Malia, Malia, oh what will you do with that look? Malia and I had just 45 minutes to shoot, but the amount of great images we took back to the studio exceeded both of our expectations. I look forward to our next shoot! Here’s the images I’m most happy with. Props to Malia for styling [...]

Today marks the 5th anniversary of the 2004 Indian ocean Tsunami that killed nearly 250,000 people. I’ll never forget what happened during this trip. The actions taken, hoops jumped to be able to get into “ground zero” 2 days after the disaster. The emotion taken to carry bodies and to comfort small children that couldn’t [...]

I did a shoot with Malia Barnes recently. The images we shot turned out to be something I am really excited about, that’s why I’m releasing this teaser on Christmas DAY! Merry Christmas everyone! Can’t wait to show you the rest. Malia Barnes By: Samuel Lippke

As you may know, I spent the last couple days of November in Brazil…for a wedding. Well, the wedding was of my brother’s. He eloped with my new sister [in-law] Andrea; to a fishing village south of Rio De Janeiro. Hand picked his closest friends to facilitate with the ceremony (Priest: Sky Diamond,Video: Adam Sjoberg, [...]

When you tap into the raw energy of a model or an Actor, you can get some pretty insane product. In this particular shoot with my friend (& model) Jeantel, we opened up a feeling, an attitude, some grit, some fashion, some pure manly energy and aggression.  In the end, we left the locations wet, [...]

When I have a camera and my girl in the same room, this is what happens… In this case, we were Downtown LA enjoying a sunday afternoon. As cliche as the standard is, it still is one of the best places to be in Downtown. I’m waiting for LA to be reinvented and some fresh [...]

Danny & I stopped in the middle of god knows where to eat burgers. We ate these roosters instead. I like this photo series. Danny is a good roadtrip pilot.

(Kendrika & Melanie) I have great joy to say my current intern Michelle has shot my favorite image of the week. See her work >HERE< Michelle has a unique eye for beauty, grit and combining them into a photo. She continues to improve her photo skills and is shaping into a fine young photographer. Love [...]

Zarmina and Mustafa’s wedding! I know so many people waiting to see these images, sorry for the wait, I hope it was worth it. This couple is one of the most unique, intracate and stylish, calm and confident, relaxed, but ready to spearhead their life together. Some of the guests I talked too really stuck [...]

(Photo: Adam Sjoberg) Adam is an extremally talented photographer; he’s in Brazil with me now & he posted a few sweet images on LOOSE LUGGAGE LINK More to come!