Farm Progress Show 2013

Enjoyed my first Farm Progress experience. Having a client with a large booth with my work prominently on display was a big draw, but regardless, it was a great experience. Precision Planting has been a fantastic client for the past couple years. They've brought me on board for a number of creative projects and it was great to see all our work culminate together in their booth this year. Lot's of great stuff!

Van Till Family Farm Winery

Did some work recently for some friends of mine out in Missouri who own their own winery. Needless to say I had a load of fun working on this project and being able to enjoy the product (and props) after the shoot was definitely an added bonus.

Midwestern Agriculture - Commercial

Here's a new image series I produced to add some variety to my portfolio. I captured some harvesting shots last fall and decided I needed to get some representing the planting process.

There is often a whole lot more going into any given commercial image than a camera man and a subject. As usual I was the photographer in this instance. However, I had considerable help throughout the entire process. Alex Neukomm contributed his creative expertise in the area of art direction. Kevin Schick and Emil Bandy were the farming experts because as you might have guessed I am no farmer. Sierra Candler did a fine job behind the BTS camera. I am looking forward to getting that video together sometime soon. In addition to that I would be remiss in not giving credit Brian Niesen for his excellent farmer modeling skills, to Lenna Candler who helped out with food, and the Schick family for letting us take over their farm for a few hours. With all their help the creation of these images was made possible, thanks!

Another commercial lifestyle photoshoot

Recently hit the country roads with my friend Steven to capture some new commercial images for my portfolio.  Steven was awesome in his color coordinated get-up. If you remember we did a Mtn Biking series back in 2010. This could sort of be considered continuations of that series. I'm hoping to add more "biking" pix to my portfolio over this summer. We'll see if I'm able to get around to it.

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David Price
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Andrew Blahnik's "Blank Pages" Kick Starter

A good musician friend of mine down in Nashville has launched a Kickstarter project to get his latest album off the ground. If you've watched very many of my wedding videos you've probably heard a song or two of his. Anyway, he's been writing away and is now ready to hit the recording studio, but he needs your help.

His new album is titled "Blank Pages" and he's using a few images I captured for him. Go to his Kick Starter page and make a contribution!

A portrait of the doctor behind Piggy Paste®

This last December I was assigned by Medical Economics Magazine to photograph a Peoria local for their January 10th issue. The subjects name was Dr. Paul Kinsinger and he brought us Piggy Paste. Dr. Paul was an absolute hoot to work with. He is probably the most down to earth individual I've had the privilege of photographing! Below are a few captures of the final image in Medical Economics Magazine.

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David Price
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Commercial Lifestyle - Hunting

Tis the season to dawn Realtree® attire, paint your face, and hit the stands in pursuit of that trophy buck. Went out on a rainy thanksgiving weekend with my friend Brad to capture some new images for my portfolio as well as just have fun.

We shot this series with a single battery powered strobe bounced through a small umbrella.

In Christ,
David Price
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1st Baptist Church of Aledo, IL - Commercial Photography

Matt Blick from Cellar Media called me up a couple weeks back and asked if I was available to help out with a website project he was working on for a Church in Aledo, IL.  Matt is a highly creative individual focusing most of his time on video, he ventures in design every now and again and is really quite good. It's always a blast getting to work with him. Check out the final site [1st Baptist Church - Aledo, IL] loaded with Black Olive imagery.

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David Price
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On the road with an "Oversized Load"

One of the best things about this job is getting to experience the unexpected. I can go from photographing food one day to 14'x88' evaporates the next. To say that least "oversized" is an understatement. I've never seen anything this large go down a two lane road. I can't remember the exact weight, but the trailer alone had 80 tires with two semi's to push/pull this behemoth up hills. Out of the blue I received a call from Dedert Corp from up near Chicago needing photographs of a "large" evaporator vessel in transit. The vessel was being fabricated in Morton, IL and was be transported to Nebraska. All I can say is I love my job.

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David Price
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Commercial Lifestyle Photography - Peoria, IL

As you can imagine it's really hard to find places in Illinois that don't look like... well... Illinois. What I mean by this is... It's hard to find locations that aren't just endlessly flat. Thankfully, with Peoria being a river town we have some bluffs that we can work to our advantage in creating the illusion of be on-location in the exotic locales throughout the United States.

Here's a few results from our photoshoot shot out at Camp Wokanda, A boy scout camp just North of Peoria a little ways off highway 29. Since Wokanda was located right on the river valley bluff we had some best looking "hills" illinois has to offer. I hope you enjoy this small series.

If you or your business are looking for a commercial lifestyle photographer I would love to discuss with you what Black Olive can offer you. We're a small company based out of Peoria IL. We are available for assignment worldwide.

In Christ,
David Price
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Film+Fashion BTS video shown on fstoppers.com

After re-watching our Film+Fashion photoshoot video I realized that it had received 1300+ views since this January when I posted it. While for some YouTube video's this isn't any great feat, for my lowly channel this was big. After investigating I found source of the spike. Our video was posted on fstoppers.com blog. Apparently the consensus is... I'm a hipster. Kind of odd since my whole purpose for the shooting film was to gain experience with a medium and I hadn't had experience with. Anyway, I thought it was pretty cool to get our video introduced to a bunch of photogs as a "great" video. Don't know if you'll appreciate it as much as I did, but hey, I don't care!

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David Price
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Friends!

Where would this world be without friends? Specially those who let you take their pictures.

In Christ,
David Price
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Losing My Jacket

Spring is slowly taking over winter one day at a time, but this past weekend was the first weekend I was able to get out and shoot without my jacket and that means a lot. Windy? yes, but that just made it interesting. This past Saturday I hit the streets of Peoria, IL with some old and new friends. Kirsten Krupps and Brian Robbins joined us to model and I had the opportunity to shoot beside Dirk Jaegle, and Justin Dwyer.

We spent a short piece of time experimenting with a concept I have for another, more involved, photoshoot. Can't wait to get out for that one. Anyway this was my first experience working with Kirsten and Brian and I have to say I'm looking forward to doing more shoots down the road. After shooting on the bridge we had the opportunity to go aboard the Spirit of Peoria for the remainder of our time which we didn't pass up. All I can say is if you're wanting a sweet classic venue here in the Peoria area check out what the Spirit has to offer.

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Commercial Photo-Op - Michael's Italian Feast

The thing I love most about the commercial photography business is the opportunity to be challenged and to experiment with something different. I just got back from the first of a mulit-part photo shoot with Michael's Italian Feast. If you're familiar with my portfolio you'll know that I haven't shot a lot of food before... actually before tonight I hadn't shot any. Here's a couple "Behind-the-scenes" phone images to give you an idea of what's to come!

Considering the time constraints I feel like I walked away with some great images which I'm super excited to see on their new website that'll be coming soon.

In Christ,
David Price
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