visual ramblings by sara

Blog has moved !

2011-03-01T14:30:00.000-08:00

Hi ! Thanks for stopping by. My blog has moved, please visit me at:
http://blog.rubinsteinphoto.com

Thanks !
Sara

New Kids Lifestyle Motion and Stills

2011-03-01T09:07:00.000-08:00

We are excited to introduce a new motion and stills lifestyle project produced in collaboration with Norah Shapiro of Flying Pieces Productions. The combination of Sara's stunning visual narratives and Norah's unique approach to editing as a documentary filmmaker is an exciting opportunity for clients seeking authentic feeling stills and motion integration.

Please take a moment to enjoy Rubinstein Photo's latest motion and stills production featuring a beautiful, light-hearted look at honest childhood moments.

It is a snowy February here in Minnesota, we hope you enjoy these beautiful late fall moments and Sara's honest, visual storytelling at http://rubinsteinphoto.com.

Birthday, 2 years !

2011-02-14T14:00:00.000-08:00

Happy Second Birthday Oliver !

20 People in Under 15 minutes ?

2011-01-20T14:27:00.000-08:00

Here's a recent magazine cover/ gatefold I shot for the National Recreation and Park Association's magazine. We shot all 20 people (2 frames) in under 15 minutes to put together this cover/gatefold of their Board of Directors. (Our set-up time ? Quite a bit more that 15 minutes)

My Friend

2011-01-05T10:25:00.000-08:00

I'm thinking of my friend Melanie today, too many years have passed. Minneapolis to Sydney is a long trip. These were taken in Brazil, years ago. Your birthday is approaching, maybe this post will find you. Some friendships ebb and flow; some are constant despite contact or distance. Happy Birthday Melanie !

Lights

2010-12-31T14:45:00.000-08:00

A holiday tradition from a recent trip to rural South Carolina. Happy New Year, wishing peace and joy to all of you in 2011.

murder

2010-12-16T12:36:00.000-08:00

i saw a murder, soaring, over the river bluff.

18 inches

2010-12-12T18:02:00.000-08:00

18 inches of wintry joy, come again soon.

10 to 20 inches

2010-12-11T10:04:00.000-08:00

10 to 20 inches predicted. halfway there.

Army Men

2010-11-22T16:28:00.000-08:00

Introducing a new personal project, concept by Thomas Case. Photo by Sara Rubinstein.

from your arrival.

2010-11-17T20:48:00.000-08:00

whistle stop

2010-11-08T18:12:00.000-08:00

It never made the cut, but I like it.

awesomeness

2010-11-03T14:03:00.000-07:00

I wish you were mine.

Halloween 2010

2010-11-03T13:57:00.000-07:00

My favorite holiday, now better than ever.

Under the Bald Eagle's Nest

2010-10-04T09:35:00.000-07:00

Outtakes from Runner's World

2010-10-04T09:33:00.000-07:00

Here are some outtakes from the Runner's World shoot.

Runner's World and Family Circle Magazine

2010-09-22T08:50:00.000-07:00

Two recent national editorial jobs, one for Runner's World of Olympian Carrie Tollefson (click on link)

http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-275--13652-2-1X2X3-4,00.html

And a tearsheet from Family Circle Magazine:

summertime

2010-08-19T19:48:00.000-07:00

Summertime. It's more about making photographs that blogging about them. There are many new images to share, both personal projects and client projects. There were warm southern beaches, and cool Canadian shores. There were dancers flying through the air, foggy sunrises on locations, Halloween in July, and drag queens dancing late into the night. For now, just a small sampling. It's still summertime.

Blue Cross Blue Shield, Do Groove

2010-06-09T11:31:00.000-07:00

Just got a copy of the Do Groove guy posters I shot a few months back for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota. Learned some new dance moves from him ...

Here's a screengrab from the http://bluecrossmn.com, featuring another shot of Carol from our stills shoot. Visit http://do-groove.com/stories to hear Carol's inspirational weight loss story, and to see stills shot by Sara.

Sara's Images in Times Square

2010-06-01T08:02:00.000-07:00

In April, I was commissioned by Minneapolis ad agency Carmichael Lynch to create 11 portraits for a joint project involving Martek Biosciences and The National Center for Creative Aging. After a ten-city shoot, a PR event was held May 25, 2010 to launch the Beautiful Minds Campaign, with the photographs debuting on a giant jumbotron in Times Square and Martek executives ringing the NASDAQ Opening Bell. Here are some images of Times Square from that morning.

Documentary Images of Times Square by The James Douglas Studio.

at last

2010-05-27T14:48:00.000-07:00

it took some time, but we became friends.

another

2010-05-17T08:07:00.000-07:00

They do find me. A new series, "still." Now, I'll find them.

