Happenings

This month I will be speaking in New York at the New York Academy of Sciences about my upcoming Foodstuffs book with Steve Etlinger. The Twinkie project elicited so much attention that I wanted to expand on the idea of food additives.

Link


This SDP Cover of the week is from last year. But both the UCLA story and the New York Times story (below) are up for SDP awards.

Link to article


This NYT story made it into both the PDN photo annual and AI-AP Photography 29 contests.
AI-AP Photography 29


PDN Photo Annual

TIME Magazine “What To Eat Now”

Metadata:
Shoot: TIME Magazine
Location: Studio
Subject: Healthy food where you least expect it.
Length Of Shoot: 1 Day
Stylist: Kevin Crafts

The Today Show gave this TIME Magazine cover a few seconds of fame.

We froze over 20 blocks of fruits and vegetables for this shoot, testing dry ice to liquid nitrogen, only to find the freezer was the best method. Here are some “behind the camera” images from the shoot.

The New York Times Magazine “How To Survive Societal Collapse In Suburbia”

Metadata:
Shoot: The New York Times Magazine
Location: Denver, Colorado
Subject: The Douglas Family and their emergency stockpile
Length Of Shoot: 1 Day
Link To the Article: Click For Article
NYT Blog: Click For Blog

The entire Douglass family and their neighbors helped bring all the items out of their house and place them on the lawn. Here is a little stop motion video of that six hour process.

Here are some outtakes from the day.

Promo Cards

The blog, Art Buyers Are People Too, posted about my recent promo cards. When sending out thousands of promos, it’s nice to hear when they are well received.

Bloomberg Businessweek

Metadata:
Shoot: Businessweek Magazine
Location: Studio
Subject: Birds
Stylists: Micah Bishop
Animal Training Director: Stephanie Taunton (Bow Wow Productions)
Length Of Shoot: 1 Day


Stephanie from Bow Wow Productions, who helped with the birds, also had a deer and a skunk in her truck outside. We had a chance to play with both. Bambi walked in and stole the show.


The set.


Our tired and hungry models.

Pictureline

Last month I was featured on Pictureline about the Teva job. Here is a link to their site: PICTURELINE

Teva

Metadata:
Shoot: Teva
Location: Studio
Subject: Athletes
Stylists: Annemarie Guy
Length Of Shoot: 3 Days

Here are some of the outtakes and wardrobe changes.

SAM Pilgrim (Pro Mountain Biker) and his famous missing tooth.

Stanford Magazine Cover

The organized data image inside the article.

Metadata:
Shoot: Stanford Magazine
Location: Studio
Subject: “Data”
Length Of Shoot: 1 Day

ESPN Quad Rugby

Metadata:
Shoot: ESPN Magazine
Location: Louisville Kentucky
Subject: Quad Rugby Chairs and Portraits
Length Of Shoot: 1 Day


A time lapse video.

Outtakes

Google

Metadata:
Shoot: Google
Location: 2 Locations and My Studio
Subject: Nexus Q
Stylists: Micah Bishop
Length Of Shoot: 2 Days
Product Website: Nexus Q (click to visit)


Setting up the wall for the shelf shot.


Looking at couch options


Raw set before we extended the back wall.


After wall extension.


Micah at work.