Behind the Scenes Archives - Page 10 of 23

Nov 01

by blairbunting in Advertising, Behind the Scenes, Gadgets, Gear, Lighting, Magazines, Watches 1 comments tags: Blair Bunting, Maurice Lacroix, Movember, Pontos, Pontos S, watch, watches

The Maurice Lacroix Pontos Movember

When Maurice Lacroix asked me to captain their Movember team I was esthetic, after all they make the watch I would wear if I could only wear one. However, they then told me that as a part of their Movember team they were going to give away a watch to the person that raised the most money on my team… suddenly I realized that as team captain I am excluded. ….. But it’s for a good cause, right? So here is the watch in all her glory: It is a Maurice Lacroix Pontos S in orange and special editioned with the Movember logo and limited number on the side (our’s is 7 of 11). I could go on and on about how many moving parts it has inside and what functions it has, but just look at this thing…. damn sexy. Also should be noted that I am holding the watch for the month of Movember to give to the winner, so if there is a photo or two of me wearing it, I know nothing about it (but I do promise to clean the saliva from it before delivery). Ok, so how do you make this one yours?… Go […]

Oct 31

Matt Forte of Da Bears

First of all, Happy Halloween! Go out and have a good ole time dressed as a naughty nurse, naughty secretary, naughty doctor, naughty librarian, naughty paleoclimatologist, naughty executive assistant, yadda yadda yadda (a naughty yadda that is). But be safe. For those who have not joined my Movember team, GET ON IT ALREADY! For those already on my team and growing the mo, tomorrow is Shave the Date, so get your best razor out and start clean. Also, it would be a good idea to take your significant other on a date before than mustache gets too big and she starts recommending that you cook at home a little more often. A random blog? Yes. So periodically I get photos of my work on display that friends send over, and for that I am grateful. The most recent one comes from a photoshoot I did with Chicago Bears player Matt Forte. Perhaps the easiest going guy on set ever. We photographed him in New York at Milk Studios during a day that saw multiple athletes in and out of the studio. What made Matt so cool was that he was the first athlete of the day and one of the […]

Oct 29

by blairbunting in Advertising, Behind the Scenes, Uncategorized, Watches 0 comments tags: Blair Bunting, Cancer, Maurice Lacroix, men's health, Movember

In Preperation for Movember

Guys, we all know that Movember is right around the corner. Many of us have planned our mustaches already. If you have facial hair that grows like mine, you have probably also prepared your wife for the horror of living with a guy that looks like a pedophile for the coming month. At the end of the day it is for a good cause…. strike that… it is for a great cause. As those of you that read this blog regularly know, it is for a cause that hits very close to home this year, men’s health. When I thought of how to go about helping this year, I wanted to do much more than a simple blog post. I wanted to make sure that the random reader wouldn’t miss the importance of keeping an eye on his health. So I decided that the entire month would of the blog would be dedicated to the Movember. Also, I teamed up with my favorite watch maker, Maurice Lacroix, and will be captaining a Movember team this year for them. There is much more to come on that, but in the meantime, go to and join my team today…. it’s free, and let’s […]

Oct 22

by blairbunting in Behind the Scenes, Magazines, Uncategorized 0 comments tags: 5x5, Blair Bunting, Fuse, FuseVisual, Interview, LowePro, Nikon, Photoflex, Photography, Pocket Wizard, Profoto, Sekonic, Visual

Bb on FuseVisual

Hey there everybody, I am traveling today, but thought I would put up a quick blog of a recent interview I did with Fuse Visual. If you have a couple minutes, go have a read, and stay tuned for quite a bit of new work and announcements. For those of you, like myself, traveling to NY for PhotoPlus, have a safe trip and go say hi to my friends at Nikon, LowePro, Profoto, Sekonic, Pocket Wizard and Photoflex…. There’s a good chance I will be around one of them Wednesday or Thursday. The Fuse interview can be found here

Oct 15

by blairbunting in Behind the Scenes 0 comments tags: 2013, Blair Bunting, CreativeLive, LowePro, Nikon, NY, PDN, PhotoPlus

PhotoPlus 2013

Hard to believe that it has been a year since I was sitting at Newark trying to fly out before what I thought was a media hyped storm was to hit. Of course I am talking about Hurricane Sandy, and damn was I wrong about the impact it would have. At the time I was in town to speak for CreativeLive and LowePro and see the spectacle that is PhotoPlus. It was a whirlwind in and out trip because of a production I was doing on the west coast. That being said, I fear this year’s trip will be even shorter. Being the camera tech nerd that I am, I wish I could spend the days walking the trade show floor trying out all the new gear being announced. However, in all reality I am flying in for a single dinner and cocktail party then flying back out. To the emerging photographers that read my blog, please don’t let my inability to spend much time at the show convey my opinion of its importance. The truth is, trade shows like PhotoPlus, WPPI, Photokina, etc. are the life of the industry (technologically speaking). They are where photographers can truly give feedback to […]

Oct 01

by blairbunting in Advertising, Behind the Scenes, Lighting 0 comments tags: Advertising, ASU, Blair Bunting, Editorial, Football, Illustration, Lighting, Nikon, Nikon D3x, Phoenix, Photographer, Profoto, Sports

