New Website

Alright, just finished getting my new website up.  New design, new images, new logo, new colors, a whole new feel.   Let me know what you think.  Check it out http://justinclemons.com/

WSJ- American Express

I shot this story for The Wall Street Journal recently on AmEx's plush airport lounge.  Here is a link to the video:
http://on.wsj.com/1q6U8lE

Texas Monthly - Saddle Shop

I love shooting jobs that I am able to meet interesting people and see how they work.  This was definitely one of those.  Richard Oliver and his two sons are running a Saddle shop that has been in the family for almost 100 years.  The saddles they make are amazing!  They take a minimum of a week to actually make (though the waiting list is about 10 months for them to start on it, right now), and that is working on the same saddle everyday, all day.   I loved sitting around the shop with them watching the craftsmen work the plane leather straps into a piece of art.   If you have a minimum of $4,000 and want a gorgeous one of a kind saddle, give them a hollar (www.oliversaddle.com).

Mark Cuban

I recently had the pleasure of photographing Mark Cuban for the Wall Street Journal.   I knew I probably wouldn't have much time with Mark, so I had two different sets up and tested on assistants.  I was wondering what "Mark" I was going to be getting.  Sometimes on TV he is pretty loud and in your face, and other times on Shark Tank he seems very easy going and kind even.  Turns out I got the kind and patient Mark, which I was thankful for.  We talked about Shark Tank, our kids and the Mavericks, it was really cool.  I got three different looks with him in about 15 minutes and we were done.  I do really like the image that WSJ picked.  It was a great experience.  

Then a couple of behind the scenes...

Wichita, Kansas

I flew to Wichita, Kansas to shoot a story for Spirit Magazine recently.  Emily Kimbro, the art director of Spirit, was awesome to work with.  She gave me some rough ideas and examples and sent me on my way.  I didn't know a lot about Wichita before I got there, but left with a great impression. I actually was very impressed. It is a large city, but really has a small town feel. My assignment was to go to certain areas of Wichita and photograph the fun things to do.  The locations below are:  Exploration Place, Kansas Cosmosphere, Commerce Street Art District, Old Cowtown Museum and Strataca Salt Mines.  So here you go:

WSJ- T Boone Pickens

I shot T Boone Pickens the other day for The Wall Street Journal.  He's a pretty big deal, and I didn't know how much time he was going to give me, so I was really prepared.  I had locations picked out, lights up and tested, topics of conversation that would be interesting to Mr. Pickens.  The shoot went very well.  His personal assistant actually said, "Wow Justin, he must really like you, this is the most time I have ever seen him give a photographer".  Granted the time given was about 20 minutes, but I appreciated that.

The WSJ story was on his natural gas car.  I did have to sneak a cool shot of just him for me though.

DCEO tears

Alright, I apologize for the lack of blog posts in Dec.  It was a very busy month with a lot of traveling and I just had to focus on those jobs for a while.  I will be posting a lot of those assignments here soon for you to check them out though.

Here are some tears from a few shoots I've done recently for DCEO magazine.  Always a great magazine to work with, shooting interesting people.