Lenovo Shoot

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To help introduce the new  Lenovo Thinkpad Notebook to the education community, Ogilvy, the agency of record for Lenonvo, hired Christopher to photograph children using Lenovo's lightest Thinkpad yet. Shot all in one day on location at a high school, Christopher shot 14 different setups using an army of children and teachers (it seemed).  "I've never done so many different setups with so much talent in such a short amount of time before," Christopher noted. "But thanks to my wonderfully talented and extremely efficient crew, all went very very well. I couldn't have done it without them."

Client: Lenovo

Agency: Ogilvy

Art Buyer/New York: Cindy Rivet, Ogilvy/New York

Art Buyer/Durham: Lisa Malawer, Ogilvy/Durham

Art Directors: Carolin Harris, Kristen Hiegel

Associate Creative Director: Susan Burke

Executive Producer: Cathy Wilson

Line Producer: Susann Hodges

Wardrobe Stylist: Elie Serraino

Hair/Makeup: Sophie Wilson

Electric: Terry O'Deen, Sunset Lighting

Camera Assistant: Ryuhei Shindo

Representation: Janice Moses Represents

Caju Hair Salon Shoot

Christopher recently shot a campaign of images for Caju Hair Salon. "The idea was to create an image that communicated how Caju can transform the way you feel with a great new hair style," Christopher said. "It was an extremely tedious studio shoot using over 300 silk butterflies that we imported from China, but I think the results were magical."

Client: Caju Salon

Agency: Ogilvy

Producer: Cathy Wilson

Creative Director: Christine Gill, Ogilvy

Art Director: Tofer Moran, Ogilvy

Prop Stylist: Elie Serrano

Makeup Stylist: Sophie Wilson

Lighting: Terry O'Deen, Sunset Lighting

Talent: Alexis Mace

Christopher Signs With Gallery Stock

Christopher recently signed with Gallery Stock, a premier stock house based out of New York and London. Gallery Stock represents many of the world's most lauded photographers, including Nadav Kander, Stephen Wilkes and Richard Hamilton Smith, to name only a very few of their photographers. Christopher is both honored and extremely humbled to be in such company. To view his  imagery on Gallery Stock, click here.

Dubai Slideshow

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Shoot in Dubai for Morgan Stanley

As part of their global "Worldwide" branding campaign for Morgan Stanley, Strawberry Frog had Christopher photograph the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, U.A.E. The tallest building on the planet, it dwarfs the Empire State Building. "The skyscraper doesn't look real," Christopher commented. "It's so out of scale with everything around it, and so futuristic in its design, it looks a giant movie backdrop of a spaceship that landed in the middle of the desert."

Client: Morgan Stanley

Agency: Strawberry Frog / New York

Art Director: John Doyle, Strawberry Frog

Art Buyer: Belinda Lopez, Strawberry Frog

Second Camera/Assistant: Charles Harris

Producer: Tony Moschini

Local Producer in Dubai: Alon Hattingh, Creative Management

Local Producer in London: Emma Syrett, Creative Managment

Representative: Janice Moses Represents

Morgan Stanley "Chocolate" Shoot

Strawberry Frog/New York hired Christopher to shoot a tabletop full of chocolate confections as part of their global "WORLDWISE" branding campaign for Morgan Stanley. Great chocolate was eaten by all.

Client: Morgan Stanley

Agency: Strawberry Frog/New York

Art Director: John Doyle, Strawberry Frog

Art Buyer: Belinda Lopez, Strawberry Frog

Second Camera/Assistant: Charles Harris

Lighting: Josh Spring

Stylist: Lori Upbin

Chocolatier: Andrew Schotts

Digitech: Samantha Ison

Location: Jack Studios, New York

Producer: Janice Moses

Representation: Janice Moses Represents

Godiva Chocolate Campaign

Christopher was recently hired to by an ad agency (who wishes to remain anonymous) to work on the Godiva Chocolate advertising account. He only had 3 days to work on it, yet (in his mind anyway) he was able to create a beautiful advertising campaign for Godiva - a campaign he wrote, designed and, in the case of these 2 ads, photographed. Christopher had a great time working on the pitch - frantic fun, but great fun nonetheless.

Client: Godiva Chocolate

Wake Education Shoot

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Wake Education (WE) is a non-profit organization that helps adults with assorted mental and physical disabilities, including those who are autistic, have Down Syndrome and are legally blind. As part of an advertising campaign to communicate how Wake Education empowers disabled people to lead productive lives, Christopher was commissioned to photograph portraits of some of these people. "It was a very rewarding experience," Christopher said, "and an honor to photograph these people who, although they suffer with some extraordinary disabilities, radiate great joy and dignity."

Client: Wake Education

Art Director: Rob Frasketi, Crittenden Advertising

Writer: Mike Allen, RBW Advertising

Lighting: Terry O'Deen, Sunset Lighting

Stylist: Carla Hendrix

Producer: Cathy Wilson, Red Truck Films

Ritz-Carlton Shoot In Vietnam

As part of Team One's ongoing global campaign for their client, Ritz-Carlton, Christopher was hired to shoot a woman in a tea field in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, near Da Lat. "It was an extraordinary opportunity to visit a magical county," Christopher said. "Not only for me, but for my wife, who is not only my executive producer, but Vietnamese as well. It was the first time she'd been there since she was born." After the shoot, Christopher spent the next month shooting stock imagery for gallerystock.com, his stock agency, traveling all over Vietnam and parts of Cambodia. 

Client: Ritz-Carlton Hotels

Agency: Team One, Los Angeles, CA. 

Art Director: Ralph Watson

Creative Director: Chris Graves

Art Buyer: Jamie Appelbaum

Production Company (Vietnam): Crea TV

Vietnam Production Crew: Chanh Tran, Betsy Dy-Liacco, Pedro Dy-Liacco

Talent: Lisa Chamoun Auligny

Executive Producer: Cathy Wilson

NASCAR Shoot

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Christopher recently spent two weeks photographing  the world of NASCAR race drivers, shooting one week at Lowe's Motorspeedway in North Carolina, and one week at the world-famous Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. Hired by Decker Advertising to help promote NASCAR and the racing school of legendary NASCAR driver, Dale Jarrett, Christopher loved every adrenaline-pumping second of it. "You'd think shooting out of a car going 180 miles  per hour would be a terrifying experience, but," as Christopher explained, "I was so busy trying to photograph the drivers and the other cars flying by, I didn't even notice. It was crazy. But crazy fun." Christopher not only photographed the imagery for the promotional booklet, but wrote and designed it as well. 

Client: NASCAR, Dale Jarrett Racing Adventures

Agency: Decker Advertising, North Carolina