Thought you all might like to see your boy G Land hard at work taking care of business. You know you can’t come into my studio wearing those colors and not expect to get laid out. Think twice biatch. Oh yeah let me give a special shout out to my boy Abe “Bagso” Sands for capturing this at the right time.
Go Pats
In Miami right now shooting all week for Coke for 2010 Global Summer Advertising. We got here yesterday and drove directly to a river to tech scout. Being the big kid that I am I carelessly hucked myself off of a nearby dock to test out the water. I surfaced with a bloody,gouged back. Apparently I hit some coral, a ton of broken oyster shells and a few jagged rocks. After a shower, hydrogen peroxide, and neosporin I am doing just fine. I always say how important it is to learn something on each job. The lesson learned on this particular job was a painful one and that I should always have someone else “test the water” before getting wet. Tomorrow is Day one of shooting. We are on a beach all day where there are no obstacles other than the possibility of rain and a few thunderstorms. We will be prepared. I will update the blog tomorrow with how Day one went.
In spite of his current personal battle with the media, I am posting this photo I took last May to remind everyone that Tiger is still Tiger, one of the nicest and funniest guys I’ve ever shot.
I just received these finished files from 180 Amsterdam that was shot earlier this year. The shoot was for Adidas’s line of boots called Predator X. We flew out to London and shot with one of Liverpool’s best, Steven Gerrard. All these materials will be shown outside the United States. We are scheduled to shoot more for Adidas sometime early 2010 for World Cup. I will keep you posted.
I had an hour to kill so I decided to take one of my collectable toys off the shelf and bring it outside to photograph it. I used the Canon 5D MarkII and a 50mm macro lens at 3000 ISO and a little bit of grit added in post. The subject is the 12″ Iron Man MarkI figure put out by HotToyz.
I have been feeling pretty guilty lately about not updating the blog as much as I would like to. This has been hard due to the fact that most of what I have been shooting has been confidential including my own personal projects.
For the last 4 months I have been working on a large self promotional project that I fit in between major shoots. It is a science fiction story that will be showcased in a beautifully printed book as well as a multimedia presentation that will come with the book on Blueray. To date we have shot over a half dozen locations throughout Boston utilizing only available light. The story takes place in two different times…the 1940′s and 2043. The amount of resources used in this project continues to grow weekly. We have had a motorcycle completely ripped apart and rebuilt from the frame up, four futuristic costumes and props designed and fabricated from one of the best in the industry, access to incredible locations most people have never seen, etc… Without going into too much detail it is the biggest thing I have done this far in my photographic career. I am very excited for it to be finished but there is still too much work to be done. I will keep you in the loop as to the progress of the .
STAY TUNED….
I thought I would share a few ads that were put together by David Barry of GLP that are currently running in Archive. 
A little while ago, myself and the crew flew out to L.A. to shoot Ryan Seacrest for Coke. The shoot went about smooth as smooth gets when dealing with celebrities. Normally, there is no room for error, and everything has to be tight in order to stay on schedule. My crew did a really great job of executing and making sure everything went down as planned for this shoot, and everyone walked away happy. The shoot involved 3 different sets, one being the red room made famous on American Idol. Here is a shot from that set as well as some behind the scenes photos.
Today, I updated my point and shoot section on my website. You should definitely check out the new shots. http://garylandphotography.com
I was going through some old photos the other day and came across a few that brought back a ton of memories. I couldn’t help but think how time flys. Jevon Kearse and Edgerrin James were both rookies in 1999 when these pictures were taken. Both of them were top prospects that year. Back then I used to get field access and shoot games for Reebok focusing on their key players. They were shot with a Canon EOS 1V. That’s right…film or should I say, “shooting blind”.
Anyway here we are 11 years later and Jevon Kearse is on the Inactive list at Tennessee looking at retiring next season and Edgerrin James is currently a free agent who more than likely will retire next season. It goes quick. Whattayougonnado
