Winery

I was down in Saxaphaw shooting Benjamin Vineyards and Winery for an editorial piece. I arrived in the early AM, the fields were wet with dew, I had wet shoes and socks the rest of the day, next time I'll bring an extra pair. I walked into an electric fence about thigh high (Ouch!! Oh deer) Guess it was to keep the deer from getting to the grapes.

clinical trials

A super fast turn around for a clinical trials study. Shot on Monday and sent off to legal on Tuesday. A big thanks to the models Vince and Laura from Directions USA (next time we'll shoot your good side). Kinda funny how the shoot went down. I'd scouted the location at Moore Square on Friday and it looked like @ 2PM the light was right. My studio is a block away, so @ 1PM I loaded my car with gear and got a good spot at a parking meter. There were some people hanging out on the bench I'd found, if you know Moore Square you know what type of people. I paid them $25 to stay and guard my bench and it all worked out. Ended up only using only a 4x8 reflector and no lights.

Create Chaos contest

We'll almost a winner, 2 Silver Awards in the 2008 Create Awards Competition. I could of bought a new car with all the $$$ I've spent entering contest. I'd written this one off, but was surprised to get an email the other day. The first was in the Portrait Specific category; the second, in the Photo Illustration category. I do have 2 passes for Create Chaos Conference 2008, on October 13th-17th Orlando, FL (valued at $995). If you'd like to spring for a flight and hotel, I'll gladly part with one of the passes. This year's entries spanned the globe, and were judged by twenty leading professionals from eight creative industries. Only one in every five of the more than 1,500 entries received juror recognition.

kitchen

Shot some stuff with The Splinter Group in Chapel Hill, for a kitchen design company. he color balance was all over the place, rainy overcast day,strobes,tungsten and fluorescent lights lots of work in post. Ended up using 7 heads all over the place. I'd really like a Sub Zero fridge, only $10K.

sushi pawn

I had a free day, Yea ! I've been driving up and down Wilmington St. alot lately, to the big box hardware store some days 3 times. There are about a dozen locations I've seen and had some ideas for shoots. Got a couple in, the set-up's are real quick and simple, main light and back light, Kind of a drive by shooting (no pun intended). I knew we'd get run off and that's what happened at Dragon City. Oh well anything for art.

pool and power

I wouldn't want to be the model in that pool, confidentiality agreement.

server room

Just hanging out in a very chilly server room, 5 heads and 2 packs very open lighting.