What’s the difference between working for a magazine and working for a shoe company?
It’s tough, when you work for a mag you can go out and shoot with whoever you want to shoot with, but with a company, love it or hate it, you have to deal with those ten dudes or how many guys are on the team. It’s good because you do get really close to the team dudes. So your role is broader than just a photographer—you’re like the dad. I do get called that from time to time. I’m a little older now and I have a family, and I only want what’s best for all the guys on the team. I’ve been around long enough to see people take a hard left, and I want to see the guys grow as a friend not a guy who works at DC. So they have to do their job to help DC, but they also have to do their jobs to help themselves and that in turn helps me. It helps me to get the best shit, and when they aren’t doing that, I have a problem with it. Do you have to have the little sit-down talk now and then? Yeah I have, even though it’s not in my job description. I’m trying to help them as a friend. Sometimes I’ll l
