Category Archives: Behind the Scenes
Seeing BYU
Written on September 29, 2011 at 4:55 pm, by jsw63
The Spring issue of BYU Magazine had a nice feature on Mark Philbrick which shows some of his favorite photos taken during his career. Check it out a PDF of the article by clicking on the photo below: You can also jump to BYU Magazine’s webpage at: http://magazine.byu.edu/?act=view&a=2766
First Day of Class – 2011
Written on August 30, 2011 at 9:48 am, by jsw63
It has become an annual tradition for the BYU Photo team to spend the first day of the Fall semester out shooting students returning to campus. This year we interviewed students and got their thoughts on the upcoming year. Check out the slide show by clicking here.
Exploding Water and the BYU Softball Poster
Written on May 19, 2011 at 12:17 pm, by Jaren Wilkey
By Jaren Wilkey and Mark Philbrick/BYU Photo Here at BYU we are always trying to come up with creative ideas for marketing our athletic teams. Dave Broberg, who is the lead graphic designer for the BYU Athletic Department, came up with the crazy idea of having exploding water as part of this year’s softball team
13 Minutes with Jimmer Fredette
Written on April 20, 2011 at 4:53 pm, by Jaren Wilkey
People focus on the creativity involved in our profession, and justifiably so. The great thing about being a professional photographer is that not only are we encouraged to think outside the box, but also we pretty much live outside the box. But what many people forget is that creativity isn’t worth much if your
Sound Check
Written on March 10, 2011 at 1:28 pm, by Jaren Wilkey
Mark Philbrick was hired as the University Photographer at BYU in 1976, which incidentally was the same year that I was born. Now that little fact isn’t relevant to this post, but I do love pointing it out. When you have been around that long you get invited to speak to pretty much every group
iPad + Shuttersnitch Review
Written on February 15, 2011 at 9:32 am, by Jaren Wilkey
One of the biggest challenges we have on shoots is making sure that the client is happy with the finished product. Whether your client is a graphic designer, art director or the University President, it is important to ensure that their needs are met before you wrap a shoot. As photographers we sometimes forget that
why BTS?
Written on January 10, 2011 at 4:42 pm, by Jaren Wilkey
I shot my first behind the scenes video two years ago. It was of our poster shoot with the Women’s Softball Team that we shot as a test of the video features for my review of the Canon 5D MKii. While it is painful to look back at it now, (I really do know how