His images have graced the covers and pages of Rolling Stone, Esquire, GQ, Men’s Health, Blender, Newsweek, Wired, Entertainment Weekly, Spin, New York Magazine, People, W, Maxim, Men’s Journal, Popular Mechanics, New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Outside, Playboy and UK Conde Nast Traveler.

He has worked with most major record labels and has done over 200 album covers and press shoots for musicians such as David Bowie, Willie Nelson, No Doubt, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Strokes, Wilco, Garbage and LeAnn Rimes to name a few.

Ockenfels has photographed movie posters including The Social Network, The Last Airbender, Jonah Hex, Legion, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Hellboy 2, Wanted, The Incredible Hulk, Harry Potter, Chronicles of Riddick and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. He has directed music videos for bands such as Alice in Chains, Blues Travelers, Johnny Lang, the Deftones, Better than Ezra and Everclear. He has also shot commercials for Nike, Converse, K-Swiss, Canon and the New York Times.