Posts from November 2008
Forget scenes of forests or the beaches of Hawaii, now you can now make your own customizable wallpaper of whatever you can dream up. The challenge was to somehow get across that idea in a photo. Brad and Kelsey from Taxi worked together with ABL to come up with these concepts. It turns out if you mix black latex paint and white oil paint they can be swirled together for hours without turning into a big lump of grey.
The new BlackBerry storm was just announced and we can’t wait to get our hands on one (or two in our case). Our client RIM asked us to do some photos of the new phone earlier this year. Secrecy was key. Non-disclosure forms were filled out and a limited number of people were allowed on set. These visuals were a change from those in the past as these were all done in studio as opposed to location. Of course, Anna Goodson Management handled the incredible task of organizing everything from models to delicious french croissants for breakfast. Our hats off to the crew at AGM and to our friends at RIM who make it an enjoyable fun shoot… the kind we love.
The hardest part of doing this shot was finding an office where we could pour large amount of water of the floor without staining the carpet. (Thanks to our friends at ABL Imaging who have pebbled stone flooring.) And of course, timing the jump with the pour… we had four dry dress shirts to rotate in the shot as we needed. Check out the video of the fourth try…it’s always more satisfying to get the shot in camera.
watercooler in the office from roth and ramberg on Vimeo.
We met Bob McInnis on a photoshoot for Todays Parent Magazine. He works for Brown Bagging for Calgary Kids which is a great organization that provides lunches to school children in the Calgary area. Sometimes as photographers we struggle with the whole advertising thing, pretty models, perfect worlds, etc. It’s refreshing to meet someone who truly makes a difference in the world. After listening to Bob speak with such passion it rubbed off on us. We volunteered our services if he ever needed it and sure enough he called us on it. It’s a great charity and we hope we can do more in the future. www.brownbaggingit.org
“I hate having my photo taken.” or “Having my photo taken is like going to the dentist.”
Hey, we’ve heard them all before and we’ve managed to charm each and every person we’ve ever photographed… well, except maybe two. Regardless, we never understood how they could feel that way. I mean going to the dentist is never fun, unless you are drugged. But now we understand… for us writing blogs, bios or whatever, is worse than going to the dentist.
The right side of both of our brains cannot handle writing. The question of course is why?? First off, we would like to blame our English class at photo school. Dale blames his seventh grade teacher who never taught him the proper use of commas, or colons or run on sentences. So what it boils down to is we don’t like talking about ourselves. We are photographers without attitudes. We love taking photos and we love what we do. So be patient with our writing… we are just hoping that we can share a little behind the scenes of some of the photoshoots we’ve been involved in.