I’m very proud to announce I’ve posted my first video project. Composer Paul Crabtree commissioned me to make this video for his Kickstarter campaign, raising money to perform his chamber opera The Ghost Train, based on the 1923 play by Arnold Ridley and the 1941 movie of the same name. The black and white sections are from the movie. The music is from the opera. I directed and shot the video, recorded the sound and edited the final piece. If you would like to learn more about Paul’s project please check out his Kickstarter page. Great music, great story. Finally, here’s a link to the 1941 movie The Ghost Train.
Photographers talk about reasons for working with particular clients: generous budgets, interesting work and great people. If you get two out of three, photographers say, take the job. I’ve had the pleasure of working for clients with all three, and I recently spent a day making 25 portraits for one of those clients, Miyamoto International (photo above). The bonus was learning they are doing impressive, socially responsible work in Haiti. Miyamoto International is a structural/earthquake engineering firm working with the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), and donating their expertise to help rebuild infrastructure. Kit Miyamoto, CEO, was in Haiti within 7 days of the quake, making inspections of damaged buildings, training local engineers to assess damage and advising on reconstruction. Kits journal is a fascinating, inside look at those first days. It’s great to work with a firm that shows such heart.
After working on this website for what seems like forever, I’ve stumbled on the concept of collaboration. Until now, doing things myself seemed like the only possible way to get them done exactly as I envisioned and I didn’t have to depend on anybody else’s schedule. It was my baby. But writing code is interesting [...]
Jpegs were created to use on the web. They also are perfectly adequate for most print uses and are the file type I deliver for a great number of clients. The inherent weakness of jpegs, however, is they are compressed. Every time a jpeg is opened and re-saved it will lose quality. Cropping and resizing [...]
One of my clients, LookSmart, needed to update their executive portraits. LookSmart specializes in search advertising and they wanted a dynamic new look. Innovative lighting did the trick.
I think photography is an important component of branding, but it is often overlooked. A carefully planned portrait can express your company image, and the company image is as important as the subject looking good. I work with the subject to modify expression and body language for a specific emotional tone. Color, lighting and other [...]
