As you may remember from this post, I recently shot the tour posters & artwork for the Ten Tenors World Tour. The 2 editorial type shots were then retouched by the amazing Angelena Rebori from SixSix7.
The final artwork has been finished and a cool little Behind the Scenes video put together by my main man Josh Maguire. The track is The Ten Tenors version of Bohemian Rhapsody, used with permission.
Below is some of the artwork
It’s been a while since I’ve been able to share work I’ve recently done for non-disclosure reasons, so I’m excited to show some behind the scenes pics of a shoot from 2 days ago….hot off the press.
I spent the day with The Ten Tenors shooting the tour posters for their upcoming World tour.
A real great bunch of talented guys who are doing an amazing job of representing Australian music on a global scale.
Here’s a link to The Ten Tenors on Oprah earlier this year
You can see all the behind the scenes pics taken by assistant Janaka here
Teamed up with friends of mine Eden & Chloe the other day. Eden’s a rad guy and likes to make his own things you can surf on. I like people who make things; creatives, craftsmen, the like. You can check out his surfing boards on the Dead Kooks site.
If you’re a creative professional and “up” on all things hip, then you’re probably like me and a huge follower of the Behance Network.
Part of my daily routine is a glance over at the “Served” sites, which curate the top projects from the thousands posted to Behance from all over the World, and summarize them into each category.
I was really pleased to get this email from chief curator Oscar Ramos Orozco:
Hello Kenny,
Congratulations! One of your projects was just featured on photographyserved.com and will appear on its front page. We developed our network of category-specific Served sites to further showcase the best projects on the Behance Network.
Our editorial team features only a small number of projects every day. With many thousands to choose from, we look for work that promotes new thinking in its industry.
Congrats, and thanks for being involved in the Behance Network.
Oscar Ramos Orozco
Chief Curator /// Behance LLC
530 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
You can check out my project on Behance here:
I’ve currently got this campaign running for global travel company Flight Centre’s corporate brand FCm Travel Solutions.
The 2 shot’s you see are part of a 40 shot brief that is being rolled out slowly around the world. The nature of the game means that while I will get the artwork as it is released, I probably won’t get to see a lot of it actually in print first hand as a lot of it will be in North America and Asia.
The creative agency I worked with has told me that the media real estate purchased will be print, magazine, newspapers, signage via billboards etc. So if someone is out and happens to take a happy snap of one with an iPhone, digital camera, anything, I’d be really stoked and promise to give you a shout out via all my social networks!
The actual campaign was a lot of fun, and was shot in Brisbane. Our production team booked out the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) and The Queensland State Library for a total of 2 full days and constructed corporate sets such as offices and lobbies. There are some behind the scenes shots on Facebook here.
Had jazz trio DeepDreamer in the studio this week. We made some stuff:
Just finished working with Courtney Hancock, an athlete on the Kellogg’s Nutrigrain series. The brief to me called for an editorial type piece for publication to give a bit of insight on who Courtney is.
The story I’m telling is of the transition from Courtney the young beach girl, enjoying herself just like anyone else her age does, to the unbridled drive that makes her a serious contender as an Ironwoman. I think the transition between the lifestyle shots through to the final image of her running on the beach does that.
4 days after this shoot Courtney came runner up in the Coolangatta Gold endurance race.
Click through to see the whole series here
I’ve recently been shooting more complex projects from a production value point of view, which in turn has had me exercising my ability to extend my vision beyond the creative into building a team to work with.
Last project was a 4 day shoot with 7 crew including myself, plus art director, client production staff, and brand representatives to ensure we were within the client’s brand message. We had permits to secure access and shoot in public locations and were scheduled down to the minute. Everything from names of each talent and crew member attending each location down to switching on/off ambient lights had to be organized in advance. We built sets with props and furniture, made up and styled 30 plus talent, recreated sunlight, and used artificial light to reproduce window lit scenes. I shot tethered straight into a computer and at most point had a number of client representatives and stakeholders watching every shot in real time as I shot them. Obviously all of the above work is done by a team who, from the moment of being appointed the project, I relied on to help me deliver the final product.
All of this is not possible without putting 100% of trust in people that can either make or break the job. This is where vision extends beyond the work and into other areas of being a creative professional, knowing the work we want to do, how we want to do it, and who we want to do it with. Every detail adds to the outcome like creating the right vibe on set, making sure people are fed and happy, and presenting a unified front as a team to the client. This is what creative shoots are good for, building relationships and locking in the team.
I worked with Madonna Williams a little while ago shooting an editorial for Get It magazine. Below is the tear from the mag, and a few of my favourite outtakes.
Exciting new label Rue Denim has rolled out the images we recently shot in studio of their summer range. The aim was to produce brand images for in-store and web signage.
The brief was all about showing the form fitting range of jeans on a clean white background.
Tech info after the images
Tech info for all you tech junkies: