For the past 6 months NoCoast.TV and I have been compiling footage for an up-coming portrait of my work with local shop Installation. Its a unique sneaker boutique located in Boulder.   Our actual behind the scenes footage was sparse, so included is a sneak peak of some final concepts.  The rest of the story will be told very soon.  I hope you enjoy.  Big thanks to NoCoast and Installation for all the love and hard work.

Music: “0perating Systems ” By Two Fresh
Elm + Oak Records

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Here is a little star lapse I did while on a sk8 trip with a group of friends. We ended up camping in our friend’s front yard in Edwards. The night was filled with great food, stiff cocktails, and a camp fire to make things rustic.  This star lapse consists of 900 still images and it took 5 hours to complete. In the beginning I never know what I will get, but in the end it never really matters.  I usually like them either way.  It’s funny how a camera can make you see things your eyes most often miss.

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My love for the blues began in high school and has continued to live on well into my adult life.  Growing up in my house, some form of music was always playing in the back ground.  Music has been such a staple in my life, for as far back as I can remember, that now, as a professional photographer, I find myself jumping at the opportunity to document musicians whenever possible.  So when I recently got a last minute call to help film “Blues at the Crossroads” (a Tribute to Robert Johnson) at The Riley Center in Meridian, Mississippi, I can truly say I was excited.  Meridian just happens to be at the junction of US 49 and US 61, the very same place that blues singer Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.  Being there, at the crossroads, and hearing the performance live was a treat in itself, however, my experience went far beyond that.  I was also fortunate enough to have the pleasure of meeting Big Head Todd and his band, along with blues legends Hubert Sumlin, Honeyboy Edwards, Charlie Musselwhite, Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcom.
Due to the nature of my work, I have been able to travel all over the world doing what I enjoy most… documenting life and capturing moments to be shared with whomever will take the time to stop and look.   For this particular project, I was given the task of shooting long lens from the 2nd floor balcony, along with the wide static shot from the same position.  I knew at sound check that, on this night, I was going to have a hard time keeping my mind off the music and focused on my filming.   The song featured in this video, “Come on in my Kitchen,”  is performed by Big Head Todd and his band, along with Cedrick Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcom.   At the beginning of the show I was able to get a copy of the set list and it was 1 set consisting of 19 songs and 2 encores.   WOW!  I felt like I had the best seat in the house because the music was perfect and I was working at the same time.  This clip shows you what 4 cameramen and 5 cameras can produce.   Big thanks to everyone involved.  This video was a production of NoCoast.TV I hope you enjoy it.

Big Head Blues Club Featuring Big Head Todd And The Monsters

“Come On In My Kitchen”
100 Year Tribute To Robert Johnson
Live At The Riley Center, Meridian Mississippi

Directed/Edited: Jesse R. Borrell

Filmed By: Jeffery Garland, Eric Peter Abramson, Jesse R. Borrell & Tobin Voggesser

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Although it was my grandmoher that had Alzheimer’s it is something that had an impact on my entire family. So upon learning more about things, I became very excited to be a part of it. I knew the client wanted a high contrast black and white film full of energy. They wanted to capture extraordinary people doing extraordinary things with their bodies. In this spot I document Chris Seaver’s battle between herself, her body, and the mountain road ahead.

The day began up on Look Out Mountain in Morrison, Colorado. This is a great spot for road biking and also mountain biking. The road is filled with switch backs from top to bottom, making it a perfect spot for cyclists. The director of the spot also happens to be a cyclist, so that made things easy for all of us. We did a variety of different things to get the angles we wanted. I shot from the sunroof of an SUV, out the back of an SUV with the hatch up, from the side of the car via a boom, and the mounted shots were with a Go Pro. Most everything was shot on 2 Canon 5dMKII’s and the high speed stuff was shot on the Canon 7d @ 60 fps. I had 3 cameras rolling most of the time so it was hectic and fun all at once.

Big thanks to Chris for pushing herself and riding full throttle all day, to Lauren for helping lug the gear up and down the mountain and, lastly, Olaf and Genesis Inc for making this project come together. It’s always a pleasure to work with great people on fun projects.

