Three heads, a few suction cups, and one quick-and-dirty hood mount. It may not look pretty, but it got the job done! The best rigs always involve equal parts engineering and talking about the best way to do it. And Bligh Gillies, Mike Okimoto, and Pablo Durana are three of the best in the business for making these quick and dirty rigs work!
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Client: DNP | Location: California | Photo: @coreyrichproductions@blighguy@mkokimoto@pablo_durana
The true unsung hero of every production is the PA keeping the coolers stocked. And make no mistake — that PA is being evaluated by the crew. Variety, depth, rotation, and temperature of what is in these coolers is being tracked by everyone. The final creative deliverable actually depends on the quality of the contents of these coolers.
PA’s, take note: If you want a future in this industry, forget film school. Focus on building the best coolers possible.
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Client: NDA | Location: Los Angeles. | Photo: Kellie Sasso @sassophoto
So strange that DPs are always complaining about back pain.
Client: NDA | Location: Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park | Photo: @lili_bayarmagnai@danehenrydigital
Full circle moment.
Thirty years ago I was living out of a Honda Civic, sending slide film to Jennifer Ridgeway and Jane Sievert at Patagonia — frames of a young Tommy Caldwell on big walls, the dirtbag life in full swing. Jennifer and Jane were some of my first real clients and they shaped everything.
Last August, Patagonia brought me back into the fold to capture a group of tweens on a backcountry climbing, camping, and horsepacking trip into the Sierra Nevada. So many of the details were familiar. It was myself and my wife, Marina; Tommy and Becca Caldwell; and our good friends Todd and Tara Offenbacher. But the heroes of the photography were our kids: my daughter, Leila; the Caldwell’s kids, Fitz and Ingrid; and the Offenbacher’s daughter, Olive.
These images are outtakes that I can share here, but the hero shots will show up in Patagonia catalogs, websites, and campaigns over the coming months. Keep your eyes open. If you spot Leila, Fitz, Ingrid, or Olive out in the wild, let me know!
Thank you to Heidi Volpe for making this one happen. It was a dream assignment, and more than that, a real full circle moment. The same values that drew me to Patagonia when I was dirtbagging it in my Civic are the same values that brought us all up into those mountains together: authenticity, craft, a belief that the outdoors makes people better.
🙌 @tommycaldwell@beccajcaldwell@tahoetodd@taraoffenbacher@marinaarich
🙏🏻 @patagonia@patagoniakids@patagonia_climb@heidivolpe
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What it looks like to kick off a five-month project at Novus HQ. The finish line for this health care company project couldn’t be further away, but that’s what makes days like this fun. Ideas flowing and Macs humming. Here we go.
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Client: NDA | Location: Ski Run Blvd., South Lake Tahoe @river_man76@rigglem@sassophoto
For your files only.
Our digi tech laptop is keeping the data secure for the mission ahead. (Either that, or it’s a martini kit). 🍸
Client: NDA | Location: Malaysia. | Photo: Bond, James Bond
Behind the scenes from our winter installment of the Visit California Playful Perspectives series.
Snow, skis, pole cams, intervalometers, and a crew who had to ski to get the shot. We leaned hard into ultra-wide lenses, mounted cameras to skis and poles, and let the cameras rip mid-run to chase those immersive mountain moments.
Huge thanks to Executive Producer Erika Belis and our partners at @VisitCalifornia and @TheShipyard for the trust—and to the crew who kept things moving in cold, fast conditions. @erika_belis
BTS images: @blighguy , @erika_belis@coreyrichproductions
Psyched to share another installment of our Visit California series—this time focused entirely on winter. We captured skiing, snow play, and mountain life using ultra-wide lenses and cameras mounted to skis and poles to get that immersive Playful Perspectives look.
Huge thanks to Executive Producer Erika Belis and our partners at @VisitCalifornia and @TheShipyard for trusting us with this campaign. @erika_belis
Check out the full production report on my website. Link in bio. #visitcalifornia
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You need a good set of sea legs to spread your wings on the Thames River. Thanks to the team @badwolfhorizon for the recent assist on a cold but sunny day in London.
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Client: NDA | Location: London. Photo: @coreyrichproductions
Not your typical summit—1,667 feet above one of the busiest cities on Earth. Even with ropes, harnesses, and safety systems, the exposure was unforgettable. Watching @alexhonnold do it last weekend on `#SkyscraperLive` for @netflix , without any ropes at all, was truly next level.
We’re psyched to share some behind-the-scenes images from @coreyrichproductions ’ trip to Taipei 101 last September. Corey helped capture the key art and still imagery Netflix used to promote the event.
This initial scouting mission was an incredible trip with an equally incredible team: @brettlowell@pablo_durana@seanhaverstock@waldo_etherington@kieranhousa . And thanks to Alex, Waldo, and Brett for capturing some of these BTS moments.
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Client: @Netflix@netflixsports | Location: Taipei. Photos: @coreyrichproductions@alexhonnold@waldo_etherington
