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Iceland Hoppipolla Shoot & BTS

 




Hoppipolla means puddle jumping, and after going to Iceland, I can see where Sigur Ros got the word from. Plenty of puddles there to jump in. With the help of my new Icelantic friend, we were able to pull this lifestyle shoot off in and near Reykjavik.

Lighting: As you can see, this is all naturally lit. When you're traveling over seas and bootstrapping a production, you don't always have the luxury of many assistants, lights and reflectors. Know your light. Especially when shooting on the fly.

Here is the full story:
http://www.nickonken.com/Stories/IcelandHoppipolla/

A video and a few Behind the Scenes shots by Jeff Holt(The Viking Warrior):

Iceland Hoppipolla BTS from conk. on Vimeo.

 

State Farm Campaign & BTS

This job was a prime example of getting hired to do what you do. I was super stoked to work with Art Directors Luis Aguilera (check out his sites: http://www.dadadroids.com/ & http://defithenorm.com/ ) and Jamie Tao from Miami on a one day shoot in LA. Obviously you can see that this job was right up my alley. Again, with my LA crew we had a ton of fun on set.

Here are some behind the scenes shots and a vid as well as some outtakes from the shoot.

A little BTS vid by my lovely producer Jewely Bennett at Porkchop Productions:

State Farm BTS from conk. on Vimeo.

And here's the photo that came from that:

Some Outtakes:

and some Behind the Scenes pics:

Nike Brazil: "Just Do It" Ad Campaign Behind The Scenes

Back in April I shot a print ad campaign for Nike Brazil, but we shot it on the Nike headquarters in Portland Oregon. The ad finally was printed and released, so I can show you guys. It's a Nike Just Do It ad, with the the Brazilian Soccer star Lucas Leiva, who plays for Liverpool. Rodrigo from Saatchi Brazil was the Art Director, and makeup artist. (Mud and water)

The shoot was mad crazy. I had about an hour and a half to prelight with my assistant Matt Brush, and about 5 minutes with Lucas in between Omri shooting the tv commercial. All said and done, it was a lot of pressure, but I nailed and everyone was happy.

I thought I'd break down the lighting and show you what we did. Nick Onken use artificial lighting you say? Yes, he can.

Here's a diagram of the lighting:

A photo of the setup:

Some other Behind the Scenes photos:

Nike Corre Behind the Scenes... Full Version

We finally finished a cut of the full version of the behind the scenes from the Nike Corre 08 job last month. The video was shot and cut by my friends over at Celluiode Films here in Mexico City. The Music was specially cut by my other amigo DJ Kore in Brazil with Reset Studio.

There is a lot more footage of me shooting and the rest of the production. It's a 3 minute vid, so check it out.

Nike Corre BTS nickonken - Full from nickonken on Vimeo.

Kenny Brady BTS

My friend Kyle Barnes caught me in action of shooting the Kenny Brady as you saw in one of recent week's posts. No assistants on this one. Just an extra lens in hand. Cool Behind the Scenes shots!

Here's the shoot incase you missed it.. http://www.nickonken.com/Stories/KennyBrady/