moonrise kingdom

This could be the most Wes Andersony Wes Anderson yet. I can't wait.

 

new site

My new site is up!
Much simpler than the previous version. Minimal.....kind of like this post.
Enjoy.

cef 2011

The Compassionate Eye Foundation is a wonderful charity that I am proud to say I have been involved with since its inception in 2005. We just completed our 2011 shoot for them - the revenues from which will help support CEF's many worthwhile initiatives.

Thanks so much to all the people who donated their time and talents to make this year's shoot a success. This includes the fine folks at the West Coast Express railway system and The Marine Mill Bistro in Coal Harbour for providing location support. As well as a great group of talented individuals: Fiona Watson (art director), Patricia Lagmay (stylist), LucyAnne Botham (hair and make-up), Sean Best (camera assistant), Darla Taylor (model), Ruby Ahn (model), Bobby Armstrong (model), and Jesse Martyn (model), .

An especially big "thank you" to Shea Pollard and Ola Cholewa whose efforts behind the scenes made this shoot possible.

the dude

I recently discovered a great website called SimpleDesktops.com. The site has so many simple and creative wallpaper graphics that I have become a little obsessive, changing up my desktop image every few days. It is the computer equivalent of having a drawer full of graphic t-shirts.

Right now I am rocking "The Dude" by artist Eduardo Satoshi Shiraihi. So good.

stag

RJ Sauer is an amazing director who is looking to Kickstart a new short film project entitled STAG. The screenplay is by the multi-talented artist Micheal Boland, so you know it is going to be twisted and great. I encourage everyone with a little extra jingle in their jeans to check out the project and contribute if you can.

bc rugby in print

We just received a copy of the new BC Rugby brochure featuring my imagery. I was super pleased with the quality of the end product. Thanks again to all the great folks at BC Rugby for the opportunity.

carving the mountains

While I am more into "flatland" skateboarding, I do admire longboard cruising for its simplicity and purity. So I was stoked when I came across this beautifully shot video of a group of girl longboarders enjoying the sublime exhilaration of their sport.
This is so going to be my daughter in another 12 years, I can tell already.

promo shots: RJ

Copyright Steven Errico

Copyright Steven Errico

Copyright Steven Errico

A couple pics from a promo shoot I did for friend and very talented guy RJ Sauer.

framed*

For a while now I have been shooting ambient videos and then displaying them on our flatscreen TV at home as a motion art project. During a recent stay at Hotel 1000 in Seattle I noticed that they provided a similar type of soothing visual/audio art which guests can have playing in the background. Now tha ltd. , a company out of Japan has come out with a very cool product called FRAMED*. FRAMED* is a large format screen designed to display digital art and motion graphics. The 40" Samsung LED Full HD screen is wrapped in a matte-black frame and powered by an Intel Core i5 processor. The accompanying iPhone app allows the digital artwork to be changed and in some cases manipulated via your phone.

What is really intriguing about this new venture is the fact that it provides digital artist with a new model of distribution. Artist's will have the ability to upload their work to the FRAMED* store which will then be available for purchase by owners of the digital frame.

rugby and the rain

Copyright Steven Errico

Copyright Steven Errico

Copyright Steven Errico

Copyright Steven Errico
I recently finished shooting stills on a cross-media campaign (HD video and photography) for BC Rugby. The crew at Brudder organized the 2 day shoot and produced all the video content.

The creative called for lots of rain and mud, and did the weather Gods ever cooperate. We had a rain machine set-up but by day 2 it became pretty irrelevant. So hat's off to all the athletes who braved the wet and the cold without a single complaint.

remember summer

Copyright Steven Errico
It's been gray and rainy for too long. And the long-term forecast is calling for more gray and more rain. Recently, a client's request for additional imagery had me revisiting a shoot we did with the Assembly crew last August in a sun drenched Vermont. Ah, those balmy summer evenings, how I wish you were near.
Happy daylight savings, and don't forget to turn your clocks ahead.

the nature of inspiration

Here is an inspiring talk by photographer and filmmaker Andrew Zuckerman about creativity, the nature of inspiration and the process behind it. Brought to you by the folks at Creative Mornings.

scenes from the suburbs

Spike Jonze and Arcade Fire collaborating on a short film…….yeah that's probably going to suck. Yes, I'm being sarcastic. The film entitled "Scenes from the Suburbs", co-written by the band's Win and Will Butler and directed by Jonze, will be premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival on Feburary 12.

