Entries in Update (7)

Sunday
Nov172013

RETURN TO REALITY ALONG CA 395

I spent a week in the desert, specifically in Joshua Tree and Palm Springs, for a personal vacation. This has been a long sought destination and I'm very happy to have been there, to have slept in my tent and to have showered it all off now that I'm back home. I'll likely upload more photographs later this year along with a very over due website content update. north along ca 395south along ca 395
Wednesday
Mar142012

NEW PROJECT | TITLE TBD, ANIMATED LANDSCAPE DETAILS

Since the middle of September 2011 I've been working on a new project in my geometrically decreasing free time. Shooting exclusively with my Leica, at first only around my North Beach/Telegraph Hill neighborhood then slowly working into the Financial District, I've been documenting some of my favorite buildings. These buildings are slowly being pieced together into one landscape. This landscape will become an animated landscape where windows and doors lead to other photographs and animations. Most of the buildings featured I've never been in and I have no idea what the interiors actually consist of. In these rooms I plan to create animated stories, house my photography or showcase additional projects or art I'm working on. I imagine this ongoing project growing and developing over several years and using it to promote and build new work and collaborations with people I've yet to meet or worked with in the past. I'm still very far from finished on the first tier of the project, the landscape of the city but I want to share some of the details in progress.
DETAIL LANDSCAPE, project title TBD

DETAIL LANDSCAPE, project title TBD
DETAIL LANDSCAPE, project title TBD
DETAIL LANDSCAPE, project title TBD
Thursday
Jan052012

PUBLISHED WORK IN WESTERN CIV MAGAZINE

Work I shot of Greg "Pnut" Galinsky for WESTERN CIV Magazine published this last week. Galinsky and I met in The Lower Haight earlier this year. He brought me downstairs into his studio and gave me a through tour of his work, his background and his process. I was really amazed to see his brush and line work first hand as he cranked out a quick painting for the magazine. Meeting and photographing an artist or an individual in their space is one of my favorite experiences. The environment where people reside or inhabit tells so much about an individual, regardless of their pursuits in the arts or not. Being in the environment where a person explores their creative process reveals their craft in a new light previously hidden from the rest of their art. For a full read of the article please visit WESTERN CIV and enjoy Jason Black's interview.

Wednesday
Jun082011

NEWS : JUNE 2011

Lately a lot of great work has been keeping me from posting new blog content. In January I returned to Park City to photograph The Sundance Film Festival for The Sundance Institute. This is the 5th year I've photographed at The Festival and it continues to be my favorite time to shoot. It's almost like returning to summer camp as a kid. I return with a lot of the same faces, we catch up on the year past and delve straight into what's happening with The Festival. This year my most memorable photo shoot was with Kevin Clash, the creator and voice of Elmo. As always I look forward to next year and working with the filmmakers and Institute Staff. For more images from my Sundance experience check out my Flickr gallery.
Kevin Clash, creator of Elmo and subject of the documentary film Being Elmo. Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks on the press line for the premier of My Idiot Brother.
Immediately following Sundance, two days exactly, I took a Production Manager position in the Photo and Video Department for John McNeil Studio. I've found great pleasure being on a team creating advertisements in broadcast, web and print. The hours are long, I've never been one to shy away from a long week and I'm happy to get my wish with this studio. I'm very happy with my team and find daily inspiration from my lead creative directors. My favorite part of this position is the ever changing nature of projects I'm on, from producing video shoots in the desert and abandoned hangars, to sitting in on interviews with CEOs and CIOs in Silicon Valley to sourcing a classic 1965 Chevy Malibu for a photo shoot. With every creative ask comes a new challenge and thus a great reward delivering content at the wrap of every job.

Alexis Hutt, LOOK Models for WSTRNCV Magazine and Goodbye Heart Vintage. Most recently I shot with Goodbye Heart Vintage for WSTRNCV Magazine. This was my first time to shoot for myself since Sundance wrapped. I had the pleasure of working with Alexis Hutt of Look Models and Amanda and David from Goodbye Heart. I shot the Goodbye Heart Vintage collection in 2009 for their website update. The magazine publishes in June, check back here for more images or follow my Twitter feed @brndnjsphbker for updates.
Monday
Nov292010

THE SUNDANCE INSTITUTE AND ROBERT REDFORD

Last year at The 2010 Sundance Film Festival I was covering an event called An Artist At The Table. A surprise speaker came to the podium without alerting any of the photographers there. I happened to be in the right place at the right time to snap some photos of Robert Redford. This was my first time in the 4 years of attending The Festival to photograph Redford. I was honored to see that The Institute is now using my photo on their home page and as Redford's official photo for his blog posts. ROBERT REDFORD BY BRANDON JOSEPH BAKER
Wednesday
Nov102010

MLB AND THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS

Before The Giants won The World Series, I photographed them for Major League Baseball during media day at AT&T Park. My friend Andy hooked me up with MLB's PR department (Thanks Andy!) and I photographed The Giants and The Rangers (the later not pictured due to personal bias for San Francisco) signing a banner to honor friends and family impacted by cancer. The MLB dedicated the first game to cancer research and the Stand Up To Cancer campaign. I shot stills of the players with a video crew doing interviews behind the right field fence. Standing in the presence of Brian Wilson, even before he sealed the win in the last game, was a little intimidating. He's has a very big personality and deserves the "Fear The Beard" rally cry. GO GIANTS! Stand Up To Cancer Campaign © MLB Photos/Brandon Joseph Baker Barry Zito, © MLB Photos/Brandon Joseph Baker Brian Wilson, © MLB Photos/Brandon Joseph Baker Buster Posey and Pablo Sandoval, © MLB Photos/Brandon Joseph Baker All photos © MLB Photos/Brandon Joseph Baker and are used by permission from Major League Baseball.
Wednesday
Oct202010

CCCYO HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN

A piece I shot a few weeks ago published around San Francisco today. This campaign piece is 4'x 6' and around the city until Novemeber, possibly longer. I'd like to give a big thank you to Matt Viglione and to Catholic Charities CYO for bringing me in on this and for all the good work they do for San Francisco.CCCYO Holiday Print Campaign