HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!

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Made by the fabulous assistant Ms.Candice Phrogus.

APA Something Personal

On Friday Nadine Kalmes and her assistant, Candice Phrogus went to the well attended APA (Advertising Photographers of America) "Something Personal Exhibition" and Holiday party!

Julliete Wolf-Robin took this great photo of Nadine, Candice and Kate:
Here are some photos Candice took with her handy, dandy iPhone:

The girls: Kate Chase, Juliette Wolf-Robin, Nadine Kalmes and Diane Eames

Louis Lesko (we use to rep him!) and Nadine Kalmes

Rob Prideaux, with part of his "Flame" series coming right out of his mouth!

Nadine Kalmes and Caterina Bernardi - from the photobooth!

Kate Chase and Nadine Kalmes

O no! It's the end of the party and someone has run off with Nadine's jacket! It's the middle of winter and cold outside, what to do, what to do!?

humm.... that coat looks familiar....

O - maybe because it's mine! Nadine commiserating with the jacket thief.
All's well that ends well.

And outside while the last few stragglers take off. Looking forward to seeing some new and familiar faces there next year!

NKreps now does CGI

Exciting News!

NKreps is now representing Alter on the West Coast!

Check them out!

How to Grill Everything!

Grill Masters Fire it Up! the 2nd book in the series by Alison Miksch (also published by Chronicle) will be available in the fall of 2010 with more than 500 recipes 150 color photos!!

One of the most comprehensive grill books - this book is organized by ingredients… A primer on handling a wide range of unusual ingredients:

Including Mollusks like Octopus, Lobster, Conch and Squid.

Vegetables and fruit like Baby Bok Choy, Broccolini, Clementines, Leeks, and Edamame

Working with animals like:
Sheep, Pigs, Bison, Venison, Squab and other game birds.

"The story behind the head shot of the pig is they were being raised organically by a small local farmer and very feisty, curious creatures. I had to be placed inside a portable cage, inside the pig pen to be able to shoot them. They were nibbling, poking, and generally a rowdy crew to try to get a decent shot. Although you'd never know it from the soft look on this guy smelling the apple."

And recipes for:
Pulled Pork made from a Fire-Braised Barbecued Pork Shoulder

Whole Grilled Sea Bass In Wasabi Crust
Sage-Brined Roast Turkey Stuffed with Chestnuts and Sausages

Steel Worker portraits by Curtis Johnson

These guys work in a steel yard along the Mississippi river in Minneapolis. Their job is to transport, cut apart large girders, slabs and plates of scrap steel and load it onto rail cars for reprocessing. They are a great group of guys that work their asses off everyday.It is dirty, sweaty work. Not for the meek or those afraid to get covered in grease, grim and filth.

Waverunners by Rick Chou Studios

Check out these Yamaha Waverunners by Rick Chou!

Shot in studio, on location, in Alanta, GA.

Also just for good measure, check out some shots of his crew on set! :)

Steve Bonini's Award Winning Photographs

Steve Bonini has 4 images featured in the 50th Anniversary Photography Annual of Communication Arts!







Advertising
(series)
photographer: Steve Bonini
art director: Pat Feehery
creative director: Bart Cleveland
retoucher: Scott Klingsoehr
ad agency: McKee Wallwork Cleveland
client: Porsche of Albuquerque

Institutional
photographer: Steve Bonini
art director: Job Hall
retoucher: Filtre Studio
client: TYR Sport

Dennis Welsh takes home the APA 2009 Landscape award

Exciting news!

Dennis Welsh has earned the title of top landscape photographer of 2009 by the Advertising Photographers of America (APA) National Photo Competition!

You can view the image larger and download it here, as well as see the other 2009 APA winners.

SISTERS by Steve Bonini

Steve recently worked on a personal project photographing some of the regional members of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Portland Oregon.
Steve was given the OK to visit the once monthly Bingo session held by the Sisters as a fund raiser. He set up his lighting and a simple seamless background. Then the fun began! About 20 Sisters "stepped in the studio" and struck a pose. Quite the festive group!Steve tells us that this may continue as an ongoing project as there are many more Sisters who want their picture taken. And as one told him, "Sisters LOVE to have their picture taken!"

Alison Miksch's Grill Book~

If you haven't already heard the sizzle, Alison Miksch has been added to the NKreps roster!

She also has a grilling book hot off the presses, and another on the way.

The first cookbook title is Mastering The Grill – The Owner's Manual For Outdoor Cooking published by Chronicle Books in San Francisco.

The book is targeted toward men knowing men like to play with fire and manage the grill. It's a man's domain. It's organized like an owner's manual to make it comfortable for guys to work with unlike more traditional cookbooks. The focus of the book is the science behind grilling. "We aim to explain how grilling works, how to make grills work better, and how to use simple flavoring and cooking techniques to cook delicious grilled foods."

"If you have ever sacrificed a rack of ribs to the incendiary powers of a backyard grill, or tried to convince yourself that 'black and crusty' is exactly how you like your chicken, then you know firsthand the ambiguous art of cooking over an open flame."

There are the usual suspects like:

Molasses-Brined Pork Chops with Roasted Corn Salsa

Porter House Au Poivre

and
Tuscan Roasted Chicken Stuffed With Fragrant Greens

But then there are the more unusual like:

Grilled Cranberry Chutney

Clam Bake on the Grill
and

Scotch Steaks In The Coals With Stilton Butter

Alison told us how the image of the coals that starts out this post were shot and lit at her indoor studio... and things did get a bit smoky and somewhat out of control at one point. She only warned us that the fire extinguisher definitely came in handy :)
Beautiful shot and totally worth it. I'm tempted to fire up the grill and play with a little fire myself right now.

Dennis Welsh splashes down in Maine

Dennis Welsh recently did a few shoots in his beautiful home-state of Maine.

Check out those awesome overalls Dennis is sporting!




Here's Dennis enjoying himself on the job, with the kayakers gliding off in the distance:


and Dennis (in front) taking a 'lil break from shooting all day to do a little rowing himself:

These two are neat because you get to see the angle at which he took the image and also the actual image. The colors in these are really stunning and and make me want to go on a kayak trip!