This is an amazing performance that I recorded on the second night of the MI Golden Years reunion. As you can see I was in the front row, and had a nice view of Martino’s amazing finger work. Pianist Djangirov was born in 1987, and Pat Martino 1944. Two astounding virtuosos born generations apart.

Here is a link to all of the videos I shot of reunion performances.

Music to inspire creativity: nelsdrums chill lounge

I’ve created a new Spotify playlist with over 500+ tracks of electronic, chill, ambient, lounge, soundtrack, latin, indian, jazz and D.J. that you can shuffle all week long. Over 24 hours of incredible, hand-selected music. Feel free to subscribe, listen, and add some of your own.

Some of the featured artists include The Chemical Bros., Zero 7, DJ Shadow, Arling & Cameron, Amon Tobin, Groove Armada, Barry Adamson, Seks Bomba, DJ Cheb I. Sabbah, Air, and Fila Brazilia. Inspired by the amazing DJ Rusty Hodge of SOMA FM’ Secret Agent. and dozens of other Spotify playlists that I’ve perused to draw tracks from.

Click here to listen on Spotify: nelsdrums chill lounge

Video Kaleidoscope Trio Screen Saver Sample

There were a lot of requests for a Screen Saver version of “5 Hours of Adriana Lima” amongst the YouTube video comments. In response, I’ve designed these Macintosh OS X video screen savers that dynamically create a 5-point star or triangular Kaleidoscopic view of any Quicktime MOV, MP4 or M4V.

Above are YouTube video samples of what the screen savers look like. View full screen to get the full effect.

Sorry that there are no Windows versions of the screen savers. If you happen to create them, I will be happy to provide links.

DOWNLOAD ADRIANA MAC SCREEN SAVERS (installation instructions included within 260mb ZIP)

DOWNLOAD VIDEO SCREEN SAVERS ONLY (to use with your own videos. installation instructions included within 4.5mb ZIP)

Please keep in mind that these screen savers are very processor intensive. They are created purely for entertainment purposes.

Super Bowl Ad Spoiler Alert!

Below are a few god words about our latest work at DNG, and my personal labor of love “Five Hours of Adriana Lima” (seen above). All of this organically generated buzz with no seeding, and no media dollars. Simply upload a video of smokin’ hot Brazilian super model Adriana Lima in a bikini waving a flag in super slo-mo for 5 straight hours.

Adweek AdFreak

“The ultimate in Super Bowl ad teasers”

Jalopnik

“You’ve already seen all the Super Bowl ads. Just watch this for five hours on Sunday.”

Ad Age – Pick of the day

“The title is pretty self-explanatory. To build up hype for its Super Bowl commercial, Kia apparently decided the 15-second teasers all over broadcast television weren’t enough. Presenting: Five full hours of Adriana waving a flag in slow-motion. We only have the first 10 minutes. For the whole thing, go on YouTube. You pervert.”

Creativity Pick of the day

As Creativity “Pick of the Day” we actually beat out last year’s ad poll winner Volkswagon, who posted their Super Bowl spot the same day.

High Snobiety

“Kia makes one of the smartest marketing moves we’ve seen this year.”

Auto Evolution

“Honestly, we could watch supermodel Adriana Lima sleeping, but when we spotted Victor Secret’s angel waving a the racing flag for Kia, we knew we needed more. Thankfully, the carmaker’s marketing teams have a viral bone inside them, and they released something really amazing: five hours of Adriana waving a flag wearing a bikini and high-heels.”

The World’s Best Ever

“Yes, 5 Hours. Well done Kia, well done.”

Lost In A Supermarket

“Kia is on a roll. … And now they’ve had the marketing genius to stick Adriana Lima in front of a camera and wave a flag… for FIVE hours. OK, it’s not 5 hours as it’s slowed down film, but still it’s a long fucking time. Is 5 hours too much time to watch a supermodel wave a flag around in a swimsuit and high heels? Who are we to judge — we give it to the people, and let them decide. On that note, we present Because We Love You, vol 59: Adriana Lima Waving a Flag For 5 Hours For No Reason At all…”

GT Channel

Video of the day.

The Superslice

“Calling, Don Draper. Has Madison Ave. run out of ideas? Might this “campaign” be so bizarre that it is actually genius? It’s like Bill Viola without the pathos or art. With that said, I’ve seen a lot worse. I would also like to meet the person who actually sits there and watches all five hours.”