Cyclist: Chris Seaver

Produced by: Genesis Inc
Edited by: Futuristic Films

Directed by: Olaf Richter
Cinematography: Jeffery Garland

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My love for the blues began in high school and has continued to live on well into my adult life.  Growing up in my house, some form of music was always playing in the back ground.  Music has been such a staple in my life, for as far back as I can remember, that I typically jump at the opportunity to document musicians in their element.  So when I got a last minute call to help film “Blues at the Crossroads” (a Tribute to Robert Johnson) at The Riley Center in Meridian, Mississippi, I can truly say I was excited.  Meridian just happens to be at the junction of US 49 and US 61, the very same place that blues singer Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.  Being there, at the crossroads, and hearing the performance live was a treat in itself, but I was also fortunate enough to have the pleasure of meeting Big Head Todd and his band, along with blues legends Hubert Sumlin, Honeyboy Edwards, Charlie Musselwhite, Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcom.
Due to the nature of my work, I have been able to travel all over doing what I enjoy most… documenting life and capturing moments to be shared with whomever will take the time to stop and look.   For this particular project, I was given the task of shooting long lens from the 2nd floor balcony along with the wide static shot from the same position.  I knew at sound check that I was going to have a hard time keeping my mind off the music on this night.  Todd from Big Head Todd started off the show with this song.  It set the tone for what was to follow all night long.  At the beginning of the show I was able to get a copy of the set list, which was comprised of 19 songs and 2 encores. WOW!  I felt like i had the best seat in the house because the music was perfect and I was working at the same time.  This also just shows you what 4 cameramen and 5 cameras can produce.   Big thanks to everyone involved.  This was a NoCoast.TV Production I hope you enjoy it.

Big Head Blues Club Featuring Big Head Todd And The Monsters

“Come On In My Kitchen”
100 Year Tribute To Robert Johnson
Live At The Riley Center, Meridian Mississippi

Directed/Edited: Jesse R. Borrell

Filmed By: Jeffery Garland, Eric Peter Abramson, Jesse R. Borrell & Tobin Voggesser

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Here is a behind the scenes promo that I helped shoot for Fox’s tv show called The Chicago Code.   This promo was shot during the publicity photo shoot for the show.  The publicity shoots are usually on a separate day than actual filming.  This gives the photographers ample time to capture all that is needed from the cast in order to meet all of the publicity needs, which range from billboards and posters to magazines and newspapers.

On this day, I was on location in downtown Chicago.  Being on location outside, in the elements, is always fun, but I will say it adds to the craziness of things.  For this shoot we were based out of an old factory and most of our set ups were in and around the building.  This is just another average day in the film business.  Everything that is needed arrives by truck and trailer.  You name it and it is there, from grip and lighting to hair and make-up to catering.  It is all packed neatly in the back of a truck and trailer ready to move to our next location.  I have a few shelves and a cubby to stash gear and bags in while on location.  It often feels like I’m a carny in a traveling circus.  I say this because most of the crew working on these projects are on the road, away from friends and family.  My office for this one was in the back of the camera truck (aka a huge 5th wheel race car trailer).  This trailer has been converted to a modern day camera house that is temperature controlled and cozy.  It houses all the camera equipment and personal gear, along with an espresso machine, dorm room style kitchen and fridge, dance floor, DJ booth, rope lighting, work benches and a nice big darkroom.  The best part is that our truck conveniently shows up a stones throw away from all of the locations.  This project had 2 sets going at once and another one that I would sneak off to to get my interviews.

I already knew most of the cast from The Chicago Code because I was also the still photographer for the show.  This made my life a bit easier because most of the cast were already comfortable with me being around.  For this project, I was given the task of conducting interviews and also behind-the-scenes work for the promo.  I had a great team of people there for support and also to keep me on track with things.

Our day started very early with set up and preparation for the project.  We had the luxury of having had a pre-light on the previous day.  Because of this, we knew where the best place to start was and we had some kind of idea of what was ahead of us the following day.  Being that we were using both available and supplementary lighting, things were at the mercy of the day’s weather.  If you have spent anytime in the windy city then you know the weather is very unpredictable.  The good thing for us was that the day was perfect and the light was great.  The day flew by in a blink of an eye and nothing seemed to slow us down.  It was another good day with great people doing what they love.  Thanks to everyone that came out to play and the whole team that made it possible.

Special thanks for Diane C. and Liz L. for all the help.

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Produced by: FOX

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Several months back I got a call from FOX to work on the Glee publicity photo shoot.  I have to admit, I didn’t  know that much about Glee when I got the call.  I did a little bit of research so I could brush up on the cast and what they were all about.  Things were to take place at Smash Box Studios in Hollywood, CA.  Having done several commercial jobs at Smash Box, I knew that we were in good hands.  Plus, they have a great rental department on site so it’s nice to know if we needed anything, they probably had it on hand.  It was also cool to see that we had the whole place which meant we had room to really do whatever we wanted.  On this project, we had the main 2 stages for photos and a third one for sit down interviews.  On a day like this, there is never enough time to get everything done.  Somehow, though, everything seems to work itself out in the end (or get cut!).

