Happy Spring!

So we haven't completely shaken Old Man Winter away yet I know, but I'm just happy we've reached the first day of Spring! What a crazy long Winter that was for most of us. Good riddance!

[ coming soon ] Lots of painting!

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[ new motion work ] POP!

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More than just a toy.

Just a little something to warm you on a cold day:

"We visited the Mystic Aquarium the day before school started and I bought a Beluga whale plush toy for my son, Ollie. We were standing near the whale exhibit, about to leave, and noticed the four beluga whales flocking to my son. They were taking turns coming right up to him, making noises and opening their mouths as if they were actually trying to talk to him.

A crowd even started gathering. All the grown ups couldn't figure out why the whales were acting this way until I had my son hold his new whale up to the glass and immediately the beluga whales began pressing their foreheads to the glass, staring at the toy, with what seemed like smiles on their faces. They seemed to want to get closer to the stuffed animal. It was incredible to witness, especially as a parent. Then all the kids around us started asking to hold the toy, too. The toy was magic to them.

Oliver sleeps with his beluga whale every night. Still."

One of my favorite magazines, FamilyFun, picked up my little Oliver story. Find it in the March issue.

NEW WORK: Cuties (outtakes)

Here are some outtakes and a behind-the-scenes look at a recent commercial shoot for SunPacific Cuties. Do not hold me responsible if you choose to acquire a baby, puppy, kitten or hedgehog after watching this video. 

Or click here to view this video in HD along with the 3 final spots.

Sorry Budweiser

Okay so Budweiser's 'Best Buds' ad was the best of the SuperBowl ads. But did they have kittens and babies and hedgehogs in their ad? No they did not. 
    
The Cuties Citrus ads (that do have puppies, kittens, babies and hedgehogs!) can be viewed here. Sorry Budweiser. 
   

NEW WORK: Cute overload!

Robert Borges and Celeste McKeon of Sterling-Rice Group approached me a few months ago to help them with a new campaign - “Cute you can eat” - for their client SunPacific Cuties. You know, the little clementines. The idea behind this campaign was that there are a lot of cute things out there, but only one that you can actually eat – Cuties. So we shot situations that were insanely cute, like sleeping puppies, piles of Persian kittens, floating hedgehogs, a beagle pup licking a super-chubby baby, (you get the picture), then offering up the Cuties clementines as "cute you CAN eat". The creative team wanted imagery that looked and felt like the popular "cute kids and animal" viral videos that are constantly blowing up the internet.
   

Robert's and Celeste's ideas and layouts blew me away. And the radio spots were hilarious too (but I didn't shoot those). I was really excited to be on board and work with such an amazing creative duo! We immediately got busy casting cute babies, puppies, kittens and hedgehogs and even a cavy. Yes a cavy. It was anything but difficult.
   

And obviously the working conditions were unbearable, what with the cast licking my face, nibbling my fingers, their fuzzy little faces tickling my cheeks. Torturous!    

   

In the end my team and I produced and directed video for tv and the web as well as photography for banners and outdoor ads. I acted as the Executive Producer, Director, DP and Photographer, and was able to create and manage things from beginning to end. 

     

Celeste, the Art Director, commented “This is the smoothest (and furriest) shoot I’ve ever been on.” And I have to say, I agree with her.
      
Follow this link to view the three final spots along with a behind-the-scenes video or visit kimlowe.com.
   
Here are some pics from the shoot. For more of these crazy cute pics visit facebook.com/kimlowephoto. 

GO!

There's only one thing that will make this five year old stop running. 
   
Click here to see my latest video GO! on vimeo.
   

Baby It's Cold Outside

PEACE.

Our five year old son, Sawyer, drew this picture when our city, Boston, was on lockdown after the Marathon events in April. It's tough to explain to two small boys why you can't go outside for an entire day. So we tried to explain to them that there are good guys and bad guys in the world and that lots of good guys were out searching for one bad guy — we needed to stay indoors so they could do that. Sawyer then drew this picture with hopes that 'all animals, aliens and people' could live peacefully together.
   I thought this was an appropriate message to share for this new year.