Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

What fun to get a sudden call from a LONG time Facebook friend. In fact (shhhh…..) I’ve known Rebecca since MySpace! Our conversation went kinda like this… REBECCA: Hey, Donavan! This is Rebecca Chulew! I’m in town from Austin for a music video shoot for The Cherry Drops. Can we book some head shots into…

Some candid moments with my good friend Crosby Tailor, celebrity health coach, model extraordinaire and cookie genius. Check out his delicious, sinless confections and creations at “Eat Dessert, Burn Fat”. Like me, Crosby is a renaissance man, walking the runway for Armani one day, baking cookies for Steven Tyler the next and training Hollywood’s jet…

Rafael Ferrer is family. His mother, Rosemary Clooney, was like a godmother to me. My memory banks are filled with the sweet sound of her laughter, her silken voice and the smell of strawberries that we would pick together right off the vine, in the lovely garden of her Beverly Hills home. Rafael, or “Rafi” as…

Vera Abrams is a wunderkind. She’s a marvel of a mind, a stunner of a young lady and a stinger of a genius. Her wonderfully offbeat and smart sense of humor combined with her shy radiance is a photographers dream. I’ve known Vera since she was much younger, through her brilliant mother and father, Phil…

I am honored to have gotten the opportunity to shoot an album cover and liner notes for Kiki Ebsen once again. She recently released a new album, “The Scarecrow Sessions” and like all her work, it is absolutely delightful. The entire album is a glorious homage to her late, great father, Buddy Ebsen. From her beautifully…

My lifelong friend, Marisa Viola in Grand Central Station, NYC. Light & Dark + Time.

  While I am normally a Los Angeles Headshot photographer, I sometimes travel to to the east coast to see dear friends and when I am there, I always try to book a photo shoot or two. I <3 NY and I am very proud to say that this is my first full blown fashion/headshot…

Morgan Lane is the quintessential “California” girl and by that I mean she is as smart as she is funny and as sweet as she is confident. A true pleasure to work with from beginning to end, her infectiously bubbly and bright personality shined through my lens from the first frame to the last. An…

Cherie Kalisher is a dear friend and an amazing woman. She’s a healer, which is a word that is frequently bandied about within the New Age circles of Los Angeles like a rubber ball in a dog park. Most of the time, these “healers” are nothing more than charlatans. I hold degrees in Traditional Chinese…

Paul Respass is one of the coolest dudes I’ve ever shot. I say, “Dude” not in a “Fast Times At Ridgemont High” kind of way but more in a gentleman cowboy, Sam Elliot kind of way. The kind of “Dude” that you’d want to come to your rescue when the proverbial sh*t hits the fan.…