With Glee there is a rather big cast so it seemed like there were tons of people around set.   The weather was perfect and the sun was shinning.  I think this added to the fun of things.    A lot of the cast had been away and this was the first time they were all together again, so lot of people were hanging and catching up.  Several of the cast members had their kids or family friends with them so it really felt like a close family atmosphere.

Not only was everyone amazing to work with, but the amount of work we got done was crazy.  On this day there were 3 of us documenting the shoot.  David Johnson covering the interviews, Dave Schwep was doing time lapse work, and I was covering the 2 main sets for behind the scenes photos and video.  With 3 sets all working at the same time there was never a slow moment to the day.  Things always seem to be so normal at the start of the day.  All of us involved have a job that we are focusing on.  The cast members where arriving one by on and getting into hair and make up.  All of the photographers and assistants were getting everything ready so once things got rolling, they didn’t stop til the end of the day.  There was a live DJ mixing up the music and keeping the set a fun place to be.   Being the first one to arrive and the last to leave is always fun.  I get to sit back and reflect on what just happened.  On this particular day nothing bad went wrong and we got some great material for FOX to work their magic.  Thank you to FOX and everyone involved in this project and a special thanks to Diane C. and Jenny D. for all their help.

Cinematography: Jeffery Garland, David Johnson, Dave Schwep

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Produced by: FOX

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In pursuit of the perfect bite… what is the perfect bite?  I met up with Kelly Liken, owner and chef of Kelly Liken Restaurant in Vail, CO to find out.  I was thrilled to learn we were given access to do this project on Vail Mountain.  I have always snowboarded Vail in the winter, but never drove up it in a 4×4 during the summer.

The first location of the day was in a huge grove of Aspen trees about half way up the mountain.  This is where I learned more about Kelly and her thoughts on the perfect bite. She did the first part of the interview and then made her signature organic beet salad from locally grown high altitude veggies.  After that we had lunch and headed to Sowing Seeds Greenhouse at the Brush Creek Elementary School.  Sowing Seeds is a project from the Vail Valley Foundation.  This is a school greenhouse intuitive for kids k-5 to learn the whole life cycle of a plant from seed to harvest to sale.  This teaches kids valuable life lessons, along with sustainability and green farming.

The last location of the day was in the kitchen of Kelly Liken’s restaurant.   My goal was to capture some of the heart and soul of Kelly Liken’s food.  I went to the kitchen and asked the chef to “please prepare a few dishes that describe what Seasonal American Cuisine represents.”  I filmed each course as it was being made and then, at the completion of each one, I stopped working and enjoyed the food with the rest of the crew.  After that, I got back up and did it all over again.  The kitchen staff was very kind and would delay the next course so that I could enjoy the food too.  This went on for a number courses and numerous deserts.   I don’t think I really need to say more than WOW!  The food was off the charts good and I was able to witness each course being prepared with the highest quality ingredients available.

At Kelly Liken, they are passionate about providing you with a one-of-a-kind dining experience in Vail, CO. They serve a simple, yet exciting Seasonal American Cuisine that relies heavily on locally produced and cultivated products. The menu changes frequently to offer the highest quality ingredients of each season.  If you’re ever in Vail, you have to stop in and taste the food.  You will not be disappointed.

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Special Thanks to Kelly Liken, Vail Valley Foundation, Sowing Seeds, and Vail Resorts.

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Cinematography by Jeffery Garland
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Directed by Olaf Richer

Produced by Genesis Inc.
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Genghis Kern is a Denver-based letterpress shop that strives to keep the art of letterpress alive. I have always been in love with the look and feel of letterpress, so it was nice to meet a local guy through a mutual friend. I phoned Jason up and asked to set up a time for us to meet and discuss a possible business card project. At the time, I figured it would simply be a quick meet and greet, followed by a brief conversation regarding card stock and ink. I thought my project would be an easy one since I had my design already set up and ready to go. Little did I know that I was stepping into the world of Genghis Kern. From custom business cards and stationery, to wedding invitations and birth announcements – you dream it and Genghis will bring it to life. Grounded with over 15 years of graphic design experience, Jason will take your idea and make it a reality. I knew right away that I wanted to tell the story of Genghis Kern Letterpress. This project was a short promo piece blending time lapse stills and HD video.

Special thanks to Jason Wedekind, the design artist featured in the video.
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Cinematography by Jeffery Garland
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Edited by Jesse Borrell