Kate Plus Eight at LAX — Kate Gosselin

Kate Plus Eight made and appearance at LAX on their way home to the east coast. Kate Gosselin had her hands full with all eight kids (Cara Nicole, Madelyn Kate, Alexis Faith, Hannah Joy, Aaden Jonathan, Collin Thomas, Leah Hope, and Joel Kevin), plus Steve the bodyguard and a nanny. For a single mom she sure does handle a big lot.
After getting kicked off of Dancing with the Stars, Kate and the kids spent their last day in LA getting booed at Disneyland for cutting to the head of every line, but come on, this is Hollywood and the star treatment is just part of life. Don't hate the players, hate the game.
I'm sure everybody is going to tune into her new reality show A Twist of Kate starting on TLC real soon.

Bette Midler the Rose and her husband the Thorn in my side land at LAX

Here is Bette Midler and her husband Martin Von Haselberg strolling through the terminal at LAX. Bette's a big star and her husband is a big ****! For some reason they really didnt want their photo taken together. Hmmmm, not sure why but Martin thought he could still pick a fight at his age. Wooo, slow down old man you're going to break a hip or worse, I was worried you might break my camera before you hit the pavement.

Mia Wasikowska is Alice In Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland's Mia Wasikowska arrives in Los Angeles after making the rounds in New York to promote her new film. The young star is still getting used to paparazzi popping outta trash cans to take her photograph. I guess she'll just have to accept it as part of being famous.

I almost didn't recognize her with that little boy haircut. I guess you'll have to stop going to Fantastic Sam's and get a real stylist.

Kate Winslet arrives for the Oscars

Kate Winslet arrives in Los Angeles just in time to participate in the Oscar events being held here in Los Angeles. She was dressed in stylish black with all of the accessories of a starlet and the mouth of a sailor. All I said was "Hi Kate" to which she replied "F.U.!"
Oh my gosh, doesn't anybody say "Cheese!" anymore? I guess money and fame can't but you class and simply because you're English doesn't really mean you know how to properly use the language. Maybe "F.U." is the Queen's English, but how would I know, I only grew up here in L.A. not poshy London.

Misery Lands at LAX — Kathy Bates

There was a time when Kathy Bates was dishing out the pain in the movie Misery. Now it looks like she's the one in misery. Here is Kathy walking through the airport terminal with the assistance of a cane as she arrives in Los Angeles for the Oscars.

Brendan Fraser at LAX...

Finally I get to photograph somebody who isn't out to get me!

Brendan Fraser flew into LAX and quickly departed on Air New Zealand for distant lands. He was in great spirits and even smiled for the camera, said "Hello" and asked why I was working so late. What a nice guy.

Victoria Beckham — The spice in our lives

Posh Spice touches down in Los Angeles with her usual entourage. She's a bit boring to photograph. She really doesn't do anything. No smiles. No looking at the camera. No wave hello. But for some reason the world wants to watch her every step. So here you go.

Zac Efron flies into town!

Its Mr. High School Musical landing at Los Angeles International Airport to paint the town red. These images were taken just before the holidays, but they never get old. Zac was fine until he saw the camera. LOL, are all movie stars really that camera shy? Smile Zac.

Robert Downey Jr. spotted at LAX

Mr. Robert Downey Jr. arriving at LAX dressed to impress any rodeo clown on the circuit. With a bright orange scarf, neon polk-a-dotted bag and a fanny-pack Robert tried to assault and harass our photographer for taking his picture. Poor Robert doesn't realize that he's not really Ironman.

Hey Sherlock, you get photographed for a living so why get bent over one more person taking your picture? Get happy and enjoy the ride.

Sean Penn arriving at LAX

Hey Spicoli! Why do you look so torn up and bitter? You're a rich and famous actor with tons of fans, but you walk around like you're angry at the world. Too bad for you that money can't buy you happiness.

Selma Blair strolling through the airport

Ms. Selma Blair was on her way to New York when I caught her in terminal 7 as she awaited to board her flight. She looked great and it was fun to see her in person. As usual famous people don't want to be recognized in public but the sunglasses and the escort were a dead give away.

I guess when you're future is so bright you have to wear shades, right?

