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Photo Essay: Catalog Spreads
November 29, 2012 by 1 Comment
After weeks and months of design, storyboarding, preproduction, shooting and post, the following seven catalog spreads are finally complete.
Bee vs. Bee-keeper: Above is a shot of a Northwest bee-keeper harvesting the season’s honey, while to the right a bee flies, stinger ready, protecting the colonies winter surpluses.
Foote Board: Inside his mobile shaping room, PNW surfboard shaper Kelly Foote sands down a new design.
Carlson’s Imagination: Internationally-renowned glass artist Robert Carlson prepares the next phase of his creative process, applying paint to the artforms.
Prince Rolex: An early 20th century Rolex watch worn in style.
DDT Apocalypse: DDT, a pesticide banned in the US, explodes with devastating consequences.
Lang Tattoos: Woodblock print artist Tracy Lang transforms her career as a tattoo artist.
Kelly Foote Surfboards: A new design, a new board, more waves.
Dog Days of Summer: PNW Surfing
November 22, 2012 by 5 Comments
With the summer gone and while shuffling through imagery for a short film I’m putting together, these images remind me of what warmth use to feel like on the coast of Washington. However, come the cold water arrives a beautiful swell. As the season turns on in the PNW, the last thing I want to do is sit on the shore and shoot. ‘Til next summer.
Location: Somewhere on the West Coast
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 500mm f/4L II USM Lens
various settings, tripod.
Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6
Tracy Lang and the Grapefruit Tattoos
November 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The other day I had the chance to photograph Tracy Lang, an accomplished woodblock print artist. But she wasn’t doing woodblock. Tracy was doing grapefruits, practicing her new tattooing skills on the skins of this fruit with the inspiration of the late writer and watercolor artist Henry Darger, painter Maxfield Parrish, and tattoo artist Musa
Location: Bainbridge Island, WA
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens
16mm, 1/5 sec at ƒ/18, ISO 100, tripod.
Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6
Photo of the Day: Robert Carlson Paintin’ Glass
November 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Renowned glass artist, Robert Carlson painting in his studio. What exactly is he painting?
Location: Carlson Studio
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens
16mm composite, 1/8 sec at ƒ/20, ISO 100, tripod.
Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6
Photo of the Day: Bee vs. Bee-Keeper
October 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Location: Bainbridge Island, WA
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens and Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens
Composites
Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6
After my adventures with bee-keeping, I spent an afternoon this fall harvesting 20lbs of fresh honey from my hives. I could have collected more, but the honey they gather throughout the spring and summer becomes their food surplus for the cold fall and winter months ahead. They were already pretty pissed, as one can tell.
Photo of the Day: The Shop Shifter
October 26, 2012 by 3 Comments
Location: Undisclosed
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens
16mm composite with a variety of settings, ISO 320, tripod.
Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6
Photo of the Day: The Trailer Room
October 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
Location: Undisclosed
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens
16mm, 1/25 sec at ƒ/10, ISO 320, tripod.
Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6
Working on a video project with a surfboard shaper, I decided to grab a quick shot of the man in action. And the board he is shaping will be shortly in the water under my feet.
Photo of the Day: The Bee-Keeper
October 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Location: Bainbridge Island, WA
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Lens
21mm, 1/6 sec at ƒ/22, ISO 100, tripod.
Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6
Photo of the Day: Strive
October 1, 2012 by 3 Comments
Location: SCCA Studios & CK Studios
Camera/Lens Specifics: Canon 5D Mark III with Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM Macro Lens
composite w/variety of settings, ISO 100, tripod.
Post: Adobe LR4 & PS6
Cameron Karsten's Imaginarium 