Latest Promotional Image - Summer 2007

The recent Chrysler 300C campaign image is going to be used for my Promotional Image for Summer 2007. Entire image was shot and produced solely in California. A big thank you to Alfonso de'Revia.

LEGO Campaign Featured - BRANDWEEK 2007

I'm glad to say that the recent LEGO shoot is making big waves in the industry. The high profile campaign was recently featured in BRANDWEEK Magazine (Febuary 2007). One of the images was selected to run with the article. Two thumbs up to a great job done by the guys at Matli :: Elliott.

CMYK Magazine - Issue 36

I finally got my hands on the new CMYK Magazine. The photo annual should be out in the newstands somewhere in Febuary 2007. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the image awards for photography was selected by Jill Greenberg, my former boss. She selected 3 images for publication. A very big thank you to my talents, Angelique Hennessy, Jeremiah Hadjian, Lisa Marie, and Lisa Offermann. Also a huge thank you to Andrea for editing the work and selecting images I would not have made.

True Gamerz Athletic Apparel - El Segundo, California

This was a recent shoot for the new athletic apparel company - TRUE GAMERZ. The company was started by Atheletes, for Atheletes. The main atheletes being sponsored are the Estrada Brothers. The main shot was the Baseball spread that was conceptualized for Kevin Estrada, who plays for the Cardinals. Brother, and former Pro-ball player Marco was shot for the Basketball spread. Robbie and Kobe Estrada's spread will be shot soon. True Gamerz is definitely a new upstart sports clothing and apparel company that's going places. Look out for it.

Images shot are to be used to Nation-wide Advertising, both above and below the line medias.

TRUE GAMERZ WEBSITE

KEVIN ESTRADA

MARCO ESTRADA

(Note: Some changes have been made to the images prior to print. Refer to portfolio)

VISA by AKQA (San Francisco)

I just shot an assignment for VISA. The agency AKQA (San Francisco) handles the account. This was a rush job and the Art Director's did not have time to fly out. Few locations were shot by several photographers represented by Four9Seven. Gail Gonzales shot the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Stephen Dummit shot the Santa Barbara Mission and I stood in the freezing cold, in the water, on the beach to shoot the Santa Monica Pier. Very beautiful shots!

Santa Monica Pier Twilight
Photo: Kevin Ou

Santa Barbara Mission
Photo: Stephen Dummit

Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco)
Photo: Gail Gonzales

Note: Unfortunately, final images were not published by the Client.

LEGO Fashion Campaign (US and Canada)

This was a fun shoot! I was commissioned to shoot a LEGO Fashion Campaign to be launched at MAGIC, in Las Vegas. I have to admit that working with little 1" Lego men was very challenging. But the final shots turned out Amazing! The set / prop builder did a wonderful job of building the set to scale and the casting of 'celebrity Lego people' was simply perfect. You gotta love the Lego Paparazzi.

Agency: Matli :: Elliott
Photographer: Kevin Ou
Art Director: Dave Matli
Production: Stephen Dummit @ Four9Seven Creatives

Final LEGO Fashion Runway Images

Our LEGO Model in the Dressing Room

Behind the scene shot of Kevin Ou hard at work
(Check out how tiny the set was)

CAMERA WORKS - Opening Gala (19th January 2007)

Pictures from the Opening Gala of the Camera Works Photography Gallery Show. It was held at the Pacific Design Center down on Melrose Ave, West Hollywood. It was such an awesome place. Architectually it was impressive and it was just really cool overall.

The show turned out amazing! The entire gallery was packed and the artwork was strong enough to back the show up. There were some amazing pieces by Glen Wexler, Melvin Sokolsky, David Burnett and my favorite of the show was Brett Ratner (director for X-Men, Rush Hour, etc.), for his campaign featuring Nicole Ritchie for Jimmy Choo. His website is HERE. The entire show was really great. Got to meet up with many old friends, big name photographers, reps and other professionals in the industry. There were many rave reviews on my artwork. It was such a great night. I'm definitely honored to be apart of the show. A very big thank you for all of you who showed up.

Basement Entrance to the Pacific Design Center

Giant poster at the lobby of the Pacific Design Center
Me and Stephen (my Rep @ Four9seven Creatives)Friends and fellow photographers who came out to show their love and support.

Wow. The gallery got packed. Imagine twice as many people in this photo.

A commemorative catalog of the show was printed and sold for charity.

After-show celebrations at Versailles (on La Cienega). Delicious Cuban food!
Me, Melissa and Stephen

Represented by CreativeCircle, Los Angeles

Picked up a new Rep Agency. They're representing my creative Retouching / Finishing work. They've got offices / reps in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago and San Francisco. I'm excited and hope that this will be a start of an awesome working relationship. The people that I've met there were really nice and I'm happy to be working with them.


REPRESENTED BY: CREATIVE CIRCLE
+1-323-930-2333
5750 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD
SUITE 610
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90036

ACCD Gallery Show . Pasadena, California

Pictures from the ACCD Gallery Show. It was hosted and held at StageTwo. The first image is the list of co-photographers that were in the same show. I'm glad that many friends, family, models, art / creative directors and clients showed up. It turned out to be a really awesome night with plenty of great artwork and even more wine flowing. Thank you for all the Champagne.

Name list of fellow Photographers

Kevin, Stephen and Mauricio

Helena and Kevin

Deborah, Kevin and Leon Paz

Heather and Kevin

Me and my dad
(He rushed from Paris to head home, met up with my Mom,
then endured a 19-hour long flight to be at the show)

CMYK Magazing - Issue 35

An Image got published in CMYK Magazine's Issue 35. It was a gallery profile of other artists (illustration, graphic design, advertising and photography). The cover was shot by Greta Tresushoff, an old classmate of mine from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif.

This is the image, titled: The Trains never stopped rolling, 2006 . Fontana, California