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Update 1/25/2008 – this was such a kewl project I’ve promoted back up to the top for a bit since I found some photos of the exhibit:

(Pressrelease.cc) Veteran New York City location scouts and managers R. Richard Hobbs (www.rrhobbs.com) and Mark D. McKennon (www.scoutman.com), have teamed up with The Learning Annex, New York (www.learningannex.com) to offer a location scouting and location management workshop.

News: Beginning January 16th, 2007, Mark McKennon and I will be teaming up to teach a location scouting and location management class at The Learning Annex New York.

News: Location Scouting: Residential location for a lifestyle themed stock photography shoot by Dennis Mosner (NYC).

News: Location scouting, location management and production chores for a photography print ad shoot for Lehman Brothers Private Banking(NYC) photographed by Matthew Klein (NYC) for Grey Advertising (NYC).

News: Location Scouting: Found a New York City filming location for a series of intro and lead-in / out segments for American Movie Classics (AMC-TV) (Jericho, NY) television program Date Night.

News: Location scouting, location management and production management for the New York City leg of taping for the opening for Helmut Lotti’s “The Crooners” dvd and television special to be aired across Europe later this year, produced by Piet Roelen Productions (Antwerpen, BE).

News: Found a location for a print ad for Swiffer (Procter and Gamble / Cincinnati, OH) for Mason-Vickers Productions (Hopewell Junction, NJ), photographed by Shawn Michienzi (Minneapolis, MN). Kaplan Thaler Group (NYC) is advertising agency.

News: Produced and location managed a still photo shoot in Manhattan for DeutschePost/DHL (Bonn, Germany) photographed by Peter Ginter Fotografie (Lohmar, DE).  Kirchhoff Consult AG (Hamburg, DE) is agency. We had to put Peter in a 45 foot cherry picker out over Park Ave. at dusk! With my main man BillyV in the the cockpit, it all went like clockwork!

News: Found a location in New York City for a still photo shoot for a book project for Meredith Publishing (Des Moines, IA) photographed by George Lange (NYC)

News: Produced a photo shoot in New York City for Barry Seidman Photography (NYC) for Advil (Wyeth / Madison, NJ). Ad Agency is Grey Worldwide/NY.

News: Location Scouting and Location Management for a print shoot for Celebrex (Pfizer / NYC) photographed by Jim Erickson (Petaluma, CA) produced by Ruiz/Sapojnikoff Productions (Los Altos, CA).

April was a busy month including a number of scouting and production chores for clients such as Bizzaro-Moss Photography (NYC), HK Productions (Tokyo), SKS Productions (NYC) and Matthew Klein Photography (NYC)

News: Supplied a New York City area location from file for a photo project for Sony/Epic recording artists L.O.A. (Life of Agony) photographed by Myriam Santos-Kayda of Los Angeles.

News: Location scouting around the New York/ New Jersey area for a print campaign for Pfizer’s Vfend photographed and produced by Jim Salzano Photo, New York City. Cline, Davis and Mann, New York City is agency.

News: Provided location scouting and location management as well as general production services for New York City leg of annual report photography for Chicago Mercantile Exchange, photographed by Charles Simokaitis of Chicago. Eleven, San Francisco is designer of record.

News: Managed Locations and was local Line Producer for a 4 day advertising photography shoot around New York City for Fedex. Hanley-Wood Marketing was agency, photographed and produced by Bob McNamara / Orbit Studios from Minneapolis.

News: Just finished location scouting around New York City for a TV commercial for Verizon Wireless for the Hispanic market; working title Tango. Agency is GlobalHue, Produced by Energy Productions, Miami.

News: Scouted scenic locations from Delaware thru Connecticut for a regional grocery retailer, ShopRite for a 2005 calendar shot by New York City photographer Dennis Kitchen.

News: Shooting just completed in New York City for a print ad by Young & Rubicam, New York for AT&T Networking for which I provided complete production and location management.