Benco Dental Company Photo Day

Admittedly, this wasn't a very recent project. This was shot some time mid-summer, but I just ran across it today at work and wanted to share.

Sally Cohen, wife of the chairman of Benco, decided she wanted to capture a photo of every associate that worked at the CenterPoint headquarters in a giant group shot. You'd think that even with a headcount of 400ish people, it still wouldn't be too tough to organize a 30 minute set up and shoot. However, more than half of the associates work in a call center, which can't be shut down during the day or have a majority of the people off the phones at once.

So, my concept went from one shot of a huge group to multiple group shots and the magic of Photoshop. The only room in the entire building to shoot was a section of the warehouse. It took around 8 hours to tape off the entire floor.

Unfortunately, I didn't get a full taped shot. This is after we tried (and failed) to pull all the tape off.

Sonic Healthier

Last weekend my good friend Jason's brother, Matt, approached us with a concept for a project. He's currently at Temple studying advertising and needed a mock commercial for his campaign class. The objective: create a "classic" two goofy guys commercial at the Sonic drive-in.

The script (written by Matt) was fun and quick, which worked out well since we basically gave ourselves a two hour window to get this shot, cut and posted. We managed to cruise though the shooting (Canon 7D, 24fps, 1080p,
Tamron 17-55mm f/2.8 lens). Thankfully, the 17mm was just enough to get us both in frame during the wide shot.

Here was the final edit. Enjoy!