Still, are those leg-warmers? I'm not the fashion police, but come on Selma. At least she wasn't a difficult star to photograph. No bodyguards, no attitude, just sunglasses.

Thanks Selma. Enjoy your flight and I can't wait to see you again.

Nicole Richie and Harlow escaping from LAX...

Nicole Richie and her lil baby Harlow are seen here trying to elude the paparazzi by leaving terminal 7 through an alternate route. Too bad for everybody waiting for her on the outside. Since I was lucky enough to be on the inside of the terminal I was able to snap this exclusive photo of mom and child as they were hurried through the crowds and whisked away from the bank of paparazzi that had assembled outside in hopes of catching them on film.

Although this photograph wasn't one of my best. I still enjoyed watching the behind the scenes attempt of a star trying to avoid photographers. I still don't understand why they don't want to be photographed. As you can see here, it impossible to really avoid being photographed once people like myself have made up our minds to do just that. All I have to say to Nicole is "Gotchya!" And, what I'd like to have said to her lil baby who seems to be looking right at me as they passed, "Whats up Harlow!"

Drew Brrymore arriving at LAX

Ah, Drew. There aren't many stars that I really want to photograph, but Drew Barrymore has alway been one of my favorite actors in Hollywood. Even if she did marry Tom Green. So I was really happy when I got information that she was going to be landing in Los Angeles at LAX. My agency had told me that even though I knew where she was going to be, it didn't mean that it was going to be easy to take her photograph. Everybody said she hates paparazzi and if she sees me with a camera she's going to run, hide her face or call the cops. That just made it even more exciting to try and take her picture. So I arrived at LAX anxious to get her into frame without her seeing me. Thats the best part, taking her picture without her even knowing that I'm there.

It's times like these that I really earn my nickname "Lee Harvey." I set myself up about fifty yards from the place that I expected her to be and waited for her to arrive. I'm usually full of anxiety anyway so it was no surprise that I was nervous. It wasn't like I was going to meet her. I just wanted to take her photograph. As people started to deplane, I spotted her immediately and started photographing her as many times as possible. You could hear my camera's shutter quickly clicking over. And then, she spotted me! Uugh! She's so cute but why does she look like she is going to be driving the limo? And, Why wouldn't she want me to take her picture? Who knows why she hates photographers. But it was too late for her. I had already collected about forty frames and I was really happy. I took a picture of Drew Barrymore.

Denise Richards — Dancing with a star!

Denise Richards arrived back home to Los Angeles on this day and we were there at the airport to greet her with open shutters. She was looking amazing and happy to see the cameras. I was surprised that her car was not waiting for her as soon as she arrived, but it was our luck and we got to shoot an extra long set of photographs as she was a sitting duck. Now that she is back home from her trip to the "Big Apple," she is training hard to compete in the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars on ABC. Good luck Denise and "Break a leg!"

Krysten Ritter waiting on her 27 dresses at LAX

Krysten Ritter is a character actress in many of Hollywood's favorite movies and had a bit part in 27 Dresses. Here she is walking through terminal 7 at LAX as she arrives from New York city. She was accompanied by her grundgy boyfriend who seemed more aware of the camera than her. Even though she's not dressed to impress, she still looks great in a natural kinda way.

Orlando Bloom — Sympathy For Delicious

On this day I went in search of Orlando Bloom on the set of his new film Sympathy for Delicious. Filming was taking place in downtown Los Angeles in the Orpheum Theater on a rainy day. The light was flat and it was cold out so the possibility was slim that we would see Orlando outside of his Star Wagon. I arrived early and snapped these exclusive photographs before the other paparazzi photographers got onto the scene. Unfortunately the focus was soft and it was the only chance I would get to take a photo.

The most interesting part of the day was waiting under the cover of a doorway with four other photographers while the rain came down. It was my first encounter with other "paps" and it turned into an opportunity to hear them talk and share stories about other stars that they had covered over the years. A Brazilian photographer who works for the infamous photo agency X17 told me great stories about chasing Britney Spears and photographing her on the day that she shaved her head. Awesome. Two other photographers in their early twenties shared their red-carpet experiences and how they loved to sneak into all of the after parties to take pictures. Each story ended the same way. "It was fun until we got kicked out."