Announcing The Australian/New Zealand Tour 2012!
Come May, we are taking a huge leap through the looking glass and going to the magical land of Oz and New Zealand. Many thanks to the great folks at Mentem and Nikon Australia who have been laboring tirelessly to pull this together. Only been down under once before, to shoot the 2000 Olympiad for...
Travels, and, Calling Dr. Brown
Russell Brown is one of the geniuses and driving forces behind all the innovation over at Adobe. To say he speaks a different language than I do is really putting it mildly. When I’m amongst people speaking in a foreign tongue, I can usually pick up a few words here and there. But Russell uses...
Shooting video with the Nikon D4
Hey guys, Drew here to go over a bit of the tech/production side of the Little Freddie and D4 BTS videos, the gear we used, and hopefully clear up a few questions. First and foremost, this was definitely an amazing assignment for all of us at the studio to have been a part of. Having...
In Today’s News…New Classes at Kelby Training
Just finished two new classes for Kelby Training, which are in the pipe, and will most likely come out fairly shortly. They’re pretty in depth looks at creating, with just light and a plain wall, an environment in which dancers can thrive, create their own sublime shapes, which then, at camera, you simply hope to...
Starting Off, Looking Back
2012. Twenty years ago, at this time I was headlong into shooting my first cover story for the National Geographic. Lots of clicks downstream from that now, to be sure. (Most of them, blessedly and appropriately, remain unseen. So many bad frames in pursuit of the few worth spending time with.) And changes. Man, is...
Gifts
Round this time of year, I usually send a message to my buddy Bill down at the Geographic about the richly rewarding experience of the passing of time, the accumulation (hopefully) of yet another year of wisdom and experience, the wonder of change, the increasing depth and importance of friendship, not to mention the shooting...
We’ve Made PS Disasters Again!!
This just makes me proud. All of us, actually, in our studio last week, observed a moment of silence, an interlude of quiet pride if you will, when the news arrived that we were once again featured in Photoshop Disasters.com, that storied pantheon of post production goofs. Cali got a little choked up, truth be...
A New Flash….
As the bhagwan said, “The only thing certain is change,” and that’s definitely the case with digital camera stuff. Nikon announced a new flash today, the SB-910. It’s actually not really a brand new flash, but rather a collection of tweaks to the existing 900 model. Absolutely the most important adjust is in the area...
On-location (20 stories high) with Epson..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8jPSgcszvo Had a blast recently shooting a new ad campaign for Epson that is just starting to make its’ way into print. It was just one of those jobs where the client, the ad agency, and the shoot day just came together really smoothly. Big part of that is the fact that we were working...
The McNally Gear Sale!
UPDATE: Most items are in the process of being sold, and as soon as orders go through, each item posted here will be updated. If you have made an offer, but haven’t heard back, hang in there. If a sale doesn’t go through, there’s still a chance of getting an item- but we will be...
Scenes from A Show
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JCoNwnkmdo We set up the show on Tuesday night. When you need to get something done, it’s always good to have FDNY on your side. Louie Cacchioli rallied the guys, and over 25 firefighters showed up and worked tirelessly from 9pm through till 3am to get this in place for the Wednesday opening press reception....
Website Feedback..
Hey guys- Drew here. Just wanted to send a huge thank you for all the feedback, positive or otherwise on our brand spankin’ new website. After several of us here in the studio spent literally months digging through the archive, scanning, re-scanning, editing, and designing the site, we’re VERY happy to finally have it up....
