Friends: It's the weekend and I'm focused on some personal stuff that could use your help if you're willing. I'm trying to help my favorite non-profit win a $125,000 grant to make emergency repairs to their building, and I'm willing to incent you with about $500 bucks in gear for your help in doing so. If you are interested, please read on. [NEWEST update: in what the sponsoring group, Partners in Preservation, called "an unprecedented... read more ›
May
09
May
07
Thanks again to everyone for throwing down your thoughts on how I shot this photo. Lots of good ideas presented in your answers, and lots of you nailed several components of image. Overall, I think Derik got the closest to detailing how we did this, so if Derik will ping us offline, we'll send him a signed copy of TBCITOTWY. In the meantime, here's the debrief of the soccer shot from my portfolio. 1. Environment.... read more ›
May
04
I really enjoy the integration of live-action and motion design production. Turns out that my good friend Will Hyde--the ECD over at Superfad and all around super-talented guy with whom I co-directed a music video a while back (not near as supercool as this stuff here...but fun nonetheless)--has really outdone himself in the latest Sony campaign called "Eye Candy". Great little behind-the-scenes piece here showing the amazing work of Will and his Superfad crew on... read more ›
Apr
29
Hey hey. Reminder that over at creativeLIVE.com, we're bringing in my good buddy Vincent Laforet for a FREE all-weekend-long workshop about making videos with the new breed of HDdSLR cameras. [update: we're LIVE now! check it out. And... you spoke, we listened. For those who couldn't catch it, every night there is a full FREE playback starting 8pm Seattle TIME (gmt -8)...still pay to download if you wanna keep it...] Starting tomorrow, from 9am to... read more ›
Apr
22
If you wait around to read the email when it pours into your inbox, will you ever have time to take pictures? How many ideas will you miss by chasing the next best thing rather than finishing the project you've already started? If you continue taking those crappy gigs that generate dogpoop looking photos or films, will you ever have time to create the ones you want? What is the cost of doing things that... read more ›
Apr
21
One of the things I loved about learning to speak a decent bit of French a few years back was that just when you realized that you knew enough French to get by, THAT's when you realized that you had so much more to learn. Same goes with any second language, or flyfishing, or race car driving or laundry or medicine, yoga, or anything that you can really sink your teeth into. And the same... read more ›
Apr
19
I want my work to be protected and used only when I want and how I want. But I also want it to be consumable in the new media. Confused like the rest of us? If you make art for a living or are interested in the rapidly evolving rights for people who create stuff--and especially if you live in/around NYC--then point yourself at this FREE day-long symposium brought to you by the fine folks... read more ›
Apr
05
Too often advertising is a lot about BIG. Especially automotive advertising. Big budgets, big gear, big egos. Big and boring. This latest Nissan commercial from TWBA Toronto, however, isn't big in those traditional senses. Instead, it's big on spirit, innovation, and effectiveness. Plus big points on photography/cinematography. Seriously great camera work. Enjoy the making of video here above, but be sure to click the 'continue reading' link below and enjoy the finished commercial after... read more ›
Feb
15
I was just recently commissioned for a campaign and shot about 1000 images to capture final image for this well known sports company. In the end, it came down to the two images above. As is usually the case, the final image is tough to choose, with lots of factors under consideration, lots of stakeholders picking their favorite. There was much debate. I’ve posted stuff like this before and was really excited by the resulting... read more ›
Feb
13
One of the most famous print collection in the world was this week acquired by the private investment arm of computer man Michael Dell. All told, over 185,000 photographs from the likes of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt, Ernst Haas and Eve Arnold were unloaded. I was shocked. I couldn't find details of the actual sales price, only estimates which indicated the sale was valued at around $30 million, and insured for $100 million.... read more ›
