Here are some photos of Melissa and Bart Lane’s child that I photographed… (see pregnant photo post from last month) Welcome Von Lane… Melissa and Bart are both models and I can only imagine how good looking this kid will be… Hopefully he will invite me to all of his high school parties when I go through my “extremely successful photographer” stage and then turn into to “creepy old guy photographer” Total joke.. Besides… he would never invite me to the parties unless I bought all the alcohol and only then would I get relegated to the corner… Stupid popular kids in high school… hehehe
Personal Log- Will Rutledge Goes on Vacation!!!!
I forced myself to take a vacation so I packed up the vehicle with camera gear and my flip flops and made a one day drive from Dallas to Destin Florida. I am staying at Bobby Bowden’s beach house (if you don’t know who that is then I can’t help you…sighhh hehe) I have found that an interesting side effect of a vacation is that I have been getting up before dawn to run and/or take sun rise photos… (I normally get up at 9am and drink diet coke)
The photo above is a pre dawn shot I took… I was slightly unprepared for the weather and got pummeled by intense chilly wind. I left my flip flops at the entrance to the beach and hoofed it through the dunes for a while to get to this spot…
I have learned three things on this trip so far..
1. Sand can get really cold in the morning… really cold!
2. I DO NOT want to be a truck driver…
3. I am an interesting person to talk to on a road trip for 9 hours and then I run out of things to say to myself…
(which sucks when you are on a 12 hour drive… hehehe)
El Chaperral architectural shoot
I photographed El Chaperral, a Mexican restaurant, for SP Partners in San Antonio. It turned out to be an overnight shoot as we couldn’t photograph while the restaurant was open. There were some intricate lighting setups used to achieve the look the art director was looking for but everything worked out according the plan and everyone was happy. (I was happy when the margaritas came out.)
Here are some images to view…
Will Rutledge goes to San Antonio
I was recently contracted to photograph some architecture in San Antonio by SP Partnership, a local architecture firm that concentrates on Green energy buildings. The first job was for the Paul Mitchell training salon. I loved the open space, steel supports, and huge windows that allowed incredible amounts of beautiful light. I accented the natural light with a couple Profoto packs and concentrated on photographing the space of the structure. SP Partnership wanted to market the openness of the property for future clients.
Here is a slideshow of Paul Mitchell’s training salon…
Silly Neglectful Photographer
Yikes!!!! My apologies for not posting anything sooner… I have had a lot to write about but was neglectful to get my thoughts on paper (or blog).
I thought I would do one big entry to catch up. Here goes…
This is a book on architecture that was made (not published) in 1716. It has spent 100 years of its life in a museum before being giving to a interior designer as a gift. It is worth more than the place I was in and that is saying something. I am fascinated by books and this one combines my love of architecture and old musty book smell. I didn’t want to go near it for fear of touching it, it falls apart and then I am responsible for the inadvertent destruction of this treasure. It is an amazing piece of history.
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Started working with Sports Illustrated again… Here comes football, and lots of basketball… hooray!!!! (No photos to share unfortunately)
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This was a set up for an ad shoot for Kawasaki. Can someone say PROFOTO!?! I love those lights. I think I was the only one on the shoot that didn’t have a tattoo. I have to go get one or something… I have noticed that tatoos are used as conversation starters and can bridge commonality between people… too bad I am phobic of needles… hehehe no ink for this guy…Shoot was great and the five bloody mary’s afterward was even better… I got to see some friends that flew in from Kansas City and NY for the shoot so that was cool. I even found out that one of the girls there went to the World Series of Poker and was sponsored by Maxim… that was such a crazy story.
