This photo was taken during the Victoria’s Secret Holiday commercial. Michael Bay directed the commercials and it was an incredible experience shooting with him. In this photo, I was setting up to do my shot on the pool table. I’m obviously cheating by climbing up on the table
If you try this at home – wear knee pads. My knees were pretty scrapped up after this shot.

This photo is from the Van Nuys airport. Michael wanted to do a shot where I was roasting hotdogs until they were black and on fire. It was fun working with the pyro team and they made sure the hotdogs were flaming. I had to be careful since I didn’t have protection of any kind, only wearing bra and undies.

I did another shot where I throw knives. Michael taught me how to toss the knife and flip it over and over in one hand. I had to be careful to catch the handle and not the blade when I was flipping it in my hand. The knife was really heavy and big and I thought there was no way I would be able to pull that off, but somehow I did. Then I had to do it without looking at my hand and look straight into the camera! At the end of the day, I had beat up knees and a huge bruise on my hand from the weight of the knife hitting my hand over and over. I love my job…..

XOXO
~Marisa

Here’s a video from the new Harley Davidson campaign. Hope you guys enjoy it!

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XOXO Marisa

I’m very proud to announce the new campaign I shot with Harley Davidson. We wanted to do something to give back to the military and show some appreciation for the huge sacrifice the service men and women of the military make everyday to defend our freedoms. The concept was based on the pin up art that was painted on the side of WWII planes. I get a lot of letters from men and woman stationed over seas, and it was incredible to do something in their honor.

It was one the best experience I’ve ever had shooting. It was amazing to make the transformation to a 40’s pin-up girl. We had an incredible creative team that paid attention to every detail. Most of the outfits were real vintage bathing suits and clothing from that time period, which really added to the authenticity of the look.

There’s a behind the scenes video we will post soon and a lot more photos to come. Here are the first two…

XOXO Marisa

These photos are out-takes from SI in Turkey. This was my second time shooting for SI, so I was super excited to be invited back. Nowadays, photographers use digital versus film 90% of the time, so to have Polaroids is pretty special. Here’s a photo I took of the Polaroids from one of the days shooting in Turkey.

Turkey was a very unique place and it took a very long time to get to from Cali. I flew to Istanbul, then spent the night at a hotel that looked more like a castle, and then in the morning traveled the rest of the way, which was a few hour car ride to the coastal city of Bodrum. There is so much history there and you can see it in the buildings and architecture.

xoxo Marisa

I promise I’m not trying to be an HBO sports commercial, but have you been watching HBO’s 24/7 about the Floyd Mayweather vs Juan Manuel Marquez fight? It documents both fighters’ lives during their training. It shows some pretty extreme methods for getting in shape for their upcoming fight. Marquez especially goes to some pretty unusual steps: drinking 26 quail eggs, drinking his own urine ( not joking ) and sitting in a hyperbaric chamber after workouts. I thought I was dedicated when I work out before the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show-but these guys take it to a whole other level. It is motivating to see how committed they are and what the body is capable of. Floyd is crazy fast with that jump rope! You can watch episode 1 on the HBO website.

Here’s a photo of me when I was training.

Much love,
xoxoM