A painterly horizon
October 03, 2011 - 1 CommentWe had a unique challenge in lighting a medieval portrait of painter Mike Davis and fine art series for us. We always enjoy incorporating as much of the artist’s style in their portrait and like to honor the genre. The [...]
Read MoreFinding another Josh Ellingson
September 11, 2011 - (0) commentsWe’ve gotten into a habit of shooting artist portraits either the same day or immediately following an artistic project. We come up with our main idea first, and then examine our portrait ideas for the folks on our list. And [...]
Read MoreTurning on the lights
September 06, 2011 - (0) commentsWe started shooting another art series titled Alone (which you can read about here) and it provided a useful setting for cool lighting technique. Motivated lighting is a great way to sell a scene as more realistic, and you can [...]
Read MoreBlood ‘n’ guts for a consumed animal carcass
August 27, 2011 - (0) commentsSKILL LEVEL – moderate TOXIC – not if you keep it out of your mouth INGREDIENTS – animal bones, wire & hot glue, Acrylic paint sold in art stores (like Liquitex), vegetable oil, plain Knox Gelatin The consumed animal carcass [...]
Read MoreMonster Hunter Series
August 01, 2011 - 3 CommentsPurebred got together with Alex Pardee to create a photo series that fulfilled his desires to be the Jumanji style Monster hunter he’s always known he was. Below you will find the final images from the series. We are continuing [...]
Read MorePROJECT Monster Hunter (Alex Pardee)
Purebred got together with Alex Pardee to create a photo series that fulfilled his desires to be the Jumanji [...]
Monster Hunter / Photoshop’ery – keeping it real’ish
August 01, 2011Monster Hunter / Making a Swamp Set
July 29, 2011PROJECT Luvin' Rockets (Josh Ellingson)
We’ve gotten into a habit of shooting artist portraits either the same day or immediately following an artistic project. [...]
Lighting down a tunnel
July 11, 2011Faux Finishing
SKILL LEVEL – moderate TOXIC – yes, wear a respirator and gloves to keep the paint off of your fingers INGEDIENTS – Acrylic paint sold in art stores (like Liquitex), Movie [...]
Aging glass and mirrors / tarnishing metal
August 27, 2011Lighting tricks
We had a unique challenge in lighting a medieval portrait of painter Mike Davis and fine art series for us. We always enjoy incorporating as much of the artist’s style in [...]
Turning on the lights
September 06, 2011Stadium lighting in the studio
August 01, 2011Photoshop'ery
In all of our shoots we try to build as much REAL stuff as we can. We believe light looks better falling across actual objects and the stories we try to [...]
Prop making
SKILL LEVEL – moderate TOXIC – not if you keep it out of your mouth INGREDIENTS – animal bones, wire & hot glue, Acrylic paint sold in art stores (like Liquitex), [...]
Making a Monster / Step 1 : Design the Beast
July 24, 2011Making a Monster / Step 2 : Bones of the Beast
July 23, 2011Set building
For the Monster Hunter series we shot with Alex Pardee, we went in an opposite direction than we normally do when building our scenes. We kept things white. We decided we [...]

Monster Hunter Series
This is wonderful, I really love the way this came out. Really makes m