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Erin McGrady + Caroline Whatley
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Short films, Film fests, YouTube, and Reels

In 2024 we received the No Man’s Land Film Festival’s Genderqueer Filmmaker Grant which helped us bring Full Spectrum - A Queer Outdoorsy Film About Autism, to life. It had its World Premier in Denver in 2025 as well as travel around via the NMLFF World Tour. During the No Man’s Land Flagship Festival Erin received the Fem-Wow Award for favorite All-Woman production / Director. Full Spectrum was also selected for the NMLFF World Tour and was recently selected for the Muskoka Film Festival in Ontario, Canada.

We’ve been hired by numerous outdoor brands to breathe life into projects.

Recent video clients include Outside, Merrell, Coleman, Orvis, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Stio, and ENO Hammocks.

 

Authentic Asheville’s 2024 Cinematography Reel

Marathon Motivation by Authentic Asheville

 
About a third of a circular yellow plate with a reflection in the shape of an arc rests on a bright blue background. The blue is met at an angle in the middle of the photo with a white background. On the white background are three cake pops.

Play With Your Food? We're In!

Erin McGrady January 19, 2022

When HippoPops, a small business in Asheville, NC, reached out to us about creating content for their website and social media channels we were pumped. We sourced numerous props to create imagery that matched the fun, colorful, happy vibe that the pops bring to people. And were thankfully able to stave off the temptation to eat the product before the shoot was completed.

Tags product photography, food photography, content creation, content marketing

Product Photography for Well Told

Erin McGrady January 17, 2022

We started shooting product photography for Well Told (formerly Uncommon Green) back in 2016. We genuinely like their unique, high-quality, personalized glasses, barware, mugs, tumblers, and water bottles and love creating imagery for them for their website, newsletter, and social media. In studio product photography has become some of our favorite work over the years as we’ve gained new skills that allow us to shoot without natural light. In fact, almost 90% of this shoot was shot without natural light. If you’re looking to refresh your approach to content marketing, send us a message, and let’s get to work!

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A screenshot of Snow Peak's website. On the left is a block of text that reads The Endless Horizon - Coastal Carolinas. On the right is a photo of a Snow Peak tent at the beach. The words Endless Horizon are above it in the clouds.

Snow Peak's Endless Horizon Campaign

Erin McGrady January 17, 2022

In the Summer of 2021, we drove our van to the coast to create imagery for Snow Peak’s Endless Horizon campaign. We camped in their Land Breeze Pro.4, grilled local shrimp on our Takibi Fire and Grill, rode bikes around Edisto Island, and even had time for a little bit of relaxing. This project was a great fit for us because we not only love Snow Peak gear (we use several of their products in van life and at home) but also because the project felt like an extension of our life. To read the full article and see more images, check out the full blog post with our words and images on Snow Peak’s website.

a screenshot from Snow Peak's website. There are two photos, both squares. The one on the left has Caroline Whatley's arms in the photo, putting corn and shrimp on the Takibi Grill. The photo of the right has Erin McGrady and Caroline Whatley sitting
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Caroline Whatley and Erin McGrady are both holding a BBQ sandwich from 12 Bones and taking a bite of it. They are standing in front of a wall covered in murals. Part of a window is visible in the background. Caroline is also holding a beer.

LGBTQ+ Safe Spaces in Asheville

Erin McGrady November 7, 2021

We are out and proud about being together and had the opportunity to share about our favorite LGBTQ+ safe spaces in Asheville! It was a fun project that allowed us to work with and we loved highlighting other members of our community as well as local businesses who are truly trying to make a positive impact for the queer community in Asheville. To read the full article, visit Explore Asheville’s page here.

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