Evelyn!

Evelyn is a character in a campaign I recently shot for Anthos (an International flower bulb association) with the fabulous Woodbine Agency. She's one of three lovely ladies, for who planting bulbs is the easiest way to rock their home spaces.

This was a hilarious project that spanned several days in studio shooting multiple print assets and my directing 6 motion/sound pieces.


Print ad for Anthos, Dig, Drop, Done campaign

Check out frisky Evelyn tell us about how her neighbors gardener "Roberto" inspired her to get those bulbs in the ground one day.

http://www.digdropdone.com/about-us-the-ladies-evelyn.html

Agency: Woodbine
Art Direction: Vickie Canada
Styling: Lani Paul
Art Producer: Liz Stovall
Account Direction: Ashley Dillon

Directing "Dig, Drop, Done!"

I recently completed a week long motion and print project promoting tulips and bulb flowers with Woodbine agency in Winston Salem. We shot the project in a North Carolina studio where I directed each of three characters to represent different kinds of gardeners. Marcy is the young mom planting in her yard with the kids. Juliana is the single, urban fashionista who plants in pots on her patio. And Evelyn, our empty-nester also plants in her yard, but with the help of her gardener, Roberto. He's so hot!




The videos are a riot. Check one out below and be sure to watch them all . Click on it.



Stay tuned to see the very expressive print pieces running in magazines.




Agency: Woodbine
Art Direction: Vickie Canada
Styling: Lani Paul
Art Producer: Liz Stovall
Account Direction: Ashley Dillon

A city by another name.

There's water out there (Los Angeles), and there's water over there (New York), but what some forget is that there's also water right here! Chicago, or The Second City, has another lesser known moniker which is The Third Coast. (Truly I don't bother with either to describe this fine chunk of asphalt)

None-the-less, many take their own names from this reproach to The City of Broad Shoulders. Third Coast Percussion is one of them. They are a energetic and creative four piece percussion ensemble based in the Windy City. I may go so far as to call them Post Rock cut from the same cloth as bands like Tortoise and Explosions in the Sky.



I recently photographed Third Coast Percussion under threat of rain near their rehearsal space. They were clear not to be be shot playing, so my concept was to photograph them instead with their instruments magnetically raining down from above.

With the help of creative folks like these, today my Sweet Home is better known today for things like Oprah, Wilco and This American Life than being the Hog Butcher for the World and as far as I'm concerned, that's just fine with me.