You Know You're South When...

Kickin It...

Thoughts? A proof from the recent soccer shoot.
Chicago was a blast. Home for all of 24 hours...

The Last Of 2010...

Thanks for a great 2010! This year really produced a lot great new shoots & projects. It truly has been a pleasure to work with everyone we worked with this year. Looking forward to a fantastic 2011...
The next few weeks have me in Chicago again and then off to Dallas, TX.
Should be a lot of fun...

Part ii...

From another shoot for the International Institute... this time featuring a refugee nurses assistant class. The frame in the lower right corner is great. The gentleman had been struggling in the classroom and finally got the grade he had hoped for on his exam. I felt lucky to be there for it. Pure joy, just pure joy...

International Institute Part 1...

This is the first installment in a series of entries I have shot on assignment here in Minneapolis. Profiling refuge families for the International Institute, the above photos show a family from Bhutan. We spent the afternoon shooting, drinking hot chai teas and discussing our favorite Nepalese movies...

The Northcountry...

Just got back into the cities after a cool shoot up north in Two Harbors. We got a good amount of snow throughout Minnesota this week, which made for some classy, winter imagery. As we get into winter, warm cider and fires, I am reminded of why I live where I do. The beauty that Northern Minnesota has is really quite breathtaking. It was a blast getting to shoot up there as well, could not have picked a better time to go up on assignment...
I'll be working on post production this week as well as a mid week shoot for the International Institute. Should be interesting as we'll be shooting profiles of immigrant families here in Minneapolis...

Tea Time South of Tokyo...

After having the opportunity to shoot and write a story in the Shizuku Province in Japan, on the process that green tea goes through start to finish, I thought it might be interesting to post a little of the work that came from it.
It really was an interesting process, and one that has delicately been passed down through generations. I spent my time with a well known tea farmer and his son, who actually have been asked to produce the tea that the Japanese emperor drinks... not a bad client to have I imagine.
We walked, picked, dried, cut, chopped, swept, weighed... and then drank. After getting to have such an intimate walk with the tea throughout the shoot, I think it tasted that much sweeter.
It was a really interesting challenge to do the writing for the story as well...

Viviendo El Sueño...

I recently had the pleasure of working with Michael Cunningham on a shoot, some of the better local talent the Twin Cities has to offer. I came up with a concept for a shoot of a soccer player, a "day in the life" type of shoot. We came up with some cool images and will hope to share more later.
After we get a proof back on the images used, I'll post them as well.

We set up our lights, and shot on a white sweep for the top image, and used natural light and a few strobes in an abandoned parking lot for the rest of the images. Trying some new post production methods, I think some of the images have a different feel than previous projects.... enjoy!

Running & Gunning...

Recently got to shoot the Micael Jordran of auto parts in Minneapolis. On location, I got the opportunity to shoot the CEO of Advance Auto Parts. We spent an afternoon scouting lights and locations before taking advantage of every minute of time we were allowed. The light ended up being lovely and we worked with some in store lighting to come up with as natural a look as we could.
This week looks like it will produce some pretty cool images on our jobs. I'll be sure to update the blog as soon as we can. Working on portfolio reviews and fine tuning our promo material these days...

Blowin' Through The Windy City...

Just got back from being on the road in Chicago last week. We had a great shoot and enjoyed the windy city, always a great place to be shooting in. We got to follow around some players from the Chicago Blackhawks as well as a juinors team from Canada. It really was an interesting shoot which produced some cool, new shots.
Just about ready to send it out the door, hard drives and all...

Enticing Ecuador...

Fresh food and faces were a plenty while on our recent shoot in Ecuador, South America. Normally I do not get the chance to do a lot of food shoots, but always relish the chance... as it is often followed up by a sample of what you're shooting. Always a bonus.
This week has us shooting in Chicago for a few days and then back to Minneapolis for a shoot at the end of the week...

Favorite Subjects...

An Icelandic architect who was a good friend to me in Denmark. Bjarni was talent for a shoot we did earlier this spring and also taught me one of my favorite songs of all time. A beautiful Icelandic folk song. Just about as good as it gets...

Boston, MA...

Back from a quick shoot in Boston. On one of our days, getting done early allowed us to stroll around a bit and catch some good East Coast light as the sun was going down, and a huge, amber harvest moon came up over the Atlantic. Had a great time on the job, came back with a nice body of work too... Shooting in the Twin Cities the next two weeks...

Fantastic Fall...

Loving all the fall delicacies that Minnesota has to offer. As many of us have done at this time of the year, I was lucky to take a day of recently and head out to an apple orchard for a day of rich yellows, rust reds and plenty of crisp apples.
Heading out to Boston this week, just a little in and out, returning to the cities beginning of next week. Hope to be able to share some more work soon. Got a few jobs coming up in the next few weeks that should be fun, check back for more updates....

Back In The USA...