Tom Hanks, Grauman's Chinese Theater

San Francisco - Early Morning Skyline

Nob Hill and The Golden Gate from Coit Tower

Downtown L.A. and Flower District on a killer spring morning.

Whiskey A Go Go, Hollywood, Ca

TDG Busts a Move at the 2009 Rockies Awards

Holy Cow, what a night for TDG at the Rockies this Saturday. TDG provided the photography for 5 separate campaigns that garnered 4 Gold Rockies, 1 Silver Rocky and 1 Collateral Rockie.

The awards were in collaboration with Drake Cooper (Gold) Complete Campaign for United Dairymen. (Gold) Elements of Advertising for UDI, (Gold) for Poster for North Star Cycle, (Silver) for Cory Barton Homes, (Gold) for Sales Promotion with Drake Cooper for Jensen Jewelers. Also awarded was our work with MMG now DaviesMoore for Collateral with University of Idaho.

We are super stoked to be recognized and even more stoked and honored to have the opportunity to work with these award winning Agencies.

I would like to congratulate all the agencies, creatives and publishers that were recognized for their outstanding work.

For a complete rundown of the awards go to Idaho Agency Blog

Holiday Motel, Las Vegas Strip

Old Las Vegas

Eiffel Tower, Las Vegas

Sin City, Las Vegas Strip

Santa Monica Pier on a Sultry Califorinia Evening

Just finished the final post on a image for the IEOOC. I always look forward to this time of year because I know we are going to start working with Sherise Jones and the committee. She is such a great art director and we always enjoy creating the quirky, fun, hyper-real images her clients have come to expect.

We have a total of 4 in production and should have another one in the can in the next week or so. Stay tuned. I will post it as it hits the streets.

Hollywood Hills, Santa Moncia and Catalina Island

United Dairymen Campaign

I just got the final adds for the United Dairymen that we recently produced with
Drake Cooper. They are currently running all over the place.

It is always great to see work that has been well produced appearing in the media. Drake Cooper always does a tremendous job seeing the project through. Happy to be part of their creative team!

Hollywood Hills and Santa Monica from the Hollywood Sign

Pageant of the Masters, Laguna Beach Ca

Staircase Laguna Beach, Ca

Catalina Island Yacht Club, Avalon Bay Ca

Catalina Island Yacht Club, Avalon Bay Ca

Laguna Beach

Belmont Park, San Diego

Tidepool, Laguna Beach Calif

Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Waikiki

Waikiki and Honolulu on a beautiful Sunday morning

Just off shore from Waikiki

Honolulu

Waikiki

Pipeline, North Shore, Oah'u

Laguna Beach

World Famous Orange Inn, Laguna Beach Ca

Hotel Laguna, Laguna Beach, Ca

New Work

I have been really busy working on some new concepts and images. Thankfully we have some really great creatives locally, that are embracing the opportunity to create unique images that stand out above the fray.

I have been spreading the word on what I do and how clients can benefit, not only visually, but budget wise as well.

A couple of the vehicles I use are Twitter, "@GregSims" and all the great things going on there, Facebook, the blog, and email blasts. The marketing efforts have got the studio and my work noticed. With marketing budgets tightening it is quite obvious that clients need to make a big impact with less $$. Telling powerful visual stories, with big imagery seems to be a route many are incorporating. The success of these campaigns has been really encouraging.

I will continue to preach the notion that creating big, targeted imagery very specific to the clients demographic and brand message will create great results NOW more than ever. As many companies are foolishly cutting back budgets or ceasing marketing efforts all together, the result is a less "noisy" atmosphere which allows the "big" ideas and concepts to stand out even more. This is a perfect opportunity for clients who truly understand marketing to take advantage of the current advertising climate.

Hopefully I will be posting some new images soon, as the campaigns are released.