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Luke Bryan:

My recent assignment for Y&R, photographing Luke Bryan for the Texaco ad campaign.

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We shot Luke in Florida in front of a live crowd.




Christian Moder:

This portrait of composer Christian Moder is from the documentary / road trip I shot with his band The Great Crusades. Christian writes original scores for commercials, tv shows and films.

When you need music for spots and broadcast content, get in touch with Christian Moder! http://www.christianmoder.com

Katrine & I work with Christian about 80% of the time on the spots we direct. He always meets the crazy deadline (and the budget.) We, or the ad agency, usually feed him a temp track as a place to spring board from. Then we listen, as he brings something musically magical to the party. He continually elevates our motion work with his original pieces. The process of collaborating with Christian is always a professional pleasure. Look “Modes” up!

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Marty Willson-Piper:

A handful of times in my life, I’ve been at the right spot at the right time. On the night of October 7th, I was at the Rite Spot at the right time to see an impromptu, intimate, acoustic performance by the musician Marty Willson-Piper. Marty, who lives in Stockholm, is the former guitarist for the australian band The Church — but you knew that already ;-).

Marty is my favorite. I’ve seen him on his own, solo, several times and with The Church about 50 times! But the gig that these photos are from was heaven for me. The show was phenomenal. He was his passionate self through and through.

It was such a grand performance in such a teeny tiny dive bar. The Rite Spot is in the Mission, in San Francisco. It only holds about 50 people.

It really was a magnificent night... a show that I had hoped for a long, long time. It was one of those events in my life when I’m enthralled in the moment, and then pullback for a second, breathe and say to myself - wow, this truly is something special & I’m actually part of the fabric of it - and then I zip back into the moment. This MWP gig for me was epic. I wish you could have been there to share in the experience.

MWP’s music & blog site: http://indeepmusicarchive.net
And these are the albums I adore: http://indeepmusicarchive.net/shop/

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sneak peak no. 1: KN+SAW in PDN

The magazine Photo District News (PDN) interviewed us (KN+SAW | Katrine Naleid + Stephen Austin Welch) for the feature article in their MOTION & VIDEO issue — which is on newsstands now.

The article is about Combining Still and Video Productions. The Editor interviewed us about a “combo project” where we directed the tv spot and Katrine Naleid shot the print campaign.

Here’s the link to the interview in the December issue of PDN: KN+SAW featured in PDN magazine THE MOTION & VIDEO ISSUE

PDN’s candid chat with KN+SAW | Katrine Naleid + Stephen Austin Welch directing duo and still photographers

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sneak peak no. 2: KN+SAW b-t-s of the spots we directed for Stage

Here’s a behind-the-scenes teaser of the new tv spots we directed for Stage Stores. The first spot begins airing nationally this weekend and the second will air in December. Stay tuned... the spots will be posted shortly on our directing site: KN+SAW

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behind-the-scenes with KN+SAW on-set in Texas

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Hi there. I’m Stephen Austin Welch, a commercial director & advertising photographer. My specialties are capturing authentic lifestyle images, genuine portraits & graphic still lifes. I also shoot, what I have coined, environments and scapes. See ’em all on my site.

We shoot tv spots & still photographs for ad agencies, creative firms, companies and magazines worldwide.

Call me, SAW, (or our production company, Traveling Picture Show Company — or my photo agent, Norman Maslov) for the next visual story you want to tell.

We love to shoot!


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