The Outdoor Enthusiast

Here are some of the shots I had to do for our joint project with the Graphic Design Students. My partner, Will, wanted to do advertising for R.E.I. gift cards. The campaign is Outdoor Enthusiast. We wanted to show different aspects of what REI sells. Pet gear is one thing that a lot of people may not be aware of REI selling. I like doing shots of pets, so I was excited about that part. I am still in the process of editing these shots, it was hard to do location shots in the middle of the winter where the weather isn't so great! I shot with my Canon 30d, using both the 17-40mm lens, and the 24-105 mm lens. Thank you Jackie for bringing pixel to Deep River to be the star of the show!

Thalidomide

This was another shoot I was at that Ashley did. It was for a drug called Thalidomide, which now greatly extends the life of people age 70+ who have been diagnosed with blood cancer. Several years ago, the drug Thalidomide was used by women who were pregnant as a prenatal vitamin type thing, and in one batch of it, it caused all the children born to have stunted growth and stumpy arms. It had received a bad rep, but now it is back in action for a different ailment. Just remember, if you are on the drug, you are not supposed to operate machinery, so Ashley has run into a bit of a problem with having the client agree on a shot to use. It was fun to help with the shoots, because they involved going to a farm in Swindon to shoot a yellow Tiger Moth Airplane, then 2 days later we were in the studio shooting the models on a Harley Davidson, and also in a classic MG red convertible sports car. We were supposed to be shooting an additional day on James Bond's yacht, but it got cancelled.


oh, the joys of assisting...














I rigged this light contraption up!

Nadine and I went for a pretend ride on the Harley!









So many people go into every shoot we do, it is great to be seeing the whole process of a commercial photographer.