245 - Moon

242 - FRANK

240 - TRUCK

239 - Cole

238 - Daughter in a basket

237 - Mpls/St.Paul Mag

A photo that I took from The Coen film, A SERIOUS MAN, was printed in MPLS ST PAUL Magazine in the March 2009 Edition. If you have a magnifying glass, you can even read my credit!

236 - Bird News

Seems that with the release of Andrew Bird's new cd, NOBLE BEAST we are seeing some of the footage that I was the DP on. It was a multi camera shoot from last year. More details on this past post.

Look Here, on ABC

Then Here, on Beta Current

And to hear an entire Bird show Look, and listen, here.

235 - Recent Mallman Promo Shot

Down and Dirty

234 - At Last

233 - I'm in Utah

232 - What if I was an old lady?

While working last week, I let someone (I won't name any names) park my equipment van while I was shooting. When he picked up the van to wrap it later, the following note was affixed to the windshield...

231 - Ruby Isle

Last week I took a few pics for the party band of the apocalypse, Ruby Isle.
Their cd is coming out soon, as well as a short tour for the group.

I have been thinking about starting another blog about lighting, but perhaps I will just use this one. If I do decide to do that, I'll expand on the details of these photos in the near future. For now, just enjoy these photos!

230 - Interesting New Product

229 - True Story

228 - Hoop Pic

227 - JigSaw

A few photos from a JOY of Cooking spot that I shot for Jigsaw Pictures.

226 - DoomTree

Here are a few quick shots from a music video that I shot last week for DoomTree. It was directed by Brady@thekiernangroup.

Camera, Jib, Light and Remote Head ready to go on this Rangermoblie.

Dessa, right before a silk flys over her head in order to soften the sunlight on her face.

POS steps in.

Bikes are everywhere in this video.

225 - High in the Sky

Here's a pic that I took while riding a window washer type thingy up 35 stories or so while Gaffing a job recently in downtown St.Paul.

224 - Direction

A few weeks ago I shot and directed a spot, as well as lit and shot it. It was my first real directing job, and I think that it went well. The spot was for Prince and King Seafood and here are a few stills from that day. Hopefully I will get the opportunity to do more of it.

Mike Rylander

Amber Swenson


Simple lighting set-up. 5-6 lights total. Pic below of the finished shot.

223 - Target Ad

Here is the finished product from a composite shoot that shot about a month ago. Amazing work from Motion 504, as always!