Portraits of Pete Santa Maria

Have a little downtime this week so it's time to finally start building my new commercial portrait portfolio.  I've got a ton of ideas flying around in my head and the only way for me to find the right path is to start shooting.

So I have this wacky idea for a project that involves portraits of the people behind the scenes in the action sports industry.  One of the heavy hitters just happens to be one of my best friends, Pete Santa Maria.  Pete is the media manager for Burton, which, in addition to their flagship snowboard company, also owns a slew of other brands (Channel Islands, Gravis, etc.).  Pete was kind enough to play male model for me yesterday afternoon.  He even gave me a little "Blue Steel"...