We were approached to create a cover for a seed manufacturer’s (no not Monsanto) quarterly publication.  At some point, someone mentioned a type cover, and we love type!  So my brilliant stylist Robin made some options and we ended up with these two final images.  We like type.

This ad ran in Sports Illustrated for Ace Hardware.  It’s for an Auto Hammer.  I want one.  We pounded all of these nails into this plywood by hand.  I have a nail gun, but nail guns don’t use pretty nails.  So if anyone wants to send me an auto hammer you can find my studio address on my contact page.

This feature was shot for Texas Monthly, and designed by art director Andi Beierman.  The images are from a small protfolio Robin Finlay & I created based on the story by Michael Hall challenging the legitimacy of many forensic practices.  The story touches on many people who were wrongly convicted based on shady ’science’ and later exonerated. Heavy stuff!

Robin Finlay wanted to make some food photos.  I wanted to make some graphic photos.  We both wanted to make a mess and see if we could get mustard on the ceiling.  The studio smelled like maple syrup for days.
These images are based on a photo of gelato and a cone that we made for our ‘Iced Treats’ projects.  We built on that pairing and decided to include it in this small portfolio.  The project is posted at www.voorhes.com/load-foodpair.html

I loved working on this feature.  Sarah Murphy, the writer, really did her homework and the Spirit team was fantastic.  The whole article focuses on old school pre-prohibition style cocktails.  Ya know, proper drinks.  Here is a link to the PDF, it’s a lot easier to read than these snap shots. 

My house needs a lot of work.  I don’t mind; it’s fun a hobby.  I’m now an amateur plumber, electrician, and carpenter.  For the most part these objects are the product of putting in new floors.  But the hammer has helped take out an old chimney & fireplace, move a wall, and demolish two bathrooms.  I’m amazed at how a brand new two-dollar trowel looks after just one Saturday and Sunday of heavy use.  A pair of rubber kitchen gloves is banished to the garage.  And I’m going through work gloves like a frat house plows through Natty Ice. 

A tip for anyone planning to polyurethane their floors; the directions lie.  If it says it dries in six to eight hours, it really means six to eight days.

I’ve been working on a garden.  Unfortunately the people who previously owned my house were going for the dirt-lot look.  Before I could get started on laying out the landscape and building garden beds I had to clear out half a dozen stumps, half a trillion weeds, and clean up the trees.  Not to mention shards of glass, rusty nails, and many an M.I.A. plastic army man.  After spending weekend after weekend staring at roots and clods of dirt they started taking on personality.  I brought a couple of my favorites into the studio to play with.

At the same time I was experimenting with stereoscopic photography.  Anaglyphs (red cyan) aren’t the best medium for communicating rich colors, but they are a common and easy way to view 3D images.  I’ve presented these and a few others on my website in this format.  So if you have some 3D glasses take a peek.