Tim Gruber and Jenn Ackerman use both photography and video to tell stories for editorial and commercial clients. 
As a kid I had a phase where my favorite things to watch on TV were the WWF and monster truck racing. After all what 7-year old boy doesn’t love watching the likes of Hulk Hogan and The Macho Man Randy Savage screaming non-sense at one another and settling their problems by slamming chairs over their opponent’s head. To follow that up I’d watch monster trucks turn cars into pancakes. My favorite monster truck was The Grave Digger.
So you can imagine my delight when on my way to the Outer Banks for the first time we passed the headquarters of The Grave Digger. After years of driving past it I finally decided to stop and make a photo.
For a few seconds when I was out making this photo I felt like that 7-year old boy again.
A food and beverage cart sits idle after a long day on the arena floor.
Snapshots is a new category on our blog that gives a us an outlet to share recent and past work. For over a year, I have been wanting to post photos to the blog without a commitment to write anything – simple posts with photos doing the talking. After doing some serious house cleaning on the blog over the weekend I decided to make it happen.
Enjoy.
Kites with Lights at the largest natural sand dune in the east coast on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Jenn and I love to go on walks. For us walks are therapeutic. It gives us time to hash out a lot of ideas. Sometimes those ideas die quickly(our minds cook up some crazy ideas) and other times we have ideas that actually stick. Most of all it’s nice to get away from the computer and just give your mind a little time to recharge.
Depending on my mood I’ll bring a camera with me or if I’m lazy I’ll just wing it with my iPhone. On Saturday I was feeling lazy but Jenn brought her camera and of course the day you don’t bring your camera you come across a kid with a Scream mask surfing. Thanks to Jenn I was able to take a few frames for myself.
Moral of the story. If your gut tells you to grab your camera listen and grab it. Or fall back on your loved one.
Watched the presidential inauguration from what was a great vantage point; my couch.
Ever since my TV Sex project I’m always looking for an excuse to snap some photos of the old TV so I took few of the big day for Obama and our country.
I’m not a huge fan of concert photos, but I couldn’t resist the intro for the Tina Turner concert.
Met and photographed a great guy by the name of Jesse for a Veterans Day story. Jesse is going to be the Grand Marshall of The Veteran’s Day parade here in Dallas.
A few photos:
The before shot of Jesse.
The After.
Jenn and I made the move to Dallas and I found myself at a ribbon cutting.
Sorry about the lack of updates in the past week or so. Expect them to be slow for the coming weeks as I work on getting settled.
