strawberry picking and last day of school

I take a ton of photo's of my kids but never post them, to many creepy people out there ....... I'm always torn when hanging out with my kids if I should take my camera or not. If I have a camera I'm in photo mode and tend not to enjoy the moment. Stand over here,look this way Blah..blah...blah..... I think I've found a good balance. Some shots from picking strawberries and my youngest last day of school.

3 day location catalog

I am silly tired .... 3 days of shooting a catalog on location, up at 5AM and home @ 7:30 PM. We shot in a warehouse in Hillsborough NC about 50 miles from the studio. All the merchandise was there and if any defects we could pull new stock.
Anything you can out a UNC logo on. This year we tried something different with or mannequin Avery, so not all the clothing shots were lay downs. It gave some of the garment a real nice shape. Hope the Canes and Penns don't go to overtime tonight, don't think I'd make it.

It's not Hopeless

Needless to say after all the scale model testing the Hopeless set would not fit in my studio. A big thanks to Roland at Valentine Design Group for building the set and letting us shoot in his space. The budget was so tight on this I played many roles photographer,photo assistant,chauffeur,wardrobe shopper and stylist and chauffeur again. We flew some talent in from Nashville for the day, big thanks to Ed and Mary at Locke Management for stepping up and working with us.

Raleigh fashion week Strut 09

Some behind the scenes shots from Raleigh fashion week Strut 09. I was suppose to have a seat on the runway to shoot, but somehow that didn't happen ........ I opted for the drag the shutter blurry images during the show, I was just to far away with a 200 mm to get anything good.

In Print GOP

Pretty cool shoot something one day and have it printed the next. They even used my copy "Balance and Comfort", maybe I should put the camera down and become a copywriter. Better yet I'll max out my credit cards on some ultra contemporary furniture and start my own one man agency look out JWT,BBDO,Fallon,Deutsch and all you other big NYC agencies .......

Balance and Comfort

Some sandal shots for GOP. "I got some sandals and need some shots for an add going out tomorrow can I drop them off in the morning?". I love when a job comes in and goes out in less than a day. The concept was comfort, I had the rocks hanging out at the studio and threw in the balance part, got to love hot glue. They picked the top left image and it should be in the N&O today.

Scan

CAT Scan, PET Scan they are all running together. A great room with lots of glass and limited shooting are through the door, fill light on the floor.