DAVID ELLINGSEN PHOTOGRAPHY

Subplot Design’s identity and packaging design for Petcurean is featured on the Applied Arts Extra release today.

Here’s the rest of that shoot for BC based pet food manufacturer Petcurean and the new GO! product line.
Two days shooting this series in-studio…with a blackout set including cats and a water pool (not together, phew)…with creative director Matthew Clark from Subplot Design Inc. and the wonderful in-house gang from Petcurean. Thanks again to Gina at THEY Rep for all the production.

I now know the literal meaning of “herding cats”…

Action animal and pet advertising photograph from Vancouver commercial photographer David Ellingsen for new Petcurean's new packaging design, with agency Subplot Design Inc.

The official launch for BC pet food manufacturer Petcurean’s new advertising campaign and re-branding launches today at the Superzoo 2011 trade show in Las Vegas. I photographed animals in action in the studio this summer with Subplot Design for the GO! product line. I’ll post the entire campaign soon…

I mentioned earlier that I was selected as a finalist for PDN’s Great Outdoors photography competition for “Bull Kelp, Pacific Northwest”. The photograph has been moved forward to the Winners category and you can see it published in the September issue or at the web gallery here.

The results are in…and I’m happy to announce I have received 4 “Honorable Mentions”.
The main Honorable Mention page is here (scroll around for some amazing work) and individual galleries for each work are linked below.

PROGRESS RESTS
Advertising Automotive

SEA/LIFE (then entered with a working title of Wild)
Fine Art Still Life
Fine Art Other

ELITE ATHLETES
People Portraits

The International Photography Awards is a sister-effort of the Lucie Foundation, where the top three winners are announced at the annual Lucie Awards ceremony. The awards event will be held at the Lincoln Center in New York on October 24, 2011, before returning to Los Angeles in 2012 in celebration of the 10-year anniversary. Over 8,000 submissions from 90 countries were received for the 2011 International Photography Awards with over 70 jurors, the largest to date. The Foundation’s mission is to honor master photographers, discover new and emerging talent, and promote the appreciation of photography. IPA is dedicated to recognizing contemporary photographers’ accomplishments in this specialized and highly visible competition. Visit www.photoawards.com for more details.

Just received notice that SEA/LIFE is in the running in the fine art category for the People’s Choice Award at the Blurb Photography Book Now Competition. See all the amazing nominees at the link above…and vote!

Happy to announce that I am a finalist in Photo District News Magazine’s 2011 Great Outdoors competition. The image is part of the Salish Sea series…this one of bull kelp at dawn down at Point Roberts is in the running for the Plants, Animals, Insects, and Gardens category…I’ll update again if things progress…

I attended a most energizing workshop over in Victoria at Luz Gallery this past weekend. Moving on from the dry plate tintype process of a couple of months ago, myself and 8 other participants learned about the wet plate collodion process with the accomplished photographer Joni Sternbach of NYC. I’ve been looking for a medium to replace 11 years of working with Polaroid 55PN film (my last collection with that film is almost done!) and looks like this is the one. The way film is going it’s a good thing that I’ll be making my own from now on…ha ha.

The ubiquitous Skull photograph here…and below that a self portrait.