Women Winning 10 Minute Video

2010-03-02T11:48:00.001-08:00

Here's a video I directed and shot for Women Winning. The mission of Women Winning is to encourage, promote and support pro-choice women's leadership in all political parties and levels of public office. Directed and Shot by Sara Rubinstein. Edited by John Burgess. Original Music by Thomas Case.

Women Winning Short Documentary from Sara Rubinstein on Vimeo.

Fashion Fight Night 4, Top Prize

2010-03-01T09:31:00.000-08:00

Fashion Fight Night 4. With an all-star team, we took the top prize. Many thanks to:

Mackenzie Labine, clothing designer and stylist

Caity Moylan-Thompson, our amazing aerial model

Raoul B and flashlightphotorental.com, Lighting Support

Nellie Carnahan, Make-up

Jesse Poole, Hair

TJ Turner, Photo Assistant

We had 3 three-minute rounds with 5 minutes in-between each round to style, shoot and produce these photos. So 19 minutes total for three looks !
Below photos By Sara Rubinstein unless otherwise noted:

Winning Team photo and Behind the Scenes shots by Tony Vu unless otherwise noted:

(below 2 photos by Katherine j. Workinger and Lindsey e. Holmes)

Do Groove, Blue Cross Blue Shield MN

2010-01-20T21:01:00.000-08:00

I was hired to shoot stills on white, but the video set was so beautifully put together that my lens found its way over. We ended up shooting on both the video set and on my stills set, and ended up with a whole extra set of choices for the client. Some of the work is online at http://do-groove.com.

self reflection

2010-01-16T18:41:00.000-08:00

Do I find them - or do they find me ?

2 years

2009-12-08T16:02:00.000-08:00

It has been two years. I miss you Dave.

The Society of Publication Designers, Metro, and some of my images.

2009-12-08T07:21:00.000-08:00

The Society of Publication Designers is featuring a story I worked on for Metro Magazine. It's on their blog today, check it out, right above a story about Platon ! I shot half the story and one of Metro's staff shooters shot the other half. Good job Metro and especially CD Bryan Nanista.

http://www.spd.org

Here are a few of my favorites from the shoot:

back and forward

2009-11-25T18:12:00.000-08:00

it started by digging through files from the summer to find a photo for charlie.

it turned into a a look back on a beautiful summer.

personal

2009-11-24T11:52:00.000-08:00

My family. Went from one with a 800cc ducati to four with a diesel wagon- in three years.

I just don't dig on swine, that's all. Except for Bacon.

2009-11-23T14:20:00.000-08:00

sometimes, you find yourself staring your food source in the eye.

Beautiful, in an "I dig on swine" kind of way.

It was right before lunch. Turned out to be a good day for a beet burger from Bewitched Deli.

spooks and sugar

2009-11-14T20:33:00.000-08:00

Halloween 2009. Only a few photos, but without a doubt, my favorite of holidays.

"It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open . . ."

new.

2009-11-04T14:42:00.000-08:00

Kids keep you busy. Sons, nieces, nephews, friends. I have a new kids portfolio. Shoot what you know, shoot what you love.

the road

2009-11-02T19:58:00.000-08:00

the road

took me somewhere better than i was before.

Maggie

2009-10-29T18:36:00.000-07:00

Maggie dog was with us from 1993 until 2008. Now my Mom has Zoe. Same breed, different dog.

First Annual 78 Summit

2009-10-26T18:08:00.000-07:00

Saturday night, we found ourselves at the First Annual 78 Summit: "A festival of recorded music on 78 RPM Discs."

By Wednesday, we had over 100 78s and a 78 player in our living room.

Thanks Vintage Music Company !

dead again

2009-10-21T21:13:00.000-07:00

when i got home, he was just lying there. unsure of what to do, i shot him.

2009 Gardner Hardware Anvil Drop

2009-09-30T13:00:00.000-07:00

anvil

drop.

Obama in Minneapolis - 9/12/09

2009-09-12T12:05:00.000-07:00

I didn't actually go to the rally, but since it took place less than a mile from my house in downtown Minneapolis, I felt compelled to take a walk down the street to see what folks were up to. I only stayed about 30 minutes, here is a sampling of what I saw.

Zombies for Obama, sweet.

Aside from the obvious problem with her message, she misspelled "speeches." This isn't a political blog, but if you are going to try to make a statement, get your spelling correct.

