Fashion Shoot

I had a great shoot over the weekend with two designers from the Raleigh area. They both made some very unique clothing and it proved to be a great collaboration to achieve some unique images. They will be used to promote the designers clothes on websites and print campaigns. The models were all fantastic and we lucked out with some really great locations. Thank you downtown Raleigh for letting us work on Fayetteville street until 2am.

Lots of sports

September was a big month in sports for me and I gotta say, I had a great time with it. There is a certain energy that athletes provide naturally that really make it fun to capture and light.

I had a full day shoot for a client who runs a health and wellness magazine. We spent the day in the woods and on trails trying to capture a natural way of working out and staying healthy. We had some great models to work with, one fitness model and one professional body builder.

I also had a shoot for Vype Magazine. They are a magazine that covers local highschool sports and puts out an issue every month. I was fortunate enough to have been asked to shoot their cover for both Septemer and October's issues. The golf image is of Katherine Perry and the football players were from several local high schools.

Be sure to grab a copy of the magazine on stands now!

Salt-n-Pepa

It was a true blast from the past. I do a fair bit of event coverage but this was certainly one for the books. It was G105's second chance prom and it was one of the top hip-hop group of the 90's.

It was loud, hot, sweaty, foggy and tons of fun. I was packed right in a wild crowd of fans and was even granted back stage access.

Lots to catch up on.

Ok, so I have a great reason for being so far behind on updating the blog....I've been swamped with work!

There was a shoot for Highwoods Properties where they were doing a demonstration on Air conditioning units. It was a training seminar for all of the HVAC techs.

We did an interview with and IBM executive for internal use. That too was training for other employees on business strategies.

There was a video for NCSU where we followed a Master's student around all day documenting his life as a student, father and employee. We got to spend the morning with his lovely family and two dogs, Mason and Monty. Oddly enough, Mason is the name of my son and Monty was the name of my first dog.

I was also on a shoot for the triangle YMCA. It was a two day shoot where we set up shots with their mascot, The YMCA guy, and he did everything from play at the pool to gymnastics. It was a great time with the kids and the client was very fun to be around. I pretty much grew up at the Y as a child and it felt great to give back in a sense. There is one shot of my impressive attempts and blocking the sun. I ended up using 5 umbrellas but it worked great.

I also did a shoot for Duke Medical News and Communications. This was a quick 15 minute interview with a Doctor on a medical journal article.

Alright, I am off to NY to help my parents move down here to NC. They want to be closer to their grandson (and son i suppose) and also want to escape the harsh NY winters. I can't blame them, I did the same 8 years ago.

Till next time, feel free to contact me and book lots of photo shoots.

Keith

My Weekend: Video Shoot at Duke

I had the chance this weekend to work with a great production company out of Chapel Hill called DDC. My friend Steve is a producer there and we teamed up this weekend to do a series of videos for the Department of Physical Therapy.

They were training videos highlighting the proper way to do stretches and exercises. It may not sound like the most interesting thing but the crew and cast were great and we had a wonderful facility to work in.

So, I am horrible at keeping up with my blog. I know this and someday I will get better.

Things have been busy. The work has slowed down a bit but it has created some time for a lot of the behind-the-scenes things to take place. I've upgraded computer gear to handle the thousands of images I'm trying to catalogue.

I really can never seem to delete photos. There are only a handful from each shoot that make it to the finals but I still keep all the negatives. I guess I feel like someday they might be useful.

I've been able to toss around some creative projects that i'd like to do. One is a series of portraits of boxers mixed with some edgy action shots. I've always enjoyed that kind of stuff and I think my style would work well with the subjects. Right now i'm trying to figure out where I want to do the shoot and who would be willing to volunteer their time.

I'm also working with a fashion designer on doing a shoot for their clothing line. I really like the idea of teaming up with another artist and trying to provide them with useful imagery, while at the same time building up my commercial portfolio.

In the meantime i'll continue to take pictures of my wife and I's ever growing child, Mason. Everyday is a new adventure and he provides great opportunities for photography. He's even starting taking his own pictures (makes daddy proud.)

United Way Photo Shoot

My most recent shoot was a print campaign for United Way of the Triangle.

The shoot was originally scheduled in May, but due to me rear-ending someone and totaling my wife's car, the shoot had to be postponed.

No one was hurt, except the RAV 4, and the shoot came together. We had a great group of volunteers show up for the shoot. The theme was citizen to superhero and was to show everyday people with different backgrounds coming together to "Live United".

All in all a great shoot with what I think are great results. I am proud to have been a part of it and can't wait for more work that makes a difference.

Keith