Next On the Book: Graham Brown/ Sony Shoot

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I am excited to announce the arrival of Graham Brown to San Diego for an upcoming shoot with Sony. Hopefully this will be the first of many shoots with Graham. Here is a brief bio....

Born in Japan and raised in America, I was brought up with the Eastern influences of my heritage. My family moved to California when I was a child, allowing me the opportunity to see the world from a different perspective.

After graduating from Brooks Institute of Photography I moved to Minneapolis where I fine-tuned my craft at various studios. In 1989 I opened the doors to Graham Brown Photography, Inc.

Since then I’ve been shooting for major food, product, and beauty brands, including Sony, Target, Hormel, Fetzer wines, Aveda, Haagen Dazs and Blue Bunny ice cream, Pillsbury, Cargill, Carnival Cruise Lines, and others.  In addition to my commercial work, I travel extensively to develop my fine art.

After 20 fruitful, but cold winters I could not ignore my desire to return to the sunny west coast. We now live in San Francisco where I have opened up a second office.

I hope to work with you soon--on either "coast"!

I had to share this. This was taken in Cardiff CA about an hour ago.
This is the first double rainbow I have seen since I have been living
In California.

Casting: Male/Caucasian Still Photo Shoot San Diego

I am currently casting for a Male/Caucasian that is comfortable in the water. Should be able to Canoe. The shoot will either be October 14th or 15th in San diego. 

Pay is $1000

Please email pictures to casting@heathersmithproductions.com

Put canoe in subject line. 

GOOD LUCK!!

prAna Still Photo Shoot: Behind the scenes

prAna...What an amazing shoot. I feel blessed to have been able to be part of this collaboration of beautiful minds. This was one of the best shoots to date. The entire shoot was shot over the course of four days. 16mm and super 8 were used to capture footage. More images to come and details on the shoot. I was just too excited I couldn't wait to upload these. 

Back home to Cardiff after 10 days on the road. Pictures from the road
to come but I had to share the view from mi casa Its been great to
travel but always wonderful knowing you are returning to this sunset.

Casting: Still Photo Shoot San Diego

Casting four people for national campaign. Shoot is in san diego the 29&30th.

Photographer John Mireles.
Pay is $$$500+ for 1/2 day shoot. I need females and males ages 30- 55. Please send pictures to casting@heathersmithproductions.com. Please submit asap. I will be sending over to client This Week.

prAna works with Bradley Smith at La Milpa Organica

Photographer Bradley Smith had a chance to work with praNa for a possible upcoming campaign. Check out what was written. .....Good times this past weekend with our friends at La Milpa Organica Farm. Amazing group that stocks our local farmer’s markets and organic eateries here in San Diego. Here’s a few takes from our visit. Special, 5-star thanks to our friend Bradley Smith for the photos.

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Link to La Milpa Organica Farm

Cutwater Explains the "Why" Behind the new LensCrafters Campaign

To keep a natural lifestyle feel to the ads, group creative director Joe Kayser, art director on the campaign, said real people were cast for the print, shot by Bill Zelman, and the spots, directed by Joaquin Baca-Asay of Park Pictures. “We wanted to film real people doing real things,” said Kayser, who used the hands of cast and crew, even his own, to create the heart framing. “[The idea] was show us what people love to see, let’s pretend we’re the eyes of 90 different people.”

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How we captured 22,000 images

To find real-people subjects, producers Megan Power and Heather Smith called ......

To find real-people subjects, producers Megan Power and Heather Smith called friends and advertised on Craigslist. They wanted people in each ad to have real-life relationships. "If someone looked interesting, we'd ask if they had a wife or kids or friends who could come along," Zelman says. As Kayser says, "If we're going to show a couple making out, they should know each other." For each group, Zelman set up scenarios, then photographed their reactions: He got a magician to entertain the kids in his neighborhood; for some adults, he set up a wine party on a rooftop in San Francisco.

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Lencrafters: A Hands Off Approach to Real People

Photo District News...PDN WriteUp on the LensCrafters Shoot

Photographer: Bil Zelman

The goal for the new LensCrafters ads, explains Joe Kayser, Group Creative Director at Cutwater, was to position the company as a provider of eye care, rather than just a retailer of eyeglasses. As Kayser explains it, his pitch to LensCrafters was, "You're going to talk to everybody, not just someone who's 48 and needs bifocals." The creatives at Cutwater envisioned photos of all of LensCrafters' potential customers, shot in a photojournalistic style. But to get the look, the images needed to be shot in a photojournalistic way – like a Life magazine photographer roaming the country on a long assignment. Once the team chose photographer Bil Zelman for his relaxed, slice of life people photography, Kayser convinced the clients that if they wanted the kind of authenticity they were looking for, then they could not go to the shoot, and he couldn’t be there, either.

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