I recently had the chance to work on some product photography with Amin and Kelly from Ziba Design. The new Cintaq 24HD graphics tablet was a challenge to work with, but with collaboration of Amin and myself we were able to create some visually stunning images. This Tablet is cool because the drawing pad is [...]
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Video – The Business Challenge
February 24, 2012 – 11:53 am
Recently my friend Shawn Busse of Kinesis Inc. came to me with a video project for the front page of his new website. The goal was to clearly and succinctly explain the three main challenges of marketing for small businesses. We decided that we wouldn’t script it, and instead we would film it in a [...]
The Bounty of Oregon – Eggs
February 15, 2012 – 3:26 pm
One of the fun things about being a food photographer is that I get to experiment a lot. The Bounty of Oregon project is one of my favorite experiments. It’s a series of photographs and videos that I’ve made in collaboration Jeremy Dunham our in-house videographer/guru, conceived to feature local ingredients in their natural state [...]
The Dan Plan – Building Dan’s Body
June 9, 2011 – 9:37 am
As many of you know, I’ve been filming my friend Dan McLaughlin in his quest to become a professional golfer. He calls his project The Dan Plan, and he is trying to put in 10,000 hours of deliberate practice over five years in the hopes of achieving his goal. Quite a feat for someone who [...]
Cherry Blossom Wind Storm
May 3, 2011 – 12:50 pm
Every year around this time the cherry trees drop their petals in our parking lot. Yesterday the wind picked up and the ensuing cherry blossom wind storm was too pretty not to film.
The Bounty, of Oregon that is
August 12, 2010 – 9:45 am
One of the nicest things about working in a collaborative environment like Polara Studio is how we often “feed” off each others creativity for ideas, images and inspiration. Jeremy, one of our photographers, spent a weekend hunting for something that Oregon is rightfully famous for, mushrooms. He didn’t have much luck as these wonderfully tasty [...]
Pearfect – Pears and Vino Gelato
March 11, 2010 – 6:12 pm
It hard to believe it’s been almost 3 months since I posted. Between the holidays and a great studio party of almost 400 people the first part of this year has flown by. But as promised here’s another recipe from the Ponzi Vineyards Cookbook and honestly one of my favorite photographs in the book. Hope [...]
Mixed Martial Arts Photo Project
March 8, 2010 – 1:14 pm
Hi everybody. I haven’t posted in a while but now that our annual party is over (look for a post on it coming up soon) I’ll have time to do more writing. So about a year ago we needed to find a boxing ring for a photo shoot. We ended up finding one at a [...]
The Ponzi Vineyards Cookbook
December 16, 2009 – 3:12 pm
Here a few of the photos from 10 amazing days my crew and I spent in the kitchen of of one of the most charming and self-effacing chefs I’ve ever met, Nancy Ponzi. Matriarch of the Ponzi Family which is not only one of the pioneer wine families in the Willamette Valley but also founded [...]