Here is a girl close to my heart. . . Callie.  Ideally i would have put her with a horse and some daisies in a big grassy field next to a delapidated barn.   Since it’s a cold and wet Vancouver fall,  we did a studio shoot and thought i would go the complete opposite direction.    A little pam provides the shine, and a ‘hard’ overhead light helps emphasize the specularity.  

Follow up email: 

“Your an amazing photographer and I really enjoyed the shoot we did together. It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be thanks to your great skills and attitude. My friends are in awe and totally jealous! Hope to do another shoot with you one day!”

Ok,  so here is my first unrelated BWP blog, but it is a great story worth sharing:

“Molly is a survivor. This little pony is a Katrina survivor who was rescued from the floods by a kind caring pony lover in New Orleans. Kaye Harris runs a pony rescue in New Orleans and when Katrina hit, she took in as many refugees as she could including some dogs. As her rescued animals were trying to adjust to their new and confusing surroundings the stress was too much for at least one and the result was horrifying. An abandoned pit bull took it’s rage out on poor little Molly, barely any bigger than the dog herself.”

“The dog destroyed Molly’s right front leg so bad that all the tendons and arteries to the hoof were severed. The rest of her lower leg, the canon bone, was also destroyed. Molly did her best to heal. She never even got infected, but the injuries were too extensive to heal completely. A few weeks after the attack, Molly’s hoof died and fell off of her leg. By this time, there were already plans to have it amputated anyway.”

“Two Doctors from LSU were determined to save Molly’s life.  In addition to the amputation of a major portion of Molly’s canon bone, the surgeons also skin grafted over her remaining canon bone where previously the skin had not returned from the injury. It’s all very complicated, but Molly seems to be holding her own. Her cast includes a post that reaches to the ground so if she wants to she can put some weight on her short leg in order to balance or travel. She is using her temporary leg a little bit.”

Kaye is caring for Molly daily and watching over her recovery. Fortunately she was the right horse with the right owner.  Molly happened to be a one in a million patient.   Molly has a job now. . Kay the rescue farm owner started taking molly to shelters, hospitals, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centers.  The little pony that could has become inspiration to so many people.  She survived a hurrican, she survived a horrible injury, and now she’s giving hope to others!

I has been years since have changed my business cards,  When you have something that works, it is hard to break from tradition.  With the launch of my new BWP site which is a clean slick minimalist gallery style,  i figured it was time to have a card reflecting the same look.

You can never really get it all in on one card, but i think i did pretty well.  There are a variety of ethnicities, a classic Harley and a token familiar brand name . . . 

For the last  17 years my trade phrase has been ‘uniquely elegant to outrageously wild’ which i felt really defined what i do. . .  it was however a little wordy and quickly forgotten as everyone these days seems to have A.D.D!  With some professional marketing advice and a little resistance from me,  i changed my theme phrase.  In a moment of inspiration ‘Be sexy, Be seen’ rolled off my tongue which i think is catchy and etches ‘B’ in to your mind with the logo and my name. . . . Branding, Branding, Branding!

Because there are so many small images, I want a really sharp card.  I consistently print with Generation printing.  They print Stochastically at 10 micron which with the naked eye is indistinguishable from continuous tone.  For reference,  most other prints shops print 20 micron and up.  You can order online at www.keeperkard.com

I am willing to bet that these are the most expensive jeans to ever hit the market.  Two custom pairs were produced with details such as emeralds, diamonds and custom bling produced by Bloodline.  There are only two pairs available, so Rush down to Leone’s and make your order,  the ‘gold’ and ‘white’ pair are only a cool $250,000 ea! (yes… 250 thou!)  Check em out at http://www.dussaultapparel.com/250denim/

Brandon was again the poster child for the new clothing line . . . there are so many cool new shirts he had to model this year, i think he was starting to get chaffed from all the clothing changes. . .He just went shirtless at the end!

Heres a fun one we threw in at the end. . . This was Britts’ first time modeling.  I just threw her in the fire and she did pretty well. . .  A little ’stiffness’ came through in her form, but nothing a couple martinis can’t help with for next time!

Introducing Topaz. . .one of my favorite models!   I can’t say that we’ve ever had a bad shoot together.  She has developed exceptionally over the years and always brings a great body and creative concepts.  We started out years ago with alley shots and a pink wig,  and although we’ve done a range of looks,  i think currently she is looking her very best.  

