We had a great time on set with Sam Robinson and the Bose Team. Not only did we scout and provide locations for this campaign, but my family was also selected to be talent for the shoot. Sam was an amazing photographer to work with. He made it so easy to be on the 'other side' of the camera. It was something our family will never forget. Thanks for the memories Sam!

• Client: Bose

• Photographer: Sam Robinson - @sam_photography

• Producer: Jake Hakanson

You can also check out their amazing new Portable Home Speaker HERE.

We had the privilege of working with Hakanson Productions and JJ Sulin on this fantastic Wells Fargo shoot. Such a fun project and great team! 

Photography: @jjsulin

Production:  @hakansonproductions

Locations: @birdmaninc

With the holiday's quickly upon us, we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.A fitting post for this holiday season... we are sharing a fantastic commercial for Levi's that we recently worked on with producer, Rena Fink and Director, Sandra Winther.  Shot in September, we provided locations to shoot multiple scenes of a family on a Holiday Getaway.  Complete with a mountain cabin, rolling hills, rustic roads (fire pit, disco ball and fake snow) we were tasked with providing the locations, maps, permits and location management for this large, client driven project.The end result was a 'shoppable' video that incorporates a newer experience, which allows the viewer to click on any of the products on screen to view and purchase that item. I have linked that shoppable video HERE if you'd like to check it out (Click on the 'Holiday Getaway' Video Link).Such an excellent crew to work with!

• Client: Levi's

• Producer: Rena Fink

• Director: Sandra Winther

A very Happy Holidays to you all!

Client: Indian Motorcycles

Photographer: Dean Bradshaw

Producer: Kim Comeaux

Location: Northern CA

May 2015 we worked with the photographer Dean Bradshaw and producer Kim Comeaux on a project for Indian Motorcycles. Indian is the original American Motorcycle with roots dating back to 1897 and was a huge contender throughout the 1960's. The brand was resurrected in 2008 after being absent from the scene for decades and has been making a strong comeback. Owned by Polaris Industries since 2011, the new designs are fresh while honoring the brand's DNA. We turned a lot of heads while shooting these beautiful bikes on Northern California roads!Over 3 days we had 2 still crews and a video crew shooting the entire Indian lineup. We covered a lot of Northern California in a short period of time. On Day 1 we started before dawn with rolling traffic breaks over the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge before moving to the financial district in San Francisco. The second day had us breathing fresh air and looking up at giant redwood trees in Bag Basin State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The final day was the most ambitious! While filming the bikes on Treasure Island in the morning with the San Francisco skyline backdrop, Mayor Ed Lee happened to stop by. He sat on a few bikes and expressed his gratitude for our client choosing SF for their shoot. Around mid-day we headed for the coast landing in Stinson Beach. The bikes were shot cruising along CA-1 as the sun dropped to the horizon. Colin Ducey at Ducey Productions provided his expert driving skills on the Camera Car with First AD Michael Jordan calling the shots. The team worked hard long days to capture some amazing riding shots of the beautiful motorcycles!We spent a week scouting and another 2 getting permits for rolling traffic breaks on the bridge, lane closures in SF, ITC on CA-1 and traffic control on the roads in a state park. We were also hired to manage the shoot and Jason fell into a second AD role to help orchestrate the long shot list. Have a look at the images featured on Indian's website along with our scouting images.

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Production:  North 6 - Cynthia Bechet

Lifestyle Photographer: Dominick Sheldon

Still life Photographer: William Abranowicz

Client: Old Navy

Location: Birdman Inc -  Napa, CA

This past summer temperatures in Napa Valley were regularly hitting the 90's. When we were asked to find a nice rustic barn for Old Navy's winter catalog to shoot in early September, we thought the Lake Tahoe region would be a great fit. But the location our client chose was in Napa, and it was in the 90's on our shoot days! But that is no problem for the production world... we just make it snow when and where we need it to. We worked closely with Cynthia Bechet at North 6 prepping for the two day shoot providing location scouting, pre-pro support and location management. Snow effects were provided by Snow Business and the results were fantastic! Nothing quite like getting ready for the holidays in early September! Have a look at some of the photos the two photography teams captured. Happy Holidays to All!

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Production: John, Kwiecien, Roe Photo

Photographer: John Roe, Roe Photo

Client: Ford F-150

Location: Birdman Inc - Northern, Ca

In the early winter of 2014 we teamed up with Roe Photo on yet another great automotive shoot. This time we were shooting a comprehensive campaign for the new all aluminum body Ford F-150. No CGI on this project, all old school with the actual vehicles on set. Over an 8 day period we shot the trucks at a boat launch, on a bridge, at a beautiful horse ranch, two major construction sites, a residential construction project and covered a 12,500 acre vineyard ranch in the coastal mountains.We had rain when we needed it which made for some amazing running shots through puddles under the maze of freeways in Oakland! Then the sun came out when we needed sunshine... We worked hard gaining access to one of the most impressive construction sites in San Francisco; The Transbay Terminal. Working on this multi story, four block long complex structure with a cavernous underground train terminal is a once in a lifetime opportunity.Below are some images John Roe captured for the campaign that is still being rolled out along with some of our scouting images. Challenging projects like this tend to have great results, the team that worked on this project was top notch and the final product is no exception.

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Final Ad - Under the Oakland Maze

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Final Ad - Sonoma County Bridge and Roads

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Production:  Creative Chaos, Inc.

Photographer: Lachlan Bailey  -  Men and Women

Photographer: Benny Horne - Divided and Kids

Client: H&M

Agency: Wednesday

Local Production: Caribbean Crews

Location: Birdman Inc - Antigua, West Indies

Here are some more images captured in Antigua that are now on the H&M website! You will also see the really cool TV commercial below that was partially shot on the island while we were working there. To find out more, see our previous  post about our adventure in Antigua!

