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Pete Barrett personal work
Cape Town, South Africa
We recently had the opportunity to travel to Cape Town, South Africa for two weeks of shooting and exploration. Shot tons of new stuff for the portfolios, visited a few ad agencies to show the work, did a quick assignment and lots of exploring. What a great trip! If you have never been to South Africa, I highly recommend it. It is an amazing place. South Africa is a place that is area that is unique unto itself… far off from the areas where you venture off on safaris. The people are great and the landscapes are amazing.
I think I’ve mentioned in the past that travel always stirs my creativity. Nothing like going to far off places and exploring and shooting things that are different from your day to day life or surroundings. Driving on the opposite side of the road with a stick shift on the wrong side of the car is always an adventure. Wandering around and finding penguins on Boulders Beach, Baboons wandering the streets by Misty Cliffs and South of the lighthouse in Kommetije. Watching the surfers paddle longboards in overhead swell at Surfer’s Corner in Muizenberg on the Indian Ocean. Finding 19th on Main in Kalk Bay and all you can eat curry… yum! Climbing Table Mountain and watching as the weather goes from amazing sunset to socked in white out in a matter of minutes leaving you in a place that feels more like Iceland than South Africa. A short drive outside of downtown Cape Town and you are in Stellenbosh, heart of SA’s wine country. Just an amazing place full of diversity and many cultural influences.
Much of what we shot on this trip were wide landscape shots along with elements to add in objects and people later primarily for stock and the portfolio.
Here are a few teaser images of these places. We will be adding in additional structural elements later to give a place to ground talent within the shots.
TMB Panyee FC short film
TMB (Thai Military Bank) have launched a new brand vision “Make THE Difference” by making a film to inspire people to start thinking differently. With a hope that they will start to Make THE Difference to their own world. It doesn’t have to be big, but a little can create positive changes. This film is based on a true story. In 1986 a football team that lived on a little island in the south of Thailand called “Koh Panyee”. It’s a floating village in the middle of the sea that has not an inch of soil. The kids here loved to watch football but had nowhere to play or practice. But they didn’t let that stop them. They challenged the norm and have become a great inspiration for new generations on the island.
Credits:
Client: TMB Bank Public Company Limited, Thailand
Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett & Arc Worldwide
Creative Director: Sanpathit Tavijaroen
Art Director: Park Wannasiri
Copywriter: Puttipong Pattanapongsagorn, Chanwit Nimcharoen
Producer: Sompetch Nuntasinrapachai
Account Service: Suthasi Sukpornsinchai, Phatarada Tritiprungroj
Directed by: Matt Devine of The Glue Society,
D.O.P: Geoffrey Simpson, Producer: Alice Grant,
Production Company: Revolver Film.
Editor: Dan Lee @ The Editors.
Music score: Jingle Bells Bangkok.
Click here to view TMB Panyee FS Short Film
Pete Featured in “After Capture” Magazine.
Underwater Sequence
This is a quick sequence shot we did for the portfolio in response to an inquiry about shooting something similar to this. Shot in a custom underwater housing with a Canon 1D Mark IV.
King James!
Here are two of my Favorites from a recent shoot with LeBron James. He was extremely cool to work with. Open to suggestions, took direction well and gave us plenty of time to get it done right. Thanks LeBron! Also special thanks to my crew who put in long hours while we waited for LeBron’s plane to land.
Hey Mom, Watch This!!!
We teamed up again with Smalldog Imageworks to do this new image for the portfolios. That is actually my son Jordan jumping his little Huffy Rocket bike with the big training wheels. We also recruited some of the neighborhood folks to be his audience. Click here to see it bigger.
Regions Bank Finals
Here is the final work from the gig we did recently for Regions Bank. Fun shoot. Everyone was happy and we look forward to working with them again soon!
Thanks again to HG Producers for a great production and Scott Dorman of SmallDog Imageworks for doing a great job on retouching!
Production by HG Producers: www.hgproducers.com
Retouching by SmallDog Imageworks: www.smalldoggin.com
Hornit Poster #2
Here is the 2nd poster image for the band Hornit.
Hornit #1
Here is the first in a series of 3 images we recently made for the marketing efforts of a band known as Hornit. These guys rock out. Listen to their music here
6 Flags Final Hero Shot
Well as promised here is the final hero shot from the 6 Flags shoot. Thanks again to a great crew. Worked with Producer Jess Dudley from Wonderful Machine in Philly running our production on this one. Thanks again Jess! Also big thanks go out to Scott Dorman from SmallDog Imageworks for going above and beyond the call of duty! Always a pleasure working with Scott. I recommend the experience if you have not yet had the pleasure!
Harrr me maitees! Shiver me timbers!
We got so much great stuff during the RenFest weekend. I will post more work from time to time as we get free time in between jobs. Here’s one I did today.
Yee Old Guys Part 2.
Spent a couple days shooting at the South Florida Renaissance Festival last weekend. If you’ve never experienced one before, I highly recommend going. These people are a trip. They are all “Good day to you, my lord & Me lady….” It is great how the stay and live in character throughout the festival. Tons of fun! Here is the first series of images from our our first day’s shoot.
Yee Old Guys from the Days of Yor.
Spent a couple days shooting at the South Florida Renaissance Festival last weekend. If you’ve never experienced one before, I highly recommend going. These people are a trip. They are all “Good day to you, my lord & Me lady….” It is great how the stay and live in character throughout the festival. Tons of fun! Here is the first series of images from our our first day’s shoot.
Miami GMCVB. (Miami Tourism)
Just completed another shoot for Turkel Advertising for the Greater Miami Conventions and Visitors Bureau. Continuing last year’s campaign. Shot 3 more ads for them for this year. Knee deep in retouching as we speak. Cool stuff!! Will show the work as soon as I can release it.
Update: The ads are out. Here are two of the most recent shots
Gotta Little Captain In You?
So some may ask, “What do you guys do all summer up there in Maine?” Well how about dressing a guy up in a pirate outfit and pulling him on water skis behind a plane? Sounds perfectly safe right? Had some fun the other day shooting Adam Gardner getting his “Captain on” for the Captain Morgan “get a little Captain in you” promo.
Step 1: Get a boat that goes really fast.
Step 2: find a pilot willing to break a few rules.
Step 3: find a guy willing to be dragged behind a plane.
Step 4: Add a few shots of Captain and make magic! Fun stuff.
If it keeps on raining the levee’s going to break…
Listening to bit of Led Zepplin IV as I was working on this image. Don’t know why but “When the Levee Breaks” seems sort of struck a chord with me. (no pun intended) 😉
Things that make you go “hmmmm…”
Kinda looks like this just erupted out of the ground like some kind of stonehenge’ish thing. Actually this is a prop from a shoot we did for Turkel a while back. Shot this wider version without models and shifted the color as a personal version for my personal work .
What are you looking at?
Personal image shot a while back on a day that I had to get out and shoot something…. anything… something to ‘stir my soup’ so to speak. I saw this and it intrigued me how it seemed like it was looking at me.