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Which teams will meet in Super Bowl XLVI?

Will the Packers do it again? Do the Broncos have a chance?

Make your 2 team picks as a comment to post on our blog
for a chance to win your choice of:

AN NFL JERSEY (you pick the team)

OR

A FAMILY AMC MOVIE FUN PACK including:
4 tickets and concessions gift card

Deadline for entries is 3 p.m. Saturday, January 14th

In the case of multiple correct picks, we will hold a random drawing to determine the winner.
Winner will be posted to our blog after the Conference Championship games.

Don’t miss our annual Gamut One Studios Superbowl Party!
Clients, friends, and family “tailgate” in our studio, watch the game on our 35′ cove wall, and kids jump & play around in our interactive fun zone equipped with an inflatable obstacle course. Want to bring along a few guests? You are welcome. Please see the invitation with more details andRSVP HERE.

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Robots, smoke grenades and paint bullets

It’s easy to stay passionate about a job when you work in vastly different environments each day.

Often, we’re in the studio lighting and shooting products, many times we’re on location in offices, factories and at events. And, sometimes we have tactical response teams pointing loaded weapons at us.

That was Jeff’s shoot out in Alameda County, California for Recon Robotics. He has been photographing their products in studio and location for the past five years. Jeff’s extensive knowledge of the product and close working relationship with Recon has now provided more unique location photography opportunities.

A recent assignment took Jeff to Urban Shield, a SWAT and Tactical Response Team training and evaluation event with teams from California, Israel and Jordan competing.

SWAT Team Photography

The event ran for 48 straight hours with 27 different scenarios.  Recon Robotics sponsored one scenario in which the teams could utilize the Scout XT Robot to be more effective.  Recon wanted photos of the teams using their robot in training situations and to build their corporate image library.

Jeff liked the fast-action shoot and seeing the teams from Israel and Jordan. He says, “Having expert marksmen pointing loaded automatic weapons at you will always make you think twice, even if it’s just paint.”

Gamut One Studios - On LocationAnd, sometimes the perks are nice too. Jeff got to ride in this $170K Tactical Response Vehicle, aptly called the BAT.

In the last few weeks, he’s traveled in and out of state to photograph several different uses of Recon’s products. He worked with the Minneapolis Bomb Squad photographing the robots being used to help identify and scout police scenarios with possible explosives.

The latest shoot took Jeff to Fort Ripley near Brainerd, Minn. with a National Guard Squad.  The military uses the Scout XT to help units with reconnaissance missions where they can remotely deploy the robot into buildings, around barriers and in the identification of suspected improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

The project was very successful.  We look forward to providing Recon Robotics with more great images while they build awareness of their great products.

G1 Studios sponsors 2011 MIMA Summit

Gamut One Studios recently took part in the biggest annual marketing and technology conference in the Midwest. The 2011 MIMA (Minneapolis Interactive Marketing Association) Summit was held on Oct. 11th and 12th at the Minneapolis Hilton.

Gamut One Studios has worked with MIMA for several years. This year celebrated the 10th annual summit, a two-day event that hosts close to 1,000 attendees.

Our promotions table at the summit  gave us a chance to catch up with some clients, meet new faces and showcase the services of our studio. Scott Nelson, our new sales associate, joined Greg Kamin fielding questions from interested attendees
about our studio in Edina and our commercial photography services.

The iPad 2 drawing… when will the winner be announced? We will draw and post the winner by 1 p.m. on Friday 10.14.11.  All who liked us on Facebook were entered into the drawing a second time.


Dewey Koshenina and Myron Wolf photographed attendees, featured speakers, the keynote addresses, and all 40 of the breakout sessions.

The morning keynote address was given by Avinash Kaushik, the co-Founder of Market Motive, Inc. and the Analytics Evangelist for Google.

The afternoon keynote was given by the editor-in-chief for Wired Magazine, Chris Anderson. He authored the New York Times best seller The Long Tail.

