July 13 2010 / No Comments

The Return to GRAM

A sampling of imagery from our shoot at the Grand Rapids Art Museum for Cumberland Furniture.  Most of these include pieces we shot in studio earlier this year.  The museum, a wHY Architecture design, provided a beautiful backdrop for our shoot.  Having photographed the building itself a couple years ago, it was really a pleasure to revisit the space compositionally.

The project gave me a chance to catch up with one of my favorite creatives, Michael Barile and I snuck up on our Art Director to grab a snippet of video with the 5d2.

Much, much more to come on various projects and our seminar at ProGear once things slow down a little.

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May 20 2010 / No Comments

Five Days With IA

It was during a layover at DFW (on our way home from Acapulco) that I retrieved a voicemail from IA’s Arturo Febry, telling me that I had won the bid to shoot a sizable project they had spent the last 4 years designing.  We had scouted it a few months earlier, and though the space was just beginning to flesh itself out, I could already tell that it was going to provide us with exceptional opportunities for photography.  I was beginning to wonder if I was actually going to get the shoot when I got that message and as the smile broke across my face, I looked up at our inquisitive server and answered, “Why, yes.  I believe I will have another margarita.”

We spent about 5 days making 28 images (plus some variations).  I wanted to make sure I really got the most out of this. so on the third day I sent my client and assistant home early so that I could study the space alone.  The images I made in those few hours, using only my Nikon and the available light are some of our favorites from the series.

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