setting up for products

Setting up for some product shots, top light main,side light fill -1/2 stop, grid for back light + 1/2.

trailer

Had a shoot in Sanford and passed a trailer park on the way.

I love downtown Raleigh

Out my front door the other day ..........

feeling lazy with the Hazy

I had a small product shot of a pedometer, silver and black ...... I should think about getting one of those light tents for small products. I tried afew different set-ups and this one worked the best, a sweep on the left and right side to give some dimension to the pedometer. I couldn't find my pocket wizard sync cord for the Hazy light, so I had my SB-800 on a SC-17 in my pocket to trigger the slave on the pack. kinda funny ..........

DC

Some random shots from DC. I got alittle bored in the hotel room ..........

packing

Don't know how I did it , but I'm all pack for DC ...........

Asheboro

Made it down to Asheboro for some of the Annual Report shoot. We shot at a coverage bridge and it was a beautiful day. 2 light set up on the jumping fill camera right and a backlight from the left. Covered bridge 2 lights coming from left side, one on the subject with diffusion and one for the bridge.

Chief Justice

Made it out to shoot a Chief Justice of the NC supreme court for the cover of a magazine. Used 2 grids for back light to help give some separation.

GOP going green

Shot some stuff for great outdoor provision company, all about going green "St. Patrick's Day". The studio is such a mess and no end in site. Have to clean up for headshots, than pack up for location this afternoon, repack for a location tomorrow, repack for a shoot in Washington DC this weekend. There are not enough hours in the day .......................

King of the Pine Straw

So I get an email from an designer at a magazine about an article on pine straw
"This isn't an usual assignment and doesn't seem like it will be very easy. That is why I have chosen you, you know how to make something look great when it isn't..I am hoping you will take this assignment on and prove to me how great pine needles are."
I love a challenge and was excited about shooting pine straw .............

pine straw 2

Some out-takes from my pine straw shoot .......

roadside attractions

This was on my way back from Carthage, had to stop and take a shot .........

UNC

Some shots from the weekend shoot at UNC for an annual report project. The lab was really tight, beauty dish with grid camera right,side light with grid,grid on background art.

A free afternoon

Had some free time the other day and shot with a new model Sandra. Had a great time and got some great shots also had some random people jump in. Thats what happen when you shoot across from the homeless shelter. Single AB 800w .......

Can't say ...........

Can't say who the client is or what agency I shot it for or what it is "confidentiality agreement"..........

Got to make a living

Not the most creative work, but it pays the bills. I spent more time retouching than shooting. The building never get any direct sun this time of year and the client didn't want a dusk or dawn shot.

At The Mall

So, I had a grip and grin gig at the mall over the weekend. Just some shots goofing around .........

foot fetish ?

So I don't have a freaky foot fetish, this is another Can't say who the client is, the robot spiders are always searching the web. It's hard to find a good ethnically neutral female foot model, but we did ( thanks to Fuse Talent ). Soft box over head, 2 grids with 1/4ct as backlight. , blue gel, grid,cine-foil for the background.

group shoot

Can't say who the client is, their robot spiders are always searching the web ........

Annual Report Manteo

Some shots for an annual report in Manteo. Check out photo assistant extraordinaire Tyler Northrup risking live and limb holding an un-grounded Vagabond pack on the dock. Anything to get the shot ...

Kitty Hawk

We were in Manteo and Kitty Hawk/Wright Brothers are just down the road. Some random snap shots.

Wright Brothers

Just hanging out at Kitty Hawk .....

headshot set-up

I'm always getting calls to do location headshots. This is my ideal set-up 15 feet X 25 feet, but I can make anything work most of the time. It seems clients always say "we have a conference room and we can push the table to the side" . We usually end up in the buildings lobby or the warehouse.

Laurinburg

Some shots from Laurinburg. A beautiful day and Craig was great and could juggle. Sun was the main light an AB 800 used as fill.

just hanging out in Laurinburg

just hanging out in Laurinburg ......

Builders Mutual

Some production shot from Builders Mutual, just show up at a new construction site and shoot it. I still haven't got around to doing the composite.........

Scotland Neck 1

This is my favorite shot from the Scotland Neck shoot. No fingers were lost or animals injured during the shoot.

Scotland Neck 2

Off to Scotland Neck for more annual report images. We shot at the Sylvan-Heights Waterfowl Park. I now have 100's of images of every duck/water bird you can think of. Our subject Tony was great and open to any ideas. It was overcast, used a AB400 for some side light to help give the image some contrast.
Deja Vu- So I had this Deja Vu as we drove through downtown Scotland Neck. After the shoot, my assistant and I went to grab a bite to eat at this Italian restaurant. I could swear I've been here before ..... On the wall was a plaque from Our State Magazine and an image I'd shot back in 2005. I won't mention the name of the restaurant,but it's probably the only Italian restaurant in Scotland Neck. It took 1 1/2 hour to get lunch and the food wasn't that great. Deja Vu.

NCSU College of Management

Some out-takes from a shoot for the NCSU College of Management. A good time was had by all...........

