at last

it took some time, but we became friends.

another

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

Women Winning 10 Minute Video

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

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

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

Do I find them - or do they find me ?

2 years

It has been two years. I miss you Dave.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

the road

the road

took me somewhere better than i was before.

Maggie

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

First Annual 78 Summit

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

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

2009 Gardner Hardware Anvil Drop

anvil

drop.

Obama in Minneapolis - 9/12/09

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

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.