Posts Tagged ‘Creative’

Slim-Fast Food Photography

Posted by Carlos Beauchamp on March 10th, 2010
Slim Fast Sensible Dinners

Slim Fast Sensible Dinners

In 2000 the Unilever PLC acquired Slim Fast. Ever Since this merger, the company has regained its status in the dietary supplemental markets. Slim-Fast is a brand of shakes, bars, snacks, and packaged meals. As staff photographer, it was my job to develop the aesthetic and consistency of each image. Food Stylist, Laura Ciffone and I were the lucky two whom were chosen by Daniels and Roberts to shoot the Sensible Dinner meals. The challenge for this project was, enhance detail on the placemats and napkins, yet maintain sufficient range and tonality on the white plates. My assistant Bernardo, whom I considered as a brother from another mother, gathered several pieces of white cards and construct a mini fortress around the set. After we celebrate that ingenious idea. We used one Chimera soft box, three light heads with small grids and skimmed the light approximately 0.5 stop above our main light to achieve these beautiful images.

Account Executive/Creative Director: Barbara Simpson; thank you for your patience, passion and vision; we could not have done it without you…

The one TV spot that stood out during the Super Bowl

Posted by Fran Parente on February 8th, 2010

With all the hoopla around the commercials aired during the Super Bowl, the best spot was Google’s. Bud ran some really lame, sophomoric, weak spots, (hey, I’m all for sophomoric, it just needs to funny, hell, I loved “The Hangover”). Of course Dorito’s big thing was airing commercials by amateurs that entered a contest. Some were no worse than the “professional” ones. Well, back to Google. It was simple, memorable and really communicated in an emotional way the power of Google. Humanizing a search engine isn’t easy, but the creatives on this pulled it off famously. No sophomoric humor, no over-budget special effects, no sports celebrity. Just a solid, humanizing idea.