You can imagine how proud I was when my kid emailed me a snap from his iPhone of the LeBron James Coke POS asking if I shot it.  I usually I have to tell him that I am shooting the Jack Daniel's ads just before lecturing him about underage drinking.  Coke and the Olympics - such a wholesome client. 

What I didn’t tell him about was the altercation I had on set with Steven Lopez when he refused to take direction…. and how big of a kick LeBron got out of watching me try to defend myself.  Meanwhile Shawn Johnson and Sandra Richards were goofing off trying to come up with their own poses.... It's a wonder we got any work done at all. FK producer Scott Reed and the Momentum Worldwide team did an excellent job coordinating the hundreds of shots we needed to get done in the limited amount of time we had with the athletes. 

More photos from this project after the jump... 

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Thanks to the cool boys and girls over at Marlin Co (and here) for hiring our own Jay Baker to shoot some fun TV spots for Brashears Furniture. 

And the "making of" video...

Here are some images from a campaign Mark Katzman recently shot for The Ritz-Carlton's new luxury housing development called Creighton Farms.  Situated in the Virginia hill country outside of Washington DC, Creighton Farms' multi-million dollar English tutor style homes will be surrounded by lush golf courses, vineyards and equestrian trails.

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Check out the newly launched Michelob.com website which features lifestyle images by Jay Baker. Interactive design by Momentum St Louis.

More screen grabs from the website after the jump. 

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In January, Mark and his crew spent a week shooting Purina packaging on location in Los Angeles for Checkmark (with agency creatives Bill Kumke & Todd Doyle). Part of the shoot was at a gorgeous private ranch & the rest on the beach.  The weather (& dogs) cooperated beautifully. The crew left town just before a major wind storm that led to fires in Malibu.

More production photos after the jump. 

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Continue reading DOG CHOW PRODUCTION PHOTOS"

2006 was a busy year for everyone at FK, especially for Mark Katzman.  We've put together a portfolio of some of the best advertising and annual report projects that Mark shot in 2006 including work for Jack Daniel's, AT&T, Trump Entertainment, The Private Bank, Chase Park Plaza and more. 

Download the PDF (9mb).

Mark Katzman created more than 50 portraits for The PrivateBank's 2005 annual report, which is now available for download in PDF format.

The FK photographers recently returned to Lynchburg, TN to create another series of images for Jack Daniel's advertising campaigns. The assignment was to capture snow-covered Lynchburg.

Jay, Scott and Mark covering all angles.  More production stills after the jump.

FK first went to Lynchburg back in 2004 to fully document the workers, the process, the town and the history of Jack Daniel's. The resulting images have been used in a wide variety of advertising the world over. In case you missed them, here are a couple of TV spots that feature some of FK's photographs.

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Fashion Spot (5.3mb) Friends Spot (5.3mb)

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Continue reading FK RETURNS TO LYNCHBURG, TN"

The 2004 Talx annual report, photographed by Scott Ferguson, has won ARC gold awards for Cover Photography and Interior Photography in the 2005 MerComm Annual Report Competition. This annual report was designed by ProWolfe Partners in St Louis.