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Kansas City photographer David Morris is nationally known for his exceptional food and advertising photography, lighting and image design. The advertising and food studio's approach is one of simplicity in choice of elements, design and use of light. The clearest and most effective solution for Food photography involves a painstaking selection of the finest food ingredients, carefully designed with a sense of balance and sculpted with a beautiful sensitive light. Photographer and communicator David Morris is nationally recognized for his outstanding storytelling and signature lighting for portrait images. David's sense of design, passion for detail and capacity to communicate though his images has resulted in his midwest advertising studio being selected to work on a number of major photographic projects for leading midwest and international companies. For over 19 years, David's specialized experience in food, people and product photography has landed many long-term clients both locally and nationally. His dedication to precision has produced award-winning, quality work displayed in numerous national ad campaigns, billboards, product packaging, books and magazines as seen in our portfolio and client list.
David is always looking for new ways to express his creativity. His new photographic style "Urban Grit" is a great representation of the many layers which encompass David's personality and talent. This style shows a raw yet almost surreal vision, capturing ordinary people in an extraordinary way. His ability to see and understand his own creative vision, compliments his ability to work as a team with art directors on the most complex concepts.
Communicating messages across a variety of planes is one of many strengths David brings to a photoshoot. A keen understanding of his craft, both technically and artistically, enables David to combine aspects of style and lighting to enhance communication and draw attention to each product.
From conception to print, we take the time to understand a company's identity and core value of their product. Our midwest studio has mastered a form of communication through the lens and successfully represents our clients brands in their market place.
Our work is about solving problems, quality, service and valued relationships. We are very happy to be re-located back in the downtown Crossroads Arts district at 2131 Washington Street, Studio 2131!
ABOUT US
David Morris is the kind of photographer you love to discover. Nationally known for his exceptional images, you've seen David's work in countless national ad campaigns, billboards, product packages, books and magazines. His work has won numerous national awards and has been featured in the prestigious Communications Arts magazine.
David's two greatest strengths are his storytelling ability and his gentle soul.
As a storyteller, David weaves his tales with light and design. His images include just enough to draw you in. But the real magic is that he leaves out just enough to intrigue you to linger on the image a bit longer.
With his gentle soul, David tames the wildest of child models and the crankiest of clients. Models seem to forget where they are when David is around . The result is a photo that captures a kind of honesty that is rarely seen on film. Clients quickly find themselves in the midst of a collaboration, not in the middle of a battle of wills. Not only do the photos come out better this way, the process of making them is actually, well fun. That probably explains why virtually all of David's first-time clients end up returning again and again
STAFF
Paula Morris — Production Coordinator
With a degree in Industrial Graphic Art, Paula brings over 20 years of photo and printing experience to the studio. She provides a full array of services including, but definitely not limited to, retouching, color correction/management, CMYK printing and file management. She is our production guru on and off the set and a key part of our team.
Cara Dunsmoor-Marketing Coordinator
Cara Dunsmoor-Marketing Coordinator Cara has joined the DMP team toting a wide range of experiences and skills. Her previous work in Public Relations and Marketing has spanned from worldwide corporate to small non-profit and is now allowing her to step into the creative community and mix her love of people with her love for ingenuity and art. A 2004 graduate of Colorado State University-Pueblo, Cara holds a degree in Mass Communications as well as a minor in Spanish. The Colorado native has no problem letting her roots show. She enjoys anything outdoors and extreme and can easily be found boarding the backcountry snow or dangling from some freakishly tall cliff. Two of her greatest weaknesses are:
- Good thunderstorms, and
- The resulting mud.
Some people dream of a Mercedes, Cara dreams of a Jeep.
STUDIO
David Morris Photography's studio and gallery is an eclectic mix of old and new, from the brick walls and wood beam ceilings, to the modern kitchen, to the state of the art digital imaging equipment. The world class studio and gallery was designed by nationally known Junk Architects to enhance our clients comfort and photographic experience.
Close to several world class hotels with easy access to both I-35 and I-70 our historic 6000 sq. ft. studio and gallery is located in Kansas City's Crossroads Art District near downtown, the area is filled with art galleries, shops, bars and some of the best restaurants in the city. Part of the energy of the area is the Crossroad's First Fridays, a monthly extravaganza where the art district comes alive as area shops and galleries hold receptions for their new exhibits. View a map with directions >
CONFERENCE ROOM
While at the studio you can relax in our lounge, work in our conference room, hang out at the kitchen's bar or browse the work of national artists in the gallery. Clients have access to both wired and wireless broadband Internet along with plenty of phones through out the studio. To top it off we'll brew a fresh cup of coffee from our Italian expresso machine for a little pick-me-up.
We have a commercial range with dual convection ovens, six burners, a grill and griddle, a fryer along with plenty of refrigerator and freezer space. There is nearly 200 square feet of working counter space with two sinks and a kitchen bar to watch the stylist at work. Plus the coolest kitchen faucet you have ever seen!
It does not stop in the kitchen, we have over ten thousand plates, platters, bowls and other kitchenware props to choose from. Most of the time we have just the right dish to make your food or product look great.
STUDIO EXTERIOR
The studio has two separate 50x30 studios with 16 foot ceilings for multiple sets, storage and prop/set construction. Four large skylights and three 10X10ft front windows provide beautiful natural lighting capabilities or we can go to a full blackout studio. Our 12X20 foot strobe light can handle 28,000 watt seconds of power for those large sets and we have a variety of strobe and hot lights for almost any project.
Our equipment ranges from 35mm to 11x14 cameras along with digital SLRs, digital large format backs and in-house digital retouching, scanning and proofing. For large productions lighting crews, set construction crews, producers, location scouts, etc. are all close by.
EVENT SPACE
Our Kansas City studio is available for event rental. Whether for photo shoots or private events Studio 2131 gallery offers a great opportunity to impress your clients. With over forty off street parking spaces all fenced just out side our door it provides ample parking and security for clients and guest. More about our event space.
CONTACT
Email: David Morris
Email: Paula Morris
2131 Washington Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
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816.474.4555 telephone
816.474.4644 fax
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
From Interstate 70: Exit on Broadway go south to Southwest Boulevard turn west, (right) go one block, turn onto Washington street on the left. 2131 is on the left side of that block, with a large banner that says Studio 2131. Please park in the parking lot on the south side of the building.
From I-35 South: Exit at SWBoulevard/West Pennway exit. Take an immediate right 1/2 block to SW Boulevard. Turn left on SW Blvd., go 1/2 block then turn on Washington Street, to your right. On Washington continue south to Studio 2131, a large banner is on our building at the end of the block on the left. Please park in the parking lot on the south side of the building.
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