Exploration with Culture
Sneak peak of a Youth Survival Group shoot: In a post-apocalyptic world, a band of youths group together to fight the threats of day-to-day survival.
More imagery to come!
Location: Clear-Cut Field – Olympic Peninsula, WA
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D MarkIII w/Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM Autofocus Lens
24mm, 1/160 sec at ƒ/18, ISO 100, tripod, composite.
Post: Capture One & Adobe PS6
Unveiling the faux SOG Knives Beach Party Campaign. I had a blast with this shoot, from vision to pre-production to execution outdoors and the very fine details in-studio. Then there was post-production. Here you have the SOG Fielder knife, the SOG Machete and two SOG Tomahawk throwing axes (one chrome, one black) – and the characters that like to use them.
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Madison Rose of Heffner Management came up to Port Townsend with a crew to help create a working-woman’s scene set in vintage era, somewhere between 1936 and 1955. Bergstrom’s Antique & Classic Autos became the perfect setting with a garage full of antique parts shelved from floor to ceiling. Here Maddie played Rosie the Riveter, slowly transforming into an era of classic fashion and the American denim.
Model: Madison Rose
Stylist: LK
HMU: Todd Baylor of Firefly Salon
Photography Assistants: Carson Artac and Bryan Anton
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With five consecutive days of creating conceptual shoots in and around Port Townsend, WA, on Monday, June 6th, I convened at Jefferson County International Airport with an empty canvas to play with. Six hours later amidst a host of amazing hands to help with construction and execution, the above shot went from imagination, visualization to fruition. Welcome to the ring where “Fight Club” meets “Top Gun” and the varying portraits of the characters taking place in the raucous carnival.
The hands were aplenty and the gear a variety. Shot with a Mamiya 645 AFD III digital body and a Mamiya 35mm f/3.5 AF lens, ProFoto heads, ProFoto B4 Battery Pack, ropes loaned from Net Systems and costumes from The Federal Army and Navy Surplus Store in Seattle. Scott at Tailspin Tommy provided the 1941 Jeep Willy and the retro Norton motorcycle along with the planes in the background. Thank you to all those involved, including Bill Gratton of Mac-On-Campus and Ralph Portillo of Glazers Camera.
Location: Jefferson County International Airport – Port Townsend, WA
Camera/Lens Specifics: Mamiya 645 AFD III with Mamiya 35mm f/3.5 AF Lens
35mm, 1/50 sec at ƒ/16, ISO 50, tripod, composite.
Post: Capture One & Adobe PS6
A portfolio of new work is on it’s way (within time), but above is a piece from a shoot with Madison Rose of Heffner Management at Bergstrom’s Antique and Classic Autos in Port Townsend, WA. Stay tuned!
Location: Bergstrom’s Antique and Classic Autos – Port Townsend, WA
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM Lens
24mm, 1/100 sec at ƒ/13, ISO 400, tripod, composite.
Post: LR4 & Adobe PS6
I know Ryan from the local community on Bainbridge Island, and as we got to know each other, I asked to come and shoot him at work in his shop. As I walked into his space, I realized what an extreme artform this age-old process is. Lots of heat. Huge machinery. And tons of force. Here is a test phase of more shooting to come with blacksmith artisan Ryan Landworth.
Hana Organic Skincare has a new line of all-natural organic products, which I had the pleasure to help showcase with product photography. We threw in Ali Lorenz for something different, added a brush of essential creme down the right side of her face and shot her profile to come up with the above ad. Go check out Hana Organic Skincare online or at the Bainbridge Island Farmer’s Market every Saturday.
Thanks to the “shameful” state of our country’s Senators, the expanded gun-buyer background check failed yesterday with a 55-45 vote against the plan. Without tougher gun-control laws, the US Senate potentially disregards the safety of our country’s children and citizens, allowing equal ease to gun access, and essentially setting up continued failure on the ban of assault-style weaponry and high-capacity magazines. What school, Town Hall, movie theater and crowded shopping mall is next?
A simple carport test shoot on a Sunday afternoon for young Alexandra Lorenz who recently signed with Seattle Models Guild. It was fun, casual, and slightly chilly in April’s afternoon shade. With three strobes (one beauty dish and two soft boxes) and a bounce for fill, it was all Alexandra.
Barn Owl Builds – owned, operated and built by Casey and Joshua Zautke – let me invade one of their spaces as they prepared a conference table for a client. It takes an immense amount of skill to form recycled pieces of wood into a solid, effective piece of furniture. But that’s what they do. Barn Owl Builds custom selects each piece of salvaged wood for your furniture and then commences the true art of craft, creating a piece of furniture for your office, home or party den. More photos to come as I help them build their brand and market their business with product and environmental portrait photography.
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