New Gopher Stadium

2009-09-04T08:17:00.000-07:00

The University of Minnesota/ Minnesota Magazine commissioned me to photograph the new Gopher Stadium -- We shot Gopher Players, Band Members, Dave Mona (WCCO Radio Sunday Sport's Huddle CoHost), and of course, the stadium inside and out. It's an incredible facility. Here are three pages from the 9 pages of photos in the fall edition of Minnesota. Outtakes to come soon.

view from last weekend

2009-09-04T07:57:00.001-07:00

Minnesota- more beautiful than cold, really.

Billboard Magazine Cover, Paramore "Christmas in July"

2009-07-21T14:24:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure of photographing Paramore for the cover of Billboard's "Christmas in July" issue. Check it out on newsstands this week.

canada

2009-07-20T13:23:00.000-07:00

mayflies --- so many mayflies --

K-12

2009-07-13T19:18:00.000-07:00

My cousin-in-law gave me a whole box of old cameras today. The cameras are amazing, but most exciting is the shot roll of K-12 process kodachrome film that was left in an old Kodak Retina. Stay tuned, I'm having it processed --

just this dead squirrel

2009-06-24T19:07:00.000-07:00

Shot three super cool jobs in the last week -- but unfortunately cannot blog about them until they get published. So for now here's a dead squirrel, mostly for my friend Kelly that hates squirrels. I didn't have anything to do with his death ... he committed suicide in my father-in-law's pool.

finally

2009-06-22T19:04:00.000-07:00

the first leap of the summer ...

the road

2009-06-10T14:21:00.000-07:00

"i've got 5 miles to go to nowhere."

dirty

2009-06-04T08:59:00.000-07:00

found this in my garage. i miss polaroids. sometimes digital is just too clean.

cub scouts

2009-06-02T21:27:00.001-07:00

rocket day at cub scouts.

i know a guy who put rockets on everything. http://www.the-rocketman.com

spooky

2009-05-29T12:20:00.001-07:00

I drive by this place often. This is the first time I've photographed it.

As I was leaving, a light turned on. Spooky.

another time

2009-05-29T12:10:00.000-07:00

I was on location near here earlier this week and it occurred to me that I stood on top of this once. It was a long time ago, but I still like to climb things.

But seriously

2009-05-26T10:22:00.001-07:00

Here are some glimpses of Memorial Day weekend ...

Crossing the lake just after sunset ...

Oliver and dad ...

Memorial Day

2009-05-26T10:19:00.001-07:00

Let's see -- we've got diapers, some legos, a banjo, and our BB gun. Guess we are all set.

Yoga Journal

2009-05-19T10:10:00.000-07:00

Here's a shot/layout of Matt Sanford that I did for the Yoga Journal. Matt wrote a book, "Waking" -- it is a thought-proving book, everybody should read it. http://www.matthewsanford.com/. Part of what I love about being a photographer is that I get to meet interesting people like Matt. His ideas about the mind/body connection are thought provoking, but more than that, to me, the book is just about living. It's not every day that we get to meet modern day philosophers like Matt ...

poodle

2009-05-18T07:41:00.000-07:00

Poodles -- they are surprisingly (to me) -- pretty cool dogs. We are finally thinking about getting a dog -- I'm thinking a poodle mix. A schnoodle (schnoodle/poodle), a boxerdoodle (boxer/poodle), or maybe a doxipoo (dachsund/poodle)? Or my personal favorite, a shih-poo but just so we can call it a shit-poo.

goose

2009-05-14T19:45:00.000-07:00

I try to be friends, but this goose just doesn't like me.

tutu

2009-05-13T14:18:00.001-07:00

For the very talented artist (Amy Hero Jones) who makes the tutus ...

swings

2009-05-13T14:16:00.000-07:00

Somehow, we have added a fleet of swings to our studio. I wish they made these in adult size.

new restaurant

2009-05-13T12:32:00.000-07:00

for a new restaurant opening soon ....

breakfast

2009-05-13T09:57:00.001-07:00

I shot this as part of a breakfast story for Metro Magazine -- but unfortunately the rooster didn't make the cut. He was so co-operative for the photo shoot -- at least he made it to my blog. And in case you were wondering, it is a myth that roosters only crow in the morning. They crow anytime they please.

out of hibernation ....

2009-05-11T06:22:00.000-07:00

everybody needs a garden gnome, and this is ours.

1st Mother's Day

2009-05-10T16:25:00.001-07:00

And this seems like a fitting second blog, my first mother's day as a mom -- is it still a self-portrait now that my kid is in it with me ?

First Blog

2009-05-10T16:19:00.000-07:00

Well, I'm finally blogging. Or at least photo-blogging. This photo seems fitting. I was going to save this little duckling from being run over by a car -- but the hawk beat me to it. At least nobody got run over.