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the birth of a photo assistant
i’ve been working all week on images from this campaign that’s launching in the fall. as an aside, i’m not trying to be all secretive - i put up a few images and talked about the campaign on here a month or two ago and it didn’t go over well with the client. so, until it launches, i’m not talking about it by name.
anyway, we shoot a piece of the campaign on white cyc & while we wait on our subjects, my assistant (a great friend from college) keeps me entertained. the other day, i said, “hey Lan, go stand over there and make me laugh.”
he didn’t disappoint.
click the image, it looks better large.
the marlboro man
i feel like i’ve been going 400 miles\hour the last couple months.
the marlboro man.
i’m doing portraits and some behind the scenes photography for a campaign that is supposed to launch this fall. it’s a project that resonates with me on several levels, both personally and professionally, and it’s given me the opportunity to photograph some really great people and hear some insanely great stories. i can’t wait until it launches, because i’m really, really excited about being a part of it.
the other great thing about this job is it has forced me to grow as a photographer; i’ve dealt quite a bit with off camera lighting and i’m trying to incorporate what i’m learning on set in controlled environments into my other portrait work.
that’s where the marlboro man comes in.
we used to live up in Frisco & as i’d drive to work there was this spot that i always wanted to go explore because i thought it would be a cool location for a portrait session. when Michael started talking about what he wanted for his graduation portraits, this place popped back into my head.
my sweet, sweet nephew
meet baby reed; his mom is Jessica, who you may remember from a post from a few months ago.
happy birthday bear
today is my daughter’s birthday! she’s three. it seems like only yesterday that we were here:
bottle rockets
hope you had a great holiday weekend. my stunning bride and I decided we really like having the 4th on a Friday; three-day weekends are just awesome. the weekend was jam packed with good people and great food. we spent Friday with my friend Scott’s family & the rest of the DME crew out at the Mayo Ranch in Athens.
one word - spectacular.
beyond the levee.
happy 4th of July
my town kicked off the festivities a day early. this was the view from my front yard.
thank you very much.
well the test went off yesterday without too many hitches. once we got up & rolling it was a ton of fun. Jason, Robin, Mike & Lan - you are all very awesome. I really appreciate the help & I’m excited about what we got yesterday! also, a big thanks to Zack Arias who was a tremendous help without even knowing it.
if i can, i’ll post a link to all the great stuff we got as soon as they’re online.
and, as always, there’s more after the jump.
a tribute to Mr. Arias; props to him
featured on the JPG blog
siblings
wow, this is a week late, but i just found out yesterday when i was cleaning out the ‘ol RSS feeds; JPG included one of my images on their blog.
sadie grace
i’ve been friends with her dad for more than 15 years; that practically makes me her uncle. these images are from a recent visit and not a session, but there are a few more here.
production stills from a music video
i’ve had a lot going on recently. several great sessions and there are more on the way along with several weddings… summer is already getting crazy.
at the end of last month Sam & Scott shot a music video with Cassie LaBeau, from American Idol season 3 - I was on set as data wrangler and still photographer (actually a very enjoyable combo). i’m sure we’ll get around to posting the finished video on the DME blog after it debuts for our client, until then you’ll just have to trust me that it came out awesome.
we wanted to get some production stills online for the crew who were terrific, so this job snuck to the top of the heap; here’s a few of my favorites from our day on set:
slates are very cool.
models needed
I am doing a test this Thursday, June 26th and could use your help. We are looking for people with interesting faces and expressive eyes to stand in while we experiment with different uses of white cyc lighting for an upcoming job. If you or a friend, relative, neighbor, student, client, teacher, co-worker, girlfriend\boyfriend, spouse, cousin, boss, employee (pretty much anyone you can think of) fits that description, let me know. Because this is a test, I am looking for adults only.
We shouldn’t need anyone for longer than an hour and a half and I’ll try my best to be respectful of your time. In return for your help, you will receive a CD full of killer images from the shoot for you to do with as you wish.
If you are interested or have any questions, please respond to this email me at trey at squarerootofnine dot com.
I hope to hear from you.
google’s greatest photojournalist
sometimes when you ask Google a question, the answers show you just how small a world we live in. i was looking for some images by the worlds great photojournalists and the very first result was a 2005 interview with a good friend of mine - photojournalist extraordinaire, Rick Gershon.
this should do wonders for his self esteem problem.
