the ongoing interview

i've been happily assigned a batch of 5 fun interview questions from my friend jen over at miss attitude. this series of questions is based on an ongoing series of interview trades such as jen's response to this original post. jen questions happily relate to photography (surprise, really) so here goes nothing:

1. what's the best photograph you've ever taken? describe it (or share it) and explain why.

i've never taken a best photo of all time. i usually have a running favorite (or five) but those change over time. sometimes i get excited about an image for a week and sometimes it sticks around for a year. there do seem to be a few "best photos" that everyone else likes but i'm keeping that information to myself so as not to bias you :) as of today, my personal favorites are from a shoot i just did in kauai so they're not up on my site yet.

2. Without revealing any names, what's the most difficult photo shoot you've ever endured?

i actually can't think of one, really. there are often snafus on set or personalities to deal with but i've been very very lucky in this area.

3. if you could go anywhere in the world to shoot, where would it be and why?

right now these come to mind: motels in small towns across the united states, anyplace that is swampy and with tons of kudzu, wiseman arkansas (yes, the town is real and is named after my family), suburbia, homes in the san fernando valley (per larry sultan's work). i also want to "shoot" (read: vacation with a camera) in paris, fiji, bora bora, lake como, various cities in italy, london, new zealand, israel and any other tropical islands on the planet.

4. we have discussed our mutual addiction to sex and the city. if you could only watch one episode of sex and the city for the rest of your life, which one would it be?

hmm, tricky. probably "i heart ny" because the moon river scene melts my heart every time.

5. i'm going to come visit you in san francisco for the weekend. where will you take me?

i'm pretending herein that we can fly from place to place since unfortunately this would be too much to do in 2-3 days. some necessary spots are: my house for a dinner together and for my peek-a-view, the dry creek valley near napa/sonoma for wine tasting and sun (namely quivira and ceja), mill valley which is my favorite cute local town, sfmoma and the deyoung museums, tiptoes for a mani/pedi, barneys to window shop and moon over shoes (unless i win the lottery), bittersweet for hot chocolate and myabi for sushi.

so here's the deal: want to be part of the interview? if so,

1. leave me a comment saying, "interview me."
2. i will respond by emailing you five questions. i get to pick the questions.
3. you will update your blog with the answers to the questions (yes, you have to have a blog).
4. you will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. when others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.