12.29.2006

resident mafioso whacks a few birthday candles

Louis Massari, a.k.a. Louie the Lip, a.k.a. Lou the Hammer, a.k.a. Brokeback Mountain, a.k.a. Tim, is celebrating his birthday today. Due to his past ties with a certain La Cosa Nastra, Lou said he will not divulge his age (or true identity, for that matter) to any of us. Damn that Omertá and its stupid law of silence. Anyhow, Lou plans on celebrating his special day with the traditional Sicilian birthday ritual:

The birthday ritual in most families happens when a man becomes an associate, and then, a soldier. The neophyte (Lou) is brought together with at least three "men of honor" of the family and the oldest member present warns him that "this House" is meant to protect the weak against the abuse of the powerful; he then pricks the finger of the initiate and spills his blood onto a sacred image, usually of a saint. The image is placed in the hand of the initiate and lit on fire. The neophyte must withstand the pain of the burning, passing the image from hand to hand, until the image has been consumed, while swearing to keep faith with the principles of Cosa Nostra, solemnly swearing "may my flesh burn like this saint if I fail to keep my oath."

Happy Birthday, Lou (or whoever you are).

Oh, and Happy New Year, people.

12.18.2006

making freezing to death an art form







Shooting footage always equals fun. Even when it's deceptively cold out and you can no longer feel your hands, feet or other, well, less public extremities. Here are some pics from our shoot the other day at Frontier Park in Erie. It's for our good friends down at Erie Plastics. Hi, Jane. We're in the process of developing a new corporate vid for one of their latest proprietary products. We shot the outdoor footage first, knowing full well that snow can creep up on us at any time. Thankfully, the remainder of the shots will be filmed in doors.

Feliz Navidad, people. It's the Monday before Christmas.

12.15.2006

Hanes Erie—Looking good from 30,000 feet.


Okay, we know, we know. One blog entry a month is a little lame, but honestly we have been working hard on a lot of new projects over the last month. We finally are kicking off the new Hamot Physician Network stuff and finalizing a number of projects for some of our healthcare and industrial clients.

One new industrial client we just started working with about a month ago is Hanes Erie, Inc. No they don't make underwear. They provide coating and graphic printing services for the high-end cosmetic industry. We just completed and got sign off for their first print ad that will be placed in US Airways Magazine for the month of February 2007. It was a fun project to work on here and we got some great photography shot for it by Art Becker. It will be on every flight both domestically and internationally. I posted a preview for your viewing pleasure.