maths, but I love to test any camera from the creative point of view.
because of you, we had like hundreds of requests for the final shot with Sarah that freezing day. This is just one of the pics, she had more and more good ones, and a cover ????
Sarah Hyland freezing but laughing on a rooftop somewhere in Beverly Hills. ????
I just got this link tonight in my email and thanks for sending me. Yes, that’s me, and it’s sad because when that picture was taken I still had black hair…???? but it’s so good to read “el fotografo Joey Shaw”, it just gives me this kind of international feeling ????????
and because so many of you are asking… yes, we are talking about a new version of the H mag.
I mean everyone in Hollywood is planning a reunion or a remake and we are talking about the new H.
And anyway, I don’t know how and why someone took a few shots that day on a set with Arielle (amazing human being), and I still see those pics around. It’s ok, I was just wondering ????
while planning for the upcoming shootings ????
I believe that simplicity is the key to get a high standard in everything you do ????
What can you ask more…? as a photographer… at 6AM on location in Miami Beach and when you check for the light and for the make up and for the hair style… and you see that smile in your camera…????you know it’s gonna be a great day!!!????
