One of the projects that I’ve spent the longest on since arriving at Coates Kokes came to be called “The Rhythm of the Store.” For one of our larger clients, BetterBricks, the project was to create a kit to communicate to grocery store employees how they could reduce their energy usage by just changing a couple habits in their life.

We ended up creating a training video, packaging for the DVD, a poster series, an insert pamphlet, and a series of stickers.

One of our clients at Coates Kokes is the Pelican Pub and Brewery in Pacific City, Oregon. Piet Vanden Hogen is the executive chef there and along with their head brewer Darron Welch they have made a name for the restaurant with their beer and food pairings.

The steam and fire certainly makes the photo. I used a lone off camera speedlight placed behind him to pop him out of the background. I think it worked although if you look at it too long I don’t think it’s well placed in the setting – I don’t think you could mistake it for being natural. I also wasn’t a huge fan of the streaks of light it brought with it in the metal plating around the stove.

But the client liked it and it’s an interesting enough photo I think to capture some attention.

Photo I shot for a 5′ x 5′ rear lit ad placed as you leave the Horizon Air terminal at PDX. Horizon is the leading competition for Portland/Seattle based SeaPort Airlines as they also cater to the quick commute distance traveler, however up until SeaPort the fastest way you could get from city to city took about 3 hours. With SeaPort you can avoid TSA and make the downtown to downtown trek in an hour and a half.

Photo I shot for a 5′ x 5′ rear lit ad placed as you leave the Horizon Air terminal at PDX. Horizon is the leading competition for Portland/Seattle based SeaPort Airlines as they also cater to the quick commute distance traveler, however up until SeaPort the fastest way you could get from city to city took about 3 hours. With SeaPort you can avoid TSA and make the downtown to downtown trek in an hour and a half.

Shot this photo in Waterfront Park right outside our old town offices. Has an almost painterly quality to it thanks to a nice angle, some distance, and the sort of strange bokeh signature of the lens I used.

The other to the right here is a Mother’s Day ad for local Portland Boutique shoe retailer Imelda’s. Photography by me, design by Laura here at CK. Imelda’s continues to be the best place to find unique shoes in Portland and is a lot of fun to shoot ads for.

There are a series of photos I’ve never posted up here for lack of having somewhere to actually put them. At some point I’ll need to come back and reorganize these but here are 2 from a series of 6 I shot back in 2007.

As with any of the images on the site just click on the image to see it larger.

So this is kind of a different piece than what I usually put in here. As a student I had occasionally corralled some of my oldest friends into helping me out with various short film projects. All were rather silly but a lot of fun to create for everyone and good experience for me. The most recent project was also the most ambitious, and unfortunately has fallen into a (most likely) permanent hiatus.

Written in 2007 before the current surge in vampire films, Red Shadows takes a serious look at what life would be like for vampires trying to exist amongst humans. Creating friendships built on a lifetime of lies, Lillian Greene has finally settled into a routine with a group of friends but in one night all of their lives change. It’s rough, but fun. Take a look.

Titles for Along the Way from Sam Leinen on Vimeo.

I recently had the opportunity to animate some titles and on-air graphics for a new branded entertainment show Along the Way for Under Armour. Working from designs by Second World Design out of Boston, Massachusetts I was able to quickly turn out some simple, clean and effective motion graphics. The show is due to launch later this month and I will update with clips once they’re released.

I recently had the opportunity to animate some titles and on-air graphics for a new branded entertainment show Along the Way for Under Armour. Working from designs by Second World Design out of Boston, Massachusetts I was able to quickly turn out some simple, clean and effective motion graphics. The show is due to launch later this month and I will update with clips once they’re released.

I recently had the opportunity to animate some titles and on-air graphics for a new branded entertainment show Along the Way for Under Armour. Working from designs by Second World Design out of Boston, Massachusetts I was able to quickly turn out some simple, clean and effective motion graphics. The show is due to launch later this month and I will update with clips once they’re released.

Titles and on-air graphics for a new branded entertainment show Along the Way for Under Armour.

Titles and on-air graphics for a new branded entertainment show Along the Way for Under Armour.