An annual treat – headshot sessions with artists from the Pine Mountain Music Festival. Brockit Inc. is a big supporter of the festival: everything from in-kind donations to hosting musicians. In that spirit we host the opera artists for an afternoon of studio and location shoots which this year gave us a chance to really flex our new space out. As always, its such a pleasure. Being naturally photogenic, charismatic, and professional makes our job so, so easy. Below are some quick samples from the sessions. I always love seeing websites and bios updated with new headshots after the summer, so – I’ll be looking! Again, nice job everyone.

We’ve just finished shooting our 5th Copperman Triathlon. And again – we are awed and a bit intimidated by the athletes here. Congrats to all the participants (400?) and thanks as always to Terry and her team for working with us every year. Its a finely tuned race and a pleasure to work with everyone. So, no big rainstorm this year, but plenty of tart thimbleberries that tried to distract us from shooting runners and bikers. There is a full gallery of all images for you to browse and order in a number of formats, and sizes. Some highlight photos below as well as on our facebook page. Enjoy!

Copperman Galleries

another year, another race. but this isn’t just any race. set right in the middle of bridgefest weekend, the chain drive racers take over downtown houghton, the lift bridge and the maasto hiihto/churning rapids trails in their brightly colored jerseys. so cool! congrats to all of you chain drive racers – you were, as always, awesome & inspiring.

this year, brockit upped the ante from last year’s boat shots to helicopter shots. manned by lake superior helicopters, we were able to capture stills & video from 200 feet above the race. crazy! a huge thanks to the LSH crew, todd brassard of brassard media for shooting video, and to brockit’s second shooter, emily, who was stuck in the woods shooting with the bugs (sorry, em).

lastly, thank you to the organization, christine young, chris schmidt, and everyone for having us shoot the race again & for helping us figure out where to land a chopper on the race trails. i laughed, but knew adam wasn’t kidding when he asked them, “so… just say you needed to land a helicopter somewhere on the course to drop a photographer off. where would the best place for this be? 50’x60’ max with no wires or trees or anything…”

below is the highlight reel for your viewing enjoyment – please pass it along and view it at full-screen!

check out the full gallery here: http://brockit.smugmug.com/Clients/chaindrive

images are free (just right-click & save) for medium resolution download (please thank your race organization & christine young!) and unusually high-res images (so you can pick yourself out in the chopper shots) as well as any physical prints are available for purchase through the site. enjoy, and thank you!

- meg

The secret is out. This is it for us in the the Jutila Ctr for Global Design & Business (aka: the old hospital.) After careful planning & deliberation (sorta) we’ve decided to move the operation in the name of expansion, simplification, and spring fever. We looked at a number of sites in the area, and in downtowns of Houghton & Hancock – everything from storefronts to bank board rooms, and we’re pleased to announce that we’ll occupy the 3rd floor of the E.L. Wright school building in Hancock, right on US-41. The deal was too sweet to pass up. New windows, re-finished 100 year old hardwood floor, new ceiling, period appropiate lights, tons of parking, etc. We’ll be neighbors again with our artist friends Joyce Koskenmaki & Andrea Puzakulich of Joyce Koskenmaki Drawings & Paintings, and Distant Drum Designs both of whom we’ve had an artistic partnership with for a number of years, so naturally we’re all excited. The new space will almost triple our shooting space, and be complimented by a large dressing room & gallery – all designed to cater to our clients and provide a comfortable lounge & working area for our visitors, clients, friends, models, crew, and family. Fun stuff! We’ll be in our space sometime in May, with a Brockit-style party to follow, so stay tuned for an invite. Oh – and watch your email or facebook feed for a request to help us move all of our gear! (Those who help are guarenteed a party invite.)

Oh – if you want to see the photos of the renovation on the space, ‘like’ us on Facebook!

(And as always, thanks to our awesome graphic girl, Jenny Hamel in Ann Arbor)

We’re testing embedding our interactive flash galleries into the site here. Hmmm… not too bad… Send thoughts, and look for updates! In honor of tonight’s CopperDog 150 volunteer party in Calumet, we’re featuring the event’s slideshow here.

Awesome skiers – your photos are processed, exported, and uploaded to the Bearchase 2010 gallery. As always you are all an inspiration. We love being able to cover this event and see our friends – and this year even family racing. Special thanks to our photography team Greg & Rebecca for enduring, oh wait… enjoying the weather. In the images, a JKZ or a RF will denote the photographer, Greg or Rebecca respectively. All images are available for digital download or a physical print (full resolution, and up to 30″) and are presented in chronological order. A reminder that while we tried to include the most photogenic shots, we take no responsibility for looks of fatigue & pain, nor faces covered with GU Energy or, um… snot. Enjoy, and thank you!

*** 2010 Bearchase Gallery ***