Recent Photo Commissions

We work regularly with a number of photographers, and here are some of the photos they’ve taken for us in the last month or so. The image above is from a series of illustrations we created for a client who is promoting a new service targeted at franchises. We've written three “graphic novels” that feature stories about a company that grooms goldfish. The paper sculptures that accompany the text were created by our designers and later photographed by Brad Slade. Brad is a master at lighting, and always a pleasure to work with. Here’s another of his photos from the series:

Another photographer we enjoy working with is Jed Wells, who has recently done some still photos and some cinematography for us. Here are two images he shot for separate clients. The first photo is for a Utah Valley fruit cooperative that’s selling peaches in Arizona, and the photo will appear on billboards and in-store displays. The second photo is on the cover of a brochure we designed for Springville City, which was used at the dedication of their beautiful new civic center.

The Civic Center photo was composed from images taken over a couple of hours on the Saturday night before the dedication. Instead of just presenting the brick-and-mortar building, the photo does a great job of representing the idea that valuable service emanates from this busy place—which is exactly what we were looking for.

We created the final photograph below for the BYU Marriott School of Management alumni magazine, which we design. It features Matt Owen, director of the Internal Audit Group at the Walt Disney Company and a Marriott School graduate. It was taken at Disney's headquarters in Southern California. Alicia Packard was the photographer, and Matt Davis from our office helped with location scouting and direction.

Photography continues to be an important part of the work we’re doing for clients, and associating with great photographers to create meaningful images is a very satisfying part of the job for us and for our client contacts as well.

STEPHEN HALES