Product photography
It’s been a crazy month. Finally I’m able to update the blog with a few items. I’m shooting Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth from a helicopter which will be very cool. We’ll spend 3 hours in the air capturing images from different locations. Recently, I photographed a chiropractor’s outdoor office as well as some products for another client. I’m attaching an image for you to look at.
Technology shoots
The last few weeks have seen me photographing quite a few business portraits as well as some group portraits. I’m currently working on a higher tech photo shoot scheduled for Monday. The company I’m working with has some high tech lasers and other high tech imaging machines used for skin repair and wrinkle removal. The goal of the shoot is to show off the high tech equipment in an eye-catching way. In addition, we want to show the doctor and technicians as friendly, competent, and knowledgable. One of the major challenges with this shoot is we also want the images to maintain the quaint and comfortable environment where the services are provided. That means I’ll be using blue filters on some lights to create the high tech look, and orange, pink, magenta, and yellow filters on other lights to create the warm, organic look we also want. It will be one of the most challenging shoots I have ever done.
Healthcare shoot
Yesterday we had a very successful healthcare shoot. Several of the images will be featured in their monthly magazine, and 1 or 2 others will be used on billboards. One image will go on the cover of a brochure, and the remaining images will be used in the monthly newsletter. It was a long day, but I’m very happy to have created enough images that can be used so diversely, and all in a one day shoot. The creative director was pleased with everything we captured, and it’s always good to keep the boss happy. Everyone have a great holiday season, I’ll be back with more in 2010!
Back from vacation
I’m back after taking a week to mountain bike out west. It was great to get a break. Next week is going to be a busy week for me. I’ve got some lifestyle photographs to create on Monday lasting most of the day. Several products on Tuesday, as well as some portraits, several lifestyle photographs in the afternoon, and then a soccer team shoot later in the evening. Tuesday will be a full day. Wednesday I’ve got a business portrait in the morning and then probably some editing for the previous shoots. Thursday and Friday will be catchup days as well as preparing for a big hotel shoot coming up the following week. I’m excited to get back to shooting this week!
The meeting week
This week seems like it’s been meeting after meeting. That’s okay though, cause meetings tend to lead to more projects, especially in the advertising world. Lots of discussion about where ideas should go before the work begins. I spent the afternoon today attempting to photograph some small chrome plated metal parts. They are really tough as they all have a slight curve to then and reflect from every angle so I need the perfect reflections to make them look good. In the end they look very nice, but it took some work to get there. This weekend I’ll be shooting the annual summer regional for my wife’s company. It will be nice to get out of the studio.
Busy couple of weeks
It’s nice to have a minute to update the blog. I’ve had a busy couple of weeks with some serious reviews of my marketing plan, soccer team photos, dance photos, more products, and a bit of healthcare photography as well. I’m looking at expanding into the River Falls, Hudson, and Woodbury area. I’ve hired a woman to do some sales and marketing for me. I’m excited about working with some new companies. If you know of marketing or graphic/web design folks I should meet, please drop me a line. I’d sure appreciate it!
Healthcare and products
Work is quieting down some as spring leads into summer. I spent about 4 hours shooting healthcare advertising photos in addition to the usual regular doctor headshots. I’ve also been working on a few products shoots in studio. Clipping paths are the killer on product shoots now, basically taking different tools in photoshop to outline a clean edge around the product and lift it off the background. This week, there is a young woman who wants to job shadow me for a few days. She’ll ask questions and get some experience with the world of commercial photography. It will be fun to show her around the studio.
Product photography
I’ve spent the better part of a week shooting for a manufacturer in Cannon Falls. We’ve done several location shoots at different locations showing some of their capabilities. They also need new photography of nearly all their products to display on their website. It’s amazing how many different components go into a protective box. Wheels, handles, latches, cover braces, hinges, labels, etc. It’s been a great project and a lot of fun to see it come together, although I’m starting to get my fill of casters and hinges.
Extruded plastic cases
I’m putting the finishing touches on about 15 plastic cases I photographed for a manufacturer in Cannon Falls. They make sealed and protective boxes in all shapes and sizes for sensitive and expensive equipment. Some are tricky to photograph with reflective sides, dark and small interiors, as well as being just plain big products. The next step is to touch the images up in Photoshop before sending them to my client. Once I’ve finished editing the boxes, I’ll move onto portraits that I shot at a retirement home here in Red Wing. It was fun to get everyone smiling and laughing. I think everyone will be pleasantly surprised with how well the portraits have turned out.
Group business portrait
I just wrapped up several shoots, including a group business portrait. With four people to put into the portrait, it was tricky to get a position for everyone that looked nice. I think the results are quite pleasing and the client was very happy with the results. Check the business portraits of my website, www.jloye.com, to see the final image.