People in Motion: action, lifestyle photography | Kevin Steele http://kevsteele.com/blog I shoot People in Motion: action, fitness, adventure, lifestyle and dynamic portraiture for editorial and advertising clients. Based in Santa Barbara. Tue, 22 May 2012 04:59:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 34.44005-119.754964http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/http://kevsteele.com/blog/http://www.kevsteele.com/images/kevsteele feedburner logo.pngkevsteele imageskevsteelehttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with Live.comKevin Steele: People in Motion Behind the Scenes on last month’s triple location Opera Ads http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kevsteele/~3/5NY2L1DIKCo/ http://kevsteele.com/blog/behind-the-scenes-on-last-months-triple-location-opera-ads/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 04:59:31 +0000 Kevin http://kevsteele.com/blog/?p=2241 Continue reading →]]> Excuse the number of images, this was just such a fun shoot and great crew.  For the second year I photographed the opera’s campaign of the three performances being staged for the upcoming (2012-13) season.  One scene created for each opera, each at a different and iconic location in SB – The Tea House at the Botanic Gardens for Madama Butterfly, a 1920′s Montecito Mansion (Casa del Herrero) for Don Pasquale, and the ruins of Knapp’s Castle at 3,000′ in the hills for Aida.  Huge thanks to the creative staff, models and crew!

I’ll post the final images soon, these are just the fun snapshots.

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Falling Water portraits - kevin steele

]]> http://kevsteele.com/blog/latest-in-the-falling-water-project/feed/ 0 http://kevsteele.com/blog/latest-in-the-falling-water-project/ 7AM this morning, the fog lifts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kevsteele/~3/v-SE57YS3HY/ http://kevsteele.com/blog/7am-this-morning-the-fog-lifts/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 22:36:56 +0000 Kevin http://kevsteele.com/blog/?p=2223

]]> http://kevsteele.com/blog/7am-this-morning-the-fog-lifts/feed/ 0 http://kevsteele.com/blog/7am-this-morning-the-fog-lifts/ Pictures at an Exhibition – Off the Clock http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kevsteele/~3/YOThuYKePSk/ http://kevsteele.com/blog/pictures-at-an-exhibition-off-the-clock/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 00:13:19 +0000 Kevin http://kevsteele.com/blog/?p=2217 Continue reading →]]> Two of my prints were just selected for an exhibit of 100 prints of personal work: Off the Clock APA LA American Photographic Artists Curated Exhibition.  The curator was Gordon Baldwin, former Associate Curator of Photographs at the J.Paul Getty Museum.  The opening reception will be June 16th in the Helms Building in LA and then the gallery moves to two of the top ad agencies in the US for the next four months: TBWA\Chiat\Day in LA for the Summer and Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Boulder for the Fall.  Here are the two images:

Surfing Rincon Point in Santa Barbara, California.

Falling Water #1

]]> http://kevsteele.com/blog/pictures-at-an-exhibition-off-the-clock/feed/ 0 http://kevsteele.com/blog/pictures-at-an-exhibition-off-the-clock/ On this day two years ago http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kevsteele/~3/nV21PMkkS-I/ http://kevsteele.com/blog/on-this-day-two-years-ago/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:00:30 +0000 Kevin http://kevsteele.com/blog/?p=2207 What I shot on this day.  From April 24, two years ago:

A lone paddler in red tries to catch up with the pack of people on paddleboards and stand up paddleboards.

]]> http://kevsteele.com/blog/on-this-day-two-years-ago/feed/ 0 http://kevsteele.com/blog/on-this-day-two-years-ago/ Opera Week(s) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kevsteele/~3/PQvadUiO6i8/ http://kevsteele.com/blog/opera-weeks/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:39:48 +0000 Kevin http://kevsteele.com/blog/?p=2172 Continue reading →]]> It’s the middle of a busy few “opera weeks” as we get ready to stage shoots at multiple locations for three different operas set for the 2012-2013 season:  Madama Buttterfly. Aida. Don Pascuale.  While those epic visuals are being sketched, cast, and logisticisized we’ve just finished shooting location scenes for the last production of the 2011-12 season: Orpheus & Eurydice.

