All Things Shiny

Since 1996 I’ve been shooting jewelry for Scott Gauthier every year with only the exception of a couple of years for his three stores…two in Scottsdale and his new store in Santa Barbara. Jewelry By Gauthier is a premiere jewelry store that sells original designs with an architectural splendor that places Scott in the enviable position of  being a true artist/craftsman. The many books we’ve created together have been designed to fit with the concept of each collection that he has produced. There is always unlimited creative room to take chances with the photography, backgrounds, props and design. I thought I’d share some of this work:

Hot Links!

ASSIGNMENT: New packaging for long time client Bar-s Foods. Make our Hot Links, juicy, plump but don’t burn them…and most importantly make them pop off the grocery store shelf.

This was the directive from the  marketing and creative services folks. We needed to create a way to control the fire coming from our make shift BB-Q set up. Our friend Jeff Sears from Southwest Scenic Group came up with a plan. Jeff put together a series of 3 valves along with hand-made burners with various size openings. This enabled us to control where the flames were, how high they would reach and give us the ability to turn them on and off quickly to avoid trashing the styled product.

Here are the shots and how they fit into the final packaging:

And here were some other possibilities as well:

Some behind the scenes stuff:

Yours truly and two of the best clients in town! Thanks to my crew of fantastic assistants and kudos to my stylists…

Cookies, Cookies, And More Cookies

Five days of shooting cookies is like a week in heaven…eating everything for cookie dough to cookie fixin’s, hot cookies and of course making pictures of the tasty little treats.

Thanks to Lunabrands and Pine Valley Foods for bringing this project to the studio.

How To Dress Up A Dog

Bar-S Foods decided to come up with a promotion to show some cool hot dog topping possibilities in order to kick up the hot dog eating experience.

I tasted them all and each one is my favorite for various reasons. Bar S Foods took one of America’s classic meals and turned it into a creative eating journey.

Brownie Covers

Once again we had the opportunity to shoot with our friends at Fairytale Brownies. These folks are like family and it’s always an enjoyable experience. Here are some of the catalog covers we produced for late 2012 and early 2013. This is certainly not a low calorie shoot!

Reduce Stress!

TriVita is a company designed for the greater wellness of its customers. TriVita makes products and dispenses information to better the awareness of the physical, emotional and spiritual health of the folks that buy their products.

I had the opportunity this past September to create a series of product images with and without water effects and splashes. A big thank you to TriVita and the creative director as well as my two great assistants who were responsible for the water rigging.


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Behind the scenes:

Portaits Of Opportunity: Year Four

I’m lucky to have been asked, for the fourth year in a row, to participate in Southwest Human Development’s annual fund-raiser, Portraits of Opportunity. It will be Thursday October 25th…here’s a link for more information…http://www.swhd.org/events/portraits-of-opportunity.

My images of the Wahl family and those of some of phoenix’s finest photographers will also be on display. Hope to see all of you there!