Sarah’s Boudoir Session
Thought we’d share a video of a pretty awesome boudoir session we had with Sarah…
Profoto Interviews ( TM )
Profoto, the industry leaders in lighting equipment, interviewed Thom Milkovic ( TM ) about his views regarding the future of photography. Thom explains even though making a living as a commercial photographer has been challenging lately, there’s hope at the end of the tunnel. You just have to, well, not just focus on photography.
Tags: business, Photography, profoto, Thom Milkovic
Delivering a Bit of Wedding Love
With Thom Milkovic’s mother having been a professional wedding photographer in NY, it only made sense that he would eventually follow in her path. Even though ( TM ) has been shooting weddings on and off for a while, he and the team are proud to announce their official wedding photography brand, Red Heart Love Wedding Photoartistry.
Thom, along with his executive producer (and wife), Jamarie, take two decades of branding, design, print and interactive experience and offer high-end brides an amazing storytelling package. This includes delivering custom album designs, video montages and interactive Websites that relives the wedding day.
“We fall into this space naturally. Much of our commercial photography background transfers into making amazing pieces of art for our brides. There’s nothing more satisfying that having the couple be so happy to see our work!”
More at RedHeartLove.com »
Tags: Photography, Thom Milkovic, wedding
( TM ) is Totally Vain
Husband and wife team, Thom Milkovic and Jamarie Milkovic open Totally Vain Photographic Boudoir and is taking reservations amidst their busy commercial photography schedule.
“We wanted to blend our commercial and lifestyle photography experience into a brand that helps women showcase their beauty. So far, it’s been a great hit!” says Jamarie Milkovic, Executive Producer for the photography group.
Tags: boudoir, Photography, Thom Milkovic
Dubtastic Asks Some Darn Good Questions
I had the privilege of being interviewed by Dubtastic, a talented fellow photographer. He had some pretty good questions that might offer some “light” on how I do what I do.
Tags: dubtastic, interview, Photography, Thom Milkovic
Lung Cancer Raises Awareness through Love
November has been Lung Cancer Awareness month and the Lung Cancer Alliance teamed up with MarketZero to create a pretty cool marketing campaign to generate some attention.
The innovative thinkers Michael Sokol and Andrew Santamaria of Marketzero came up with a new character, Dr. Lung Love, and a clever parody that mimics Pitbull’s new music video, “Hotel Room Service”. Today, the Lung Cancer Alliance has their version called “Waitin Room Service” thanks to director/editor, Eric De Fino, of Raygun who created the music video:
Marketzero asked my team and I to help conceptualize the look for the Lung Love Website. We thought it would be great to continue the parody and reproduce the Pitbull album look. So, during the filming of the music video at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta, GA, my producer, Jamarie, along with my trusted photo tech guru, Trent Chau, set up a mobile environment to get the shots we needed in between takes.
Photo by Trent Chau
Given the type of shot we wanted the only place we could use was the hallway. We couldn’t keep our setup there for long since foot traffic was an issue.
Ultimately we got what we needed to create the composite for the Lung Love site. Of course, the nurse wasn’t wearing a camo set of scrubs so I had to add that pattern in post. Everything turned out perfect at the end.
Many thanks to the whole team!
Tags: lung cancer, lung love, music video, Photography, pitbull, Thom Milkovic
“Let’s Get It!” Nominated as Finalist for iStockPhoto Design of the Year
Every year, iStockPhoto holds an international contest called “Punctum Day”. They essentially narrow down all their content to find finalists for best photograph, best video, and best design, which ends up being judged by some recognizable names. This year Russell Brown, Sr. Creative Director of Adobe and Scott Kelby were some of the judges.
iStockPhoto selected the “Let’s Get It!” composite as a top 10 finalist for the Design of the Year award. Granted it didn’t win, but being a top 10 finalist is pretty darned good. You can find out more about it on the iStockPhoto Finalist page.
We had originally conceptualized the shot to be done at the exterior of a mansion in Atlanta. We were going to bring in a couple of luxury cars and boats, while integrating a few stock photos in post. But, after we were done thinking through all of the logistics, I felt it was more appropriate to try something else out instead. We ended up capturing the models in a studio and building a “getting it” scene around the featured players, using nothing but stock photography. Essentially, that’s how the following design came to be:
My team and I are grateful for the finalist recognition. And congrats to the winner!
Tags: Azizi Major, Branding, Interactive, Photography, production, stock photography, Thom Milkovic
“Mr. Amazing” Wins Best Film
81 Edits + 48 Hours + 29 Cast & Crew + 27 Sets + 9 Red Bulls + 2 Canon 5D Mark II DSLR Cameras = One Amazing (Award Winning) Film.
Imagine making a short film in 2 days, better yet, picture yourself conceptualizing, writing, shooting and editing that film in the same 48 hours. Well, that’s the 48 Hour Film Project (”48HFP”), an international contest that challenges filmmakers to complete a 4-7 minute film over the course of a weekend.
Out of the 70 teams who entered into the 2009 Atlanta 48HFP, our movie won Best Film along with four other awards. The best part of this story is, I’m not a filmmaker…
iStockPhoto Votes “Let’s Get It!” as Design of the Week
In the Let’s Get It! composite I made for the Azizi Major’s Website, I combined seven people with 26 stock images:
Most all of the stock photos were from iStockPhoto, who just yesterday voted the photomontage as Design of the Week on their homepage:
Thanks! I appreciate the accolades because this was the most complicated of the Azizi Major’s Website photos.
I wanted the final composite to be “over populated” with images that would represent luxury, wealth and success while keeping Azizi as the main focus. At first, my team and I discussed coordinating a much larger photo shoot at a mansion in Atlanta and Photoshopping in various elements like helicopters, cars, etc. But we ultimately decided to shoot the models, Azizi Major and CEO on green screen and tell the rest of the story only through stock imagery. If we would’ve gone with one of the other stock sources, this final image would’ve been extremely expensive to put together. Therefore, iStockPhoto was the most logical choice for our budget.
In hindsight, I think it was a smart decision. If you want to take a second to check out all the images used in the composite, click here.
Tags: Azizi Major, Interactive, istockphoto, Photography, stock photography, Thom Milkovic
Massive 17,000 Pixel Panorama of Blackcomb
When I was in British Columbia with my wife for a photography/ski trip earlier this year, I propped myself on top of the 7th Heaven ski run in Blackcomb until the sun was right and took a series of shots to ultimately create this massive panorama:
View the 17,000 pixel wide panorama here. Click to zoom. Drag to explore. More controls are on the bottom. Be sure to check out Whistler on the other side!
Tags: Interactive, Panorama, Photography