Photo… Illustration

Before the main thesis of this blog, let me give you an update… As you may have noticed, I have rather fallen off the face of the Earth lately. I believe the more affable term would be, “bitten off more than I could chew.” Somewhere in my mind I thought that shooting a production, flying to Chicago, shooting another campaign, flying to the Caribbean, flying to DC to shoot another campaign, buying a house, moving and shooting another campaign would all fit into September… As it turns out, this is indeed possible, but comes at the price of sanity. The moment at which I knew that I was in over my head came when I was on set in DC and my wife called me. She informed me that the movers needed to either do the move the next day or three weeks later in October. Where I would normally stress out about never returning to the house that I had called home for the previous five years, instead I just laughed, finished the shoot and flew back that night. My entire concept of “home” has been has been explored lately. Often called Sheldon, because of my dislike of change, this […]

Aug 15

by blairbunting in Advertising, Behind the Scenes, Magazines, Uncategorized 1 comments tags: Ad Photographers, Advertising, Archive, Blair Bunting, Lürzer’s Archive, Magazine, Photographer, Top 200, Top 200 Ad Photographers

Bb selected for Archive’s Top 200

OK, let me just say this before I get started… I can’t stand selfless promotion, it bugs me to no end and I have always subscribed to the idea that talent will always shine through. With that said, writing this post somewhat goes against this and for that I truly apologize. It is not now, and will never be, my intent to say I am better than anyone else. Last week I was notified that I had been chosen for the Lürzer’s Archive Top 200 Ad Photographers. Honored doesn’t begin to describe how I feel about this… As photographers we search for validation that what we have done, what we have created has been important to the eyes of another. It is all too easy to say that I won something, but it sells reality short. The truth is that this achievement was won by my assistants that have spent endless hours carrying gear, my makeup artists that have made perfect skin, my wardrobe stylists that have pinned an outfit perfectly, my retoucher that has composited masterfully, and my producers that have made my life easier to create. Tonight I will raise my glass to them, and to the other’s […]

Aug 13

by blairbunting in Advertising, Behind the Scenes, Lighting, Sports 0 comments tags: ad campaign, Advertising, Advertising Photography, ASU, ASU Football, AZ, Blair Bunting, College Football, Football, Photographer, Sports

The 2013 ASU Football Campaign

As mentioned in one of my previous blogs, Arizona State University is my longest standing client, more specifically the football program. It is where I found my passion for photographing athletes and it is also where I developed a confidence for doing so. They are a client I never deserved, never earned, and one I am eternally grateful to have. This is why it was heartbreaking weighing the decision not to shoot their campaign this year. As much as I want to say I am able to separate this job from my emotions, I can’t. Many of the clients that I have worked for, I now consider close friends. I celebrate successes of agencies I work with like I celebrate my sports teams winning. On multiple occasions I have sat down with an agency, that I was bidding for, to ask if I was really the best photographer for their campaign. The motivation was not because of the budget, but because I genuinely want to see them get the best person for their job, even if I am not that person. Which brings me to the ASU football campaign… One lunch changed everything… I had gone into said lunch with […]

Aug 02

by blairbunting in Behind the Scenes, Gadgets, nonsense, Uncategorized 0 comments tags: Android, Blair Bunting, Gadgets, Nexus 7, NVIDIA, NVIDIA Shield, Photographer, Photography, Road trip, Shield, Tech, video games

NVIDIA Shield… for photographers?

This is not a blog that I expected to write, but not everything that makes a photographer’s life better is camera related. Photography as a medium is composed of multiple facets of which mastery can never be achieved, but proficiency in technique runs apparent. However, once you have a grasp of the technical side of photography (the part that can be taught), you must forget that which you’ve learned and give in to the abstract. To do this you must relax. Sounds easy, right? Not so much. While technique and skill sharpen themselves over repetition, experience and trial, the ability to envision the image gets blocked by stress. I imagine we have all been there, trying to force a shot that just wasn’t working only to go on vacation and have images jump out at you. Because you were rested and relaxed, you began to see. Physical and mental strength play a big part in being able to keep up a packed shooting schedule. Q: What does this have to do with a portable video game? A: More than you would think For busy commercial photographers, plane flights and hotel rooms become our homes. The problem is, even if you’re […]

Jul 30

by blairbunting in Advertising, Behind the Scenes, Gear, Lighting, Sports 3 comments tags: Advertising, ASU, Bartone, Behind the Scenes, Blair Bunting, BTS, campaign, Canon, Football, Lighting, Photography, portrait, Rudy Burgess, Sports

The image that started my career

Being so close to the release of the 2013 Arizona State University Football campaign, I wanted to take an opportunity on to talk about an image that I created many years ago while still a student at ASU. When many people ask me where I believe I crossed the line from hobbyist to professional, I tell them of this campaign, and actually place the beginning on a single image. The fact that the image still lives on my website is a testament to how much I enjoy it and how much it means to me. It is the photo that opened many doors in my career, yet very few people know the background behind its creation. It is my image of Rudy Burgess. The shoot was the most intimidating thing I had done in my life up to that point, it was the first time that I was able to actually answer the question, “could I do that?”. The question exists as more than just a statement in its own right, it exists as a judgement of experience and often a boasting of knowledge by the unknowing. When I was being taught by my mentor, I would often look at […]