by Jim Bass | Jan 15, 2013 | Food, On Assignment
There’s nobody singing “Day-o” at the Port of Hueneme, just a well-oiled international trade machine — ships, trucks, longshoremen and more– that delivers such variety to our lives. I buy bananas at the store without thinking how they got...
by Jim Bass | Dec 21, 2012 | On Assignment
I shot the winning boat for the Channel Islands Parade of Lights in Oxnard. The image will most likely be used in print ads and a billboard. The boat owners were lovely people, and patient. I wanted to photograph their boat at the magic moment when there is still blue...
by Jim Bass | Nov 17, 2012 | Nature, On Assignment
I went to the Ventura Pier in Ventura, California on 11/12 to shoot a background shot for an upcoming annual report cover. I arrived early and heard a hubbub down the beach — a lot of birds were making a lot of racket — so I switched to a telephoto lens and walked...
by Jim Bass | Jul 10, 2012 | On Assignment
When you need to lift 3200 tons, you need a big crane. Something like the one the Belgian company Sarens recently had transported from a job in Chandler, Arizona to Shanghai, China. I was pleased to asked to photograph the process of it being loaded, and frankly,...
