Chevy Volt - Tyler Gourley

The Chevy Volts ads shot this summer in Utah, Colorado and California are out and running (on electricity of all things)

Oxford, MS

Oxford is a town full of artists, musicians and football.  The home of Ole Miss or the University of Mississippi.  Day 1 and we're immersed right away with an impromptu morning shoot with T Model Ford, Blues Musician and an afternoon of tailgating in the grove.

Trump Hotel Collection, Complete Phase 1 images

All of the images have been released in print, so I can share them with you here. A collection of images I am very proud of, a great team, Andy Anderson, Photographer, Shaun Fenn Digital Tech, Colleen Hartman, Stylist and all the local crew in Honolulu, Las Vegas and New York.

Work Book Email blast

Thanks to Workbook I don't have to spam thousands of potential clients, they did it for me. Got lot's of "saw you in the workbook ad" comments. Thanks Lorena

New Workbook Production Section

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More Xenith Images

Print ads shot by Dominic Disaia from the Xenith shoot in the Dominican Republic.

I am an enlightened warrior

The images and moving pictures shot during our March trip to the Dominican Republic are ready for broadcast. See a few screen grams below and follow the link to Xenith helmets Youtube page.

http://www.youtube.com/user/XenithChannel#p/u/6/pPoASsjCNZs

Andy Anderson and Shaun Fenn line up the last shot for the Trump Hotel Collection in New York City, five properties completed and 2 left to do, as soon as construction is done in Panama and Toronto. The ads from the first Phase should start appearing in travel magazines in August.

Chevy Avalanche

I have the opposite problem from last June when I was looking for snow. This year when the snow pack is at 150% and the forest service has all access to the mountains still behind gates. When I am looking for a location to park a truck at an ATV trail head.

Cascase Springs Last June

Cascade Springs this June

Baseball been berry berry good to me

Working with Dominic Disaia, Xenith Helmets and the Dominican Prospect League, we spent the weekend in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Starting with the home run derby at the Yankees Facility outside Baseball City, then the all star game in Santiago and back to Boca Chica for some grass roots baseball in the streets and parks.

Colorado and RAM Trucks

If you thought winter was over, they are not quite done in Colorado yet, snow and ice as low down as Telluride. It makes scouting for The Richards group and RAM trucks that much harder, especially when you can't see past your hood. Don't let the picture fool you.

Just one of those days

and I mean in a good way. It;s days like these that make you appreciate how lucky we are to do what we do. Spent the day in Montgomery Woods State Park with the crew from Think Again Media (Baltimore, MD) filming a branding piece for T Rowe Price.

Vacation

A well deserved break with the family in Seaside Florida, very relaxing and now back to work!

Louisiana Tourism

We are shooting in the land of the Swamp People, literally, the location for the TV show, Lake Verret, Louisiana. Shooting for Peter A Meyer Advertising and Louisiana Tourism with Andy Anderson.

Trump Hotel Collection

In the First phase of a 3 phase shoot for Trump Hotels, Andy Anderson and I traveled to Honolulu, Las Vegas and New York, here are some fun behind the scenes pics and video.

Vendetta the Great Dane making himself at home in the Trump Las Vegas Presidential Suite

Our Seaplane on departure buzzes the crew at Kua Loa Ranch, Oahu.

Thanks so much to our awesome team in Hawaii for a job well done!

Shaun Fenn Shoots background plates from the top of Trump Soho, great view looking back up 6th Avenue to the Empire State building.

It's not all work

Battling the elements for 2 days can be rough, so Terry Richardson's crew blew off a little steam at the end of our shoot day. Watch at the end, that's New York producer, Leone Ioannou exiting the ship out the backdoor.

Many Many thanks to Lucy Ridolphi at Sundance Resort and Renee Huang and Steve at Talisker Deer Valley

The images are going to be great and it will be exciting to see the November issue of Harpers Bazaar.

Ram Truck Ads featured in Archive Online

The Richards group and Andy Anderson created some incredible ads for RAM Trucks last year. They are being featured in Archive Magazine this month and in Heather Elder Represents Blog and now here. Although I was only fortunate enough to work on a couple of the ads, the Olympics in February 2010 interrupted my involvement with this project, Peg Diaz and Joe Wolek did an amazing job filing in for me. The first ad was shot outside Henderson, Nevada, where the power lines travel through from the Hoover Dam to Las Vegas and Beyond. The Second ad features the now completed Hoover Dam bypass Bridge aka Mike O'Callaghan - Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, an amazing engineering feat, crossing 840 feet above the Colorado River below.

