Monthly Archives: September 2011

Make Your Face A Maynards, part 2

Maynards Candy has staged an impressive contest to find the best Canadian face to put on one of their candies. I shot the ad campaign while in Toronto recently and that lead to them asking me to be one of … Continue reading

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Inspired by George Lois?

The above image reblogged from RichardTurley  When Bloomberg Businessweek Photo Editor Karen Frank told me that they wanted to duct tape Richard Branson to their cover I was excited because it had that thinking-outside-the-box approach that my hero George Lois had. … Continue reading

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Buck Naked, The Seminar

I’ve been invited to give a lecture at the PDN PhotoPlus Expo in New York next month. I don’t often do public speaking in the city, so this is a rare opportunity to see my schtick live – lots of … Continue reading

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Promotional Video Hoax

Canadian television producer Megan McElwain approached me about doing a reality show in 2007. The idea would be that they would follow the build up of celebrity shoots, document the session itself and the editing process, all the while showing … Continue reading

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Here In My Car

As much of my advertising work has been with technology companies it was a fun change to work with The Garage Team Mazda on their latest print campaign. And, not only did they want portraits, but they looked to feature … Continue reading

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No Longer Interesting

This is the kind of post that my friend Stephen Gates would do on his media blog, where he often critiques what’s wrong in design and advertising, but I came across this standee for Dos Equis at an airport bar … Continue reading

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Make Your Face A Maynards, part 1

Maynards Candies is having a contest to “Make Your Face a Maynards.” One lucky Canadian will get 3-D rendering of their face on a Maynards candy next year. I shot the print campaign with The Hive in Toronto, doing our … Continue reading

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Playboy, bunny

This shoot was in danger of going off the rails because the subject was actually too much into our props. Of course it didn’t start like that, as when we sent Simon Cowell’s publicists our detailed list of ideas the … Continue reading

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