Whip It Good

An interesting day at the salon.

Models: Chanon Finley & Ana Chentsova

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From the Archives - Chanon

I've been really busy working on other projects and traveling so I haven't posted anything in quite awhile. I was just browsing through some old shoots and stumbled up this image of Chanon from a shoot for Arsenic Magazine in Beverly Hills a few years ago. I'm moving back to LA in two weeks so I hope to shoot more while I'm there.

An Afternoon with Cynthia

Shot for Arsenic Magazine by Steven Williams

Street Art by Perrier

Last month I was hanging out in London for 2 weeks and on the way home to San Diego I had a two hour layover in New York which turned into a week long stay. For those of you that don't know, since 2008, I've been working with a company called 3Dar which is a video/post-production/animation studio based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Our good friends/long time client Mirrorball was collaborating with Perrier on a street art campaign and brought us in to help with some video production to showcase the art and to create some interactive displays at some of the events they were doing in Toronto and NYC. Check out the some of what we were doing:

Nine murals were hand-painted by Colossal Media for the Perrier Limited Street Art collaboration. The paintings were inspired by Sasu, Kobra and JonOne's designs for Perrier. Video produced by 3Dar/Mirrorball.

If you thought mid-September was an uneventful time of the year, think again — today we reveal Perrier’s Limited Edition Street Art Collection and you are front and center for the big moment. This new creation is a groundbreaking collaboration between three global street artists: Sasu, JonOne and Kobra, who hail from Tokyo, Paris and São Paulo respectively. All three world-renowned artists were selected to complete one unique task — to redesign, refresh and renew the iconic look of the Perrier bottle in their very own way.

Defining a new era in Perrier packaging, this Street Art Collection brings one of the most popular contemporary art movements to the palm of your hand. Previously disregarded for its illicit and underground nature, street art has grown to be one of the most recognizable and democratized art forms. The bold, colorful and youthful packaging continues to emphasize Perrier’s daring and innovative nature.
Let the video take you on a special journey from the beautiful Perrier bottle to the innovative street art masterpiece it becomes today.

William Painter - Titanium Eyewear for Creators

Here's an ad I shot for William Painter eyewear.

GIRONA - INCREDIBLE Tilt-Shift Film by Pau Garcia Laita

Photographer/Filmmaker Rob Whitworth (check out his awesome video BARCELONA Go!) shared this on Facebook yesterday, it's an amazing tilt-shift film by Pau Garcia Laita called GIRONA. It was shot in and around the Catalan province of Girona, Spain.

A miniature look to the catalan province of Girona.

Directed by Pau Garcia Laita. https://www.facebook.com/paugarciafreelancefilmmaker

Music: Three by Cameron Ernst.

Licensed by themusicbed.com

On May 2014 the Catalan Tourist Board organized a social media action in which 5 different artists were invited to spend a week through a province of Catalonia shooting with their own style. This is the result of tiltshifting the province of Girona, probably the one that has the most variety of geographical and landscape locations, where I tried to show the different lifestyles people have with a summertime feeling.

Locations in order of appearance: Cadaqués, Vall de Núria, Ribes de Freser, Calella de Palafrugell, Llafranc, Sa Tuna, La Garrotxa, Banyoles, Besalú, Castellfollit de la Roca, Camprodon, Ripoll, Portbou, Estartit, Girona, Puigcerdà, La Cerdanya, La Molina, Cadaqués, Port Lligat, Monestir de Sant Pere de Rodes, El Port de la Selva, La Selva de Mar, Figueres, Sant Antoni de Calonge, Tamariu, Vall de Núria, Palamós, Tossa de Mar, Illes Medes. If you like it, feel free to comment below! :)

Source: https://vimeo.com/paugarcialaita

Barcelona GO! | Short Film by Rob Whitworth

This short film by Rob Whitworth is awesome! It was shot using only Nikon cameras and lenses.

BARCELONA in Flow-Motion - A fast moving short film.... In few other cities is it possible to walk from spectacular location to spectacular location. I had a fantastic time adventuring around Barcelona's winding streets making this film. Special thanks to Ferran Macià Edo and his colleagues from Agència Catalana de Turisme (Catalan Tourism Board) for helping me get access to shoot at numerous stunning locations including: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya Gran Teater del Liceu Sagrada Familia Museu D'Historia De Barcelona Palau de la Música Santa Maria del Pi And an extra special thanks to Marta Garriga Bardalet for patiently modelling during an uncharacteristically cold and rainy day.