The TV commercial also filmed while we were on the island:

Producer: Jenny Friedberg, Creative Chaos, Inc.

Photographer: Glen Luchford

Client: Cole Haan

Agency: Wednesday

Location: Sun Valley, ID

This past spring we were asked if we had any prior experience scouting in Sun Valley, ID. The answer at the time was no. But that all changed in April of this year! Our good friends at Creative Chaos awarded us the opportunity to make several trips to the area to scout for a Cole Haan fall campaign featuring Dree Hemingway. Dree is the great granddaughter of Earnest Hemingway, her family has ties to the region and she grew up in the Sun Valley area. The scouting trips and shoot were a lot of work but really fun! The scouting mission was challenging as the seasons changed, but in the end we were able to  find exactly what the art directions called for. Including a late 60's Ford Bronco! Have a look at the results, they speak for themselves. Absolutely beautiful!

Here is what Dree had to say about returning to Sun Valley for the shoot.

Here are our scouting images next to Glen’s final images

Here are a few more shots from the campaign:

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In the window of their store in Carmel, CA

Cole Haan Fall 2014 Direct Mail

In August of last year we were contacted by NZK productions to help with a location need for an ABC reality show. At the time, nobody knew that The Bachelor would be coming to San Francisco so we had to keep thIngs as quiet as possible. What were we asked to do? Shut down a block of Filbert St, cover it with snow and convert it into a temporary ski slope! All while keeping it a secret.. Our response, let's do this!We worked closely with The San Francisco Film Commission to conduct the the community out reach and assist with the timing and logistics of pulling this off in one day. They started at 5:00 a.m. and were to have everything cleaned up by midnight. After several weeks of planning, drawing maps, knocking on doors, hiring a bilingual location professional (Saisie Jang) and knocking on more doors; our signature survey of the local residents was complete and we were all set to make it snow!Not being regular viewers of the program, we didn't know what to expect. When Episode 3  aired on January 16th we were very proud of our work, a little surprised and well, definitely entertained. Here are the results of our hard work.

I stopped by that morning to watch the snow fall in San Francisco!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Oh! So that's how they do that...

Being from upstate New York, I always wondered what would happen if it snowed in San Francisco...

I had to get a shot of myself with the San Francisco snow!

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Photographer:  Erik Almas

Production:  Darcy Diamond

Client: GSW

At the end of June, Erik Almas approached Birdman to help with locations for the new GSW advertising campaign.To my delight, they chose MY house as one of their locations for this still and video production.  It was so beneficial to be on set to see Erik and his team work.

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December of last year, we worked with McGuire furniture who was rolling out several new collections, including an indoor and outdoor line with renowned designers, Bill Sofield and Barbara Barry respectively.  We were able to secure them 3 beautiful home locations for their new campaign.  Here are a few images from the shoot.  You can also visit the McGuire website to see more of the beautiful collections.

Photographer: Roger Davies

Stylist: Chelsea Cooper

Client: McGuire Furniture

Locations: Stylish Rustic/Modern Home - Wine Country  

Photographer: Roger Davies

Stylist: Chelsea Cooper

Client: McGuire Furniture

Locations: Upscale Home and Garden - Marin  

Photographer: Roger Davies

Stylist: Hiroshi Yoshida

Client: McGuire Furniture

Locations: Stylish Modern Home - Wine Country 

Producer: Michael Cifarelli, Industry Productions

Director of Photography: Michael Rothman

Client: Rockport

Location: San Francisco, Ca

Last year we teamed up with Industry Productions out of New York for a Rockport still and video shoot in downtown San Francisco. The first 3 days of the 4 day shoot was all still (Shot by Regan Cameron), on the fourth day all of the motion footage was captured. We were lucky to have a great video crew that moved quickly and kept the impact to a minimum. Here is the final video, all shot in one day!

Producer: Annika Howe Productions

Photographer: Soren Solker Starbird

Client: Jack and Jones

Locations: Downtown Rooftop, City Streets, Drive In Movie Theater, College Campus

In October Berlin based producer Annika Howe and Danish apparel company Jack and Jones came to San Francisco for a spring catalog shoot. Their ambitious list of location requests had us searching all over the bay area for some extraordinary backdrops. Working with international clients has its challenges, and this one was definitely no exception. But we were able to work through the 9 hour time difference and had a lot of success. We dropped by to check out their rooftop BBQ set, very cool! Check out some of our scouting images and Soren's photos to see how it all came together. Thanks for coming to town Jack and Jones!

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Producer: Lisa Ilario, 2D Photo

Photographer: John Urbano

Client: AerieLocation: Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Birdman Inc teamed up with Lisa Ilario and 2D Photo this past fall, providing location scouting, permitting services and location managing for their Aerie Spring 2011 campaign. This four day shoot took place at the beautiful Big Basin Redwoods State Park.  Everyone was so great to work with and we highly recommend Big Basin to any production.  They were very accommodating to all of our needs.  A big THANKS to Lisa and 2D Photo!  We can't wait to work with you again!

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Producer: Manuel Manardi, Creative Chaos

Photographer: Regan Cameron

Client: Martin + Osa

Location: Monterey Bay Area

Birdman Inc teamed up with Creative Chaos last fall providing location scouting, permitting services and location managing in the Monterey Bay Area. The five day production found its way from an inland reservoir to some of California's most striking coastline. At these locations Birdman organized the landing of a Seaplane on the San Luis Reservoir in Holister and gained access to the very historical Point Sur Light Station in Big Sur.

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