On The Road Again…
Willie Nelson, Luck Reunion
BIG TALK of the Town
The talk started one night at The Casbah, hanging out with our girl, Anna. She’s connected with Big Talk and mentioned wanting us to document their mini tour – of course, we were immediately on board. Jump to a few weeks later, we found ourselves up in LA at a costume shop with our good … Continue reading
Sprinting Through Tahoe with Mercedes Benz
We started our camera prep days before. We tried to rent a Sprinter van to drive to Lake Tahoe for our shoot with Tim Tadder and Mercedes Benz, but all the rentals were booked so we settled for a Ford Transit Van. When we got the van home and realized the seats wouldn’t come out, … Continue reading
The Build – Seaweed and Gravel
As photographers and filmmakers, we’re always hungry to make new work. So when Tim Tadder proposed collaborating on a project for Seaweed and Gravel, we immediately jumped on board. Cute boys and motorcycles? I’m IN! Attaching cameras to the bike? Kevin’s IN! HAHaa, but seriously, if you don’t already know about Seaweed and Gravel, you … Continue reading
Shooting Uncharted Treasure
No rest for the wicked! Within a few days of returning from our World Tour for Sony Pictures, we were at it again! This time we’d be working for Sony PlayStation, shooting a game announcement trailer. It was for the game, Uncharted, doing a prop intensive, tabletop shoot. We were excited for this gig because … Continue reading
Around The World In 17 Days #thejoelsonsworldtour
When EZ Productions called us with a gig that could possibly take us all over the world we were excited. When we walked onto the Sony Pictures lot to meet with the boss to see if we were right for the job we were confident. When we sat down at the big conference room table … Continue reading
Making Movies With Our Friends – Tijuana Edition.
Months ago our good friend, Franck Deron propositioned us to shoot his short film. When our schedule finally had an opening last month, we jumped at the opportunity to head down to Tijuana, Mexico to collaborate with Franck. We left on a Thursday morning from San Diego and made our way 20 minutes South and … Continue reading
Holiday Touchdown!
When we got the call from Tim Tadder to fly to Chicago to shoot a Walmart commercial, we were all in! We were so excited to pair up not only with the one and only Tim Tadder but also with a power line-up overseen by ad agency, Sachi & Sachi. This time around, we were … Continue reading
On-Set: Behind the Scenes with Tim Tadder & Mercedes Benz
When Tim called us to shoot alongside him for a Mercedes Benz spot, we were ecstatic! It would be a lifestyle commercial involving different scenarios happening inside of a Mercedes Benz. We would shoot in different locations throughout San Diego, mount cameras to the car and drive around filming each situation. Though the nuts and … Continue reading
An Acoustic Afternoon with Arctic Monkeys
An Acoustic Afternoon with Arctic Monkeys
The Joelsons 