Results tagged “photography” from jay reilly photo blog

funny thing i came across when reading riviera this week.  in the front under "the radar now!"  they have a small piece call surf city sellout.  i guess ohio-based hollister has capitalized on the surf culture and has firmed an agreement with the classic surf city Huntington beach, ca to have cameras mounted on the pier to beam images of so cal surfing life to every hollister store.  Huntington beach stands to gain 4.8 million over 25 years and about $400,000 in marine safety equipment.  hmm...a few really interesting thoughts on this relationship...

amazing some un expected kid, women, man would be filmed and used as promotional image for a company without consent, or a release to do so  i would think that alone would be a deal breaker. 

crazy to think that Huntington beach, arguably has some of the strongest roots in 20's era California surf town would allow it to happen and not be an authentic surf brand.  money is king i guess, even in surf utopia Huntington

amazing that the equipment would not be vandalized to un-usable.  surfer mag cried foul by saying "whoring out the hard work of the real surf garmet industry"...i am sure most are not excited about it

i think it is either genius or really slimy exploitation of the culture that i have grown to love and embrace as my own...

would i shoot for hollister...i am sure i would.  but they have not called yet.

hi everyone,  well, still working out the self promo and actually was really inspired by the nikon promo awards.  if you have not seen it yet, check it out, pretty cool stuff.  the tough thing with me is i do not really have a set advertising budget.  i really need to start setting budget aside for these type of projects but currently i am looking at making promos for a local/regional market and in some instances some potential national clients.

so i am getting crafty and tryng to do it on my own budget.  still working out the paper selections, sizes, shipping method and design.  here are some tested layouts.  next step is to source the envalopes or shipping package.  i am thinking something clear to see the work inside.

i very much wanted to go this year....for the first time, but schedule does not permit.  but what is the real kicker is that PDN calls on the day i decide not to go and licenses one of my images for their booth graphics!  ha!  so if someone is there, and you see some chick diving for a volleyball on their booth, can you snap a shot of it for me, would love to see what it looks like in life size...or they say its gonna be large...so we shall see.

long time PDN reader, PHOTOSERVE photog, IPN stock contributor and first time PDN PHOTOPLUS attendee...maybe, finally.  really thinking of heading to new york this year, for the first time.  in recent years, i was always booked up on shoots during the event dates and this year, being close enough to the dates, i can actually leave them open if i decide to attend.  the conferences that looked most appealing to me are:

october 23
the art of the portrait ~ platon
world class stock ~ tyler stableford
real faces, commercial impact ~ paul foster and amy steigbigel

october 24
motion stock for still photographers ~ panel
how to get work from ad agencies ~ debra weiss
staying successful in stock ~ panel
survival tactics in stock ~ jack hollingsworth

october 25
why shoot stock ~ panel
stock photography and the consumer ~ dan heller
lighting for commercial production ~ f scott shafer
how to break into lifestyle/travel photography ~ panel


if your heading to photoplus, let me know, maybe we can swap notes and say hi.  or if you have seen any of the above talks and care to share insight, please do! 

www.photoplusexpo.com

just having a little bit of fun at the cove.  its like a petting zoo down there with all the garibaldi, pretty fun.  well, i am not actually at the cove today, shot this a few days ago and i am on assignment in napa valley, shooting wine.  so while i am gone, enjoy the orange fish!

i told you the shit goes down right outside my studio, another impromptu skate shoot.  how the hell am i gonna get any work done if there i stuff to shoot all the time!  how i gonna make any money if i am not shooting...catch 22.

just thought i would share my backdrop system, which i really dig on.  i used to spend tons of money on rolled paper for my backdrops... i switched to vinyl rolls which is great, because, they roll or fold up easy, they don't wrinkle, if they get dirty, i just wipe them down with a spray cleaner and they are as good as new.  plus have you shot with paper?  it sucks!

plus when most of my shoots are done, my backdrop looks like this on the floor...not a problem ;-)  i get all my vinyl at fabric stores...

hanging out on comm arts web site this weekend, yeah, thats how i spend my weekends.... and was checking out the web pick of the day and just wanted to share.  i have a thing for jamaica and i really found this collaboration inspiring and well produced. 

Live Hope Love Poet Kwame Dawes writes of the plight of Jamaicans with HIV/AIDS in this lyric presentation—commissioned by the Pulitzer Center—of music, documentary photography and video interviews.

a quick shoot with nike sponsored michael majors at torrey pines.  crazy there right now for the us open...  but what was cool was we had the entire torrey pines to ourselfs.