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Aurora Select
Excited to share that we will be working more closely with our Stock Agency’s assignment devision, Aurora Select. Aurora Photos has been archiving much of our work over the past couple of years and our collection with them continues to grow in a positive direction. Aurora Select is the assignment devision of Aurora Photos and we are now starting to work more closely with them when it comes to representing our commercial and editorial work. We are very excited about this partnership and look forward to the direction it will lead.
They can be reached at:
David Laidler
dlaidler@auroraphotos.com
212.995.1900 x112
Chris Dinon
cdinon@auroraphotos.com
212.995.1900 x117
Private Half Pipe
This is awesome, this is how athletes reach new heights, this is sponsorship support… With a back ground as a professional rock climbing and often relying on my sponsors in the past for support and getting peanuts I was happy to see this. All climbing companies out their paying their climbers peanuts let’s see you step up to the plate, I dare you. Maybe we’ll all see something new.
My office
They say you can learn a lot about a person by how they keep their office. The picture below is my home office, I’m forced to keep my desk at the studio much more in order, so I’d thought I’d share the messy one and see what we can all learn.
Much of our work is done in and at the studio but there are many late nights and early mornings spent in my not so comfy chair at my home office, so here’s a quick tour of my desk.
1) monitor #1, watch the stock market on this puppy, also comes in handy while editing
2) main monitor, most everything happens on this guy
3) old VHS tape with porn, o.k. not really but some cool snowboarding clips, old card reader, roll of 120, and Ramon my glow in the dark buddy
4) cool shades, and the ASMP book, Professional Business Practices in Photography
5) drinks, my fave is lemon lime
6) old cool b-day card from my wife
7) hard drives, hard drives, and more hard drives
notes, ftp info, stock caption info, important numbers that I can never remember
9) Blackberry atop my small graphire tablet, Brighton ski resort lift tickets coupons, paper explaining new billings for one of my clients
10) Epson R260, clip board with model releases and assignment info
11) stapler, another mouse, and notes regarding all things important and #’s I still can’t remember
12) Leica point in shoot camera, money, map of Mt Charleston, keys, back-up dvd, mail, oil change coupons
13) winter hats
14) pillow on my chair for my back
There you have it, so what does this tell you about me? Have a great monday…
More Books
Almost done shooting books, the nicest thing is they don’t talk back, I know me humor is lacking. The weekend and past week were pretty crazy for us, worked on some video stuff along with prepping some files to send out. We’re back at it tomorrow with another start to a mad week, we’re also planing a foose ball tourney at the studio, pizza, drinks, etc we’ll keep you posted.
In the following weeks we’ll be working on a bunch of commercial stuff and will be in need of some models, females, males, athletes, families, a bunch of lifestyle stuff, if interested in lending your mug drop me an email. Also selling my 1D Mark III if anybody is interested.
Books Books and more Books
Started shooting a stack of books for one of our clients today, kinda fun to get all tucked into the studio and turn the lights down low listening to jazz and just relaxing and getting into the groove. The company that makes these books is actually the company who prints my printed portfolios, top-notch printing and binding, you can check them out HERE.
Neon & Soup
Been a crazy past couple of weeks, we found ourselves shooting some heathy stuff and then some dirty neon. Long story, but we’ll share once the stories drop on the stands, life is busy. Working up the last minute details on a product shoot we have coming up so we’ll be busy firing off the camera at some top-notch goodies, using some new toys, working the lights, and wrapping the day with a cool one, until then get out and enjoy the 3+ feet that fell in the surrounding hills…..
The Value of a PICTURE
How hard is it to put a value on a single picture? As a photographer I make images on a daily basis, most of the images I create suck, but every once in awhile I produce something I really enjoy looking at, the detail, the depth, the connection, regardless most of them suck. When a good image is produced how do we as photographers place a value on that single image, it might mean something to someone, maybe not you, but someone might find it pleasing or interesting and they could be interested in seeking out the value for that single image. How about if I’m hired to create an image for a client, what is the worth to them? Tough question, with a tough answer, this was the question/problem I was stumped with today…
So many factors go into placing a value on a picture, some of it simple, but most of it complex. Recently I was interviewed and asked what advice I could give someone starting out in photography, I had a really hard time with that question, simple question right? The question to me seemed a lot more complex, but today I can answer it and feel comfortable. Here it is, know your value as an image maker, never short change yourself, and walk away if need be. I’ll follow this post up with a great blog that you can not only learn a lot from if your a photographer, but one that can also lend a helping hand in understanding our business. A PHOTO EDITOR
Cross Country Snowboarding
Friend posted this to facebook and I felt the need to share, creative and funny. The times we are in now with all sorts of new media being tossed our way is a very exciting phase in what’s to come. Over the past year we have seen a huge boom in creative video making along with many super cool media projects, it seems the new media is quickly setting the standard for what’s to come and by the looks of things it will be amazing….. Enjoy the vid, I did….
New Media
Been working on a bunch of new stuff, for starters we added a “Media” section to our main site. The Media section will be the home of behind the scenes videos along with some new media projects we have been working on. Posted a couple older videos to start along with one new one from our Agassi Project.
Jump on over HERE
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