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Hold tight to your Freedom of Creative Expression. Free to feel whatever you want when you want. There are all kinds of landscapes to be explored : the face, the mind, the body, the moods we experience. A great image can stop you in your tracks, slow you down and can be the beginning or the end of a story. Take a chance. Let us help you find the right moment to make a moment with our expert photographers and directors. www.dougtruppe.com

Our Experts: Francesco Bittichesu, Tom Hussey, Jason Knott, Jared Leeds, Scott Montgomery. Tadd Myers, Claudio Napolitano, Peter Rodger

Doug Truppe Creates Another Industry Event - Show and Tell with VML NYC

We are back again with another Show & Tell event. This time Doug Truppe, created a lively face-to-face presentation of his award-winning photographers  and directors to VML in New York City this week.

It was enjoyable to meet in person, to chat and pitch ideas. We thank the art production team of Kaia Hemming, Suzanna Shields, and Patty Widyn for this terrific opportunity and for taking time out from their busy schedules to meet with us for our fun “Show and Tell.”  Next stop?  Let us know when, where and we’ll be there. And bring your appetite! Follow us to see where we go next.
 
Our Show & Tell Roster:  Francesco Bittichesu, Andy Goodwin, Jim Hughes,  Tom Hussey, Jared Leeds, Scott Montgomery,  Tadd Myers, Claudio Napolitano, Peter Rodger.
 

VM Art Producers (l to r) Suzanna Shields, Doug Truppe, Patty Widyn and Kaia Hemming review portfolios

VML Art Producer Suzanna Shields reviews portfolios at Doug Truppe Show & Tell event.

Doug Truppe Creates Industry Event - Show & Tell with TBWA/Chiat/DAY NY

Doug Truppe created a lively face-to-face event to present his award-winning group of photographers to TBWA/Chiat/Day in New York City recently.

Our group’s greatest strength lies in their personalities.  Everyone is unique, but they all have several things in common: they know how to work cohesively, complement any project they work on with kindness, respect and thoughtfulness. Today more than ever we need to be thinking all the time, be flexible and go with the flow.  Our photographers do their homework, study their clients, listen to feedback so they can bring their ideas and options. A great story is about transformation, what we become and how we got there.  Our photographers take you somewhere.

 It was so much fun to meet in person, to chat and pitch ideas that we plan to take our show on the road. We thank the creatives at TBWA/Chiat/Day for this terrific opportunity and for taking time out from their busy schedules to meet for some fun and a relaxing “Show and Tell.”

Next stop?  Let us know when and where and we’ll be there!

TBWA/Chiat/Day presentation in NYC.

TBWA/Chiat/Day presentation in New York City.

TBWA/Chiat/Day presentation in New York City.

Doug Truppe - Come Shoot With Us

Doug Truppe Represents starts the year with the best in award-winning photographers and directors worldwide. Working on any platform with today’s latest emerging technologies, we transform ordinary everyday life, slow down a scene to capture those small, special moments—key to storytelling that makes a difference.

We are excited to collaborate, create and produce, always accommodating our clients’ perspectives and needs. With a nod to traditional values—Curiosity, Passion Integrity, Kindness and Truth—we work in the present as we look to the future. Build a message that intrigues and the audience will come.

Rhea Anna, Kevin Arnold, Andy Goodwin, Jim Hughes, Tom Hussey, Jared Leeds, Scott  Montgomery, Claudio Napolitano, Peter Rodger, Walter Smith

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Scott Montgomery Goes Back in Time

There is a feeling about walking into an old house or building. Scott Montgomery didn’t teleport or time travel this summer, but he did step back in time with a new series of stunning images where the lead character is a clothing factory over 100 years old.  

“The tactile density of items and stuff at first is unnerving. It’s a visual hurricane to stand in, and yet felt as welcome and safe as grandma’s house,” as Scott describes the busy industrial space he chose to capture. The initial challenge for him was to make solid compositions out of the chaos—wide angle, deeply layered complex compositions of the space. Next was to honor the highly skilled workers who treat each other like family. And last was to show the details, the intricate sculpture and design of the tools and machines that have served these artisans so well for a generation or more. We are drawn into this tough manufacturing landscape, and there is beauty in the resilience, dedication and precision of a job well done. 

See more work at Scott’s site and follow him @scott_mont for his latest updates on this project and others.

We Celebrate National Photography Month

It’s the lovely month of May, and we want to celebrate our photographers and all photographers who continue to create stunning imagery, make an impact and touch the intangible. Thank you to all for your remarkable work.

Scott Montgommery Gets Seriously Funny for CHG Healthcare Campaign

Scott Montgomery shot a super fun project for CHG Healthcare, a national medical-staffing agency. Scott’s campaign focused on high-end specialists as surgeons and hospital doctors. Shot in Minneapolis, he directed the motion spot and covered key scenes with stills. It was a fun and fast-paced two-day production lead by Producer Tanya Silver. Other creatives on the campaign included:  Kenton McRae, Jeremy Oviatt and Nate Anderson. See the images and watch how Scott makes health and wellness funny and the best medicine of all here. See more work at his site and follow Scott for new updates  @scott_mont.

Click on the images below to see CHG Healthcare in action.

Scott Montgomery Is Profiled by Workbook at The Damen Shipyard

We are proud to share a series of gorgeous images shot by photographer and director Scott Montgomery at The Damen Shipyard in Amsterdam and now profiled on the Workbook Weekly Community. A perfect balance of complementary warm and cool colors, the series captures industrial projects being built on a massive scale—everything from military vessels and tugboats to super yachts.