Scouting Winter Wonderlands

Not to ruin the surprise I am scouting for a magazine to be named later. The idea as pitched is "Dr Zhivago" Winter Scenes. So I broke out the winter boots and headed out into yesterdays storm. What a spectacular day here in Utah, reminds me of why we chose to live here.

The Rocky of Hockey

Login onto to Google Maps and look up Trail, British Columbia, Canada, it's about 120 miles North of Spokane, WA. I am here with Dominic Disaia, shooting a photo essay about small town hockey in Canada and particularly the Trail Smoke Eaters, a 100 year old hockey club, with it's little place in Canadian Hockey history.

We have met and photographed the current Junior A Smoke Eaters, a great bunch of kids and yesterday we started digging in the vaults to hear some of the folklore from the horses mouth. With the help of Sarah Benson from the Trail Historical Society and the current management of the Smoke Eaters, we tracked down a few players from the 1961 World Championship Hockey Team. Our first visit was to Norm Lenardon's house outside of town, overlooking the Columbia River. An outstanding person and great story teller, for any hockey fan like myself it was a dream, I could have stayed all day and Norm would have had no issue with that. But we had work to do, off to Cal Hockley's place, the captain of the 61 World Champs for more stories and great portraits. They may not be household names, but what you need to realize is the the 50's and 60's there were only 6 Teams in the National Hockey League, 16 players per team, that's 96 professional players (compared to today's 720 NHL players) and these guys were the next best players to the pros.

The Rocky part about the story comes from the fact that the '61 Smoke Eaters lost the Canadian Championships to Chatham Maroons, who would have represented Canada at World Championships but declined to attend for financial reasons. The people of Trail went door to door to raise funds to send the team and the Cominco Mine where all the players worked agreed to pay the players while they were off work. And against Hockey Canada's governing body and the hockey writers of the east, who said "We need to send the best team to represent Canada, not the 4th or 5th" Against all the odds the team from the little town in the Canadian Rockies were crowned the best hockey team in the world.

Tomorrow we'll meet another legend from Trail, Gordie Robertson, who was on the last team prior to Canada's 2002 Olympic Championship to win Gold in Olympic Hockey, the 1952 Edmonton Mercuries. For his portrait he will wear his 50 year old jersey and hold the Olympic gold medal in his hand.

I was trying to be ironic when I posted on Facebook that I could scratch visiting Trail off my bucket list, but this trip truly has been a hockey Pilgrimage.

Steven Currie and Norm Lenardon, Trail, B.C., January 28, 2011

How many estimates does it take to land a project

I have often wondered, how many estimates it takes on average before a job turns into reality and is awarded? So I decided to keep track in January, at least for the first 3 weeks, as I am headed of on the road again, I have to publish my results now.

Inquires; A phone call or email, checking availability or questions about a possible project

Estimates; When an inquiry turns into a request for an estimate of costs on the possible project

Pending: Jobs that have been estimated, but a decision on moving forward has not been made.

Awarded; The project and budget were approved and the job was produced or will be produced.

In conclusion, for this sample its about 4 to 1, inquires that turn into projects. Which seems about average, I have had better months and much worse months. And if I can land one of the pending projects for a hotel chain, I won't have time to keep track of estimates or make pie charts and line graphs!

Shooting with Andy Anderson, literally.

A little recreation after shooting (photographing) for the Biltmore Estate. The Biltmore Estate is more than a winery and museum, there are many other activities, including clay shooting and the Land Rover Driving Experience, which we enjoyed on our day off.

From left to right; Brian Linder, Art Director, The Richards Group, Shaun Fenn, Photo Assistant, Jimmy Bonner, Creative Director, The Richards Group, Andy Anderson and Me. All holding Beretta over under 686 White Onyx's, nice!

Extending the Holidays

The best way to extend the Christmas spirit is by spending the week at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC shooting their Holiday display.


Photographer; Andy Anderson, Agency; The Richards Group, Creative Director; Jimmy Bonner