Matthew Slimmer • Producer

Ron Crofoot shoots two more HD brands

Matthew — Fri, 06 May 2011 15:00:22 +0000

Another wonderful shoot with Ron Crofoot. Collaboration between two product development teams and two amazing ad agencies: Twig Dzine and Wet Paint Communications. Revisiting two past locations that was so beautiful we couldn’t get enough of, we had to be careful not to duplicate photos of the past. With the talented digital retoucher, Mikey Newman, on our team we weren’t a bit worried about creating a fresh new look. The installations went very well and looked great in the three homes we featured. I met some great new faces and had the very best crew in town! The fabulous Kirki Schultz did all of our Prop & Set Styling, supported by Karla Triska and Sheila Quinn. Photo Assistants were Jared Cullison, Jason Wood, and Chuck Arnold. And you better believe that my favorite scout, Anne Healy, found these beautiful homes for us.

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MCTC Phase 1 with Jonathan

Matthew — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:03:34 +0000

Here begins my first experience executing motion and still photography in the same project. (at William Clark’s Scary Mommy shoot, I wasn’t responsible for the motion component). Jonathan Chapman has completely embraced the motion aspect of his Canon 5Dmk2 and 7D cameras and I’m learning a lot about the motion world. For MCTC college, we have begun a three part project to be shot over three semesters resulting in some great videos for their website redesign! Our first three days will be spent in their Welding, HVAC, Machine Tool, Painting, Photography, Graphic Design, Information Technology (IT), Apparel, Biotech, Chemistry, Culinary, Restaurant Management program areas of study. Both Jonathan and I are Alumni of MCTC so it was a familiar and nostalgic experience for both of us. The new science building was such a great advance for them and made a great scene for our captures. We were able to use several real students and faculty creating genuine interactions all over campus. Our crew consisted of Jesse Roesler of Bolster (AC), Eric Schleicher (AC), Ashlee Ellert (Hair/Makeup/Wardrobe), John Fontana (DigiTech), Patrick Schaefer (Audio Tech), Patrick Meehan (Photo+Video Assistant), and Chris Warlow (Photo+Video Assistant).

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The scariest mommy William Clark has ever met

Matthew — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:34:24 +0000

William Clark asked me to produce a fun local shoot for Target through the ad agency AKQA based in San Francisco. The fabulous team from AKQA was very professional and had great ideas and concepts for William to shoot. Our upcoming celebrity guest was the one and only Scary Mommy, Jill Smokler, who was an absolute delight to have. Jill was up for anything we asked her to do, no matter how silly or repetitive. This was my first professional project that entailed a mixture of both video and photography simultaneously. It’s quite amazing what can be done with the most recent models of DSLR cameras now. On crew we had Cindy Warner styling wardrobe and props, Andrea Holton of Moore Creative beautifully covering make up and hair, Ben John photo assisting, Jeremy Wilker as Digi Tech, Cathy Christensen taking care of alterations and tailoring, and local Patrick Schaefer on audio capture. And as usual, Orbit Studios knows how to treat a gang like us. I had a great time. Looking forward to working again with many of these talented folks!

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Up to Ely with Jonathan Chapman

Matthew — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:32:37 +0000

After MONTHS of planning, our first leg of shooting for a local health care company is completed! Believe me, this was a fantastic, yet bone chilling photo shoot. We made a giant loop throughout the northshore of Lake Superior and and surrounding areas and put over 650 miles on the road over two days and experienced temperatures down to -27º F. It had been a long time sine I’ve worked with Jonathan Chapman, and was very impressed when I had the opportunity to watch him in action. He’s such a talented shooter and makes the models (or real health care members in this case) feel comfortable and at ease to get great expressions and phenomenal shots. We had a wonderful crew including Ashlee Ellert and Josh Grubbs. We have 2 more phases of this shoot and I anticipate only the best. Looking forward to the next project we share together!

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Spinning with Little & Company

Matthew — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:52:06 +0000

Had a great time today out in Delano with the wonderful folks from Pam Ratliff was delightful to work for and Jamie Parker art directed the live shoot. Mike Bigalke was our photographer and he did an exceptional job proving himself in an area that he may not have been so accustomed to. We had a lot of fun with 5 child talent and two of my favorite stylists. Janna Chin was on Wardrobe and Tia Cartwright was our lovely Make Up Artist. We all had a great time spinning their state-of-the-art merry go round.

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NY in Earl’s Space

Matthew — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 04:49:51 +0000

Jennifer Dickey hired me to help her bust out some incredible shot for an upcoming Target campaign. Photographer William Waldron came back to Minneapolis to make it happen. Earl Kendall provided the studio space for us to shoot in. Taking care of all the talent was Lori Evert & Cathy Christensen. Leading the project was Jen Hotovec of River Productions who executed everything I saw, flawlessly!

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