Notes from the Studio
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11|292011
city lights
It's always fun when we collaborate with clients and come up with bright ideas. This time we captured the luminance of lamps against a city background for the Dec/Jan 2011 issue of Dwell Magazine. It took a few extension cords to get all the lamps lit. We also got to roam the streets of downtown San Francisco pretending we were tourists and photographed various city backgrounds.
You can find it on newsstands or zinio.com
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11|212011
Made in the USA
I've always been interested in knowing where things are made—it is a fascination of mine. I'm especially passionate about things being made in the USA, since it seems so much manufacturing has been outsourced to other countries. Given the option, I would always choose items made in the US—even my clothes. I want to support the companies that make the effort to keep the manufacturing in the USA. Often I would be wearing at least one American made item, but along the way I became compelled to try and have a fully American made outfit (including socks, shoes and underwear!)
I continued to research and source American made clothing, accessories, shoes, etc. I found some really great options…some are even being made right here in San Francsico, which is very cool. I feel so passionate about supporting these efforts that I'm committing to buying only American made clothing going forward. I've been so energized and inspired by the process that I decided to start a new personal photo series of made-in-the-USA clothing and accessories. This photo showcases my first completely American made outfit. (Sources below)
Shirt: Hlaska http://www.hlaska.com/ They just stopped apparel but still have bags made in the USAT-shirt and underwear: American Apparel http://www.americanapparel.com/Belt: Sole Survivor http://www.leatherbelts.com/Jeans: Lucky Brand http://www.luckybrand.com/ only some jeans are American made.Socks: Wigwam http://www.wigwam.com/Shoes: Red Wing http://www.redwingheritage.com/ -
11|092011
Aperture Smart Albums
People often ask about our Aperture workflow so I've decided to once in a while share little ways in which we work. You can see all my past Aperture posts by clicking on the Aperture category on the right side of the website.For this post, I wanted talk about smart albums. We use smart albums to pull together images that are spread across different projects. For example, if I wanted to find all the Macworld covers I photographed during 2010 and 2011, I can create a smart album that searches only the years 2010 and 2011 for photos with the keywords "macworld" and "tearsheet-cover" since these assets where originally keyworded during import. We always tag each photo that is imported into the library. This makes it easy to search and separate certain assets.
