coast magazine

I learned early in my photographic career that the most difficult object to photograph was a curved or round mirror… the second hardest object being round or curved chrome or glass. Glass artist Marcus Thesing of Laguna Beach  has gone a step further thus adding to the difficulty. Having curved surfaces on every face of his sculptures, he has added curved interior windows into the mix. The delima was how and where do I shoot from and HOW do I light this??? After solving the basic problem of shooting the artwork I decided that I also needed to shoot a portrait of the artist. Reluctant at first, because you really couldn’t see much of his face, he finally gave in. This is the final image of the artist with his – Eyes Wide Open!