After a 23 year history of working at Playboy magazine as both staff and contributing photographer, David has come to be known as one of the finest photographers for shooting beauty in the world. With his clients including noted makeup, lingerie, swimwear, celebrities, and sportswear manufacturers worldwide, including over 50 covers, he brings to them his background for photographing women with both style and sensuality.
In 2002 David began a workshop series called, David Mecey’s FotoFantasyCamp™ that has grown to be one of the premier photographic workshops in the world. Having been featured in American PHOTO, David brings some dozen photographers together at a fantastic location for four days of intensive training in his style of lighting, posing, rapport with models, everything that makes up professional level photography. With David at their side they experience all of that while gaining vast amounts of information to take with them for their work in the future.
Along with his passion for photography David also has a passion for speed. So for the past decade he has pursued road racing as a way to relax. Beginning within the national BMW car club as an instructor, he has also had the opportunity to instruct for a number of performance driving schools including Skip Barber, Jim Russell, and Driving Concepts. He has competed in a number of endurance races including two 25 hr races where his team finished 3rd in class and 2nd in class two years in a row. David continues to live and work out of Venice, CA.
His clients and editorial work include:
- American PHOTO
- American Swimwear
- Arena
- Bikini
- Camera Arts Magazine
- Cream
- Esquire
- Ego Magazine
- Forbes
- Ocean Drive
- Playboy
- Studio Photography & Design
- SPORT
- Swimwear USA
- The Hollywood Reporter
- US News and World Report
- Variety
His celebrity clientele includes:
- Brooke Burke
- Brooke Shields
- Carmen Electra
- Michael Keaton
- Jay Leno
- Ray Liotta
- Vanessa Marcil
- Robert Palmer
- Victoria Silvestedt
- Sharon Stone
His advertising clients include:
- ABC-TV
- AT&T
- Budweiser
- Dreamgirl International Lingerie
- Leg Ave.
- Lowry’s
- M Pro Makeup
- MGM-UA
- NBC-TV
- Shirley of Hollywood Lingerie
- Tamron-Bronica
- VH-1 Entertainment
- Venus USA
- Well Body
His on-air work includes:
- Principal role in CBS movie of the week, Posing, which starred Linda Carter, 1992
- Principal interview on the Vickie Lawrence Show, Vicki!
- Interviewed on various Good Morning Shows throughout his career, including New York, Boston, and Miami
- Appeared on the VH-1 special in 2004, Centerfold Babylon
- Principal photographer and on-air personality on Playboy’s Sexy Girl Next Door TV Series, 2 years
- He was principal still photographer and on-air personality for The Making of SPORT magazine’s Swimsuit Issue, Hawaii, 1995
