Old Stuff…
February 26, 2010 by vard · Leave a Comment
I was digging around some old drives and ran across a few shots of Jazzy’s dance class from about 15 months ago. Jazzy doesn’t dance anymore, but these will be cute to me forever.
Snap shots that have definitely grown on me since last viewed…
Have a great weekend…! :D
LIVIN’ LOUD!
February 23, 2010 by vard · Leave a Comment
Getting ready to order the next set of ads to hang down at Fuel Fitness here in Berwick. Seriously AWESOME people to work with – Marc, Kevin and the rest of the team rock! Julie, Andrea and I have 2 more shoots planned in the coming months to round out a series of ‘active lifestyle’ images I’ve wanted to shoot for some time. In March or April we’re going to move the looks outside and get a little gritty with it. Some time in June (there’s not much time left in that month with some of the other things we have planned for then) we’ll be heading up to the Appalachian Trail for some backpacking/trail hiking radness…can’t wait!
Rock On!
Kat’s Cookbook Covers!
February 21, 2010 by vard · Leave a Comment
One of these days I’ll figure out a proper way to post one of these polls…until then, I hope this sloppy layout doesn’t give anyone a migraine…
Kat sent over her designs for Lindsey’s chocolate cookbook cover early this eve. So cool…really diggin how she incorporated the feel of the shoot right in to the layout. Thanks Kat for doing such a rad job on hair, makeup and covers. This was a true team effort from start to finish!
If you have a second, case a vote for your favorite, and thanks for playing along…
Chocolate Heaven
February 13, 2010 by vard · Leave a Comment
Wanted to take a quick second and post a few more of the shots from Lindsey’s Chocolate Cookbook shoot. The original plan was to hold off until Kat had worked up the actual cover layout, but after finding out she was working on a few (in the 3-5 range) I figured I’d get these up now and do something a bit different with the covers. I shouldn’t be the only person enjoying Kat’s mad layout & design skills. I thought it would be more fun to post all of them, run a little poll and see what everyone else thought. As soon as the covers are done (about 2 weeks) we’ll be doing just that. Until then…enjoy these!
I have to say thank you again to Lindsey for rockin this out like a pro. Her shoot submission sold itself; from her concept, to the way she presented it, the choice was pretty easy. Kat getting on board for hair and makeup was basically key to wrapping up this look, and Mollie and Jonathan offering up their retro kitchen was the cherry on the top of this chocolate sundae. From start to almost finished, this has been an amazing shoot to be part of. Looking forward to closing it out when we see Kat’s final designs. You all rock!
Quick Note – We’re planting the seeds of a new project that takes ‘FUN’ (personally one of my favorite past times!) and glues it together with ‘SOCIAL AWARENESS’ in the hopes of getting people involved in projects in an engaging and interesting way. Being responsible doesn’t have to be boring! If you get a second, jump over to www.300AlmostNakedPeople.com and give it a read. I’d love to hear anyone’s thoughts on this project…and if anyone is interested in helping out or adding to the experience, please do drop me a line. That said, cake is already covered, so pick something else…thank you Leah and Tara! :D
GOOD BEITZ! (what ROCK ON sounds like when your ears are filled with chocolate syrup!) ;P
A Little Bit This & That
February 2, 2010 by vard · Leave a Comment
It’s been a bit since the last post…which wasn’t really a post anyway (shoulda probably just tweeted that thought). Anyway, I grabbed a few things from over the last few weeks/months and slammed together some images that I dig. I dig these for the images they are, but also because of the people involved in making them; rock-stars, lovers, studs, and friends. People that live a little louder than the average background din of life in some certain way. Thank you all for doing your part…
Before I blast off: Back in December we ran a little contest to get people to think long and hard about the life creative. This Friday we’ll finally get a chance to shoot the winning idea. Lindsey Beiter hit it hard with a great idea for her personal dream. We’ll be shooting a few different images that I personally hope to see her use some day in a recipe book for her dream of being a chocolatier. The grand-slam will be at the end of the shoot when we’ll be pouring a gallon or so of chocolate over her and rockin out a cover shot for said book.
I’ll be asking Kat, our rock-star editor and graphic design guru (not to mention make-up artist), to slam together a cover layout for Lindsey’s future book as well. Should be fun! I’ll also be shooting a bit of video footage of the day so people can see some of what we do on shoots like this.
We have some footage from some other recent shoots in the cooker as well…keep an eye out for that.
And lastly…a shout out to Jonathan and Mollie for use of their quaint and totally idea appropriate kitchen for this Friday’s shoot…THANK YOU!
Rock on!
