Photo Retouching for Grateful Glass

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DHP Grateful Glass Poster
Project:  Photo Retouching
Client: Grateful Glass, Matt Olian
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Tools:  Photoshop, GoogleDrive
Backstory: Grateful Glass is an up-and-coming powerhouse company specializing in the afterlife industry (for lack of a more informed term). Head Honcho Matt Olian is an acclaimed glass blowing artisan who studied with the great masters on the island of Murano in Italy. He was experiencing mild success with his company, Vulcan Glass Works, until a client asked him to create a glass piece infused with her recently passed love one’s ashes. The vessel was set into a pendant style piece of jewelry and delivered. The result was emotional, tearful, and full of joy. So began Grateful Glass!

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Posters for Grateful Glass

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DHP Grateful Glass Posters
Project:  Product Posters, Vinyl Banner
Client: Grateful Glass, Matt Olian
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Tools:  Photoshop, GoogleDrive
Backstory: Grateful Glass is an up-and-coming powerhouse company specializing in the afterlife industry (for lack of a more informed term). Head Honcho Matt Olian is an acclaimed glass blowing artisan who studied with the great masters on the island of Murano in Italy. He was experiencing mild success with his company, Vulcan Glass Works, until a client asked him to create a glass piece infused with her recently passed love one’s ashes. The vessel was set into a pendant style piece of jewelry and delivered. The result was emotional, tearful, and full of joy. So began Grateful Glass!

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Postcards for Grateful Glass

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DHP Grateful Glass Post Cards
Project:  Postcards, Business Card edits
Client: Grateful Glass, Matt Olian
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Tools:  Photoshop, GoogleDrive
Backstory: Grateful Glass is an up-and-coming powerhouse company specializing in the afterlife industry (for lack of a more informed term). Head Honcho Matt Olian is an acclaimed glass blowing artisan who studied with the great masters on the island of Murano in Italy. He was experiencing mild success with his company, Vulcan Glass Works, until a client asked him to create a glass piece infused with her recently passed love one’s ashes. The vessel was set into a pendant style piece of jewelry and delivered. The result was emotional, tearful, and full of joy. So began Grateful Glass!

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Brochure for Grateful Glass

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DHP Grateful Glass Brochure
Project:  8 Page Brochure, Double Gate Fold
Client: Grateful Glass, Matt Olian
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Tools:  Photoshop, GoogleDrive
Backstory: Grateful Glass is an up-and-coming powerhouse company specializing in the afterlife industry (for lack of a more informed term). Head Honcho Matt Olian is an acclaimed glass blowing artisan who studied with the great masters on the island of Murano in Italy. He was experiencing mild success with his company, Vulcan Glass Works, until a client asked him to create a glass piece infused with her recently passed love one’s ashes. The vessel was set into a pendant style piece of jewelry and delivered. The result was emotional, tearful, and full of joy. So began Grateful Glass!

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Bumble Bee Cat Costume

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Project:  Portrait Photography, Cat Costume
Client: DoggHouse Productions
Location: Oakland, CA
Tools:  Photography, Nikon DSLR, Lighting, Cat Costume
Backstory: Ladies and Gentlemen! Allow me to introduce to you, my adorable feline friend, Mr. Larry Bellagio! This handsome beast kills it as a bumble bee. Who knows where the idea came from, but it’s a winner.

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HDR Architectural Photography

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MogilMEDIA Logo Design by DHP

Project:  HDR Architectural Photography
Client: DoggHouse Productions
Location: Oakland, CA
Tools: Photoshop, Photography, Nikon DSLR, 18mm Lens
Backstory: HDR Photography is incredibly dynamic (as the name suggests) as well as downright sexy. The idea is that the camera takes an identical photograph in 3+ exposures (usually one dramatically lighter, one dramatically darker, in addition to the original) and merges the 3 exposures to benefit from all of the shadows and highlights. Merging the exposures definitely takes some work in the post-production process. I have not yet found an easy way to do such a task.

