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Welcome to Mike Lloyd's blog—dedicated to visual storytelling and all the stuff you need to do it well.

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Gearhart Golf Links

Gearhart Golf Links, the oldest golf course west of the Mississippi, will host the 2021 U.S. Hickory Open, September 12-14. Gearhart Golf

Here is my latest video work for my favorite place. For golfers and lovers of period costumes, historic golf gear, and great coastal scenery, subscribe to follow the US Hickory Open, Sept. 12-14,2021 and the stories preceding it.

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Gearhart Golf Links

Gearhart Golf Links, the oldest golf course west of the Mississippi, will host the 2021 U.S. Hickory Open, September 12-14. Gearhart Golf

Here is my latest video work for my favorite place. For golfers and lovers of period costumes, historic golf gear, and great coastal scenery, subscribe to follow the US Hickory Open, Sept. 12-14,2021 and the stories preceding it.

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“Preliminary data shows that in some U.S. states, 99.5% of COVID-19 deaths in the past few months were among people who weren’t vaccinated, the CDC’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said Thursday at the White House. “We know that the delta variant … is currently surging in pockets of the country with low vaccination rates,” Walensky said. “We also know that our authorized vaccines prevent severe disease, hospitalization and death from the delta variant.””

— Why The Delta Variant Is So Contagious: A New Study Sheds Light 

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Swiss Hickory Open 2020 from Swiss Hickory Open on Vimeo.

Open hickory golf tournament featuring Switzerlands finest golf courses Ascona & Losone

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Lakeview Challenge from Michael Lloyd on Vimeo.

Lakeview was considered one of the toughest tests in the Portland-Vancouver area. This video shows why.

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Woodburn Golf from Michael Lloyd on Vimeo.

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Mind over Water from Michael Lloyd on Vimeo.

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Wedgy A lifetime in golf from Michael Lloyd on Vimeo.

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Want to be happier? Live in a small house.

American houses have grown far too big. Chances are, your house is too big, and it may be doing you more damage than you realize.

Read more here.

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I knew I was in the right place.

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Photographing the First Days of Donald Trump’s America http://ift.tt/2jjBYAT

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And the 2017 Oscar nominees are …

Best picture

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge

Hidden Figures

Fences

Hell or High Water

La La Land

Lion

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Actor in a leading role

Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

Denzel Washington, Fences

Actress in a leading role

Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Ruth Negga, Loving

Natalie Portman, Jackie

Emma Stone, La La Land

Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Actor in a supporting role

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea

Dev Patel, Lion

Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

Actress in a supporting role

Viola Davis, Fences

Naomie Harris, Moonlight

Nicole Kidman, Lion

Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea

Animated feature film

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

My Life as a Zucchini

The Red Turtle

Zootopia

Cinematography

Arrival

La La Land

Lion

Moonlight

Silence

Costume design

Allied

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Florence Foster Jenkins

Jackie

La La Land

Directing

Arrival, Denis Villenuve

Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson

La La Land, Damien Chazelle

Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Monergan

Moonlight, Barry Jenkins

Documentary (feature)

Fire at Sea

I Am Not Your Negro

Life, Animated

OJ: Made in America

13th

Documentary (short subject)

Extremis

4.1 Miles

Joe’s Violin

Watani: My Homeland

The White Helmets

Film editing

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

La La Land

Moonlight

Foreign language film

Land of Mine

A Man Called Ove

The Salesman

Tanna

Toni Erdmann

Makeup and hair styling

A Man Called Ove

Star Trek Beyond

Suicide Squad

Original song

“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)”, La La Land

“Can’t Stop the Feeling,” Trolls

“City of Stars,” La La Land

“The Empty Chair,” Jim, The James Foley Story

“How Far I’ll Go,” Moana

Original score

Jackie

La La Land

Lion

Moonlight

Passengers

Production design

Arrival

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Hail, Caesar!

