WORK WORK WORK

lamborghini Commercial

2012-02-23T23:02:00.000-08:00

Today I shot a lamborghini commercial for a dealership in Woodland Hills. We had two lamborghinis that we shot around town. We rigged 3 5D's and 6 go pros to them. The White one costs $500,000!

Just purchased a 4K China ball.

2012-02-21T00:16:00.000-08:00

After researching for a while I found this great lighting company in South Korea making large china balls. Most of the china balls in the US are up to 1500Watts. I just bought one that is 4000Watts! The craftsmanship is topnotch, made with the best materials. This is great because it has two lines of power which make is possible to use without a generator. I plan to use it as a really soft glamour light or bring it up high in the sky and use it as ambient fill light in a night exterior scene. Here are some photos of it. It's about 4ft in diameter.

San Francisco Earthquakes

2012-02-20T23:40:00.000-08:00

On Thursday shot a commercial for the San Francisco Earthquakes soccer team with Director Matt Fackrell. This should be a pretty funny spot. I'll upload a view stills soon!

Nissan Commercial

2012-02-20T23:38:00.000-08:00

Just shot the first day of 5 shooting days for a Nissan commercial last Tuesday with agency/production company Chiat Day. I'm pretty excited about this one. Director Ryan Browne and I are filming a Nissan Z car getting modified over the course of two months. Here are some BTS shots.

Dental Light

2012-02-20T23:29:00.001-08:00

I bought two dental lights on craigslist. The light quality is pretty cool. It acts like a beauty dish (a still photography tool used in lighting for a hard/soft directional light). The light is evenly dispersed on the parabolic polished silver dish. Here's a photo of the light and an example from a small music video I did last week.

I might experiment by spray painting the dish white. The vignette is from the light which is cool. I might use the light to emulate a flashlight for a key light.

Padres shoot BTS photos

2012-02-20T20:08:00.001-08:00

Had a great 4day shoot in San Diego last week for the San Diego Padres. The commercial will air on TV in San Diego and also at the beginning of every home game of 2012! We shot with the players on the field and also at Miramar air force base. It was awesome!

Kia spot is done!

2012-02-20T20:02:00.001-08:00

http://vimeo.com/37024466

San Diego Padres Shoot!

2012-02-03T12:35:00.000-08:00

Here are some location photos for a San Diego Padres commercial I'm shooting next week. I get to shoot one full day in a Military airforce hanger and have an all access pass to Petco Park and film all the baseball players, I'm so excited. It's going to be very Michael Bay inspired!

Awesome short film coming soon!

2012-02-03T12:18:00.000-08:00

Just completed a 4day shoot with director Stephen Reedy. All I can say is fire! Every shot will have C implemented. Shot on a stage for 4 days with the Arri Alexa and 14 Master Primes! The camera and lenses were donated. I don't think I'll ever have 14 Master primes on one single project! Did I use them all? Of course! Did I need to use them all? No. It was great!

ADOBE SITE IS UP!

2012-02-03T12:13:00.000-08:00

The Adobe site is up with all the commercials I shot for Matt Fackrell and Kaboom Productions. Check out the link. More videos will be posted within the next few weeks.

www.uncoverthelegend.com

BTS OF THE WINTER STALKER

2012-01-01T23:54:00.000-08:00

This is the behind the scenes of "Winter Stalker",directed by Stephen Reedy for Zero friends films. It's full of fun facts and memories. Enjoy!

PARABOLIC UMBRELLA

2011-12-26T14:22:00.000-08:00

I recently bought a 7ft. Parabolic Silver Umbrella. It's a really nice mixure of soft and specular light and also makes nice reflections in sun glasses.

MISCHA BARTON'S BLOG

2011-12-26T13:38:00.000-08:00

http://www.mischa-b.com/the-misadventures-of-ben-banks/

I just checked out Mischa Barton's blog and saw that she blogged about the feature I shot, starring her. Pretty exciting stuff. She was great to work with and it was very easy to light her and make her look great!

DRAINED STILLS

2011-12-23T16:17:00.000-08:00

These are some stills from the film "Drained" that I shot, written & directed by: Nick Peterson. This is a 12min short film that was shot on the Canon 7D in still mode at 8fps of jpegs while using Profoto high powered strobe packs. HUMAN STOP ANIMATION!

PHOTOSHOOT

2011-12-21T00:10:00.000-08:00

Just had a shoot for a make up company for their 2012 calendar. 12 models, 3 looks per model. Crazy busy but fun.

ADOBE STILLS

2011-12-16T17:36:00.000-08:00

Here are some stills color corrected from the Adobe shoot from the Alexa camera.

RED SCARLET!

2011-12-16T12:57:00.000-08:00

I just put down a deposit on a Red Scarlet. Should have it soon!

Malibu Sunsetations

2011-12-12T17:44:00.000-08:00

Just happen to be in the right place at the right time for EPICNESS OF THE SUN GOING DOWN!

KIA CAR COMMERCIA

2011-12-09T16:47:00.000-08:00

Just shot a Kia Car Commercial for director: Kathleen Lorden on the Alexa. Here are some stills!

ZERO FRIENDS DVD IS OUT

2011-12-06T13:25:00.000-08:00

This is a DVD of work I've shot for ZERO FRIENDS, directed by: Stephen Reedy for the past 2 years.
This is a collection of music videos,commercials,short films, and experimental fun!

http://zerofriends.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=82&products_id=653

Dredg Music Video

2011-11-17T07:11:00.001-08:00

Recently shot a music video for Dredg and Director Stephen Reedy.

http://vimeo.com/31527470

Here are a few BTS photos. Shot on the Red in San Francisco at purebred studios.

Kuwait

2011-11-15T02:23:00.001-08:00

Shooting a Doc on the Kuwait invasion of 91' for the next 10 days.

Adobe Commercial

2011-11-12T14:26:00.001-08:00

Just finished a two day Adobe campaign with Director Matt Fackrell and Kaboom productions. We shot on the Alexa. Here are some shots!

The Anti Drug PSA Shoot

2011-11-03T23:13:00.000-07:00

I just finished a PSA for the TheAntiDrug.com. We shot in NY and SF over the course of 8 days. Here are some photos from the adventure.

Amsterdam

2011-11-03T20:51:00.000-07:00

Airportation tunnelizations

Lviv,Ukraine

2011-10-29T09:25:00.001-07:00

Just went to the Ukraine for a 3day music video. Here are some photos to show how awesome this place is.

Greenland

2011-10-23T22:08:00.000-07:00

I went to the Ukraine to shoot a music video and on my way back we flew over Greenland and this was my view from my window. It was surreal.

Ben Banks: These are BTS photos of a feature I shot on the Canon 5D in Southern Utah starring Mischa Barton.

2011-10-10T22:00:00.000-07:00

PCI GLOBAL COMMERCIAL IN GUATEMALA

2011-10-09T19:07:00.000-07:00

Last month I went to Guatemala with director John Carey and we shot a commercial for PCI, a humanitarian company. We shot on the 5D and in-between takes I managed to take some photos of these beautiful people. It was an adventure!

Drained Trailer

2011-10-09T15:50:00.000-07:00

This is a link to a trailer of a film I shot 3 months ago. This was a live action piece shot entirely with still at 8fps using a powered super fast strobes! The talent had to move really slow.

http://vimeo.com/29809521

Behind the Scenes of Drained

2011-10-09T15:48:00.000-07:00

Here's a link to the BTS of a film I shot using only still photos at 8fps. I used Profoto A8 strobe packs.

http://vimeo.com/29647217