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Bombay Sapphire Commerical

Chris Sanders — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:10:36 +0000

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] Directed and Written by Me (Chris Sanders). I’m very excited about this piece. We shot it in one day in a beautiful loft location in Williamsburg. Shot on the 5D mkII. Film is a truly collaborative [...]

Music Video: “ND Passerby” by Late Cambrian

Chris Sanders — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:54:04 +0000

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] I directed and shot this music video for the band Late Cambrian. This song is for their debut album, The Last Concert, on Milk It to Deaf Records. We shot it at a house in Queens [...]

October Hemispheres Magazine

Chris Sanders — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:12:58 +0000

Since I am here in New York, I went out at different times on different days based on the needs of the photos. ... Not your normal approach to travel but it was great to photograph the city I love.

In the Heat Newspaper

Chris Sanders — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:24:12 +0000

My next newspaper is out and in the mail. I produced this newspaper as part of my ongoing series of “Themed” newspapers. Typically, the papers contain images that come from my personal photo shoots. I print over 6000 of them and mail them to creatives around the US and Europe. I really enjoy putting them [...]

Now Represented By Anderson Hopkins!

Chris Sanders — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:00:55 +0000

I’m very pleased to be represented by the New York agency, Anderson Hopkins. They have a great group of photographers and directors. I look forward to moving ahead with my stills and motion work with them.

New and Improved Portrait Portfolio!

Chris Sanders — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:57:23 +0000

I have added quite a few new portraits to the portrait section of my website at www.chris-sanders.com. These images largely represent many of the artists that I have been photographing as part of a personal artists series. I have been really enjoying this series of environmental portraits. It’s great to meet many of the artists and discuss [...]

Lifestyle Portfolio Update

Chris Sanders — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:50:02 +0000

Just uploaded a series of new images to my lifestyle portfolio at www.chris-sanders.com. For those of you keeping score, I have posted some of the new images below.

Shooting A Music Video

Chris Sanders — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:30:05 +0000

Just completed directing and shooting a video for the Band Late Cambrian and their song ND Passerby . We shot on the 5D at a house just outside of Queens, New York in a town called Bellerose.

New Website Improvements

Chris Sanders — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:47:26 +0000

First off, Paul was able to build in a back end interface that lets us make up-to-the-minute changes in the portfolio without having to recreate the flash files. ... I'm very happy that Feast was able to give us this flexibility and expansion capabilities while allowing us to maintain the current look of the site.

Directing a Coffee Commerical

Chris Sanders — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:03:27 +0000

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] We completed the editing and here it is. I wrote and directed this coffee commercial. We shot in a very tight location on a RED. It was a bit of a noisy place. It turned out [...]

Production Stills From My Dominatrix Liquor Commercial

Chris Sanders — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:47:47 +0000

Yesterday, I was directing a Liquor Ad starring a young woman as a Dominatix. I can't show you any footage yet but I thought I would show some production stills.

Personal Project: Tempest

Chris Sanders — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:47:52 +0000

In my still photography work, I typically work with models that can act or actors that will model to convey realistic and natural emotion and scenarios. For this personal project, I cast actors that could give me their portrayal of the very raw emotion of anger, confusion and frustration. I produced a little mini book [...]

Portrait of a Musician

Chris Sanders — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:01:28 +0000

John Wlaysewski of Late Cambrian

Shooting for T-Mobile and Publicis

Chris Sanders — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:12:07 +0000

Here’s some images I shot in Los Angeles for the creative team at Publicis Seattle and T-Mobile. I also created a gallery with more to see here. We shot over several very busy days. It’s the way I like to work. We create scenarios and block out specific needs for the client. Then I shoot [...]

Time Lapse Room with a View, Cologne Germany

Chris Sanders — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:58:51 +0000

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] Here’s a time lapse video I did from my hotel room in Cologne, Germany. I had a great room (#302) at the Dom Hotel. The windows opened up right onto the Cathedral and the Square. I [...]

Trip to Germany

Chris Sanders — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:15:55 +0000

If you don't shake it up, you lose sight of the things that excite you. ... I shot the following with my iphone and have been posting through Instagram to my twitter feed but I thought I would place the photos here as well.

Shooting in LA

Chris Sanders — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:02:43 +0000

I have shot in Miami but I feel that the talent is more diverse and of greater depth due to the film business here. ... And since most of my shoots are for the entire US (and sometimes the world) we have to make it appear like it is anywhere.

Google Mapping and Scouting

Chris Sanders — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:22:51 +0000

We have been off to a running start this year. Currently, we are prepping for a campaign for a cell phone company to be shot in Los Angeles. My producer and I have been busy going over the details including selection of the locations. Google Maps’ Street View has been amazing at enabling us to [...]

Flying in a Blizzard

Chris Sanders — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:51:13 +0000

After an hour on hold with the telephone hotline I was told by a Jet Blue rep that we were on the stand by list for tomorrow (the next confirmed seat was Jan 3!) ... They would just start calling names and if you were not right there, you got bumped With gates changing constantly and some flights being delayed it was a gamble as to which south bound airplane we should stake our standby status at.

Suite Life Newspaper is Off The Presses

Chris Sanders — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:15:59 +0000

My next newspaper is off the presses and heading in the mail to a select group of creatives. About twice a year I send out a newspaper centered around a theme to showcase my work. The entire series is on my website, www.chris-sanders.com, under Paper Series. The current paper is called The Suite Life. It [...]