Finaly getting some work.

   I have been freaking out about not having/making any money so I started making some ink jet prints and using matte medium to transfer them onto pieces of wood.  I spend a day or two making these things then I get an email asking if I would like to assist for a week long photo shoot for Crispin Porter and Bogusky.  Then I get a call from Mike asking if I can meet  him and a potential client for coffee.  So long story short, I get all the jobs and my art making turns into a long day of photo taking, a soar back and legs and 4 days of being a high payed gofer.  The first real photography job I have been hired for turned out great.  I had some minor technical difficulties but nothing I could not deal with.  My client is designing an app. for the I-pad to help the culinary disabled.  I got to take photos of cooking tools and food and action shots of the process.  Most would think the action shots would be the most challenging but they would be very wrong.  The hardest stuff to shoot is shiny metal and clear glass.  Now think about what all you use to cook/prepare food, everything is stainless steel and clear glass.  I felt like God was punishing me for something.  The best part was the last shot of the series, so how do you show water in an interesting way,  you get Alex to pour water from a pitcher into a bowl from a few feet up.  Fun splashing and bubbles and a big mess but we got the shot.

 

Working for one of the largest advertising firms in the country was also a pretty cool experience and the shoot was for Domino's Pizza so it was shot in their test kitchen at their corporate headquarters in Ann Arbor.  The whole campaign is based on being real so there was now food styling.  Every pizza was made by a Domino's pizza maker and the photographer and art director would pick the prettiest angle and shoot the thing, no tweezers no fake anything.  It smelled like peperoni all day too, which is awesome even thought I do not eat meat.  I have never been on a set with this many people and lights.  It was eye opening to say the least.  Now I am getting back to the freaking out about not having any work on the horizon but at least there is a little bit of money on the way.  Also I can get back to making art!


-J