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Branding Photography for Dark Luxury

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DoggHouse Productions - Photos for Dark Luxury - Flynn Kaplan

Project:  Branding, Photography
Client: Dark Luxury, DarkLuxury.com, Travis Klein
Location: Oakland, CA, Atlantic City, NJ
Tools: Photoshop, Camera (Nikon D90 with 50mm), Lightng Equipment, Craigslist
Backstory: Dark Luxury is an up and coming powerhouse brand in the online jewelry industry. Focusing on a niche market of creative types, musicians, athletes, motorcycle riders, and nightlife enthusiasts mixed with tattoo culture. Their slogan is “Accessorize your Ink” and they needed some branding photos to communicate this. The product line includes 10+ Tungsten rings that are ready to rock. Hard.

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Camirror by DoggHouse Productions

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Project: Camirror prototype
Client: DoggHouse Productions, Flynn Kaplan, Future Public Spaces
Location: Oakland, CA
Tools: Wood, Acrylic, Paint Brush, Spray Paint, Jigsaw, Router, Sander, Epoxy, Photoshop, Flash, Plotter, X-acto Knife
Backstory: This is a very special project, as it was conceived out of pure passion & imagination. I love when my daydreams manifest into realized actualities. Basically, when thoughts become things – like the teachings of The Secret. I’ve been tinkering with a semi-professional photography career now for almost 2 years. When I look around major cities, I always see 2 things without fail: at least 1 schmuck wearing a Yankees cap, and people with digital SLR cameras strapped around their necks!

Product Photography for La Sirena Cigars

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Project: Product Photography
Client: La Sirena Cigars, Arielle Ditkowich, LaSirenaCigars.com
Location: Manhattan, NY, Oakland, CA
Tools: Photoshop, Lighting, Nikon D90, Nikkor 50mm f/1.4
Backstory: La Sirena is the latest release from Miami Cigar & Company, the folks behind standout brands like Nestor Miranda, Don Lino, and a handful of others, if you know anything about Cigars. Smoking cigars is like eating oysters or lobster – you don’t see any bums indulging in these activities, it’s reserved for winners.

Web Site for La Sirena Cigars

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Project: Web Site Design
Client: La Sirena Cigars, Arielle Ditkowich, LaSirenaCigars.com
Location: Manhattan, NY, Oakland, CA
Tools: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, WordPress, HTML, CSS, GoDaddy, MySQL, FTP
Backstory: La Sirena is the latest release from Miami Cigar & Company, the folks behind standout brands like Nestor Miranda, Don Lino, and a handful of others, if you know anything about Cigars. Smoking cigars is like eating oysters or lobster – you don’t see any bums indulging in these activities, it’s reserved for winners.

Splash Page for La Sirena Cigars

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Project: Web Site Design – Horizontal Sliding Parallax Splash Page
Client: La Sirena Cigars, Arielle Ditkowich, LaSirenaCigars.com
Location: Manhattan, NY, Oakland, CA
Tools: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, WordPress, HTML, CSS, GoDaddy, MySQL, FTP
Backstory: La Sirena is the latest release from Miami Cigar & Company, the folks behind standout brands like Nestor Miranda, Don Lino, and a handful of others, if you know anything about Cigars. Smoking cigars is like eating oysters or lobster – you don’t see any bums indulging in these activities, it’s reserved for winners.

Canvas Print by DHP

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Project: Custom Canvas Print, Graphic Design, fighting is for lovers
Client: DoggHouse Productions
Location: Oakland, CA
Tools: Photoshop, Photography, Canvas Printing & Stretching
Backstory: I’m a lover not a fighter… truth is, fighting is for lovers. Anything worth having is worth fighting for. So remind your loved ones that you still care and let the passion flow with our newest canvas print.

Logo Design for Eat Academy

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Project: Logo Design
Client: Eat Academy, Jocelyn Vanlandingham, eatacademyca.com
Location: San Francisco CA, Oakland CA, Bay Area California
Tools: Photoshop, Photography
Backstory: At its core, Eat Academy is a pressure-free learning environment where everybody is encouraged to experience the tasteful art and incredibly awesome science of gastronomy. Eat Academy’s head honcho and culinary superstar, Jocelyn Vanlandingham, looked to DoggHouse Productions to collaborate on it’s professional image consultation as well as various digital marketing mediums – such as a logo, web site, print ads, and food photography. We wish you continued good luck in your venture…and for the record, your food is delicious.

