Yesterday I headed down to San Diego to do a shoot with incredible photographer John Segesta. This guy knows his stuff, has shot the best and has a literal monopoly on multisport advertising and editorial photography down south. It was an honor to spend the day with him.
The shoot was for the cover of a new book by Matt Fitzgerald called “Racing Weight: How to Get Lean For Peak Performance”. Pretty cool. Matt is the author of 12 published and forthcoming books on multisport, as well as Senior Editor of Triathlete magazine and frequent contributor to Bicycling, Maxim, Men’s Fitness, Men’s Health, Outside, Runner’s World, etc.
John won’t let me post any of the cover shots, but he was nice enough to shoot a bunch of extra stuff when we were done. He sent me some “roughs”, a few of which are posted here. Like any good photographer, he’d probably kill me for uploading these, as they are not “finished” — just right out of the camera. That said, I think they still rock. I absolutely love the running shot — capturing me in my absolute bliss.
On another note, my awesome new agents Chris Whitney and Matt Taylor at DDO sent me out to Hollywood today for my first ever commercial audition for a national TV spot for Michelob “Ultra”. How funny is that. Rather ironic, given that I am sober 11 years. That said, the reason I’m sober is that, well, let’s just say I like beer just a bit too much:) But I remain quite libertarian when it comes to this type of thing. No proselytizing. I have no issue being in a commercial for beer. Or maybe that’s just convenient denial — would be nice to book it and get some overdue bills paid, that’s for sure. Just don;t make me drink the beer! In any event, they were looking for cycling and ironman “types” so I was milling about with a bunch of dudes in lycra in a casting office — I was definitely out of my element! But pro cycling phenom Tony Cruz was in attendance as well, having just returned from racing the Tour of Ireland for BMC — so I was in some groovy company.
Frankly, I was just grateful for the air conditioning — I was still sweltering from my 15 mile run earlier that day in 100+ west valley heat. It was a bizarre experience, but admittedly fun. We’ll see what happens — no expectations!
Some time before, I really needed to buy a good car for my organization but I didn’t have enough money and couldn’t order something. Thank God my dude suggested to get the loan at creditors. So, I did that and was happy with my financial loan.