Published: Sailing World Magazine

Sailing World magazine recently commissioned me to shoot a portrait of nipper, Weston Barlow, on the sailboat he works. The boat is Jim Clarks, 100-foot, fifteen million dollars, sailboat called Comanche, which was docked in Charleston South Carolina for a short time. The boat is all-carbon-fiber and built to break records. The struggle here was shooting Weston where he works on the boat, inside the all-black, windowless hull of the race boat. Needless to say, it was less than ideal for lighting but after setting up some lights and opening a couple of hatches, we made some great photos. I have to say that Weston is way more of a man than I am. Working in the confined spaces of the ship while at speed in the ocean is nothing short of amazing.