A few of the featured session topics covered e-commerce & e-mail, mobile & screens, social media & community engagement, UX (user experience) & design. The Summit wrapped up with an evening of great food, drinks and entertainment sponsored by Gage. We are already looking forward to next year!

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Dog and Pony Show

Greg and Dewey recently traveled with art director Amy Rausch to complete a fast-paced, computer hard drive overloading, dog and pony, 4-day location shoot for Patterson Companies. The shoot took place at four locations in Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.

Dog and Pony? That’s right, the subjects were horses, dogs, cats, iguanas, and their caring veterinarians.  As one Massachusetts local jokingly asked Greg, “Aren’t there any dogs in Minnesota?”

Webster Veterinary

The draw to the east coast was Webster Veterinary, a division of Patterson Companies, Inc. Webster, located in Devens, MA, is the leading distributor of veterinary supplies to companion-pet veterinary clinics in the eastern United States. The goal, under direction of Amy Rausch and DVM Scott Handler, was to build a library of images to be used in Webster marketing materials.

As a doctor of veterinarian medicine and also the marketing director for Webster, Handler arranged for Greg and Dewey to photograph veterinarians, technicians, and patients in two Equine facilities and two small animal clinics/hospitals.

Day 1: Fairfield Equine in Newton, Connecticut

How can you pose a horse? With plenty of tranquilizer, of course. Well, that is not exactly true. It was very important for Greg and Dewey to be “shooting” as the doctors perform their patient care and exams.

Scott Handler and Rebecca Timpano, a marketing professional for Webster with extensive equine experience, guided the photographers to capture the essential procedures.

Technicians taking digital X-Rays

Shock wave therapy, horse secured by twitch

Why the headphones?

Shock wave therapy is a treatment that is increasingly used by veterinarians to treat orthopedic problems such as bone fractures.  This treatment does not use electrical pulses, but rather high-energy acoustic pulses, much like sound waves, that have the ability to travel readily through soft tissues to effect hard material and tissues such as mineralized deposits or bone.

Extensive IV treatment care

Day 2: Animal Medical Center in Nashua, New Hampshire

The small animal clinic in Nashua was bustling with furry feline patients, some with basic checkups and others undergoing extensive surgery. There were also many breeds and sizes of dogs from a Jack Russell all the way up to the Great Dane.

Did we mention the iguana?

Dr. Westring examines a post-surgery feline

Technician takes digital X-Rays of the cat’s teeth. Yes, the cat is sleeping, never mind the open eye.

Day 3: Massachusetts Equine Clinic in Uxbridge, MA

This was a beautiful setting for our Saturday morning shoot in south eastern Massachusetts. Uxbridge is just an hour from Boston and only 15 minutes from northern Rhode Island.

Mass. Equine Clinic in Uxbridge

“Floating” the horse’s teeth

Horses chew their food from grinding their teeth from side to side. This can cause sharp edges and uneven wear. Floating the horse’s teeth is a process that files down any ridges or points. This needs to be completed usually once per year to prevent possible damage to the horse’s tongue, cheek, or gums.

Vet tests Horse’s mobility

Day 4: Chelmsford Animal Hospital in Chelmsford, MA

This last day of the shoot was another opportunity to capture more small animals,
photos in the lab, exams, and some with the animal’s owners.

Behind the scenes: Dewey in lab

That’s a wrap!

Legal line: No felines or furry things were harmed during the shoot.

More about our wonderful client: Patterson Companies is an industry-leading specialty distributor serving the dental, veterinary and rehabilitation supply markets. Driven to meet the needs of healthcare professionals in these growing markets, Patterson provides a total-package approach to doing business.

Gamut One Studios is proud to be Patterson Companies’ contracted vendor for professional photography services. Gamut One Studios is a full service commercial photography studio in Minneapolis. Whether on location or in our 10,000 sq. ft. studio, G1 Studios delivers the best in high quality images and customer service.