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...