Super Bowl Ads For Geeks

“Kia just published the longest Super Bowl Ad teaser in history. 5 Hours of Adriana Lima is just that. You see sexy supermodel Adriana Lima waving a flag for 5 hours. The video is extremely hypnotizing. I am not sure if it is the beauty of Adriana Lima or the slow motion.

The video is an extremely extended version of the Kia Super Bowl 2012 Ad Teaser. The camera angle is changing throughout the 5 hours, in case you have the time to watch.”

Fast co.Create

“Four hours, fifty-nine minutes and 30 seconds more flag waving that is strictly necessary.”

The Journal of Awesom

“The original Super Bowl spot from Kia, “A Dream Car. For Real Life” isn’t bad at all and features some great cameos. But, actually creating a 5 hour clip of Adriana Lima’s cameo and putting it on YouTube is brilliant.”

Combined views of the versions on YouTube are at 121,747 after 7 days.
Combined views of the versions on YouTube are at 438,981 after 2 weeks.

Based on the original YouTube viral video with over 7m views by KJ92508. This video was featured on every major news network, including CNN and MSN.

What do you think? Here is the site archive.

Dance your pants off for a shot at winning $10,000!. But seriously, keep your pants on.

Can’t get enough dancing hamsters? Check out David & Goliath’s multi-platform Kia Soul Shuffle Slam contest on YouTube and Facebook. What the heck? Check it on your mobile device. It’s everywhere, babies.

http://soulshuffleslam.com

The Kia Soul hamsters are kicking ass again with a fun and uplifting message. Making me proud to work at DNG! Uploaded Friday morning, it’s already up to 86,000 views. Share it with your friends.

[ as of Feb 2012, over 14 million views ]

I was playing around with the iPhoto export feature late last night. An unbelievable simple way to make some music videos using live performance photography. Just need to figure out how to get the right imagery at the right place in the song.

I’ve uploaded to Facebook, and the image quality is quite nice. Facebook’s transcoder is amazing.

BBDO needed integrated concepts and designs for their first project with new client, Duncan Hines. I put on my Speedshape baking hat, and rolled out a complete digital campaign that included Mobile Web, Facebook Tab and Online Ad Banners.

Mobile users can capture QR codes in Broadcast, Print, or Online Ads to access exclusive content on supported devices like iPhone, Android or Blackberry. Once inside, users can view recipes with beautiful dessert photography, save favorites, create custom graphic shopping lists, or unlock digital coupons.

Facebook users can view highly immersive content on a Flash tab design that features two new broadcast spots, and their related fourteen decadent recipes. Each recipe comes with tasty photos, step-by-step instructions, baking tips, and baker’s club interviews. There are also two “making of QR cake” videos.

As if that isn’t enough, five online ad banners in a myriad of shapes and sizes drive traffic to the sites. One of which contained a QR code comprised of over 900 chocolate and lemon cupcakes!

Sure, I gained a few pounds working on this project. But that’s the way I roll. Dough. Or is that batter? Oh, whatever! Please pass the cake pops!!

This week my brother-in-law and I went and photographed my son’s fourth grade class outside the classroom. We directed them to make “larger than life” expressions and poses to create some unique class portraits. 28 students, 1 teacher and 700+ frames later, we were ready for some coffee.

Next I spent some quality time with the images. Chose the most dynamic poses and expressions, then went about removing the background. My intention was to spend about 1/2 hour per person, as I like to get these projects done as quickly as possible. It turns out girls with long hair posed an unexpected problem: no hair showing where their neck was, and long hair hung down way too far for the tiny bodies.

So, now we have a couple of real world word math for your fourth graders to solve:

1. Nels had 29 photos to retouch. There were 16 boys and 13 girls. Boys and girls with short hair took 1/2 hour each to retouch, and girls with long hair past their shoulders took 1-1/2 hours each. If there were 10 girls with long hair, how many hours did it take Nels to complete his project, if he also spent 2 hours creating a slideshow presentation?
2. If it takes 7 minutes per page to print 29 archival posters for students, how many hours does it take to print all of the posters?

Use the comments to submit your answers.

The students really enjoyed the Keynote presentation that used the photography project to help explain what I do for a living, and how I went about creating the artwork. There was raucous laughter as each image came on the screen, and that made it all worth while. Each child was presented with an archival poster print.

Click on the image above to view a slideshow of all 29 portraits.

What do you think? (leave a comment)

Download wallpaper, portraits, high-res and groups.