Illustrator – Donna Grethen loves to incorporate rough Ben Shaln lines, vintage posters, hand lettering, bold colors, and collage influences in her creative process.
Photographer – Rick Souders/Souders Studios has one of the largest food photography studios in the Rocky Mountain West. Rick is best known as the “Mile High Food and Beverage Guy”.
This past week we highlighted work from illustrator members Sergio Baradat, Julia Kerschbaumer, and Gregory Nelson; photographer Ryan Ketterman. The members specialize in editorial, advertising, commercial, and publishing projects. To see more of the artists’ work head on over to Altpick.com.
Illustrator SERGIO BARADAT combines neoclassic sensibility with a contemporary point of view attempting to make the viewer look at the familiar through a new lens.
Photographer – RYAN KETTERMAN licensed drone pilot specializing in industrial and corporate advertising photography and video with a style consisting of colorful and energetic imagery.
Photographer Cliff Badowski mainly works in the music industry creating images for album covers, marketing, brands, and recording artists’ promotional campaigns.
Photographer Lisa Predko has a keen eye for vibrancy, individuality, and style essential in creating images for editorial, commercial, and advertising.
This past week Altpick highlighted 4 members, which included Illustrators Kevin Learn, Teresanne Creative, Jon Krause, and photographer Kent Miller. Here are some samples of their work, to see more images please check their portfolios on Altpick.
Illustrator Kevin Learn – specializes in celebrity, editorial, and conceptual illustrations.
IllustratorTeresanne Creativeis a graphic artist, illustrator, journalist, and designer. She specializes in vector art and adds her own illustrative skill to informational graphics and maps.
IllustratorJon Krause creates images with strong compelling concepts, compositions, and a tasteful color palette.
Photographer Kent Miller‘s lifetime passion grew from the inspiration of people around him. Kent collaborates with commercial and editorial clients on portraits, landscapes, architecture, and product shots.
To see more of the members’ work, please visit Altpick.com.
George Kamper’s assignment for Broward County’s “Visit Lauderdale” campaign was to focus on promoting an authentic welcoming vibe and a diverse community approach. The six-day motion and stills shoot incorporated a wide variety of locations and challenges. Working closely with the director and art director helped to insure a smooth and fruitful shoot.
“That George Kamper does some mighty fine work. To be honest, there are so many great shots we are just getting started with choosing more as the campaign rolls out. It’s a nice situation to be in to have more (and more) options to consider.” CD Thom Hart
To see more photos from the shoot, please click here.
To see more of George’s photography please visit his website and his page on Altpick.
As we wrap up 2022, Altpick takes a closer look at our members’ ‘favorite’ images from this past year. It seems that times of difficulty inspire wonderful imagery paving a way for new beginnings. While perusing the artists’ work, be sure to take a closer look at each image…some may make you wonder, some may make you smile all will give you a deeper understanding of the human condition. Enjoy! For more of the artists’ work, please visit Altpick.com.
As we wrap up 2022, Altpick takes a closer look at our members’ ‘favorite’ images from this past year. It seems that times of difficulty inspire wonderful imagery paving a way for new beginnings. While perusing the artists’ work, be sure to take a closer look at each image…some may make you wonder, some may make you smile all will give you a deeper understanding of the human condition. Enjoy! For more of the artists’ work, please visit Altpick.com.
Each day Altpick highlights one of its members, and on Friday there’s a ‘Round-Up’ feature. This week’s Altpick featured 4 amazing artists ranging in style from classic to unique: Owen Brozman not only has illustrated comics, and published books but also illustrates commercial work; John Sledd has solid experience working with editorial, design studios and video game developers; Italian artist Umberto Grati‘s different styles can find solutions for any type of assignment and meet any deadline and Artist Rep Morgan Gaynin has a group of illustrators who have been specifically selected to fulfill an array of assignments. Please be sure to visit Altpick.com to see more of their work.
Owen Brozman illustrates comics, advertisements, murals, album covers, magazines, books, and more. His recent work includes F—K, Now There Are Two of You, and the New York Times best seller You Have to F—king Eat, the sequels to the best-selling classic Go the F—k to Sleep. He also illustrated Kindness & Salt, a cookbook by the team behind Brooklyn’s Buttermilk Channel and French Louie, and the graphic novel Nature of the Beast.
John Sledd has been working in the graphics “industry” for close to 30 years and has spent the first five of those years in print shops, advertising agencies, and corporate graphics departments. The rest has been spent running Sledd Studios, where John’s clients have ranged from design studios to video game developers and everyone in between.
As a versatile painter and illustrator, Umberto Grati has collaborated with art directors on editorial projects for weekly, monthly, and daily magazines. His different styles can find solutions for every type of assignment. Umberto works quickly and always meet his deadlines.
Morgan Gaynin Inc. is a premier illustration agency representing many award-winning international artists with styles that can match any art director’s needs in advertising, editorial, corporate, and design.
Be sure to visit Altpick.com for more amazing work!
Alicia Buelow’s illustrations combine found objects with text, drawings, photographs, and other surprises to create provocative, richly-textured images. Alicia is happy to work for a wide range of clients, from small to large, developing illustrations for magazines, web, marketing collateral, newspapers, book covers, cd packaging, posters, software packaging, fashion merchandise, advertising, and more.
Jameson Wilkins is a graphic artist and web developer with more than half a decades worth of game, educational web interactions, and educational webpages experience. Jameson graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design with a bachelor’s in Illustration in 2010. Since then he has worked as an independent game developer, e-learning web developer, web and social media marketer, graphic artist, and even animator.
Authenticity is important to Karen Ollis. Whether photographing the outdoors, people, or products, her approach is to tell the story with depth. Karen’s attention to detail and design quality highlights her creative ability. “The painter in me enjoys conceptual layered works which tell a story in a single frame”.
Lisa Powers was born in France, of French/Italian/American lineage, and raised in New York and Los Angeles. After working as a creative director in a small advertising agency in New York she decided to quit her job and immerse herself in learning photography. With a borrowed NIKON 35mm camera and some guidance from reading the TIME/LIFE books on photography, she started shooting.
Aventon Sinch bike photographed by Phoenix Commercial Photographer Blair Bunting
Blair Bunting‘s e-bike project started when he found himself going to every local bike shop seeking information about the capabilities and shortcomings of the e-bike. Eventually, he stumbled on Aventon, a California-based company that has a smaller selection but with great aesthetics, which is why Bunting settled on Aventon’s Sinch. The Sinch folds in half and fits into a car trunk easily. Convenient for a photographer to scout for locations for future shoots.
Aventon Sinch bike photographed by Phoenix Commercial Photographer Blair Bunting
Looking to get some photos, Bunting invited his friend Mike out to Flagstaff to ride. Mike’s bike of choice was the Aventure. The bike doesn’t collapse and is huge. To get the shots, Bunting and Mike set up the lights and with some added effects photographed each of the bikes.
Aventon Aventure bike photographed by Phoenix Commercial Photographer Blair Bunting
The advantage of e-bikes for a photographer is help in following Robert Capa’s first rule of photojournalism is to get close and the second rule is to get closer. “What bikes have enabled us to do is to step back from using the zoom ring on the lens and move into our images–sometimes finding details that we never knew existed before.”, comments Bunting.
Aventon Aventure bike photographed by Phoenix Commercial Photographer Blair Bunting
The Pick 