san francisco May 2016

Poppy Creative Agency has been super busy this spring and is looking forward to a fantastic summer. More shoots with some of its regular clients Edible Marin Magazine, Williams Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn Teen and Shutterfly, just to name a few. The agency also launched its bi-annual magazine with it’s California Dreamin’ theme. Check it out on the website for more of this year's personal work.

Poppy Creative Agency is the only San Francisco Bay Area agency to offer the entire spectrum of creative services, from art direction and styling to pre-production and photography.

Poppy specialises in manifesting each clients' creative vision and finding the best way to capture it through photography. The company's goal is to engage, enchant and captivate every audience.

Emily Miller Productions is an international boutique production company based in San Francisco. Providing premium still and motion production services, EMP delivers award-winning films, photography campaigns, and branded visual content to the world’s leading innovators.

From the big picture vision to the meticulous execution of details, EMP builds a production superhighway with a global network of unique creative and technical talent. Each production is carefully curated to maximise creativity, relationships, and experience - that altogether makes inspiring work, trusted allies, and good times.

Featured clients include Oculus VR, Prosper, American Home Shield, Visa, North West Company, Pager, and Quantcast.

Jesse Eisenhardt is an award-winning cinematographer and alumnus of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He has been recognised by the American Society of Cinematographers for his work on 'Paperboat', which garnered multiple film festival awards in cinematography and acceptance to the Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography.

His professional work includes commercials, features, shorts, interactive movies, viral web videos, and broadcast television. For three years he worked as cinematographer at Google Inc. in Mountain View, CA, during which he filmed for such brands as Android, YouTube and Chrome.

His most recent commercial credits include spots for Western Union, Naturebox, Google Maps and Google Play.

Jim Hughes is an advertising photographer based in San Francisco. He is represented by Pinkstaff Photographers and shoots all over the world for clients such as United Airlines, AT&T, HP, GE Healthcare, Wells Fargo and JUICE Pharma Worldwide.

Jim puts his clients at ease through his very personable approach with the talent, and directs the set with ease. When Jim is not shooting ad campaigns he is hard at work honing his skills with his stock photography business. He also loves spending time with his family.

Steve Peixotto is an award-winning American photographer who splits his time between San Francisco and Mexico. He speaks both Spanish and English and has been shooting all over the world for advertising clients since 1998.

Steve is known for his versatility and attention to detail, as well as for his difficult to sound out last name. He loves collaborating with other creatives and helping them make their concepts come to life.

Steve has been called everything from Peeshooter to Pistachio. It sounds more like pay-show-toe.

Michael Bennett is a San Francisco-based photographer who shoots for clients locallly, nationally and across the globe.

His clients include Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware, Target and numerous magazines.

Michael’s use of both strobe and natural light, either on location or in the studio, brings a certain quality to the image his clients really admire, and with 15 years in the business he can deliver exactly what they want.

Richard Le continues to build a name for himself with his recent work of custom vehicles around the city of San Francisco. From the start of 2016, he has been able to work with some dream cars and collaborate on television projects yet to debut.

For the remainder of the year, Richard is also focusing on experimenting with natural lighting and bringing in some lifestyle content to add to his portfolio. Follow him on his social journey on Instagram @richardlephoto along with 11,500+ others.

i4Color combines an artistic eye with mastery in the latest technology to produce brand-flattering imagery that exceeds clients’ expectations.

The team loves partnering with brands and agencies because they’re all out to create the same thing - the highest quality deliverable with the greatest efficiency.

Over the past six years i4Color has captured the vision of clients including Glad, Burt’s Bees, Hidden Valley, Clif Bar, Kingsford and DDB.

i4Color perfects the supply chain, stepping in as-needed for photography, creative retouching, and CGI or managing the entire process. The in-house team of photographers, retouchers, and CGI experts approaches each project with a collaborative attitude, setting everyone up for success.

Recognising that traditional media needs are transforming and that the demand for multi-platform content is exploding, Vegar came up with an idea for a different breed of production - Meet Team Vegar.

Team Vegar’s breed of production aims to deliver the bulk of content for a client’s marketing needs in a single production by bringing together talented stills, motion, and social media content creators to create high quality marketing assets cost efficiently.

By bringing all these production elements under one roof Vegar and his team can lower production costs, while increasing production value and quality across all platforms, from broadcast to print, and social media.

Vegar Abelsnes is a global photographer and director based in San Francisco and New York.

Check the link for more information.

