L o s A n g e l e s, C a l i f o r n i a 213-624-1600 A. B.   A) Joel, the originator of the Zoolander "Magnum" look. B) I was photographing from a helicopter out in front when Jim almost fell off this carpet thing....good catch Joel!   I started working with Joel & Jim Hodgson in '94 I think. They had rented space to produce their X-Box TV Test in the building where my studio was then located. The Hodgson boys were so much fun to hang out with, that my constant visiting & pestering resulted in me helping with things. Mostly I helped Craig Gooder who was responsible for camera and lighting for this very unusual rotating set design. If you're familiar with the X-Box Test Video then you've seen all the clear plexi "cells" that were slipped into slots between sets and used for the credits at the end. Joel signs the last one in the video as the show ends. I have all those and are happy to unload them for the right price. Feel free to make an appointment to have a look at them and or just make an offer - I'd like to unload them on a great Joel fan so please contact me if you are. Statical Planets was my next project with Visual Story Tools. Joel asked me to photograph all the sets Jim was building to use as rear-projection images for the movie. Through lighting, I was responsible for creating the appearance of the various planets, spaceships and other locations within the script. Jim and I generated all the scans and projection "cells" for the movie with my (then) new MAC 8500AV. Since Statical Planets I have been asked to photograph various things for the Hodgsons including some of Jim's art. I've also photographed them for their P.R. photos and a bunch of stuff for their "Pet Casette" project. Intaglio, a graphic design & printing company, printed the Hodgson's Coloring Book. My daughter loved it. There are actually many things I've photographed for them over the years, I'll try to list them at some point. The Hodgson boys are great to work with. I spend as much time laughing as I do photographing when I'm with them.