Scott told us that, “Walking underneath and around these massive ships, it’s still hard to imagine they float.” The portraits are Ukrainian workers who fled the Ukraine at the outbreak of war. Even with a language barrier, through body language and familiar gestures, everyone was able to work together. Scott brought to life the Damen work ethic of fellowship and to build a vessel for every purpose. See more of the Workbook promotion here. Follow @scott_mont for more updates.

Scott Montgomery Strikes a Nerve with The Reader

We are proud to present Scott Montgomery’s personal project The Reader, recently featured in the Workbook Weekly, the place to see great work. It is beautifully crafted storytelling using motion and imagery,

Tired of scrolling and binging watching during the first Covid wave that gripped New York City during the winter of 2020, photographer/director Scott began reading to his wife one evening in bed.  The sense of intimacy it created transformed them, and for Scott it was the inspiration for the story that he wanted to tell.

He began with a simple story line about a young woman living in Brooklyn.  She and her boyfriend love books and read to each other as a way to decompress after work.  She wants to share this experience with others and decides she can build a side hustle: a personal reading service. People respond.

Scott began casting in the spring of 2021 but complications due to Covid brought shooting to a halt. But in the Spring of 2022 he met Jenna, an ICU nurse who had worked throughout the pandemic in NYC. She embodied all the  traits of the character he called The Reader. And coincidentally, in real life, her boyfriend would read to her to calm her down after a particularly difficult shift. Scott now had the full narrative.

Scott shot both stills and motion and the blending of the two plays to his strength as a storyteller. As he told us, “…For a long time I’ve lit still scenes with a gaffer using motion continuous light. It’s rounder and softer than strobe and I prefer the look. Only gear change is camera. Second, I’m my own DP for main camera. Seamless continuity from stills to motion. Third, narrative story is my natural voice.  My stills have always resembled a moment pulled from a movie…. now they link together to make mini-movies.”

“Researching the subject, I expected to find a focus on kids or the elderly.  I was wrong. Reader clubs exist! Better yet, as we’ve started to show the piece, person after person has messaged and shared a story. We struck a nerve – The gift of reading out loud,” says Scott. See the Workbook promotion here. Find more updates and follow Scott @scott_mont

Click on the Images below to view The Reader and accompanying images.

The Reader motion and stills.

The Reader motion and stills.

Scott Montgomery Wins for Lifestyle in APA Awards

We are very proud and congratulate Scott Montgomery on winning the Lifestyle category, 3rd place, in the 2022 APA Awards.  In his latest personal projects, Scott creates and authors  characters, their stories and then produces using the elements of narrative motion and stills to fit. “The work has to hold relationship. Our lives are deeper because of the people and places in them,” he says.

With the help of producer Janet Henderson, @zincproductions,  Scott found some outstanding locations along coastal Maine, creating more ideas for his script. Next was searching for talent. Scott found his perfect fit in Taylor. She became his active mid-career novelist living on an island in a house over 100 years old without power.  “I wanted to bring her mind’s words to life by dropping in as she’s writing,” says Scott.”  Crew, gear, wardrobe—everything  was  skiffed to the location, adding an authentic feel to the character and surroundings.

“I guide real people and pro talent to share a story (some real, some not). When it’s emotionally true, you feel it. We connect, that’s the good stuff.”  We couldn’t agree more. Follow and see more work @scott_mont. See more updates and news  @dougtruppe.

APA winning image for Lifestyle Category, 3rd place.

Doug Truppe’s Platform of Values: Passion - The Human Elements for Life and Work

Doug Truppe is on the road again and presents a unique approach to outstanding production that brings your storytelling  to life. “I live, work and make choices by these values with photographers, creatives, clients and everyone I meet.”  Doug’s values of Curiosity, Passion, Kindness, Truth and Integrity are part of  an ongoing series of presentations from our photographers and directors to the creative community. We present  the value of Passion— an energy, a compelling desire for someone, something, some place, some idea. Our passion is our purpose. We show it in every image we make with: @KevinArnoldPhoto, @ClaudioNapolitano  and @Scott_Mont   here.

New collaborations and new relationships  with values are the building blocks to great storytelling.

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Scott Montgomery Gets Personal with "Keep It for Her”

Parenting is universal: We aspire to do everything we can right… and carry it heavy when it doesn’t work out that way.” This 22-second short is everything I love in working with kids and inspired by my daughters,” says Scott.

Production:  Dad and daughter are talent, not related and just met, though you wouldn’t know it. “It helps for me working with kids to be in dad mode as much as director — to play with and surprise her. Kids on set don’t need to act, just the opportunity to be themselves through a reaction.”  Scott wrote the script  and recorded separately. Camera Talent: Ian Randolph and Irelynn Joy. Voice Talent: Thomas Copeland. “Keep It for Her” has also been featured on the Workbook Weekly News. See more work and follow Scott @scott_mont.

Click on the image below to see “Keep It for Her.”

Agent Doug Truppe Presents The Creative Corner: Photographer/Director Scott Montgomery Talks with Ari Wells, Founder and CCO of Hearth Agency

Scott Montgomery talks with client and friend Ari Wells, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Hearth Agency in San Diego, about achieving “the moment” in the collaborative process on set and behind the scenes.

We hope you enjoy the sessions and would love to hear from you. If you are an industry creative and would like to participate, get your voice and ideas out there, feel free to contact us: hello@dougtruppe.com.  Follow Scott Montgomery @scott_mont.

Click on the Image Below to Start the Conversation.

Scott Montgomery (top) with Ari Wells, Founder of Hearth Agency (bottom).