Alistair Tutton Photography

Some fun with syrup.

2012-02-16T22:48:00.000-06:00

Recently I got approached by the wonderful Layne Haley to take some photos with her. Layne's one of those collaborative artists who like to create work for fun - I like that. So she wanted to photograph some waffles and make some yummy in-studio photos. So that's what we did. The big question now is what are we going to work together on next?

Credits:
Layne Haley
Assistant - Adam Caselman

Fruit & Light.

2012-02-09T15:30:00.000-06:00

One of the big advantages of having a bloody huge studio is that I get to play around sometimes. I'm really enjoying working with some reflections and translucency recently - so here's a couple of quick shots from a very relaxing afternoon. Enjoy.

Credits:
Assistant - Adam Caselman

San Francisco: Beautiful Scenery AND Beautiful Offices.

2012-01-26T15:30:00.000-06:00

We've been working with BRR Architecture for several years now and it's been wonderful watching them grow and some of my favorite shoots for them have been the satellite offices. Most recently, we got to visit San Francisco and photograph their incredible new downtown offices. I loved the interior with its beautiful open feel, and those old-school plan chests in the conference room are gorgeous.

Credits:
BRR Architecture
Assistant - Adam Caselman

Love Shooting Kansas City's Most Beautiful Homes.

2012-01-19T15:30:00.000-06:00

So when it comes to summer I can think of few places I'd rather be than here. Another great chance to work with the wonderful Andrea Darr from KCH&G and photograph an absolutely stunning home.

Credits:
Kansas City Home and Gardens

We Love Restaurant Shoots. It Makes Lunch Tastier.

2012-01-12T15:30:00.000-06:00

We've had a great history of working with Houlihan's and while I love photographing their food I also really enjoy photographing their interior architecture. Recently they opened a new J Gilbert's concept restaurant in St Louis and it is simply breathtaking. As always we loved working with Dean and were delighted with the results - lots of careful lighting and staging, but it's a beautiful restaurant.

PS The food is pretty delicious too.

Credits:
J. Gilberts
Assistant - Adam Caselman

Beautiful Interior Design.

2011-12-08T15:30:00.000-06:00

If you're going to be the owner of a leading interior design studio then you really should have a wonderful home - and this one is no exception. Full of gorgeous details and stunning vignettes one of my favorites was the skulls and antlers over the bed.

Credits:
Kansas City Homes & Gardens

Extreme Home Makeover - Joplin Style.

2011-11-10T15:30:00.001-06:00

Sometimes you get to photograph a subject that truly moves you - and in this case it was seeing Joplin and getting to witness part of the rebuilding effort. Ply Gem is a long-term client of mine who I have helped build a library of case studies featuring their windows, siding, fencing and a myriad of other products.

For the Joplin Extreme Home Makeover they donated all the windows and siding for all seven houses and the result was a stunning set of case studies for them, but more importantly seven wonderful homes for some very deserving families. Joplin has had a really rough run of it, but they are definitely heading in the right direction.

PS Best place to donate is the Red Cross and select Joplin as the destination for your donation - they're doing some wonderful work there, but there is an incredible amount of rebuilding left to go.

Credits:
Ply Gem
Blacktop Creative
Art Director: Dave Swearingen
Assistant: Adam Caselman

House Envy.

2011-11-10T15:30:00.000-06:00

If you're going to have a couple of different homes - then why not have a condo like this - it's an absolutely stunning Plaza home right here in Kansas City.

Credits:
Kansas City Homes & Gardens

Fun with Booze. I love my job.

2011-11-03T15:30:00.001-05:00

We got these cool glasses from Boulevard brewery and came up with the idea of trying some really stark product shots with strong reflections. Then we added some cocktails and wrapped up with some coffee. It's just another play-day at the studio...with booze.

Credits:
Food Stylist - Trina Kahl
Assistant - Adam Caselman

Why Just Use a Regular Chair, When You Can Have A Piece of Art?