Until its North American debut we can always enjoy the AF video "The Suburbs" which contains scenes from the film.

lost

I remember finding a lost Polaroid picture floating in a street puddle when I was 7 years old. The picture wasn't anything remarkable: just a family having fun at a birthday party. I remember looking at the photo and even at that young age, feeling like I was a voyeur in these peoples lives. I couldn't put the picture down.

That is probably why I find this story so compelling. Some think it is fake. The 7 year old inside me hopes it is not.

kodachrome away

I was/am more of a Porta NC guy myself (I guess just Portra now), but it is nonetheless a sad day for anyone still shooting some analog.

From Gizmodo: The Last Roll of Kodachrome Film Ever Will Be Developed

From the BBC: Kodachrome last remaining film roll developed in Kansas

empty

Copyright Matt Logue
A while back I came across Matt Logue's photo series "Empty LA". The eerily beautiful images depict areas of Los Angeles completely devoid of people. The photos were made over a period of 4 years, in a variety of locations around LA. I am drawn to empty spaces both in imagery and in the real world, so needless to say, I found this project very compelling.

Then recently a friend forwarded me the video "Running on Empty" by Ross Ching. Inspired by Logue's work Ching constructed a time-lapse piece which combines stills and video to create his own empty L.A. . Ching also provides an interesting mini-tutorial on how it was all done. Interesting stuff.

hedge tag

I saw this the other day.
Not too sure how I feel about it. I mean you have to give the person credit, he/she is pretty resourceful. But come on, who tags a hedge?

burtynsky's OIL

Copyright Edward Burtynsky
This weekend I finally got a chance to flip through the incredible new photobook by Edward Burtynsky - one of the worlds most important and well respected contemporary photographers. The book entitled OIL was recently announced as the winner of the And/or Book Award 2010 for photography . It is the culmination of a 10 year photographic exploration on the subject of oil and the massive effect it has had on all our lives and on the planet. Burtynsky has the rare ability to produce imagery that is beautiful and at the sometime unnerving. I highly recommend getting your hands on a copy of this book. It is a monumental work.

View a sample of these beautiful and very powerful images here.

Also view Burtynsky's short talk about the work on TED.

help a Brüdder out

Copyright Steven Errico

I recently spend sometime in a freezing cold meat locker photographing a filmmaker friend and colleague of mine for a fund-raising promotion. RJ Sauer from Brüdder Productions is looking for a little help getting to the Arctic. Why? To shoot his short film entitled "Anirniq", which is set in the remote Arctic tundra along the ice floes off Baffin Island. And as anyone who has ever traveled to the far north knows, transportation to this remote location is insanely expensive.

However RJ is not looking for a simple handout (though he will take those as well). In cooperation with The Assembly Collective, Brüdder Productions is offering to provide its high-end HD video and photography services for 50% off. The funds generated will then go to help get his film made.

Brüdder does fantastic work and has an impressive client list which includes Starbucks, Microsoft, Nivea, EA Sports and Price Waterhouse Coopers. So participants will not only receive a great deal on a top quality video and still production, they will also have the unique opportunity to be "intimately involved in an exciting film project and adventure from start to finish".

Visit the Baffin Bound website to learn more about this great project and the fund-raising promotion.

www.brudder.ca/baffinbound

skateboardanimation

Stop motion photography has seen quite a resurgence in the last little while. Great examples include the Oren Lavie video, the tilt-shift work of Keith Loutit, and the award winning spot My City Moves Me by my friend Kris Grunert.

This piece by Tilles Singer adds an additional element by using found imagery and reshooting it. This piece is very cool. Hat's off to Tilles for the amount of effort involved in pulling it off. Enjoy.