Archive for June 2012

We are excited to present the latest editorial work shot by Mikkel Vang. The pictures really speak for themselves (hence the reason we decided to put them first...) in the July-August 2012 issue of Veranda Magazine, on stands now!

Travelling to the French Countryside, Mikkel had the opportunity to shoot interior designer Kathryn Ireland at her farmhouse north of Toulouse. It's safe to say that we really wish we could jump right into these pictures and spend sometime with her and her family at home. Seems incredible!

"I prepare dishs from whatever shows up in the garden -- endless nicoise salads, gazpacho, great quiches, onion tarts, pizza." -- yup, take us there now please!

Looking for something to do this weekend? The inaugural Photoville in Brooklyn Bridge Park starts today!  Creating a "photography destination like no other", Photoville features lectures, exhibitions, workshops, a "photo dog run", beer garden, food trucks and beyond! What more could a photography enthusiast want?

Brought to you by United Photo Industries (as well as a ton of other sponsors including PDN, Center of Alternative Photography, Lucie Foundation, Adorama....the list goes on and on!) the goal of UPI and Photoville is to:

"promote and showcase emerging photographers through curated exhibitions around the world. Working in partnership with local galleries and key media partners, we concentrate on producing site-specific exhibitions that explore new thematic directions in photography. Drawing upon our international network of curatorial partners, we are able to provide unique exhibition opportunities for emerging photographers and facilitate their entry into foreign art markets."

The best of all, it's all free! Of course, you have to pay for the beer your drink and the food you consume but the access to the galleries, exhibits, workshops, The Greenhouse will only cost you the $5.00 for the metrocard fare there and back! Some of you may be lucky enough to walk....in which case, absolutely no excuse to not check out this awesome event!

Let us know what you think if you go!

Take a look at these inspiring ads shot by Hugh Hartshorne for the Government of South Australia "Fresh Start" initiative. The ads portray real people taking advantage of a new program created by the South Australian government. Hugh captured some very beautiful and real portraits! Click the images below to see more of Hugh's amazing portrait work!

We all know the Bush's Baked Beans commercial with the hilarious and spunky talking golden retriever "Duke". Generally, he's offering to sell the coveted "family secret recipe" and he and his owner (company spokesman) Jay Bush get into some discussion about the family recipe tradition. Seen it?

While they are busy protecting the family recipe, Marcus Nilsson was busy gettin' bold with the Bush's Grillin' Beans! Thumb through any food magazine and you'll see the ads shot by Marcus! "Mouthwatering" indeed. We've been inspired to go pick up a can and have some grillin' beans for dinner to celebrate this first day of summer!

How are you celebrating the first official day of summer? Share with us and we will send you an awesome fan to keep you cool at your next BBQ!

Tom Watson shot some great ads for Grand Optical that are currently running all throughout Europe! We're really excited to share a selection of them below! Look out for more to come!

Check out the latest shoot by Marcus Nilsson for Brides Magazine! The Next Great Baker winner Marissa Lopez was featured in this months issue and it's no wonder why! They look absolutely delicious.

A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by the JMI booth at Le Book this week! We loved seeing familiar faces and introducing our work to new friends. And we're so glad everyone loved the cake pops...we definitely enjoyed them ourselves!

Can't wait to see you all at Connections in L.A.!

The books and all of our JMI swag just got picked up from the office, and you know what that means! It's finally here!!

Tomorrow kicks off day one of LeBook Connections New York. From 11:30AM-8:30PM we will be showing all of the great work of the JMI photographers and stylist and will have awesome giveaways! Not to mention, delicious cake pops...be sure to come stop by the booth!!

Haven't registered? No problem....click here

Hope to see you tomorrow and/or Thursday!

In honor of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, David Sykes discovered this hilarious jelly mold and wondered what better way to celebrate the Queen than to photograph his finding?

As David wrote on his blog: "I found this jelly mould by Lydia Leith and knew I wanted to do a test shot with it unfortunately I have been so busy I didn’t manage to do it before the jubilee so to wet your appetite I created this more simple shot for the jubilee weekend." 

Certainly did wet our appetite! Can't wait to see what the shot looks like!

Happy Monday and to everyone celebrating the Queen, we hope you are enjoying yourself!

Happy Friday!

It's a gorgeous day out there and we have a very special announcement: childrens' photographer Rita Thompson has joined the JMI family! We are thrilled to have her join the roster!