2011-10-20T15:30:00.000-05:00

3 Axis is one of our wonderful Rosedale neighbours and our paths have crossed before - most recently at Arrowhead where they built the insanely cool 12' tall football helmet for the sports science exhibit - it's cool. So when they came up with an idea for a line of plywood stools we leapt at the chance to photograph them. These are wonderful and they literally are made out of half a sheet of plywood each.

Credits:
3-Axis
Assistant - Adam Caselman

We think all our work is art. This one actually is.

2011-10-13T15:30:00.000-05:00

George Rousis is a great friend and an incredibly talented artist - he works in hand forged steel and other metals. Recently he needed some new images for an upcoming show. Here's one of the pieces from that shoot - apparently it mimics the graceful curve of the female form, I just think it's really sexy, and in the detail you can see the tool marks from how George formed the metal by hand.

Credits:
Organic Iron Concepts
Assistant - Adam Caselman

Kansas City's Winningest Sports Team and It's Amazing Stadium

2011-10-06T15:30:00.000-05:00

Kansas City finally embraced football (the round one, from England) last year and built the new Livestrong stadium. It's an incredible facility and the Sporting KC team responded by delivering an almost unbeaten at home season. It's pretty exciting watching all the new soccer fans that have been created as well as the die hard supporters.

Credits:
Sporting KC
Populous
Turner Construction
Assistant - Adam Caselman

We Made It To The College World Series...Really.

2011-09-29T15:30:00.000-05:00

Another one of our fantastic collaborations with Populous took us to Omaha and the brand spanking new baseball stadium there - after decades of using Rosenblatt as the home of the College World Series a brand new, purpose-built facility was constructed right in the heart of downtown Omaha, and it is beautiful.

It's a lot of fun not just getting to photograph these stadiums but getting to photograph them on game day is fantastic. If you haven't been to the College World Series make sure you get out there and enjoy it at least once - the atmosphere is wonderful.

Credits:
Populous
HDR Architecture
Assistant - Adam Caselman

Go Mules! We hung out with the college kids.

2011-09-15T15:30:00.000-05:00

I finally got a chance to work with Gould Evans - and it was on a fantastic project. They recently completed the student union center for UCM - go Mules! And it's an incredible facility. A lot of the project was centered on historic re-use with the old swimming pool being repurposed for a student lounge and the old gymnasium floor being recycled as a wall finish. We had a ton of fun playing with the climbing wall and didn't even hurt ourselves.

PS The best part of the shoot was that we got to work with Adam on it - he's now here as the full-time assistant/retoucher - and he's really cool.

Credits:
UCM
Gould Evans
Assistant - Adam Caselman

Our Little Adam Goes to the Big Apple.

2011-09-08T15:30:00.000-05:00

T-Mobile has been working with Wong Doody Crandall Wiener to develop a new concept for their retail stores and we got the chance to go and photograph them for the designers and for the corporate folk back in Germany. This involved travelling to New York to shoot in the Times Square store and also going to Seattle, T-Mobile's US HQ, to photograph the corporate store. Lots of late night lock-ins survived with the use of gummi-bears and coke zero.

PS Thanks for the entertainment on our night off Jeff Smith - that was a whole lot of Seattle we got to see!

Credits:
T-Mobile
Wong Doody Crandall Wiener
Assistant - Adam Caselman

My Neighbours. They Rock, literally.

2011-08-25T15:30:00.000-05:00

My neighbours (English spelling) are wonderful - they've been there for a couple of years and they are really nice guys. They're also in a band. So I trade photography for them playing our annual studio piss-up - it's kinda a win-win as I love working with them on their covers and I love hearing them play. For this one we did some simple images on a white backdrop and they're working with an illustrator, Chance Bone, to add some unique feel to the final photography. We're currently working on a new concept shoot with them that's shaping up really nicely and they just did a project providing audio for a video for the Buckle.

Credits:
Antenna's Up
Illustrator - Chance Bone

Tech N9ne Salue: Our First Time with Tech.

2011-08-18T15:30:00.000-05:00

The first time we got to meet Tech and all the folk at Strange Music was with the Salue video for Big Scoob. In this one we didn't do anything but open the doors of the studio for them to shoot the video. It was really good fun to hang out with everyone and watch the video unfold.