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Yes…. umm…. I was pretending to be a german shepard b/c it was easier than trying to get the dog to sit for the portrait. The best part isn’t me being an idiot… but the look on the face of the producer/stylist when I did it… She “says” she enjoys working with me but maybe not after this… hehehehehhe
I have some more to share when I get the photos finished… that is all for right this moment…
Glen- The Security Guard
I was strolling through downtown Dallas because the weather is fantastic right now and I came across Glen the security guard. It was the way he waved hello to me that made me have to ask the sometimes awkward favor to let me photograph him. He was a humble individual and was gracious to indulge me even though we both knew he had better things to do. He had a quiet grace and a magnificent spirit. I asked him so many questions about himself that I think I embarrassed him. (or maybe I embarrassed myself?) There is a compelling story with Glen and I only got to hear a tidbit of it. I hope I run into him again.
umm yes… there is a GREAT reason why I hate self portraits… Thank goodness I have a winning personality right??? hahahhahaha
SI- Photos from the Cowboys/Eagles game
So… umm these are taken from the Iphone at night… I have come to the conclusion that I won’t be selling all of my canon gear and becoming an exclusive Iphone camera user…
Allow me to make introductions… This is Peter Read Miller and around him are those pesky yet wonderful Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders… I have to say I smiled every time I got hit with the pom-poms… The game was amazing too. It lived up to all of the hype.
The NFL made a deal with Canon to “sponsor” the photographers that shoot the games. The front side has a Canon logo/ backside NFL logo. I didn’t particularly care for them last year because they were made of a dense material and it got hot…realll hot. But the new ones this year are cool. Light weight, better designed, and comfortable. Thank you Canon… not that my opinion really matters I guess… but thank you. Side note- I laugh when the Nikon photographers complain about having a Canon logo on them when they shoot… hehehe… I guess there are added benefits to shooting with and loving Canon gear.
Sports Illustrated- Cowboys vs. Eagles
It’s that time of year… I am getting ready to head over to Irving Stadium to work the first game of the last year of Cowboys stadium… The game should be incredible… last year’s game was great and this one should hold the same drama. What a great game to shoot. On top of that… Peter Read Miller is coming into town to shoot it and he is an amazing photographer. I love working with him. I am also looking forward to the amusing game of “hit the silly photographer with my pom-poms” played by the cheerleaders… Those girls… I swear… they kick you and then giggle about it with the other cheerleaders… I think it is discussed in the locker room which photographers they like and which ones they don’t and then punish the ones they don’t… (It will be a long season for me if I don’t make a good impression early on…) I wish I could smuggle flowers in or something…
Side note… I went out on Saturday in Dallas with a friend and we met a couple of nice ladies who tried to get us in this ridiculous dance club… and I got the VIP rope slammed down in my face… What a shot to the ego… I am now labeled “not one of the cool kids” WEAK… I knew I was a nerd, but I thought I was a cool nerd…
It probably didn’t help my case that I had flip-flops on but that’s how I roll… I think you are even cooler if you can be a badass and wear flip-flops out on a Saturday night… (I might be wrong on this one but I am not dressing up to hit $15 drink night at a stupid club…)
So my friend went in and I ventured on another bar and met some people and had fun… thankfully that bar accepted my flip-flops and winning smile…
Melissa Lane
This is the Lane family. Melissa and Bart are both models that I have worked with and Melissa is a long time friend. They are expecting their first child in 1 to 2 weeks. She asked me to shoot some pre-kiddo shots which I was delighted to do. I can’t wait for the kid to pop out so I can follow up and get some baby shots… ohhh and they decided not to know the sex of the child… how cool is that? Even I am dying to know…
Fashion- Neiman Marcus
Shot some fashion last week. I had a great crew out of Dallas and the shoot went according to plan(sort of). Everything got changed at the last second but it is always cool to work with people who are versatile and can adapt well… Huge smile to Jessica Pemberton for having the stones to “borrow” $22,000 worth of couture clothing from NM… that is one crazy stylist…I love her… (She is with Link Artists if you need a strong stylist for a shoot)
Here is most of the crew on this gig. The location we used had a photo of J.T…(that would be Justin Timberlake to the uncool people) with a copy of a receipt from a restaurant that he ate at. I had to get a picture with it… not as cool as my life size replica mannequin of him but what can you do… hehehehe (seriously tho… just kidding about that last part)
time to make some gumbo… I think my next post will have to be the recipe for this… I love gumbo…
adios
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