Good Bye Popcorn

Part of the dressing room was a nasty popcorn ceiling. Time for it to come out. I knew a C-stand was good for something ....

Go Steelers

I might have to pop the top of my 1976 Steelers Super Bowl Champs Iron City can as I enjoy the game this weekend.

I'm so depressed .........

I'm so depressed ......... In this day of doom and gloom the one thing going strong is the pharmaceutical industry. A shoot for Major Depressive Disorder. Final image will be dropped into a stock shot of a crowded street. Crazy lighting set-up to match the stock shot. Might have to bust out the ceiling one day, almost ran out of room. Big thanks to Karen from Directions USA hard to get a good depressed look when everyone is cutting up. As always big thanks to Angie stylist extraordinaire Face Artistry

2 days 2 Legends Bill Clinton

I stumbled into this from a friend I've known since JR. High, William Beaty over at Beaty Creative. Not quite as cool as hanging with the White House Press and secret service when Bush was in town ( B&W photo's below). Alot of fun. Clinton can light up a room and turn on the charm, he has a larger than life presence. He was like a machine. I'm sure he dose these fund raisers all the time. For $4600 you get a photo with Bill , lunch and a speech. You can see the shoulder of the secret service agent on the left, I might of been alittle aggressive about having my photo taken with Bill. I had to do it, my mom can't stand the man and this will make a great Christmas card for next year.

2 days 2 Legends Jim Erickson

The Pro bono Gods call once again. It's that time of year for the Triangle Addy's (Southern Fried Advertising) with AIGA Raleigh and the AAF-RDU. I always have a hard time saying no. I was a real honor this year one of the judges was Jim Erickson . If you don't know who he is just look at the back cover of any CA. I'd met Jim about 13 years ago when he had a FAT studio in Raleigh, I'd moved back from Vegas and was looking for assistant work. Needless to say I never heard back after I'd shown my book. I've followed his career for years and am inspired by his work. There were so many question I wanted to ask but never had the chance. The judges were swapped. There was a great list of talent for judging, saw some great reels and great stories from Matt Checkowski,Carole Hurst,David Crawford and Dave Smith.

ice ice baby

The snow melted and I still had that chilly feeling. Don't know why but I got my fake ice cubes out. I had a vision of high contrast and really crunchy blacks. No matter what I tried I couldn't get it. I ended up doing some sloppy light painting (No hose Master just a Mag light ). Ended up shooting some random objects lying around the studio. Think it will make a nice series. Had some peg board left over from a shoot for Duke and tried few things.

Random snow shots

Some Random snow shots from around downtown.