Finlandia

Finlandia is a great client to work with, and a long time client of Swanson Studios.

You might think this is a simple shot to achieve, but there is more behind the scenes action than you can imagine. Marcus did a wonderful job meticulously lighting the bottle, directing stylist on the tangerine personality, and the delicate image retouch.

All together the simple beauty of this product shot shines through.

Photographer: Marcus Swanson of Swanson Studios

Retouch and color: Russ Dod

Swanson Studios

Working with the team over at Swanson Studios is always an adventure.  In the following images I worked with Sean Reynolds to create some dynamic underwater photographs with kayaker Ross Henry.  Sean is one of the most talented photographers I have worked with here in Portland, and he always brings a creative eye to his projects.

Photographer:  Sean Reynolds of Swanson Studios

Retouch and color:  Russ Dod

Talent:  Ross Henry

InFocus

Always a ruckus time shooting with Keith Gerr and Patt Mosely from InFocus. Their brand was in need of imagery for all media channels, so we shot their entire product line with a new lighting standard that brought them to life. Then we did beautiful shots of key product styles for all advertising needs. The last part of this ongoing project was to build a database of lifestyle images that they would be able to use for years to come. After seeing hundreds of potential models, we cast 85 and set out to shoot various scenarios in studio for a week. It was a huge undertaking, took patience to keep all the talent organized, and on track. My favorite shot was taken when our crew flew down to San Diego and set up shop on top of a beautiful building for a night of watching hockey.

Art Director: Keith Gerr

Photographer: Brian Lincoln from Straub Collaborative

Stylist: Katie Barton from Straub Collaborative

Retouch and color lead: Russell Weyant from Straub Collaborative

Outdoor Retailer

Going to OR is such a wonderful experience. It is not only filled with the best outdoor products, but it is also filled with some of the best, and my favorite, people on earth. I love going and supporting the companies that I have worked with, but it is also a great place to meet new clients and friends. Each year I make a small promo book of images to share. This is just one of the books that I designed.

Product Photography: Straub Collaborative

Location Photography: Lance Koudele

lucy

For this project I hired photographer Lance Koudele to shoot with the talented team at lucy for their fall campaign. Shot on location in Portland Oregon, it was a beautiful day filled with fun on the mountaintop.

Art Director: Shelly Beauvais from lucy
Photographer: Lance Koudele from Straub Collaborative

Retouch and color lead: Russell Weyant from Straub Collaborative

CULTEVA

Hein Haugland is Executive Creative Director and Owner of Cultéva, a brand building company in New York.  He is also one of my favorite CD's to work with.  Hein demands only the best of his images, knows what he wants every step of the way and is pretty fn funny.  We have created some amazing images together!

Executive CD:  Hein Haugland 

Photographer:  David Straub

Retouch and color lead:  Russell Weyant

KEEN

Portland was so happy when KEEN decided to move to Stumptown, they are a perfect fit here in this active outdoor community.  KEEN projects came all year long from seasonally shooting their entire product line, as well as sending a photographer to 5 different countries for their Hybrid Life campaign.  The projects were deadline driven, in need of perfect product tracking and the retouchers were creating new product changes as they came in.  We created a seamless workflow for handling this project each step of the way.

Product Photographer: Scott Mittmann 

Location Photographer:  Lance Koudele

Retouch and color lead:  Russell Weyant