Thursday, July 17, 2008

Philadelphia Tourism









It's been way to long since I've updated this blog.  I know all of you have been bombarded with news and videos of Peter's escapades out west.  Exciting they are and it would be great to be seeing all his travels first hand!  But alas we can only thank Peter for his fun stories and countless hours of video. I'm sure it has kept you entertained!  So while Peter has been traveling the world somebody, namely ME has stayed back and has kept the great machine - Lien/Nibauer Photography taking pictures & making money so Peter can go off to exotic locations and report from all around the globe!  These are exciting times!  
So i bring you a small snippet of a campaign I've been shooting for the city of brotherly love!  GPTMC Greater Philadelphia Tourism & Marketing asked me to create images to help bring tourist from around the country to come to Philly to vacation and spend countless dollars!  It's been a wonderful campaign to shoot.  My crew of Susan, Justin, Tom, Jason, Linda, Michelle, Meradith and Scooter have been fantastic in keeping things organized, staying on top of all technical issues, propping, wardrobe, makeup and just having fun as well as being true professionals! Great job all!!!  
Over the next week I'll post images from all the various shots I've done for this campaign and a small behind the scene view as to how these shots have come together.
The one you are viewing here is titled "Independence Hall" for obvious reasons.  We closed down Chestnut street between 5th & 6th in front of Independence Hall from 2am to 6:30am to create this shot.  We brought in a double-decker bus, an articulated scissor lift, a dozen or so talent/models, a cast of clients, police, park rangers and the occasional drunk!  That's what you get for being on the streets of Philly at 4 in the morning!