I’ve recently had an open house and this is one of the images i now have presented in my hallway.  I really like the simplicity of this one!  Wind adds such an organic feel to a shoot. . .  you really just have to work with the random movements of the fabric and wait until it compliments the pose.  I love coordinating colors to backgrounds and her outfit and fabric were a perfect fit.  The reflection was created in photoshop with one of my favorite filters ‘flood’ from the creators ‘Flaming Pear’  . . . yea, thats really the name of the company!

Have you ever gone looking for yourself on the internet and found that ‘you’ are not ‘you’?  Well being that my name is popular and there are other ‘Bryan’ and ‘Brian’s’ about,  I thought that i would distinguish myself with my middle initial ‘K’.   I was a little suprised to find another ‘Bryan K Ward’ out there who also happens to be in a very similar field . . . Advertising.   The universe never ceases to suprise me!  I decided to contact the other Bryan. . . something just compelled me.  Apparently he was once through Vancouver himself, has been aware of me for the last few years, and almost called me.    The other Bryan added me to his blog today . . .check it out:        http://giantideasblog.blogspot.com/

I just thought i would share a very frustrating moment from this weekend.  I recently rebuilt my whole computer system and was reloading software.  One particular program i had purchased did not provide serial numbers on their site (which i had lost).  Being a rather impatient fellow at times,  i decided to use a crack til they sent me my serial.  I pulled this number from my laptop and entered it into my main computer,  On hitting ‘enter’ my computer went into speed freak meltdown. . . windows were opening and closing, screensavers were changing, and i could not even control the mouse.  I was sure they wrote in a virus that was unleased by this crack.  Well a couple hours later,  rebooting, restarting, system disks, etc,  I picked up my laptop and all of a sudden it all stopped.   I guess when i placed my laptop on top of the wacom tablet it created some from of electrical interference.   Imagine in one moment, worrying about client deadlines, computer repairs, reshuffling your life, and then simply moving a computer and all is good . . . Whew!

What an amazing girl,  what a great shoot!  You can never complain when you get a tall buxom intelligent beautiful blonde to shoot.  Mind you, i’ve been chasing Summer down for about a year to come in and work with me.  Hopefully these images will give her modeling career a nice start.   

I call this series ‘fallen angel’  i thought i would revisit this concept i had begun a few years back. . .except for the ‘dirt’,  this images reminds me of one of the Hed Candi albums. . .look familiar?

I love shooting around my neighborhood!  This was a car a few blocks down from my studio, the owner leaves it unlocked and available for me to shoot models in,  i wonder how many more i can find round the hood?

This image was actually taken at the beginning of our shoot,  I use the ‘constraints’ of headshots to get my models used to the studio with limited movement.  This also gives me time to try a variety of lighting styles to see what suits their looks.  I actually had a harder time initially lighting Summer because everything worked on her and i just couldn’t decide which way i wanted to go. . .

How can you argue getting an End of the Day  image like this?  Thanks Ingela for your camera skills!

Follow up email: 
Ok I love them alll sooo much u r incredible Bryan omg!!! I tried my best to narrow down my faves n theres about thirty LOL I guess I will send them over n u could refine it for me maybe work your magic on the ones u prefer?…. I absolutely ADORE the two finished ones you sent omg!! I sent the pink bikini one again … I lovvvve that pic! thank u thank u thank uuuuuuuuu Bryan.

Porsche has recently taken over Vancouver on on the same level as a small movie production. Helicopters have been filming Cars racing over Granville street bridge, Neighborhoods are closed off for street scenes, and the studio was packed with grips, directors and assistants for an all night shoot. Apparently this will be an 18 minute commercial, but i’m not sure where it will air. Production started at 7pm and went to 10 am the next day . . . talk bout a long night! You can see it all in this high speed video:

Heres a quick walkthrough starting at the end of the street. At around 1am I ate dinner with the crew on the street in front of a neighbors building. . . that felt a little surreal eating candle lit steak in a makeshift outdoor diner on 5th ave. For such a big production, thankfully they were well organized and had some really great people. You get a sense of how hard they were ‘working’ in this video:

Its never a dull moment when the Crew from Dussault come down to the studio.  I love the constant range of creative concepts they are constantly coming up with.  This was essentially a studio photoshoot in the high key set.  I have a nice large piece of fake turf  for everyone to pose on which made an easier transition to the simulated grassy field.  Don’t worry,  the blood was digitally added. . . no models were hurt in the production of this ad!