My time in numbers:
363 hours work
75 Hours Logistics and Travel
31 Hours Scouting and Location Finding
78 Hours Shooting
179 Hours Post Production

26014 Camera Raw Files
817gb of data

Kit List
Nikon D800 DSLR
Nikon D7100 DSLR
Nikon D7100 DSLR
Nikon D3200 DSLR
Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8G ED AF DX Fisheye
NIkon 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S DX
Nikon 16-35 f/4G AF-S VR Zoom Nikkor
Nikon 28mm AF f/2.8D
Nikon 50mm f/1.4G AF-S
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED AF-S VR II
Promote Control

Sound Design and Music: Slava Pogorelsky
Email: kultenyeuk@walla.com
Facebook: facebook.com/Kultenyeuk

Rob Whitworth
Website: robwhitworth.co.uk/
Email: rob@robwhitworth.com.hk
Facebook: facebook.com/RobWhitworthPhotography
Twitter: twitter.com/kwhi02

Source: http://www.robwhitworth.co.uk

Incredible Time Lapse by Joel Schat

This is definitely one of the best time-lapse videos I've ever seen. Joel Schat does an amazing job at capturing the beauty of nature that is so often overlooked by today's fast paced living. None of the shots he took are quick and easy, they all take time and that time forces one to sit back and relax while enjoying something that's all around us, yet seldom appreciated. It's seeing videos and photography like this that continue to inspire me to get out and see as much of the world as possible. Amazing job Joel and Roadtrippers.com!

First off thanks for watching my Nature DEMO REEL - Made to be Seen! To enjoy it in the best possible way turn the volume way up, Yell at everyone to be quiet and Dive into this film! If you have a blazing fast internet speed head on over to Youtube and choose 4K in the settings as the vimeo compression isn't the greatest! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzBsT1eWIpQ Follow along with my adventures: Facebook: http://facebook.com/joelschatphoto Instagram: http://instagram.com/joelschat http://joelschat.com Alright! So basically this is my nature demo reel! My passion for the past 2 years has been to show off Creation as best I know how, which lead me to mountain tops, canyons, beaches and all sorts of spectacular places! I have been so blessed to be able to witness some of the things I've seen in the past 2 years. Thankfully I have been able to follow this passion of mine and continue to travel as I am extremely fortunate to work for an amazing company called http://Roadtrippers.com which allows me to travel and document roadtripping! Our Films: http://vimeo.com/roadtrippers The hardest part of this film for me was finding the right song. It had been months of casual searching but finding nothing. Then one day while I was at home (Vancouver) sitting in church my pastor used this song to help prove a point, that we have a soul and that is what seperates us from the rest of nature, the second I heard it I knew it was perfect and I rushed home to start the editing process! The song is called: Saturn - Sleeping at Last http://sleepingatlast.com If you want to see exactly what goes into making one of my videos check out a day in my life while on the road here: https://vimeo.com/89324153 The equipment I used for this film includes a bunch of Canon gear: 5d2, 6d, 16-35, 24-70, 70-200, Rokinon 14mm (great for stars) Lee Filters A Bunch of Manfrotto tripods and my Motion Control! Dynamic Perception makes some fantastic Sliders and now a pan/tilt head that is sweet but its the stage 1 that really changed things for me. It makes it possible to bring a slider on a long hike or on the airplane as its carbon fiber and super light! DP Stage 1 Carbon and DP Stage 0 - http://dynamicperception.com Emotimo TB3 http://emotimo.com Promote Control (Best intervalometer I have by far) http://goo.gl/8aIWL F-stop Tilopa BC And of course I couldn't have done it without my VW Westfalia!! All of these clips are available in 4-6K, email me at joel@roadtrippers.com for inquires.

Through The Glass with Alyssa Julya Smith

A few selections from a shoot I did with Alyssa Julya Smith last year for Arsenic Magazine.

Fall In Lust

My beautiful friend and amazing model Gabriella just launched her new website www.fallinlust.com. If you like great photography and appreciate beauty then you should definitely check out her site. Gaby and I have shot a few times and have become great friends over the years and I'm really happy to see her website come to life because I know how much work she's put into it. Check it out!

Shooting with Cynthia Chavez

Behind the Scenes - "Spring Fling" for Arsenic Magazine

I was in LA yesterday taking photos for Arsenic Magazine's "Spring Fling" photo shoot. This shoot was more fun than usual because my good friend/photographer Janet Vuong was hanging out on set shooting some behind the scenes stuff. She also let me borrow her Nikon D800 and play around with some of her lenses as well. I'm definitely feeling the need to upgrade soon. Here are some of the behind the scenes shots, I was able to snap a few of Janet as well.

Models: Jesse Golden & Cynthia Chavez
MUA: Daniela Grasso | www.danielamgrasso.com

From the Archives - Alyssa Smith

Alyssa Smith and I met last summer on a shoot we were doing for Arsenic Magazine. We got together a few months later at her place in Los Angeles and shot some stuff for fun, here's one of the images from that day in September 2013.

Sneaking A Peek at Chanon

Model: Chanon Rosefelt-Finley
Photographer: Steven Williams
Client: Arsenic Magazine
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Chanon Finley

Model: Chanon Rosefelt-Finley
Photographer: Steven Williams
Client: Arsenic Magazine
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Arsenic Magazine

I finally have a bit of free time to go through images from my most recent photo shoot with Arsenic Magazine which took place on January 2, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA. I'll post more shots later.

Crescent Moon Over California

I was just going through some old photos that I had taken during a camping trip two summers ago with my buddy Jozias and stumbled upon this shot which I took while driving around Big Bear. We were camping up in the San Gorgonio Wilderness for a few days and then spent a a night or two in Big Bear.