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.
Medical Devices
It’s been a month with a variety of photo assignments. Everything from gardening gloves to business portraits, to hi-tech medical devices. I was recently at a medical device company that makes equipment for hospitals. They have several rooms for production, all of which were photographed. The most interesting room, the “clean room” was just that, very clean. I was put in a suit to limit dust and dirt, and all my equipment was washed down with alcohol. The images were fun to create as everything was shiny and had a hi-tech look so I could create that look with the existing equipment. I have also been working with hospitals and their marketing materials, including billboards and wall murals. Tomorrow I’m doing some work with YMCA here in town. I’ll be capturing images of the kids enjoying everything the Y has to offer, which will be used for a sign that will hang in the building as part of the annual fundraiser. It will be a nice change of pace from the typical medical/portrait work I usually am engaged in.
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!
Holiday Stroll
The Holiday stroll was last Friday in Red Wing and I was asked to do photography again this year. We had over 12000 people in town that night to see the parade and the lighting ceremony. Roasted chestnuts, mini donuts, burn barrels for a little heat, the high school band, reindeer, and lots of other activities make it a really fun night, especially for the kids.
Portrait Shoot
After finishing up a very exciting photo shoot of electrodes for a sales brochure, I had a woman come in who spent several hours posing for a business portrait. We had a great time trying different poses and lighting ideas until we came up with several very flattering images. It was fun to have someone posing for the camera who understood basic modeling techniques so I could focus on shooting and lighting and not worry about posing. Hopefully she’ll be able to bring in some client who need portraits and we can do a shoot similar to this one.
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A week off followed by a busy week
I took last we off, we traveled to Athens Greece for a few days of r and r. It was great to see the famous sites. This week is going to be a busy one, I’ve got an airplane to finish editing, then a healthcare shoot on Wednesday. Meetings and marketing the rest of the week as well as a couple of portrait sessions.
Airplane photography
I photographed the interior and exterior of a small jet for a local company yesterday. The interiors were a little trick with lighting in such a small space, but my client is very happy with the results. Today I have a business portrait and some marketing work to get caught up with. Earlier this week I had a high school senior come in for his senior portraits. It was fun, he brought a ball glove and bat and we did quite a few poses in the studio and out in the park. You can see previews at www.jloye.instaproofs.com
Portraits, location shoots, etc.
It’s been a busy few weeks. I’ve had quite a few business portraits in the studio as well as some challenging but fun location shoots. I did a morning of location shoots for a local bank, and even with a light mist, the images turned out fairly well. We did a really fun indoor shot of the board members sitting in the bank. I’ve had a couple of golf tournaments to shoot as well. Yesterday it poured almost all day. It was really tough to keep gear dry and get interesting images that can be used to promote the tournament for next year… golfers who look like drowned rats huddling under umbrellas doesn’t exactly exude excitement for signing up to do it again next year. Tomorrow I have a high school senior coming in for senior pictures. He’s a baseball player so I’m hoping to do some fun shots with him a his bat, glove, etc. Next week I’ve got several planes on the list of items to photograph and some very interesting marketing opportunities that I’m very excited about.
Healthcare photography
The past couple weeks I’ve been photographing almost exclusively healthcare. There have been shoots involving doctors, patients, older folks living in assisted living, and administration personnel who have been instrumental in helping patients get better care. Some of the photographs will appear in healthcare magazines, others in ads and a few images will be enlarged to hang on the walls of the clinic. The setup is generally very challenging because the lighting is usually very difficult to work with. The images are generally very pleasing in the end which I am quite happy about.