Sparkle Inspired Photo Shoot

Recently at Weddingstar, where I work as the in house web media editor, we've taken to creating themed table setups to photograph for ad campaigns.  As part of this, I've shot some footage of these small setups to highlight the products we used as part of the theme.  

I'm actually rather fortunate during these shoots as I get to focus specifically on the photography and video, while it's one of the talented graphic designers that comes up with the theme and staging.  It's impressive what can be accomplished with such a small creative team, not to mention, that projects like this are allowing us to put more of our skill sets to use (not just individually, but as a company).

Mount Rushmore Snapshots

I took these snapshots of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial on a 2007 road trip to South Dakota with my friend Andrea. One of the coolest things about visiting the landmark was getting to explore the area around the site. Most of the shots I've ever seen of Mount Rushmore are a lot like my first snapshot. It looks huge, but really you have no idea what the area surrounding the monument actually looks like.

Another cool thing was learning about how the monument was originally meant to show each president from their head to their waste. You can kind of get this impression by looking at Washington with his collar and shoulder. I've attached one of the archival photographs showing the miniature model of the original concept to give you an idea about what I mean. 

In addition to all of the photographs I took on this trip, I also shot a ton of footage. Check out one of my original Rushmore edits below.

4 Years of Editing Luke

The act of keeping a blog for four years isn't amazing.  What's amazing is how something so simple, so everyday, could start to represent so much of my own identity and history.  In a flash, one thousand four hundred and sixty days have gone by and what remains of that time are fragments of memories, images, stories, and digital scraps (all on public display) that bring forth a sampling of what it was like to transition out of film school and into the real world.

I can only imagine how the future will change my outlook on what Editing Luke began as and what it continues to evolve into.  Whether it's messages from film students or random visitors sharing my links, I can't begin to express how rewarding this experience has been made because of all of you.  With nearly 800 posts and over 40,000 visitors in the last year alone, I've got to admit that the response is pretty humbling.

Here's to the next chapter, another handful of fresh starts, and the continued realization of some scattered childhood ambitions.  Yeah, that sounds like something worth exploring.  

Refresh your memory on how the style of this site has changed over the years by reviewing my Evolution of Editing Luke posts: PART ONE and PART TWO. 

Stats after 4 Years:
Blog Posts: 781
Blog Views: 128557
Video Views: 1.16 Million