Wilmington

Drove down to Wilmington for part of the annual report shoot. It was gray and raining when we left. Got lucky the sun came out. It was a weird quality of light, I think we were at the weather front,gray sky to one side and sunny the other. Used 1 AB800w with double diffusion for fill light.

Wilmington 2

Some random images from my day in Wilmington. It's been awhile since I've just run around with a camera and shot "street photography". It was refreshing and fun.

boardroom

Some out-takes from the boardroom of executives.It seems like board members always hate to have photo's taken, I just try to keep it relaxed and fun.

Builders Mutual comp

A quick comp from client .......... from the shoot .........

layout

Had to post a layout, the agency I'm using is on AOL and my images don't go through ........

plein air painter

Some editorial shots for a magazine of Brenda Behr a plein air painter (if you don't know what that is look it up on wikipedia, like I had to do).

Cancer Survivor 2

Second shoot of cancer survivor showing an active lifestyle,softbox,grid and background light.

Home repair

Some shots for a home repair company.

Cancer Survivor

First of a series of cancer survivors, promoting a healthy active lifestyle. Lot's of empty space for type in the image. Open happy soft-light balanced for the ambient of the outdoors, side light to give some separation from the background.

Cooleemee ABC

You have to love a place were the town hall and Liquor Store share the same building .

Twilight Zone in Cooleemee

Yes, Cooleemee is a real town in the middle of nowhere NC., an old mill town founded by the Dukes in the late 1800's. This was like something out of the Twilight zone or that David Lynch series ........ what was it ..... Twin Peaks. We started at the Cooleemee
town museum (this was more like someone's home with the dining room as the museum). We walked in the door and no one was home ... There was loud music coming from one room with the door closed. So we went down a hall and there was an office with an old lady talking on the phone. She was about 70 and chain smoking away. She saw we were there and just kept turning away and ignoring us. I'm sure the Cooleemeetown museum doesn't get many visitors and I can see why. It was just the oddest thing.. So we knock on the door where the music is coming from and it's the town historian, the husband of the chain smoking woman. A very nice man with lots of input and ideas. We decide to shoot at the old textile mill. The mill is now owned by 2 different companies and we are told we can't shoot on the sunny side because of motion sensor alarms and could go to jail for trespassing. It worked out in the end. Got some great shots at the loading dock with the Tronix 1200/Profoto and Alien Bee's (product placement).Cooleemee NC what a strange place ....

Cooleemee 2

Down by the river for some more shots in Cooleeme. Fill light and a back light for some separation.

21 phones 63 shots

21 phones 63 shots, retouched and clipped out in 3 days...... Can't say who or what they are for, had to sign a NDA, look no logo's. This stuff can drive some people crazy but I love it. I just get in a zone...

In the Amazon

Went down to the Amazon for a quick shoot, just kidding.... Snuck back into the children's museum and saw me an alligator....

Annual Report Rocky Mount

Off to Rocky Mount for more annual report. I'll bore you with some history of where we shot. This was the old British Imperial Tobacco plant and is mostly renovated into a children's museum. Got rained on for the 1st outdoor shoot only got @ 20 frames off. I pack the whole kitchen sink when I go on location, I'm sure my assistants hate it. Most of my images are 2 or 3 lights. We shot in the lobby and it was a dark cave. I think we ended up with 8 or 9 heads Speedotron/Profoto/Alien Bee (product placement) for the lobby shot.

Merrill Lynch

So I've been working with my local Merrill Lynch office for about 5 years, every year they have a stake holder meeting. They only have @ 100 clients, I think you need around 500K for them to even talk to you. You'd think a bunch of rich people would be alittle snooty and boring WRONG. It's alot of fun and some great characters. This is kinda cheesy but in a cool way, they have digital photo frames around the office that run images of their clients, it represents who and why they work so hard. I was in the corner 3 lights Profoto 1200 (product placement) set-up, main fill and grid on back ground.

Oops.... some images from New Bern

See below ........

Annual Report Starts New Bern

So I'm booked for 15 days for an Annual Report across the state of NC. The days are spread out so I'm trying to fill the gaps with small jobs here and there. The Annual Report is the coolest thing I've done in awhile, it's very concept drive. It will include art work panels that were commissioned and real life people in their environment. Also included will be some snap shot type images of the town. The first one was in New Bern ( sorry no production shots ). Time to break out the Tronix Explorer 1200 (Product placement). I ran a Profoto 1200 (Product placement) with 2 heads umbrella and a beauty dish with a grid. The recycle time was alittle slow, but I had a great model.The images need to have some contrast, they will be run in B&W so I'll use umbrella's instead of softboxes.

Christmas Sale

You got to love all the sales after Christmas. I started with 1 hot light (bottom 2 images) , but the ornaments were begging to be shot with softboxes. Split 400 watts to keep the shallow depth of field.

Valentines Day

Had some old candy hearts around the studio from last year, and they tasted like crap. What to do .... take some photos ..... Alittle hot glue to hold them together, a piece of milk white plexiglass , blue gel, and some black cinefoil with a quarter sized hole, 2 lights and you got your shot.

Welcome to LA

It must be hard to be a star in LA .............