Credits:
Tech N9ne
Strange Music
Location - Vox Theatre

Wired Magazine - for my Mum

2011-08-05T11:00:00.000-05:00

A few months ago I had a fantastic opportunity to go to Mississippi and photograph a Jet Test Center for Burns and McDonnell; it was an absolutely fantastic project, with a truly unique feel to the interior. We posted it on our blog, put it into the portfolio and didn't think anything more of it. Then it wound up on notcot.org (thanks Brent Anderson) and got about a thousand hits in 24 hours, which felt nice. Then the next week Wired Magazine called wanting to feature the photo. Ironically it was the UK's edition of Wired Magazine, so I got to translate for the mother country and even chatted with the writer, not knowing I would end up being quoted in the article.

Definitely a first, and my Mum finally got to see some of my work first hand.

Credits:
Wired Magazine - UK

Tech N9ne Gates Mixed Plate

2011-07-22T11:00:00.000-05:00

Having spent some time enjoying our images from Tech N9ne's latest album cover for 6's and 7's we were reminded of one of our other favorite shoots, our all-nighter with Tech in the Gates off main. Shooting the album art for Tech's Gates Mixed Plate album was great fun. Frankie, from Liquid 9, had a really specific vision for this set of images and we really enjoyed delivering on it. Favorite part? Easy, hanging out with the video crew at DB Coopers at 6am. That and winning some awards for the images.

Credits:
Tech N9ne
Strange Music
Liquid 9
Assistant - Ryan Yoakum
Retouching - Liquid 9

Tempting Treats from Blue Stem

2011-07-15T11:00:00.000-05:00

While we enjoy shooting a variety of subjects, food has a special place in our hearts..or is it our stomachs? We recently had the pleasure of working with Megan and Colby Garrelts of Blue Stem restaurant. We were looking for an opportunity to capture not only final shots of finished desserts but images of the stages of preparation. Maybe it's my architect's brain that enjoys the building of things, the process of getting to the final result but taking photos of the stages of a dish really intrigues me...and let's be honest...makes me hungry.

Enjoy the images below, I guarantee you'll be ordering dessert with your lunch after this.

Credits:
Blue Stem

I Got Mad Skills. Now What Do I Do With Them?

2011-07-08T10:30:00.000-05:00

Having made it past my 90 day probationary period with Alistair I thought I would lay out where I have come from and where the experience I have brought with me will hopefully take me.

My career has been spent working in marketing & communications roles in a variety of industries. I've worked in restaurants, publishing, radio, construction, and motherhood just to name a few. I have found that each industry and each job has taught me something valuable that I can take with me to my next vocational destination. Here's the main skill from each industry and how I can apply it today at Alistair Tutton Photography.

Industry: Restaurants

Position: Waitress

Skills Learned & How They Apply Today:

Humility - I am not above any job that needs to get done. Whether it's making cold calls, scheduling travel, producing invoices, building decks or handling pet-related issues. I don't mind pitching in to see that it all gets done and gets done well.

Diplomatic Customer Service - I can smile and try and see a difficult situation from the other person's perspective and work a solution from that vantage point.

Industry: Publishing

Positions: Marketing Director & Some Sort of New Age Social Media Title

Skills Learned & How They Apply Today:

Pick Your Battles - Don't waste valuable debating energy and time on an idea or a point that isn't worth the time you are putting into it, instead save that time and energy for the big battles that need it.

New Doesn't Mean Necessary - Just because everyone is doing it and the media tells you that something is "hot" doesn't mean it's right for you, your business or your goals. Do what works even if it's not the cool new thing, if it's successful that alone makes it cool.

Industry: Radio

Position: Promotions Director

Skills Learned & How They Apply Today:

Flexibility - Changes are inevitable and last minute ones are inescapable. Learning to think on the fly and not be afraid to reach out and ask someone for their help allows you to land on your feet no matter how many times you flip in the air.

