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SHAPE: Sweet Spot Serving Videos

Jerad Hill — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:41:38 +0000

I had the opportunity to do some work for the SHAPE Ministry at my Church. The SHAPE Ministry helps people find their unique place in the Church body where they can most effectively serve Christ. What was so amazing about this experience was that I got to listen to 65 people explain why they love serving in the ways that they do. I shot a lot of video, some of which is incorporated into the videos below. These videos will be played during the weekend service at Big Valley Grace Community Church in Modesto. The first video is the full segment video that will play before Alan, the SHAPE Pastor, comes up to speak. The partial segment videos below that will play in loop between still slides of information before each service. The videos will also be placed on the church website.

These videos were shot using a Canon 5D MKII and Canon 24-70 lens.

Amgen Tour of California Stage 4 Finish

Jerad Hill — Thu, 20 May 2010 05:49:44 +0000

Modesto was lucky enough to get yet another Amgen Tour finish spot. I attended last year with a good friend of mine Shawn Stutz. Both of us ride together on occasion, however he has much more experience riding then I do. After not seeing any decent photo coverage of last years event in Modesto, I contacted the City of Modesto and they offered me a media badge. It was a good thing that I was there early, there were two Criterium races in which none of the other photographers showed up for. A criterium race is an Amateur race which in this case was mostly comprised of local riders. There were two classes, the first race lasting 20 minutes and the second 30 minutes. The Masters Class which was the second class, was comprised of some pretty fast riders. Anyhow, I was able to get some good shots of these local racers as well as be there when they were on the podium. Except for proud family members I appeared to be the only photographer there. I was more proud to capture the local racers photos then the over covered actual race that came through hours later.

Included in this post are photos from the local criterium race and the ending of the Amgen Tour of California Stage 4 race. I also shot 42 seconds of video as the race came to it’s last lap. The racers flying by at close to 40 MPH almost blew the camera from my hand. Thank goodness for my Canon hand strap.

Francesco Chicchi Wins Stage 4 of Amgen Tour of California

Some video of the final lap as they fly by. Notice the wind they generate almost knocks the camera out of my hand. That would have been all bad.

Local Team Wells Fargo – Criterium Race

Only a few laps left… – Criterium Race

Getting ready to start the second Criterium Race – Masters Class

The winner of this race, only 16 years old.

Top 3 from the second Criterium Race

Top 5 from the second Criterium Race

More photos to come soon, please check back.

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Love Modesto

Jerad Hill — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:56:23 +0000

Today over 1000 people from around the Modesto area descended upon different communities with one mission. To love people. Some were serving food, others were cleaning parks and helping with Habitat for Humanity. It was great to see so many people looking past their differences to serve those in our own town regardless of where they are at. Love Modesto was an idea that began a few years ago and this was the first year I took part in it. I was asked if I would be interested in going around to the different sites with a red heart to grab some pictures of people loving Modesto!

Executive Portrait Session for PMZ Realtor Daniel Del Real

Jerad Hill — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:03:39 +0000

PMZ Realtor Daniel Del Real contacted me with a need to have a headshot done for a magazine who needed a current photo of him. They needed his photo in less than before the weekend and they told him this Thursday evening. Daniel was one of the groomsmen at Carlos and Katy’s wedding in Sutter Creek at Avio Vineyards. I have never enjoyed taking headshot photos for people but I knew Daniel would let me have some fun with a few ideas. I was able to take his photos Friday morning, edit them and have the final photos to him by 3pm the same day.

Colour Photos

Jerad Hill — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:28:55 +0000

My wife and I went to see Colour play in downtown Modesto at The Queen Bean the other night. Colour is a group of our friends from church who are extremely talented. Colour will be dropping their next album later this year.

Check out Colour on iTunes: http://bit.ly/L8alS

View the rest of the Colour Photos on Flickr.
Colour on Myspace.

When kids won’t cooperate

Jerad Hill — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:39:21 +0000

It is always a challenge when taking photos of little ones. There is a small window of opportunity before they realize that they would much rather be doing something else. In the case of the image below, I was taking a photo of my godson on his second birthday with his newborn baby brother. We managed to get him to sit down with his brother in his lap but less than two seconds later were done with that. This was the only photo I got before both of them were crying. A two year old and a newborn do not make a good combo for photos. You have to be fast and you also have to make sure the camera does not scare them. At that age having a big camera pointed at you can be kind of scary. I always try to disarm the child by letting them take photos with me before I take their picture. I let them help me take pictures of their Mom or Dad, that way they see it is safe and usually are more receptive to the idea. Keyword, usually.

Gallo Center for the Arts – Modesto

Jerad Hill — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:57:22 +0000

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity of shooting some photos for promotional use at Gallo Center for the Arts. The photos are to be used by their marketing department for anything from brochures to posters. The show playing on that particular night was Stomp however those photos have to stay between me and my hard drive. The Gallo Arts building is quite beautiful and was fun to take photos of.

For more information visit: http://www.galloarts.org
Gallo Center for the Arts
1000 I Street
Modesto, CA 95354
209-338-5000

Appetez Food Photography

Jerad Hill — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:46:02 +0000

I was excited when Appetez agreed to make food for me to take photos of, I had so much fun. Appetez is located in Modesto and is known for their amazing food. If you are in the area, I highly recommend you dine there. Appetez also delivers, which I will be taking advantage of on those Mondays after a wedding when I am in my office editing photos.

Visit their website: http://appetez.com

Having some fun with my Truck!

Jerad Hill — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:57:50 +0000

I was actually thinking about selling it at the time but I had always wanted to take some fun pictures of my truck and then tweak them in Photoshop. After playing around I actually ended up using my 300 Effect that I created for a Podcast a while back.

Update: I actually ended up selling my truck in early Feb of this year. I used the images I shot and placed my truck on Craigslist. I was able to get the price I wanted for the truck. The buyer was sold on my truck before even seeing it because of the photos. Never underestimate the power of good product photography!

I would actually like to shoot some big lifted trucks or classic muscle cars. If you are interested, please email me.

Some HDR Fun in Historic Knights Ferry

Jerad Hill — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:20:53 +0000

Today I made a run up to Historic Knights Ferry to shoot some product images for SparrowLane a maker of fine wine vinegars. I decided since I was up there I would have some fun with my new Canon 5D MKII. It is a lot easier to bracket images with the 5D so I set up some shots for HDR conversion in Photoshop. This is what I came up with. Click the images to view a much larger version.

I love this old bridge. So much character.

This tree looks awesome in the spring when it is not dead, but it looks pretty cool in the winter time as well.

Knights Ferry is such a fun place to go hiking. It’s only about 30 minutes away from my house. I have often shot Engagement Portraits there.

More to come. Time to get ready for our Christmas party.