Biography

Though David's formative years were all about music and art, his love for photography blossomed after college, and literally, by accident. After a near tragic motorcycle collision put him convalescing for nearly a year, his doctor suggested photography after admiring David's artwork. So photography it was with a career beginning at what many consider a dream job. David began his career working for Playboy magazine in the fall of 1979, where soon after, becoming a staff photographer, moved to Chicago. In 1987, he would take a title change to Contributing Photographer, where he would continue with Playboy until 2002. During this period he would begin to expand on his photography to include fashion, beauty, and celebrity work for various editorial and advertising assignments worldwide.

Called upon to shoot Petersen Publishing's Sport magazine swimsuit issue four successive years, the final year would culminate with it being broadcast on ESPN, ESPN-2, and PRIME TICKET, where he would serve as both narrator & host. Soon after, he would be thrown into an acting stint in a made-for-TV movie titled Posing, aired on CBS, when, while working as a technical advisor, the director tapped David to play the fictional Playboy photographer instead of their actor. In 2001, David founded, David Mecey's, FotoFantasyCamp®, www.fotofantasycamp.com, a workshop that has grown to become one of the premier photographic workshops in the world. Featured in American PHOTO, David brings a select number of photographers together to a fantastic location for four days of intensive training in his style of lighting, posing, rapport with models, literally everything that makes up professional-level photography.

In addition to his continued catalog and beauty photography, David has self-published a number of books containing his work. One, shot in B&W, titled Passion, is a collection of nudes shot over the past several years. All of David's books can be found at www.blurb.com, in their online bookstore. There is a gallery of his work on display at the German GQ magazine website, as well as MenSTYLE-France magazine's website, with galleries also planned for the French GQ website soon. In 2008, David was a guest speaker and program presenter at the international photographic trade show, Photokina, held in Frankfurt, Germany.

In addition to his passion for photography, David also has a passion for cars. For more than a decade, he has pursued road racing as a way to relax. David is currently Chief Driving Instructor for the Los Angeles Chapter of the BMW Car Club of America, has established his own driving events organization, Precision Performance Driving, and often works for various auto manufacturers as a pro driver, including BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, and Chrysler. He has competed in a number of endurance races including two 25 hr races where the team finished 3rd in class, and 2nd in class, two successive years. David continues to live and work out of Venice, CA.