Courage - Ask for something -whether it's a sale, a donation, a giveaway, whatever - the worst someone will do is say no, and 9 times out of 10 they will even do that nicely and apologize to you that they can't help.

Industry: Construction

Position: General Manager & Marketing Director

Skills Learned & How They Apply Today:

This is Business & You Get What You Pay For - It's ok to let a job go. If it's not right and the amount someone is willing to pay is only going to hurt the end result leaving neither you nor the client happy, it's ok to walk away. Business is business and if it were charity we'd call it that. If you don't set parameters or limits no one knows your expectations so no one will ever meet them - leaving everyone disappointed.

Industry: Motherhood

Position: The list is too long for this space

Skills Learned & How They Apply Today:

They are numerous but the most important one, juggling - Through motherhood I have learned to do numerous things at once. Listening all the while to make sure I get the information I need to deliver on what's expected. I also learned I have to write stuff down…because having children kills more brain cells than drugs.

These are just a few of the skills I have learned over the years that I plan to use to help me be successful here.

Our Gratitude is Boundless.

2011-07-01T14:45:00.000-05:00

We'd like to just thank all of you who came out to our big anniversary bash last night at the Vox. We are proud of all the work we have done and it thrills us to be able to share it with you.

We'd also like to thank everyone who donated and bid on auction items to benefit Joplin, MO. We were able to raise over $3,200 total and that makes us proud.

We wish all of you a very happy, safe and relaxing fourth of July weekend and hope to see all of you soon.

Cheers!

Alistair, Kate & Adam

We Love A Good Tear Sheet. Makes Us Proud.

2011-06-24T11:20:00.000-05:00

We are always proud to work with Houlihan's. We have spent time photographing not only their flagship Houlihan's restaurants but also their J. Gilbert's and Bristol restaurants. We actually just returned from a week long road trip with one of our favorite guys, Dean Woods from Houlihan's. We were capturing the beauty of the private dining rooms in both the Glastonbury, Connecticut and Columbus, Ohio J. Gilbert's. Our most recent tear sheet shows one of the images we captured at the local Overland Park location of J. Gilbert's. The ad ran in KC Weddings Magazine and we couldn't be more jazzed.

It's always fun to see the final product of our photography and when it involves food photography it just makes our mouth water. Be sure to keep on a lookout here for the most recent images from J. Gilbert's but in the meantime enjoy the ad below, we sure do!

Credits:
KC Weddings

Kansas City's Antenna's Up - We're Like Groupies Only Better

2011-06-17T10:30:00.002-05:00

Last week we posted the finished shots from our work on Tech N9ne's latest album '6's & 7's'. This week we thought we'd stick with the musical theme but switch genres. One of our favorite local Kansas City indie bands happens to also be neighbors of mine, Antenna's Up. We spent some time with them recently in the studio getting these shots of the band. They are a great group of guys, a great band and great fun to shoot around the studio with. If you get the chance to check them out live, you definitely should they are well worth the price of admission.

Credits:
Antenna's Up

Tech N9ne's 6's and 7's Album Hits The Street And So Does Our Cover Photography

2011-06-16T22:27:00.000-05:00

This is one of those shoots that was difficult to keep to ourselves. But we did it and kept it under our hats until today, 6/7/11 when Tech N9ne's latest album 6's and 7's hit the streets. Now we can finally share the album art with you. We actually had the shoot quite a while ago, it took a huge amount of gear to create that sharp red/ soft blue split that you've seen on the cover art on all the billboards and we carried it through on all the album art. Congrats to Sarah Thompson Lift on some incredible work with Tech on styling, congrats to Liquid 9's Franklin Oviedo and Josh Lambert on their superb art direction and awesome retouching. Of course a HUGE congrats to Tech on another incredible album. It was really good fun working with him again and we'll put up some more images as the week progresses. And we LOVE that our work is on huge billboards around town and on Tech's trucks, vans and touring vehicles. We couldn't be prouder.

Credits:
Tech N9ne
Strange Music
Liquid 9
Stylist - Sarah Thompson Lift
Assistant - Andrew Hoxey
Retouching - Liquid 9