"Anybody can make a toaster toast. Very few people can make a toaster something you covet."

Somewhere along the line of attempting to make a more fuel efficient motor and wanting to appeal to everyone, many manufacturers have lost focus on the reason we own such depreciating investments. No one says, "I just love the feeling of 35 miles per gallon." Such details as the curvature of an a-pillar or the finish on a mirror; as simple as possible and yet somehow they addressed more than one of the senses, drawing you in closer. Let's hear it for the last of the automotive designers who simply won't back down and keep us putting photos of cars on our computer desktops just as we did posters as teenagers.

Model: Natali
Location: Columbus, Ohio

Driver & Passenger

Model: MelissaRoshan
Location: Columbus, Ohio

Capturing moments at night in the city.

The Toyota Century is a large four-door limousine produced mainly for the Japanese market. The Century is produced in limited numbers and is built in a "nearly hand-made" fashion. It is often used by royalty, the Prime Minister of Japan, senior government leaders, and high level executives. I was given the chance to shoot this car by the owner, finding that it seemed the most at home in the evening urban environment.

Sometimes it's the space itself and not what is filling it, that can be so overwhelming. Natural or otherwise, this is an ongoing study of those places.

MelissaRoshan - a talented model, makeup artist, presenter and businesswoman. I have the good fortune of calling her both a friend and a client, working together on multiple occasions over the past few years. The following are selects from various photo shoots.