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So here is the real photo / the photo as it is manipulated for the holiday card ( i.e the snow) / the gate-fold cover of the dog / and the alternate shot that we didn’t use. Almost every shot I took has the family laughing and smiling and having a good time however the concept of the card was to have their dog Louie on the front and open to a Burberry Ad-esque (moody) shot of the family with snow. It was meant for a close friends and family and the obvious A-List celebs that they are associated with. It does not go out to that many people and wasn’t meant for public consumption. Every year we do a different concept and have a lot of fun with it. Shoots like these are fairly common in L.A. although this was a full commercial production in order to pull off the concept.

For you Photo Geeks out there, it was shot with a Canon Mark 1D and a 50mm 1.2. The front side is lit with a 43 inch Mola Dish on a Profoto D4 pack. The top light is a 1×3 Profoto strip light with crates attached to another Profoto D4 pack. The alternate shot was lit with 2 heads with stock 7 inch reflectors on them but we added tough spun to the front to soften it up. I shot across the pool but had I had more “ground” to work with would have added the 43 inch Mola to the front side for fill. There were a few other lights behind the couches to light up the background.

A big thanks to my close friend Mike Hedden for helping me pull it all off! 

The Final Image

The Final Image for The Card

The Alternate Image That Wasn’t Used

Louie – The Best Dog I have Ever Photographed, Even Their Dog Knows How To Work It!

Paulina

Trevor

I wish I had video of the scene, but it was straight out of a movie. Beach house doesn’t really describe this amazing place over the water in Malibu. I had a few minutes to look around before they arrived, and we were running out of daylight fast! I walk outside and see Kemper and Lisa pull up in her Porsche. Lisa steps out with a half drained bottle of Roderer, mountains of fab designer clothing, and a stylist from Vogue, who will from hereon be referred to as “The Geoffrey.” The Geoffrey does many of the top people including Anna Wintour herself. I could get very used to shooting with The Geoffrey. I would have killed for more than the hour of daylight we had left and 5 more outfit changes, but it was not to be. We chased the light all over property as best (and fast) as we could and walked away with some stellar shots! I also got to see my first real “MTV Moon Man” which was located next to a case full of Emmys (which I have seen before, but never that many in one place). I am looking forward to their wedding at The Reserve Club in Palm Desert this summer — it is sure to be spectacular. For now, enjoy some pics….

Malibu Gothic vs. American Gothic

We have another shoot scheduled with all 8 horses and the dogs, I’ll let you know how that one works out…

It was a fantastic shoot and as you can see….out of control fun!