20070721 bert and kobe

day off on saturday, mostly, except for a run down to the wynn hotel to lend a hand to usa today photographer and sportsshooter founder, bert hanashiro. bert had a portrait shoot with kobe bryant who is in vegas this weekend practicing with team usa. i mostly made pics of bert as we set-up, and one frame of kobe during the 10-12 minute portrait session.



portrait of bert as a portrait artist as he breaks his own rule and adds a grid to the softbox at the very last moment:



portrait of bert as a wwII veteran. i swear almost every portrait of the dying generation is like this.



and my one frame of kobe....