February
7
2012
Budweiser_NASCAR_Harvick :
The reality of doing advertising work is that you do all that you can to attract clients who you really want to work for - the ones who YOU THINK are the best suited for your artistic style and vision, but then at the end of the day the phone often rings for jobs that you would have never anticipated being in line for. That happened this past July when we were contacted by the Osborn & Barr agency in St. Louis to put together a proposal for working on their 2012 Budweiser NASCAR project. It seemed like a bit of an odd request at first because most all of the NASCAR oriented advertising is dark, ominous, & heroic (which my work really isn't), but we ended up being awarded and were told that among other deciding factors, one of the more significant was that our work feels above all "optimistic" - which was their direction for 2012 in an effort to blend the angle of 'Happy Hour' with Kevin Harvick's (the Budweiser sponsored 29 Car driver) nickname of 'Happy.' I probably wouldn't have used 'optimistic' in describing what I do - but love that this is how my work is viewed and in retrospect couldn't agree more.
We had an absolute blast working on this project last August in North Carolina - meeting Kevin Harvick - and working with the team at at Richard Childress Racing. I wanted to once again give a big shout out to Matt, Tammy, Steve and Fred at Osborn & Barr and Chris at Anheusier Busch for extending this wonderful opportunity; to Elizabeth, Bo, Antonio and Paul who worked as an awesome team even when the sky cut loose and we had a generator and a crap load of strobes sitting on the asphalt getting drenched. What more can I say than 'Thanks Ya'll!". Here are a few of the finished pieces - but anywhere you see Kevin and Budweiser this next year you'll be seeing our work.
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February
7
2012
Adam_Riley :
Excited to announce the newest member of our team here at TMI - Adam Riley - born Feb 4th and weighing in at 6lb 11oz.
January
30
2012
Starbucks :
Here is some of the work that we shot with Starbucks in Seattle in mid-November. Can you tell that it was only 37F that day? Big shout out to Jodi, Dena and Joanna for the great opportunity to work with their team!
January
27
2012
Dickies_Petaluma :
We were down in Petaluma, CA last week shooting with Dickies for their Fall 2012 collection. Standing in a cement factory in the pouring rain I thought to myself, 'Wow, it doesn't get any better than this!' Seriously though, it was pretty cool. In spite of the crappy weather (hey, it was a fall season shoot afterall) we laughed our asses off, ate some great food, saw some beautiful countryside and overall had a blast. Big thanks to Lynn from Dickies for inviting us to the party, Deb and Philip for pulling it all together, and Bo and Antonio for the good times. Here's a few behind the scenes snaps.
January
17
2012
Bullet_Racing_at_The_Ridge :
Just wrapped up the completed video spot for the The Ridge Motorsports Park and Porsche Bullet Racing Team to take with them to the 24 Hours of Daytona later this month. Sincerely wish that I could go with them - actually, still working on that.
The Ridge Motorsports Park and Porsche Bullet Racing Team from Ty Milford on Vimeo.
January
12
2012
Le_Book_Connections_2012 :
We'll be exhibiting at this year's Le Book Connections on Thursday Jan 26th - so save the date and come check us out if you're in LA and if you're not make a plan to come on out!
January
3
2012
Oregon_Home_Magazine :
Happy New Years - so psyched to come out of the gate running in 2012! There is always this trepidation that I feel around the new year and how it will shake out compared to the previous - just one of the joys of being independent I guess. Anyway - hope that it is a great year for you as well.
Still playing catch up - here is the full catch of selects from the Oregon Home Magazine cover story that we did on the swank pad of Fritz Junker here in Portland. Enjoy!
December
28
2011
Bridgeport_Village_Image_Library :
Finally getting around during this Holiday break to posting a small selection of the work from the image library that we created for Bridgeport Village - a premier shopping destination outside of Portland, Oregon. We did all of the lifestyle as well as architectural images for this project and had a great couple of days on location back in August I think it was. Images are already running on their web site and as ads in Portland Monthly Magazine.
December
14
2011
Bullet_Racing_at_The_Ridge :
Christmas came a bit early this year. Admittedly, I did have a Porsche 911 (Carrera S to be exact) on my Santa wish list (seriously, if you've caught 20 minutes of television in the past few weeks you've seen that all kinds of people get cars from their loved ones with big red bows at the Holidays - or at least that's what I see in the commercials - so might as well ask right?!?!) Anyway, a week or so ago a friend - lets call her "Santa's Little Helper" - shared my info at the right time with the right people and - WHAT TO MY WONDERING EYES SHOULD APPEAR - not one, but three 911's (Carrera GT3's to be exact)!!! Well, ok, not mine to keep, but to shoot in a video project for a new race track in Shelton, WA called The Ridge Motorsports Park and the Porsche Bullet Racing team. And shoot we did - inside the cars, outside, at speed, from a helo - all on a bluebird day with Mt. Ranier glowing in the distance. We'll be digging into the edit soon, but here are are a few frames from the shoot. Thanks Santa C(Liz)!