Jim Erickson is a renowned commercial photographer. For over 30 years he has created timeless imagery for hundreds of blue chip clients, including AT&T, American Express, Wells Fargo, Pinnacle Entertainment, GM, Pfizer, United Airlines and Chase.

He is known for his ability to capture spontaneous and unexpectedly telling moments that connect with the viewer in a way that makes them want to 'be there'.

Recently, Jim has been shooting video. Using a combination of the latest Canon 1DC and the Sony F55, 4K cameras, he is rapidly creating high quality video content for both Erickson Stock and his clients’ libraries.

Specialising in lifestyle, adventure and tourism photography, Tyler Jacobsen’s eye for photographic composition is a direct extension of his knowledge and expertise in visual art.

Tyler found and perfected his craft by photographing people early on. Creative shots infused with passion and knowledge of his subject matter have attracted the attention of clients including Columbia Sportswear, Texas Tourism, Apple, The Wagner Family Wines (Caymus, Mer Soleil, Belle Glos, Conundrum), Electronic Data Systems, Reliant Energy, Thomson Reuters, PETA, Dilumnia Health Island, Leap Frog, and Palo Alto Medical Foundation.

The recipient of multiple APA awards and PDN Outdoor awards, Tyler has been consistently recognised for his ability to capture some of nature’s most elusive and private moments. As a former pupil and assistant of commercial photographer Jim Erickson, Tyler gleaned a wealth of experience in capturing life’s serendipitous moments, managing a crew, and perfecting the art and science of the business of photography.

When not travelling on location throughout the US, Europe, Asia, or South America for work, he has operational bases in both Salt Lake City and San Francisco.

Wes Hardison, photographer and digital artist, has been involved in image making since his early teens. He began working for Jim Erickson and Erickson Productions in 1992. Wes is now the Senior Digital Artist for FatCat Digital in Northern California.

Coming from a background of traditional photography and darkroom print-making, Wes successfully transitioned with the industry to become one of the top retouchers and digital artists for advertising and commercial photography. He is also known for the vision and passion that he brings to his own landscape and travel photography.

Colleen Hartman continues to thrive on adventure, travel and creativity throughout her projects. Styling both props and wardrobe for many resorts, hotels and cars this season has inspired a feeling of outdoor adventure and leisure in her personal shoots as well.

High energy, attention to detail and beauty and a collaborative spirit persist in motivating Colleen and her team in every new endeavor.

Since graduating from the University of California, Davis in 1990, Steven Noble has mastered a wide range of detail and style within the scratchboard medium.

Over the course of his career he has created many logos and ad campaigns for a large list of prestigious clients such as Coors, Exxon-Mobil, JP Morgan and Mercedes-Benz. His expertise includes food, portraits, animals, maps, architecture, and corporate conceptual images.

In 2001, Steven won the 'Meade Show Award for Excellence' for creating the best corporate conceptual illustration. In addition, in 1996, his work was recognised in the Communication Art Magazine for the best advertising spot for 'Beaulieu Vineyards'.

One of his last projects was a series of illustrations for the acclaimed children's book 'Zathura' which came out at the same time as the release of the movie. In 2011, Steven also created the animations for Kraken Rum for its national TV commercial.

The Blackwell Files came onto the scene in 1999 as one of the first Real People Model Agencies. Throughout the years, Blackwell has skillfully managed talent placement for commercial photographers, producers and ad agencies worldwide.

Blackwell is excited to announce the opening of its new Professional Model Division - this department will be home to a fresh portfolio of fashion and lifestyle models.

The Blackwell Files is located in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District in a creative building where the company rents out several casting and professional workshop studios.

For more information on the studio rentals visit their website. 

Erickson Stock is a stock photography boutique home to over 70,000 images and 10,000+ video clips available for commercial licensing.

Founded by renowned photographer Jim Erickson, Erickson Stock is a unique and exclusive collection of content created by one photographer and his team.

A great source for emotional lifestyle and business photography, the collection covers topics such as travel and leisure, family and friends, as well as business and architecture, to name a few. The image library is continually refreshed with over 500 new images and clips added every month.

Rights managed content is available from the website.

American Photographic Artists (APA) is a leading national organisation run by, and for, professional photographers. Recognised for its broad industry reach, APA works to champion the rights of photographers and image-makers worldwide.

APA offers outstanding benefits, educational programmes and essential business resources to help its members achieve their professional and artistic goals.

The prestigious APA Awards, with over $120,000 in prizes and respected industry judges, is open to all photographers (members and non, US and international). The call for entries is currently on-going. Prizes are listed here.