Costa Rica- Pura Vida

Costa Rica, Pura Vida!!
Here is a preview of a Coffee Table book im creating. "Pura Vida"

Travel the world, take pictures and make money is the Dream manifested to reality. Awesome. :)
These images were actually taken for fun- the money came later. Returning to Awe/ Wonder; is what got me into photography in the first place. This is fun!
When I did my research about traveling to Costa Rica and bringing my camera gear everywhere I read and people I spoke with said that the thief was absurd. Basically expect to have your belongings stolen. So the whole time I was on hyper sensitive & alert about my equipment. Really uncomfortable, the gear is heavy and lets face it photographers backs are all screwed up anyways. I ended up taking my "big" camera out on hikes.

I have found that the more I travel, the more I want to travel. As a photographer it is imperative for your vision to be expanded continuously - find inspiration around the corner.
I will have a beach house there one day. Go on holiday :)

The locals have a saying- Pura Vida! Pura vida literally means Pura = pure and vida = life, but "Pure life" in Spanish would be "Vida pura" instead, so the real meaning is closer to "plenty of life", "full of life", "this is living!", "going great", "real living", or "cool!" It can be used both as a greeting and a farewell, to express satisfaction, to politely express indifference when describing something or even to say "thank you". The vibration of this place translates this no matter what language you speak. Use hand signals and say " pura vida" with a smile nodding your head, you'll do fine. "Oh, Smile for the Camera, yeah yeah"

Ohhh Butterfly! Nope not distracted at all. See a butterfly!

I will be your personal travel photographer- no problem :)
Travel Photography Cass Studios 2011 www.cassstudios.com















Travel Photography Costa Rica Cass Studios 2011 www.cassstudios.com

Fire Dancers babes and an Alien?

This is what I + others do for fun. Play with FIRE.
There was a huge collaboration of people that brought this together. Clayton Allred, Kim Olsen and I Produced this. My big regret is I didnt get a cast/crew photo.

We had 60 people in some way help put this together.
Thank you so much to everyone for your contribution. Seriously
Photographers- Natalie Cass, Darryl Dobson, Leland Marshal, Fred Hayes, Brett Colvin,
Video Crew- Jess Dego + 5
Assistants/ Set design Sean Robinson, Alex Boyton
Hair & Make up - Lynne Shelley Abigail Steele, Tyson Danielles
Body Paint Artists- Richard Newman, Jason Johnson
Special Effects Makeup; Chris Hanson
Warddrobe Raven,
Catering- Pamelia Cambell and Family & Kim Olsen
DJ Timmy











Fire Dancer Photos by Cass Studios. www.cassstudios.com

Alien the Douche bag

Alien The Douche bag
This is a personal project " Alien the Douche Bag" about Social Alienation, Im doing in collaboration with Special effects makeup artist Chris Hansen, and Actor/Model James Christian Morris and Filmmakers Bert & Tiger with One Shot Presents.

Theme- Social Alienation in different gradients of culture, social economic status’s, and social disorientation, caused to be unloved, isolated excluded. ~Hostility- the feeling of being alienated from other people ~Separation resulting from hostility ~ To cause to become withdrawn or unresponsive; isolate or dissociate. Being Socially awkward out of place.

I started this series while I was covering the Sundance Film Festival. This is the one of the few times a year that I do press coverage. Which is alot different then my normal photography. Im used to a Studio environment with folks and having control or on a movie set where im the only photographer verses being part of a press line with 30 photographers demanding the attention of celebrity X. Doing the press lines and also watching how people react to celebrities is quite fascinating to me. Crowds of people gather with their cameras and follow these celebrities around. It's crazy. Constantly during the festival I have patrons asking me where they can spot a celebrity like they are this endangered species in the wild of Park City. So I had Alien the Douche bag created and did my own social experiment walking around famous Main Street to see how people react. We pretended to be with a film and handed fliers. We had crowds surround us. So many people approached Alien to get their picture taken. Alien got free swag from different sponsors- here wear this. We also walked into parties unannounced and with no credentials with no problem because we had Alien. It was quite fun and there will be more of Alien so stay tuned.

Clothing for LDS Missionaries

CTR Clothing- "Choose the Right" . When you look good you feel good- which is especially important when you travel away from your family for two years to spread the word of peace. This clothing is specific for Latter Day Saint (LDS) Missionaries. Missionaries do have a look about them that is recognizable around the world. Utah is infamous for this.

CTR Clothing is a manufacturer of apparel and accessories designed especially for missionaries. The CTR Clothing brand is your assurance of durability, fashion and comfort in products made to withstand the rigors of missionary work. Many items include exclusive missionary features not found in any other brand.

Visit their website www.ctrclothing.com








Clothing Photography by Cass Studios www.cassstudios.com

Industrial Photography

This assignment the client allowed me to geek out and get my art on. Which was fun. These industrial photos are each segments in the ATM Housing process ( the shell with bank logo ). I did the environmental portraits outside of the assignment. The manufacture plant is in Salt Lake City and they ship their products across the country. So my job is to cover the manufacture process as well as photograph ATM's across the country on location, at banks, grocery stores, malls and etc. It was a refreshing job quite different then making up models, and catering to the politics of actors on movies. Instead there was language barriers as well as breathing barriers. I had to wear a mask and take frequent breaks for fresh air. It was like being on NPR or This American Life for the day and learn about this process and people. Thats one of my favorite things about photography- all access pass to the Universe!














Industrial Photography Salt Lake City Utah Cass Studios


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Marinello Schools of Beauty- Competition

Three of Marinello Schools of Beauty came together and competed for the "Best" Hair Makeup & Nails. A day of beauty & chaos- competiton was steep. My job was was to cover the process and also shoot their work. It was a 12 hour day of working with 110 stylists and 110 Talent. Wo! It was fun and I was very impressed with what these folks could do finishing up with school. I have worked with quite a number of professional seasoned stylists and I gotta say that these graduating students have some talent! Based on this competion I would recommend this school to any enthusiast. Those up dos were awesome! The school's website http://www.marinello.com













Beauty Hair Makeup Photography by Natalie Cass Cass Studios http://www.cassstudios.com