Brighton Holiday Flip Book
The 2019 Brighton Holiday card was a flip book that told a story centered around Brighton’s 30th anniversary. In order to fulfill the Creative Directors’ vision, I strategized how to build the set and photographing more than fifty people across multiple set themes over the course of a week. Knowing the scenes had to later […]
Brighton Advent Calendar
Another enjoyable project involving problem-solving, photography, retouching and fun dielines. As with all Brighton holiday cards, the direction is to show the faces of all employees within a holiday-themed motif. This Advent calendar had a number of problems to solve. First, we worked closely with the printer to establish a die that would result in […]
Brighton Holiday Recipe Cards
This fun card combined shooting groups of people as well as food photography — with a dash of pre-planning, a pinch of 3D modeling, and topped off with some retouching to taste. The theme was simple: Brighton employees were assigned groups which then voted on a favorite holiday recipe. Next, the groups had to develop […]
Photography
Austin Instruments Catalog
Client: St. Louis Music Project: Product Catalog redesign Roles: Art Director, Production Designer, Landscape and Lifestyle Photographer Creative Challenge: Rebrand Austin Instruments’ product catalog. Utilizing the client’s existing “Find Your Space” concept, I incorporated my own landscape and lifestyle photography into the theme to reinforce the idea that there’s no limit to where you can […]
Cardinal Sin
Client: Cardinal Sin Distillery Project: Brand and Label Development Roles: Creative/Art Director, Production Designer Creative Challenge: Develop brand ID for Cardinal Sin. When the owners of the distillery conceived of the name “Cardinal Sin” for their flagship vodka, it was with specific intent — St. Louis is home to a large Catholic population and the […]
Save-a-Lot
During the year I did work for Save-a-Lot as a contract employee, I did final production and mechanicals on a wide variety of packages for food and non-food consumer goods. There were also opportunities to design and re-brand a few of their private label foods. Centered around the established J. Higgs logo and illustration, my […]
Black Prince Holidays
Roles: Production Designer, Retouching A series of print ad comps for Black Prince narrowboat cruise holiday rentals using photography from a week-long trip my wife and I took with friends. I enjoyed the trip so much I wanted to cement the memories in the ways I know and love: design and print!
Seed Guides
Roles: Art Director, Production Designer, Photography Creative Challenge: Design and production of a variety of annual seed guides. Agency: Brighton I’ve designed about a dozen seed guides and did production on dozens more. I’ve also art directed photo shoots around the Midwest, working with professional ag photographers while adding supplementary photography to maximize the return […]
Middle Fork River Expeditions Brochure
Project: Promotional Brochure Roles: Creative Director, Photography, Copywriting, Production Description: Develop a brochure for an Idaho-based whitewater rafting excursion company. Using a combination of my own photography and supplied photos from the talented Idaho photographer Joshua Roper, I wanted to showcase the history, whitewater adventure and world-class fishing found along the longest stretch of free-flowing […]