It’s no secret that more clients are demanding video along with their still needs these days. This a is a teaser for an upcoming post where I’m going to talk more specifically about the videos I (and others) are being asked to produce and where I see potential for the future.
The following vid is for the brand Bintang, a Brazilian surf company [that was kind enough to house us and tour us around Brazil this past March]. I think its an awesome example of an ‘experience’ based video for a companies site [as opposed to a purely product based video]. I think it says something very important that the Bintang crew is small, but the brand experience is so rich. Companies 1000 times bigger than them are struggling today to do the same thing…
We lost some good friends this week. This is a segment from the Sharp End which really captures just how bad ass Jonny and Micah were on and off the rock. Wade did a lot of work on this segment so it stands a great tribute to these three vibrant souls who were tragically lost in the Sichuan Mountain Range of China. Long Live Micah Dash, Jonny Copp and Wade Johnson.
Here’s the second installment from Pat, like last time my [TK] Comments & Critique [CCs] will be throughout:
HEAVY BAGS: Pat Bagley’s Blog as an Assistant at Kemple Media
Blog 2: PAT’S FIRST PUBLISHED IMAGE!
Big news! I just saw my published shot, it’s in the July ’09 issue of Rock and Ice. I’m super stoked and I want to give a big thanks to Rock and Ice. I am also psyched to get some feedback so, I’ll get the ball rolling with a little self-critique:
Check out the trailer for a new climbing flick called ‘Players‘. My man Brian Solano hooked this up. I did the titling work for the trailer in After Effects, and also shot the footage of Emily Harrington featured in the film. tk
I’ve been getting emails and texts from people all day, but finally got someone [thanks Aaron] to send an iPhone pick of my PDN 2009 ‘Best Of’ photo featured in the May issue of Photo District News. This is my third award from PDN in two years. I’m stoked, and hopefully I will see it in person soon! tk
I get emails and calls fairly frequently from folks that want to assist, learn, etc on my shoots; but rarely do I get one that makes me go hell yeah. Don’t get me wrong, I’m flattered that people want to learn from my shoots, but adding one more variable to tight budgets and stressed clients is something I usually like to avoid. Enter Pat. Several weeks ago that wrote to me, “I want to learn… I will to work for free… I don’t care if I’m just humping lights and batteries around all summer, just watching shooting, editing, and marketing go down would be huge for me”. Did he say free, entire summer, hump lights, work on marketing… ‘hell yeah’.
Ok, Ok, I’m making complicated things too simple. To be honest an intern should be someone that is reliable, eager (but not too much so), is aware of the things they excel at and struggle with, doesn’t make the client nervous, and the biggest crux — knows how to make what you teach, his/her own. By that I mean I don’t want to be competing with another me 6 months down the road. That narrows the field down pretty thin, so I’m stoked to have Pat on board for the next few months.
He’s going to be contributing to the blog on a regular basis. I hope he brings an ‘everyman’ attitude to his pieces, and is able to convey how ideas go from mental to physical form.
HEAVY BAGS:Pat Bagley’s Blog as an Assistant at Kemple Media
Have you ever been so sucked into your own world that you don’t notice anything else around you? Just the other night my buddy Joe nearly walked out of a bar without paying his tab. I practically had to smack him to get him to listen to what I was saying. I was like, “Hello anybody home?” (and no it wasn’t that 3.2 beer in his head). When I got back that night, I realized that we all count on each other, from time to time, to keep us from getting too self absorbed and eventually, from looking straight dumb. Your friends will tell you that you forgot to pay the tab, that you’re trying to talk to girls with food in your teeth, or that your fly’s unzipped. And it’s no different in the photography world, if a photog produces crap work, they hear about it.
With that in mind, I am surprised that nobody’s called out the ad agencies and magazines for hiring photographers that have absolutely no clue how to shoot skiing, snowboarding, climbing, running, and other outdoor lifestyle sports. These sports have a massive, enthusiastic, and ever growing consumer base that brands want to attract.
