Winners - 2011 City Block Project

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This is the 2nd year for the Charlotte City Block Project, a 24-hour photography event and contest created by Sean with the Light Factory Paparazzi.  The project was created in order to document the evolution of uptown Charlotte and to be a catalyst of networking and education among photographers in the region.  This year's block featured the NASCAR Hall of Fame and was a great success!  Here are the winners, which are chosen by the participants themselves:

CGI Demo Reel v1.0

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We do our best to show off just how versatile the CGI creation process can be.  Peter Godshall, our digital imager and CGI artist, has taken six of our projects and combined the computer-generated aspects of each into one super-awesome demo reel video.  Hope you enjoy!

2011 City Block Project

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Last year Sean created the City Block Project for The Light Factory, the photo/video museum in Charlotte's uptown.  Each year a new block is chosen for photographers of all stripes to photograph during a 24-hour period.  This year's block features the NASCAR Hall of Fame and should make for some great photography.  All those participating in the project are granted access to the museum too!  For those of you in town, grab your camera and come out for some creative fun! For more information visit www.cityblockproject.com.

Sean Busher is now serving on the board of The Light Factory

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The Light Factory is one of only four museums in the United States that promote the power of image through photography and film, featuring large-scale exhibitions of photography and digital video art, year-round screenings and major film events, as well as more than 90 classes in photography and filmmaking, and life-changing outreach programs. Sean is very excited to serve on the board of this wonderful cultural institution!

DJ Jay Faire

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This is DJ Jay Faire, who we really enjoyed meeting and getting to know. He’s certainly had an adventuresome life - doing a world tour with Das EFX among other things. For his new song, Get In Da Club, he wanted a high energy feel and fell in love with our image of the guitarist crowd-surfing for Earthspun Fabrics. We produced a similar image for him, which he loves. A big shout to Jay, who is deejaying at the NFL’s Pro Bowl in Hawaii this week!

Finally! Proof! Money DOES Grow on Trees...

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We suggest planting a few of these trees in your yard each spring. Have you check out Mint.com, yet? We've enjoyed using their Free Online Personal Finance Software so much that we decided to pay a little tribute to them with our CGI money tree creation.

New Skyline Image for a Good Cause

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We just donated this very unique skyline image of Charlotte to three great causes: Sustain Charlotte, The Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte and one of our favorite clients, Charlotte Center City Partners. Sustain Charlotte is a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring, informing, and advancing sustainability across the Charlotte region. An amazing community activist who is also my friend, Shannon Binns, is the creator and director of the organization.  This image will be featured on the cover of a new informative brochure (printed on chlorine-free, 100% post-consumer recycled fiber that is also certified by Green Seal and by SmartWood for FSC Standards, of course!) coming out in a few weeks.  Learn more here:http://www.sustaincharlotte.org.

The Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte, which provides families a safe, comfortable “home away from home” while receiving medical treatment at local hospitals, is being rebuilt and is scheduled to open in March of 2011.  This skyline image will be featured art in the new home.  Learn more here: http://www.rmhofcharlotte.org.

You've Heard of Sky Writing...

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How about island writing?  Lucky for our client, LoyalNation, our CGI expert Peter Godshall is skilled at the art of creating all sorts of things out of thin air, including beautiful, logo-shaped islands.  We think it's absolutely stunning!

Does this look real?

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It isn’t, and that’s the beauty of it. When I first started learning lighting as a photographer, it was explained to me that great lighting will never let the viewer catch onto the fact that the light is artificial. Now with CGI the same thing is true.  Did you assume this popsicle was real? I hope so, because that would mean we’ve done our job well. As Peter adds CGI elements to our photos/videos we’d like to always leave the viewer wondering what was real and what wasn’t, wondering "how did we do that?" and always wanting to see more!