La La Land

Passengers

Short film (animated)

Blind Vaysha

Borrowed Time

Pear Cider and Cigarettes

Pearl

Piper

Short film (live action)

Ennemis Interieurs

La femme et le TGV

Silent Nights

Sing

Timecode

Sound editing

Arrival

Deepwater Horizon

Hacksaw Ridge

La La Land

Sully

Sound mixing

Arrival

Hacksaw Ridge

La La Land

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Visual effects

Deepwater Horizon

Doctor Strange

The Jungle Book

Kubo and the Two Strings

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Writing (adapted screenplay)

Arrival, Eric Heisserer

Fences, August Wilson

Hidden Figures, Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi

Lion, Luke Davies

Moonlight, Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney

Writing (original screenplay)

Hell or High Water, Taylor Sheridan

La La Land, Damien Chazelle

The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou

Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan

20th Century Women, Mike Mills

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As the Oscars usually do, this shook out on mostly predictable lines. I’m happy to see Arrival and Hidden Figures among the Best Picture nominees, Ruth Negga for best actress, and three black actresses in the supporting actress field. Could do without Mel Gibson’s directing nomination and Jackie’s score nomination (which was the worst part of the movie imo). I don’t think Lin-Manuel is going to get that EGOT for “How Far I’ll Go” but there is a chance the two ‘La La Land’ songs could cancel each other out. Oscar-nominated Passengers is a thing I guess. La La Land notched 14 total, tying Titanic’s record; it will probably still dominate. 

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Idyllwild 4K from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.

A mud puddle, two kids who want to learn how to make a movie, two iPhones, an SUV, and a DJI Mavic Pro ... what else were we supposed to do?

For the geeks out there the Mavic was set to the cine settings - and yes it did get "bathed" in mud towards the middle ;)

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12 Days of Christmas from Michael Lloyd on Vimeo.

The North Coast Ohana sing the 12 Days of Christmas to launch the holiday season.

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On a weekday morning in January, business is steady at Northwest Armory, a gun store on an Oregon state highway just south of Portland.

Customers lean over glass cases to look at handguns or run their fingers along the polished wood of hunting rifles that line the aisles, aimed at the ceiling. AR-15s hang on hooks and ammunition boxes are stacked up behind a sales clerk, who leans over to talk to an older couple.

Oregon has a lot of gun owners. There are hunters and target shooters, ranchers who carry guns to guard their livestock against predators, and collectors. And a lot of men and women in Oregon carry guns to protect themselves.

From time to time, they all find themselves in a place like the Northwest Armory. They might be more inclined to visit after announcements like President Obama’s executive order earlier this week.

At Portland, Ore., Gun Store, Strong Opinions And Stronger Sales

Photos: David Gilkey/NPR

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The Promise of Oregon from Blue Chalk on Vimeo.

The Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA) hired Blue Chalk to create a statewide campaign to encourage a groundswell of support for investing in public education. The campaign required both creative strategy and new digital tools to grow their reach online.

"The Promise of Oregon" campaign features nearly 200 portraits of Oregon's young people, "Promise Kids," who will define the direction of the state as the next generation's leaders. The campaign highlights one “Promise Kid” each school day of the campaign on the homepage of the website, and across social media.

Blue Chalk traveled througout Oregon to create a diverse array of portraits, a video trailer for the campaign, an anthem video and three individual video portraits of students (released in 2015). The team created a video portrait of campaign celebrity sponsor, Nicholas Kristof.

The digital effort included branding, a robust WordPress site, and a digital strategy for building and growing the campaign on social media and email. In addition to creative work, Blue Chalk provided new tools and training to the OSBA communications team.

Rob Finch, Director Lisa Jamhoury, Digital Producer Krystle Mobayeni, Website Creative Director Jamie Francis, DP/Still photographer Greg Snider, Editor Seth Lorinczi, Original Music Chip Sloan, Sound Design Mika Chance, Production Assistant Natalie Taylor, Production Assistant Rachelle Hacmac, Production Assistant

Share in the Promise at promiseoregon.org

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At Road's End from Blue Chalk on Vimeo.

Blue Chalk worked with The Enthusiast Network and Subaru to tell a story about Will Brady and his family who live on the Southern Oregon coast. This landscape is both beautiful and isolated. Brady calls it, “a wind magnet.”

The Brady family has built their life around the wind. They own a kiteboarding school and a bed & breakfast on Floras Lake. Brady is a long time surfer and water sport enthusiast – a passion that his sons Reed and Josh have inherited.

This short brand spot tells the story of how the family celebrates the natural environment they live in, navigating both on and off-road paths in their Subaru Outback.

Rob Finch, Director Nick Midwig, Director of Photography Bruce Ely, Aerials/Assistant Camera James Allen, Editor Chip Sloan, Sound Design

Created by: Blue Chalk Media (bluechalk.com)