Web Site for Eat Academy

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Project: Web Site Design
Client: Eat Academy, Jocelyn Vanlandingham, eatacademyca.com
Location: San Francisco CA, Oakland CA, Bay Area California
Tools: Photoshop, WordPress, HTML, GoDaddy, MySQL, FTP, Photography
Backstory: At its core, Eat Academy is a pressure-free learning environment where everybody is encouraged to experience the tasteful art and incredibly awesome science of gastronomy. Eat Academy’s head honcho and culinary superstar, Jocelyn Vanlandingham, looked to DoggHouse Productions to collaborate on it’s professional image consultation as well as various digital marketing mediums – such as a logo, web site, print ads, and food photography. We wish you continued good luck in your venture…and for the record, your food is delicious.

Product Ad for Kismet Bags

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Project: HTML E-mail Blast & Product Print Ad
Client: Kismet & Karma, Kismet Bags, Marsha Wachman, www.KismetBags.com
Location: Cherry Hill, NJ / Greater Philadelphia Area
Tools: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, HTML
Backstory: Up and coming powerhouse company, Kismet & Karma, directed by Marsha Wachman, of Cherry Hill, NJ, was in need of some graphic design work to compliment their web site. DoggHouse Productions was more than happy to answer the call, and produced some most excellent results. Kismet and Karma specializes in repurposing and upcycling used denim into handbags and wine totes. For the record, the denim wine totes are selling out left and right. Congratulations on that note! Aside from denim, the bags also feature faux animal fur prints & other luxurious patterns, such as paisley, houndstooth, and more.

How to Shoot Professional Car Photos with a $0.01 Budget

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So you want to photograph a car like the pros, but you’re broke as shit.

This article will give you instructions on how to fabricate a makeshift legitimate photography studio, provide a list of suggested tools and items for success, instructions on how to acquire necessary lighting equipment for free, some advice and techniques on how to light the car, and will provide general warnings, tips, as well as some backstory for the success of the project.

 

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Web Banner for the Philly Broker

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Project: Web Banner Design
Client: Shelly Gans, Real Estate Business Broker, www.ThePhillyBroker.com
Location: Cherry Hill, NJ / Greater Philadelphia Area
Tools: Photoshop, Photography
Backstory: Shelly Gans, the Philadelphia Business Broker, is a long-time friend of my family’s in addition to being the father of one of my piers. I long wondered what this man did for a living, and one day I received a telephone call from him debating whether or not to re-advertise his business in the Yellow Pages, or to finally weave himself into the world wide web with an internet presence. DoggHouse Productions was happy to hook him up with a logo, web site, and web banner which advertises local private classified listings for commercial real estate properties and occasional licenses located in the greater Philadelphia area.

Canvas Print by DHP

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Project: Custom Canvas Print, Graphic Design, i’m sorry but i love you
Client: DoggHouse Productions
Location: Oakland, CA
Tools: Photoshop, Photography, Canvas Printing & Stretching
Backstory: It’s a rare occasion that I would ever accept an apology, let alone regurgitate one. Things happen, regret is absurd, and I accept occurrences for what they are and can appreciate that life happens; and I let it. “I’m sorry” in addition to the phrase “i love you,” gets thrown around an awful lot, to the point of too much, usually with a consequentially diminished sense of meaning and truthfulness. Combining the two phrases seemed to construct a powerful message that, when left to the imagination, produces a number of critical and dramatic (hopefully romantic) scenarios that could only be capable of invoking this sentence.

Canvas Print by DHP

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Project: Custom Canvas Print, Graphic Design, Jon of Man
Client: Jonathan Salvador
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
Tools: Photoshop, Canvas Printing & Stretching
Backstory: Jonathan Salvador has been a good friend of my brother’s ever since they attended Cornell University together earlier this century. I was traveling up and back to New York City and Jon made for an excellent maître d’ of sorts recommending places to eat & party as well as joining me on these adventures. It got to the point where the young man owed me a little bit of money. We ceased communication for years until I got a phone call asking permission for him to come move in with us in Hollywood. I gave the scenario the green light and several months later we moved into a bigger place in Redondo Beach together.

Cold Pink Ladies

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Project: Photography, Art Direction, Styling
Client: Cold Pink Ladies
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Tools: Photography, Lighting, Styling
Backstory: Cold Pink Ladies was a personal project I headed for series in 2009. I had a fantasy one evening, that super gorgeous women should be dressed in provocative lingerie and sexy stylish high top sneakers. Women in lingerie wearing high top sneakers. That was the vision.