Location scouting in Arizona and California

I am starting to plan some personal work to be shot over the next few months. I recently spent some time scouting locations in western Arizona and southern California.

I am always looking to find interesting locations that offer a unique perspective. While things are still in the planning stages, I am excited about the challenges this new work will bring and hope to have new work to show by the new year…

On assignment in Flagstaff for Runner’s World

Last week I photographed a feature for Runner’s World Magazine in Sedona and Flagstaff, Arizona on the Run S.M.A.R.T Project. The project is essentially a training camp for distance runners. The article won’t be published for awhile so I can’t show any of the final shots but I have worked up some personal and iphone photos that show the experience.

I spent two days during the week working on the project and in between had to go to Tucson shooting for a different magazine. It was great to get out of town to do some work and some of the locations up north were amazing. The photos will be featured as a preview for the 2010 camp and will be published next year.

Recent advertising campaigns

In June, I photographed two different ad campaigns, one for a new client, OmniMount and the other for a client that I have worked with before, the Kohler Academy.

The production shot below is from the OmniMount campaign, where we produced 7 different shots over 2 days. The Kohler Academy campaign was started earlier this year, back in April and we finished it up at the end of June.

photo by Erica Montgomery

Both projects were very succesful and I can’t wait to get the final work out there from both campaigns. Thanks to the creatives and crew involved with both projects.

Phoenix Ad Blog, Photography Q&A

I was recently interviewed for a Q&A on the Phoenix Ad Blog website. Click on the screenshot to read the full interview….

The Hotel, Behind the scenes

Here is a series of production shots taken from another self-produced lifestyle/fashion shoot. We built a hotel room set in the studio back in November as a second part of the series of the phone call shoot I started in July. This is more personal work that will also function as portfolio and self-promotion imagery.

The Phone Call, behind the scenes

I recently shot a self-produced model test in the studio where we built a phone booth and created a street scene. Here are a series of production shots that show the building process including a few of the crew I was working with, Lucas McClain and Laura Flagler.

Raja Bell of the Phoenix Suns

In December I photographed Phoenix Suns forward Raja Bell for a Cover and Fashion Spread for AZ Magazine. I have photographed a number of different covers for AZ in recent months. Here is a behind the scenes video filmed during the photo shoot….

Link to Youtube

And the final cover…

And one of my favorite shots…