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Behind the Scenes on Wet Seal by christopher kilkus

Monday, July 18, 2011

Here is a little Behind the Scenes video that Wet Seal made from our most recent shoot.     Orange County retailer Wet Seal Inc. pioneered the quick translation of Southern California’s beachy lifestyle into fashions for young women. But now it is trying to avoid drowning in the competitive teen marketplace. The Foothill Ranch […]

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Scott Chrisman films Chris Kilkus Wet Seal shoot

Thursday, June 30, 2011

My friend Scott Chrisman, a talented Director of Photography here in Los Angeles, shot a really nice behind the scenes video of a recent shoot I did with Wet Seal, check it out below.

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Trying Out a Lighting Concept by christopher kilkus

Friday, June 10, 2011

A few days ago I posted some images from a recent editorial shoot that had clean and classic studio lighting.  Here are some unretouched images from the light test I did the morning of that shoot to show the client a completely different direction we could take it.  The client chose to go for the […]

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Urban Planet Summer Video by chris kilkus

Friday, May 20, 2011

Here is out latest video for Urban Planet, shot at the same time we were doing their still campaign.  We shot this one on the beach at Paradise Cove in Malibu.  If you are lucky enough to live in Los Angeles, or just visiting, it’s definitely worth spending some time there.  It has a lovely […]

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Shooting Karl “The Mailman” Malone for Skechers

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

I had the opportunity to shoot with NBA star Karl Malone for Skechers, and what a fun shoot!  Karl is known as The Mailman because he “always delivered” during his 19 career for the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers.  And despite being a sports superstar, he really is one of the friendliest, most humble […]

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Wonderful Machine Blog Post

Monday, January 3, 2011

Wonderful Machine made a nice blog post about the motion work we have done for our client Urban Planet.  Check it out HERE

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Posters at Forever 21 Cerritos Superstore

Sunday, January 31, 2010

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I was at the Cerritos Mall today and stopped by Forever 21’s massive new store.  You may have heard they bought many of the old Mervyn’s department stores, and this is one of the first to make the complete transformation.  The space is huge and really well designed, it’s very impressive!  They must be […]

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Behind the Scenes Video from Heritage Fashion Campaign

Saturday, January 2, 2010

This is the behind the scenes video that goes along with the Sneak Peek of the Heritage 1981 fashion campaign shot at PoohBah’s record store. Heritage 1981 fashion shoot from Christopher Kilkus on Vimeo.

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Video test with Canon 5D

Saturday, January 2, 2010

As you know, I’ve been playing around with video lately, testing out some different cameras and equipment.  Here is a recent test I did with the model Helene Traasavik from Vision Models using the Canon 5D and a camera mounted light.  This is a very rough draft….. I just did a quick edit of the […]

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Behind the Scenes Videos

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

We’ve been shooting a lot of behind the scenes videos for our clients lately.  It’s a nice bit of additional promotion for their brands, and it’s been fun for us to get into video production.  We’ve got some nice video only projects coming out in the near future to share with you guys, but here […]

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