Birdman Inc Locations Scouting. San Francisco Northern California Locations for Still Photography and Video

We sparked up a project in December of last year with photographer Eric Kiel for a new product from Swisher. The e-Swisher is a non-tobacco device that has no smoke, ash or smell that can be enjoyed in places that traditional cigarettes and cigars can not be. Like a bar or your friends house while playing poker, those are the locations we were asked to find for this shoot. Hilary Weekes of Team Kiel was great to work with and the locations matched up great for this campaign. I think Eric enjoyed shooting in San Francisco as well, this is a link to his Blog entry on the shoot here in the Bay Area. Here are some of the results form the e-Swisher website and some examples of our scouting.

FINAL AD

SCOUTING IMAGE

FINAL AD – SHOT OUTSIDE THE HOUSE

FINAL ADS

SCOUTING IMAGES

It’s always fun when a client involves an aircraft in their photo shoot. In June and July of 2012, we worked with Toni Bashinelli at Lockbox Productions and photographer Brian Bailey on a pharmaceutical campaign that called for a seaplane. We’ve built a great relationship with a local seaplane pilot that loves having his airplanes in photo shoots! They also had us searching for the perfect backdrop for the plane as well as many other locations for several additional layouts. We love working with Toni, she and the rest of the Lockbox team are among the best in the business. This was our first time working with Brian, but hope its not the last. Here are some final ads from the web, a few samples of our scouting images and a couple production stills from the 4 day shoot. If you need a seaplane for your shoot, give us a call!

FINAL AD

SCOUTING IMAGES

PRODUCTION STILL

FINAL AD

SCOUTING IMAGE

PRODUCTION STILL

FINAL AD

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PRODUCTION STILL

Over the past few months we have had several clients looking for river locations for their Northern California based productions. Here is a small sample of what we found between the coast and the mountains.

Over the past year Birdman has been building a solid relationship with Roe Photo from the Detroit, MI area. Together we have completed projects for several General Motors brands here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our most recent project was completed earlier this year for Chevy the badge. Those images are now being featured on the Chevy homepage.

Because the Roe Photo team combines location background plates and CGI’s of the vehicles, we are allowed a lot of latitude in the locations we can present. The final product will often show vehicles in places that they would normally not be allowed. In some cases multiple backgrounds are combined to create a certain look the art direction calls for. Scouting for Roe and John Kwiecien of Roe Photo is always a delightful challenge and we are excited to be working with them!

Here are some samples of our scouting images along side the final images seen on the Chevy homepage.

All of us here at Birdman have a natural love for the outdoors and adventure. We work hard and we play hard. This has been a really busy year filled with exceptionally interesting and satisfying projects. So we decided to have a weekend of playing hard to celebrate our successful year. Our destination was Lake Tahoe and here is a recap of our weekend. We sincerely appreciate all of our wonderful clients, new and old, and we dedicate these images to you.

Our first destination was Angora Lake. We swam across the lake to a to a 20 (some say 30) foot cliff and plunged into the chilly waters! After swimming back as the sun was setting, Jason threw a line in the water but didn’t have any luck.

The following morning we headed to Sand Harbor on the east shore of Lake Tahoe for a standup paddle boarding cruise on calm waters.

We stopped for a rest on a sandy beach on the north shore for a nice swim. The water of Lake Tahoe is clearer and bluer than most swimming pools. Amazing!

Post Paddle Portrait

(Rick, Matt, Jason, Garrett)

After lunch we geared up for a mountain biking adventure!

Ready for an epic ride along the Tahoe Rim and Tahoe Flume trails!

We concluded our trip on Sunday morning with a fun, peaceful and relaxing float down the Truckee River!

Take a look at some of our favorite spaces, modern atria! They sort of speak for themselves…