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6×6 is the blog of editorial and commercial photographer Tait Simpson. Brooklyn, New York creating artistic environmental portraits and landscape images.


Archive for the ‘Assignment’ Category

On the Job pt. 2

As the snow starts to fall at a shoot on the north fork of Long Island. Castle Garden

Snaefells Yokel

It figures that while I’m out on location in the middle of nowhere the web host would inexplicably go down at a time when there is nothing I can do about it. Anyway, I’m back online again here (obviously) so I thought I’d share a couple of behind the scenes photos and an update from [...]

On the Job

A few out-takes while on the job recently. Pompton Plains New Jersey: Behind Best Western #1 Behind Best Western #2

Work for Google for Free?

The NY Times published an article yesterday about the Google Chrome project where illustrators were asked to provide original artwork for free to be used as skins or a facade for the new browser. It is not surprising and quite disturbing first that Google, a company that reported $1.4 billion dollars in profits in the [...]

Totology Part 2

While out shooting the latest Toto ad on THE two hottest days in New York this summer, I learned a very interesting new fact: All those automatic faucets, toilets and the like that we see in office buildings and airports run on standard disposable batteries! I couldn’t believe it, but its true. The recently completed [...]

What does 25,000 gallons of water look like?

In case you have been asking yourself this, and as a follow up to my original post about the new Toto eco-campaign, Totology below is the final Ad itself. The campaign, conceived by Bradley Skaggs and Sam Edwards of Skaggs NYC, has just launched in print editions of finer interior design magazines around the globe [...]

Totology Campaign

With the press date of the new TOTO eco-campaign looming, its apparent the word has already gotten out. The story appeared on notcot.org early on Tuesday. Also check out photoshelter’s coverage of the campaign with a very flattering photo of yours truly “on the job”. The lovely folks over at Skaggs have put up a [...]

Reebok #2

Issue #34 of Metro.Pop Magazine is on newstands now, featuring my second Reebok Ad, this one for their new Kool-Aid co-branded shoe. Never have i got so many strange looks in the market, as when my assistant and I purchased $200 worth of citrus. Check out the ad below… In other news, having just returned [...]

Metro.Pop

Issue #33 of Metro.Pop magazine is on news-stands now! Check my exclusive for Reebok on the second page spread as its a first on many fronts. First shoot for Reebok, first “product” shoot and first time shooting with animals. Patience is without question the single greatest virtue when dealing with rodents…

New Work

In addition to all the new images from my recent trip through Iceland, I also had a busy holiday season. Only a few days after returning, I shot a new campaign for DBLA clothing and soon to be on newstands is an exclusive ad for Reebok, to appear exclusively in the January issue of Metro.Pop [...]