Mo Sabri – The Overnight Classic

Posted by Clint Davis on January 5, 2012August 18, 2021 Posted in Music

Introducing the talented Mo Sabri, an up and coming hip hop artist from my alumni East Tennessee State University. But don’t let the small residing town of Johnson City, TN fool you. Mo has big dreams, with the ambition, raw talent, and of course songs to back it up. I admit I have to be picky when choosing photoshoots, and after listening I cleared my schedule to work with him. Mo takes his inspiration from Eminem, Blink-182, Kanye West, Blue Scholars and U2, but he’s not a copy-cat. I too take inspiration from other artists, and use it to fuel my future work. This post is about the photoshoot, I’m not a music critic, I just know what I like!…

Derrick Rose – 2011 NBA MVP

Posted by Clint Davis on December 25, 2011September 4, 2021 Posted in Advertising, Sports

Last year I got the call to shoot Derrick Rose for Power Balance, and since it’s the start of the new 2012 NBA season I thought I’d show off a few images. Needless to say before Derrick was named the youngest ever NBA MVP, he had achieved a long list of accolades and I had to hold back my child-like enthusiasm for having Rose in front of my camera.…

My Super Duper Versatile Desk

Posted by Clint Davis on December 7, 2011August 18, 2021 Posted in Business / Tools, Review

Put your nerd caps on, this blog post is giving you a tour of my workspace/desk/place-where-I-spend-12hrs-a-day. I’m a freelance designer/photographer, which basically means I work from home… A LOT. So having an efficient workspace is very important to me. Oh and no I wasn’t paid to write any of this (I wish).…

Reinvent the Résumé

Posted by Clint Davis on November 29, 2011August 18, 2021 Posted in Business / Tools, Design, How To

Every now and then when applying for any type of job, I get a request for a résumé. Nothing extraordinary there. But in the creative field, a résumé better be more than a white sheet of Times New Roman puked out in Microsoft Word. After all I’d be competing against other designers, why not let that first knock on the door be a loud colorful one?…

Bahati Racing New Kit

Posted by Clint Davis on September 7, 2011September 4, 2021 Posted in Models / Girls, Models / Men, Sports

Upon news of one of my frequent visits to LA, pro cyclist Rahsaan Bahati hit me up to see if we could squeeze in a shoot of his new kits. Last year’s kits were the best in the biz, and now this year’s kits are even cooler… Not to mention Bahati’s fro is a bit shorter this year. Of course I took him up on the offer.…

Simple product photography setup – D2 Racing

Posted by Clint Davis on August 30, 2011September 4, 2021 Posted in Business / Tools, Cars, How To

1 floor
1 camera (and a lens helps)
2 alienbees
2 softboxes
2 pieces of white board
= results you see below

Growing up in my high school and college days, I was HUGE (massive) into cars. So much that I started a car club when I was 15. The legal age for a driver’s license in SC used to be 15 (insurance companies get confused about that). During that time I made a very good friend who is the North American distributor of D2 Racing, which is primarily a performance suspension parts manufacturer.…

Hamann BMW X6

Posted by Clint Davis on August 8, 2011September 4, 2021 Posted in Cars

Introducing one of the most confused cars on the planet. Car?… or is it a truck? No, an SUV for sure… but it can hardly go off-road (especially with those sweet ADV.1 wheels). Whatever the DMV calls it, I wouldn’t mind wheelin’ this one around on the weekend. This is a BMW X6 tuned by the fine performance shop GMP in Charlotte, NC. The same fellas that got a hold of the Bentley in the previous blog post. Again a real treat to shoot one of the cars from their stable.…

WINNER! Photoshop Retouching Contest with Douglas Sonders

Posted by Clint Davis on March 7, 2011August 18, 2021 Posted in Bloggable, Featured

I have a short list of photographers I bookmark and follow. One of them being Douglas Sonders. I can’t help but shake the thought that we’re somehow related. We’re both primarily on-location shooters, both car junkies, both raised on the East Coast, we both run with our dogs, and now, finally, we got to collab.…

“So… did your mailers work?”

Posted by Clint Davis on January 24, 2011August 18, 2021 Posted in Bloggable, Business / Tools, Featured

I’ve noticed a trend among the tip-top commercial photographers… minus a handful (Joey L, Nick Saglimbeni, Chase Jarvis, Zack Arias), most have a polished straight-laced persona that is unwavering no matter how big a gig they get, or what awards/feature they’re offered. Will I get jaded after I land my 50th job with Reebok or Atlantic Records? Hopefully I can tell you one day, but the answer to that will most certainly be HELL NO! Back to the question in the title, maybe this will answer the quizzing inquisitors; I’m featured in this months PDN magazine!!! (can you sense the excitement?!?) No, this doesn’t mean I instantly got 20 jobs the next day from the mailers, but YES I got a lot of replies from them, and that builds a solid bridge to future jobs.…

New Comedy Central logo look familiar…

Posted by Clint Davis on January 12, 2011September 2, 2021 Posted in Bloggable, Design

There are a few key channels I watch on cable; Syfy, Cartoon Network, Discovery, ESPN, Speed, and Comedy Central… So you could imagine the surprise I when I saw Comedy Central’s fresh new logo flashing across the screen. Sleek, stylish, simple, serious, ironic? All of the above.

It also looked all too familiar to my logo, but not until I lined them up side by side that really got me flattered. I’m sure I don’t possess the only line-circle-line logo in the world, but the similarities are undeniable.…