On location crafting the gates of hell from the SB Mission for Orpheus

Shown below (top left) is the final ad shot from our fun night exactly a year ago (April 18) for the story of Orpheus.  Now that the actual actors are in town rehearsing from all over the US we carve some time out of their schedule and re-stage a few scenes for PR and promotion. Almost always verticals for covers. And so the gates of Hades have moved from underneath Stearn’s Wharf to the side of the SB Mission.

Opera Santa Barbara - Location shoots for the production of Orfeo

]]> http://kevsteele.com/blog/opera-weeks/feed/ 0 http://kevsteele.com/blog/opera-weeks/ Ready for Hell http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kevsteele/~3/CheilM1TdV4/ http://kevsteele.com/blog/ready-for-hell/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:37:27 +0000 Kevin http://kevsteele.com/blog/?p=2164 Continue reading →]]> or Hades, rather getting the hell out of Hades.

Marni yesterday morning, fresh out of hair and make-up and ready to portray Eurydices on our shoot next to the SB Mission. Just started the edit and this is the 2nd frame, I have not even looked at the frames beyond before loving this fabulous image. More to come.

Ready for Hell or Hades

]]> http://kevsteele.com/blog/ready-for-hell/feed/ 0 http://kevsteele.com/blog/ready-for-hell/ Motorola MOTOACTV – Olympic Athletes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kevsteele/~3/F9weRbvuUCQ/ http://kevsteele.com/blog/motorola-motoactv-olympic-athletes/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:55:03 +0000 Kevin http://kevsteele.com/blog/?p=2130 Continue reading →]]> Chris Carmichael on the left, Mari Holden on the right

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Chris is a serious coach. An Olympian (’84 cycling) he’s been Lance Armstrong’s coach since forever, George Hincapie’s coach (5 time Olympian), cycling hall of fame, Olympian Coach of the Year and since 2000 has been training world class athletes at Carmichael Training Centers.

Mari is a serious cyclist. Silver in the 2000 Olympics and a World Championship the same year. Six U.S. championships and the first women to  knock down three championships in a row. And still super-active on the cycling scene.

A little over a month ago a call came to shoot their portraits and capture the behind-the-scenes stills for a Motorola campaign of a new training sport watch / garmin-killer called MOTOACTV.   Here are the some of the photographs, fittingly cropped to anamorphic 2.39:1. The crew was 30 deep, shooting RED Epic @4k, laying dolly tracks, lighting on the fly, making it happen with planned synchronicity. The resulting video can be viewed here at the MOTOACTV site.

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

Kevin Steele - Motorola MOTOACTV Shoot Olympic Athletes

]]> http://kevsteele.com/blog/motorola-motoactv-olympic-athletes/feed/ 2 http://kevsteele.com/blog/motorola-motoactv-olympic-athletes/ Snapshot: a quick test of Nikon’s D4 in Big Sur http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kevsteele/~3/WyDS-OivG7s/ http://kevsteele.com/blog/snapshot-in-60-seconds-a-quick-test-of-nikons-d4-in-big-sur/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:59:41 +0000 Kevin http://kevsteele.com/blog/?p=2121

]]> http://kevsteele.com/blog/snapshot-in-60-seconds-a-quick-test-of-nikons-d4-in-big-sur/feed/ 0 http://kevsteele.com/blog/snapshot-in-60-seconds-a-quick-test-of-nikons-d4-in-big-sur/ Black..and White http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kevsteele/~3/oBZ2nsvSMdU/ http://kevsteele.com/blog/black-and-white/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:25:12 +0000 Kevin http://kevsteele.com/blog/?p=2105 A few images from different shoots this week – more to come. The cycling scene is a bit hidden until it can be revealed next week.

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