Had an awesome photo shoot with Brendan and Leah. Brendan was one of my first guitar students, and took my recording course as an adult as well! This was at Crescent Beach, one flash in a soft-box right in front of them. Can't wait to shoot their wedding in December!
Helped the talented Justin Carlson shoot a video for Alpha, it was a lot of fun hanging out in Vancouver!
I just finished scoring 2 commercials for Hasbro's latest board game, I'll post links as soon as they're live. It was great working with the team again, the people I deal with are always a pleasure to work with! The commercials look amazing, and were directed by Rakesh Sidana.
Today Project Do Stuf is being featured on Jeremy Cowart's website! Jeremy Cowart tweeted a few weeks ago looking for guest bloggers to post about interesting projects they have been working on, so I sent in Project Do Stuf! Make sure to go check out the other guest blog posts, they all have some facet to them that relates to the type of work that Jeremy does. I'm honored to be put in the same category as these people, the projects on there are so inspiring and motivate me to try to get out there and help others.
I found out about Jeremy over the last few years as I was getting deeper into photography. Jeremy is a contributor at creativeLIVE and I watched through all of the workshops he did there, as well as workshops featured on other sites. He is an amazing photographer and artist, shooting the likes of some of the most famous people in North America (also some of my favorite artists like Imogen Heap, my recording students know how uch I love her music!) Jeremy has no problems sharing his tricks of the trade, and inspires others to give in their professions.
Jeremy does many humanitarian projects including something called Help Portrait. This is a voluntary group of photographers all over North America that hosts special days of shooting to anyone that can't afford to have their picture taken. Families will come out, sick or destitute people come out, anyone "in need" can come and they all get an amazing portrait of themselves. It sounds simple, but the act results in people leaving with a bit more confidence, self-respect, or a memory of a time in their life that may be passing.
Be sure to check out Jeremy's site.
A great video showing what Jeremy is about
MASTER SERIES: Jeremy Cowart's Humanitatian Projects from Profoto USA on Vimeo.
Just wanted to drop a post about the amazing things done at creativeLIVE. If you haven't heard of these guys, you have to check them out!
I was first introduced a year and a half ago when I entered a contest to be at a 3 day workshop with Vincent Laforet, a filmmaker that I had been following for several years. A week later I was chosen as one of the 6 audience participants! It was a momentous occasion for me, and hanging with Vincent for 3 days as well as the other amazing guys on set was incredible. The staff at cL were awesome too, and I've kept in touch with them since then.
After attending, I got a bunch of the workshops and learned from amazing photogs like Jeremy Cowart, Chase Jarvis, Zack Arias, David DuChemin, and Jasmine Star. These people all have charisma, talent, and a desire to share their knowledge with the rest of the world.
I'm typing this as I'm listening to Tamara Lackey, who is live right now. The thing about cL is that they broadcast the workshops for free, and then charge the low price of $99-$149 for 2 or 3 days of training with these amazing artists! It really is an unbelievable gift that they are giving to us. Check out Tamara right now, and keep posted to the workshops that are coming up!
Tonight I had the pleasure of shooting video/ recording The Duke of Norfolk. Turns out the location was in a barn two blocks from my house! The band is amazing, be sure to check out their music here. I'll be posting the video for this shortly!
If you happen to be in Idaho, they are on their way RIGHT NOW for a show tomorrow night! Go to the Woodriver Cellars at 7:00PM tomorrow, you won't regret it!!
Photography by my dad, Randy.
Lots of family activities, going on: dance recitals, swimming lessons, July 1 and 4 celebrations, walks in the park, and looking forward to the puppy! It started off cold, but we're finally into some warm weather now!
More pics here.
