Adcomm Advertising and Ko-Mar go Solar!

Solar for Adcomm's next direct response video that features the "Solar Max"that Ko-Mar just shot on location in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. Adcomm Advertising, Originators of the "As Seen On TV" Retail P.O.P. packaging, is a full service creative agency specializing in the direct response industry for over 20 years. They can be found here: www.adcommadv.com

Ko-Mar productions has a long relationship with Adcomm's president and CEO, Don Braca. Don is the "Guru" for direct response and long format infomercials, as well as packaging for thousands of products over the years. Here are some behind the scene photo's.

Don at the helm...


We don't need a car rig.......another day at the pool..

In this segment, we needed to do some table top product shots and set up our infamous portable sweep table, please excuse the saw horses but they work. Here the crew is hard at work.


Gary's very hands on approach.....Jose keeping his head in the game..


We had to suspend the small adapters hence the glass...Gary also had to do some old school stop motion work for one of the give away products. You need a lot of patience and time to get table top shots right!


This last shot was a day for night set-up. Actually it was closer to dusk, rather than waiting until dark, we enclosed the tent (which was outside) with black visqueen, camera and all. Overall, another successful shoot. Crew: Paul Piasecki, Anthony Angrisani, Rick Meister, Jose Flores, Gary Waxler, Peter Parcells, Christiana Schwartz.

"A Passion For Golf, PGA Professionals and You"

We are gearing up for our second National CBS Sports special for the PGA of America. The special will air May 2nd on CBS 1-2pm EST. We have traveled from one end of the country to the other and places in between.

The first part of the journey took Producer Jim Gallagher and DP Todd Kolich to the Phoenix area to start filming a segment with Lynn Marriott and Pia Nilsson both highly respected PGA teaching professionals featured among top 50 list for Golf Digest Magazines' best teachers in America.



They are co-founders of Vision54, (www.vision54.com) an integrated coaching programs that increase performance and individual development for golfers, for athletes, for coaches, for business and life.



Jim and Todd ended up in Los Angeles, CA to shoot a segment with PGA teaching professional Bruce Hamilton and 2010 Ryder Cup Captain, Corey Pavin at the Spanish Hills Country Club (www.spanishhillscc.com) where Bruce is Based.

Corey Pavin

Bruce Hamilton in action.... Spanish Hills Country Club

Next was a quick turnaround for Jim, right after they got back from LA, Jim and DP, Paul Piasecki flew to Dallas to shot a segment with PGA teaching Professional, Randy Smith and PGA Tour Professional, Justin Leonard.

Randy Smith & Justin Leonard

Randy's home course is Royal Oaks Country Club (www.royaloakscc.com) in the heart of Dallas, Texas. Randy has one basically every award a PGA professional can get including "Teacher of the Year," back in 2002. Justin Leonard (www.justinleonard.com) has worked with Randy since he was a junior golfer, he regards Randy as a mentor and an old family friend.


That's it for now...more behind the scenes to come..

ko-Mar films a Shark!

Golf great Greg Norman "The Shark" was on hand to film a series of website & image compartments for Cybex International. Filmed at Great White Enterprises in West Palm Beach, FL.

The challenge was working in a fairly small area. We achieved a unique look with very simple building materials. Lighting the materials on certain angles created the look that the client wanted. With the help of Bob Saley our set and prop man, we achieved an industrial, sleek look with a contrasty lighting style. We also had to accommodate photographer Michael O'Bryon http://obryon.com as we simultaneously shot for still and HD video. On the right we see Gaffer Dan Taylor setting up a Source 4 Leko light.

We used various frame rates to give us some cool slow-motion shots of Greg on the Cybex equipment. Camera used was our Sony F-800 XDCAM. Overall another great shoot! Crew: Jim Gallagher, Audra Roby, Paul Piasecki, Anthony Angrisani, Dan Taylor, Jose Flores, Bob Saley.

City Mattress and the Gator?

Up at the crack of dawn for the beginning of a great shoot. This is behind the scenes of a City Mattress shoot in Naples, Florida. We shot this at the Everglades Club, nice helpful staff to get our day started.

Jim Directing...

Actually..there was no real Gator, maybe Dan Taylor who is a gator but here is the Gator I'm talking about..

This is the Gator I'm talking about. This is a Jimmy jib on a modified cart that can get you where you need to go on the course. The Jib crew was JP and Albert. The jib system is from Michael C. Taylor Productions. (www.mtjibs.com)

Here are a few more..another successful shoot. Spot will air soon, check out City Mattress at www.citymattress.com

The Crew: Todd Kolich, Jim Gallagher, Paul Piasecki, Anthony Angrisani, Dan Taylor, Big Wigs, Jay Schiller, Marc Schiller and Eric Anderson.

The Wonder of the Pancake Light!

Here is a set-up for a Golf Digest Digital shoot. The client wanted the "Charlie Rose Show" look and that's what we did. We started with the old ballroom set-up. You can never have enough room but we always make it work. We set up a 20' speedrail with our Pancake 1K light and 2 Arri 300's for backlights.

Here it is...the Chimera Pancake or China Globe light. This gives you an overall soft, omni directional key light source. The spill is controlled by a skirt that attaches to the sides and can be adjusted like so. This was an Arri 1K open-face, flooded out all the way.

Here we armed out a Arri 300WT for a backlight. We did this on the opposite side, hung a back light for our moderator with a maffer clamp on the ceiling trim.

So here is the cast for our round table discussion with the 4 top golf instructors on the planet. We have Butch Harmon (www.butchharmon.com) Jim Mclean (www.jimmclean.com) David Leadbetter (www.leadbetter.com) and Hank Haney (www.hankhaney.com) again our Moderator is Senior Editor at Golf Digest, Peter Morrice.

After fussing with mic's and make-up and a little direction from Mr. Gallagher, we were ready for an engaging discussion on Golf's biggest players. We had a switched 3 camera shoot, hung up some black duvateen to hide the walls and away we went. Crew: Jim Gallagher, Chris DeMaio, Todd Kolich, Paul Piasecki, Anthony Angrisani, Gunner Garrity and Terri Irwin. Big wigs were Jerry Tarde, John Marvel and Marty Hackel. Look for it soon on Golf Digest Digital on www.golfdigest.com.