If you happen to follow us on Instagram, you are probably aware that over the past two weeks there has been a lot of travel happening in the world of Westside. We’ll get into that sisterhood of pants later, but first some work from Nikki O focused on one of the staple sidekicks of any voyage, your luggage.
Since their introduction of the first ‘rigid suitcase on wheels’ back in ’72, Delsey has been keeping travellers goods safe and secure in a durable, yet lightweight suitcase. How safe and lightweight you ask? Well, I have no doctorate in luggage, but considering (globally) 1 piece of Delsey luggage is sold every 10 seconds, I’d say if you’re in the market – you best check ‘em out!
Photographer: Nikki Ormerod
Client: Delsey
Agency: Giants and Gentlemen
Art Director: Natalie Armata
Hair & Make-Up: Cait Mizzi
Wardrobe: Shea Hurley
Image © Nikki Ormerod
by Matt on January 22, 2013
As we hit temperatures of -12°C in Toronto today, the warmth of summer couldn’t feel further away. So in an hopes of warming up your web-browser, today’s PHOTOGASM is brought to you by the following three things.
35mm B&W Film, Nikki Ormerod, and Mexico.
Enjoy.
Nikki brought along a number of rolls both colour and b/w so click on through to BLOGEROD for more of her recent trip to Mexico.
All Images © Nikki Ormerod
by Matt on November 27, 2012
A team of heavy hitting Canadian sport superstars rolled through the Westside recently to join forces with Team Ormerod for Nike’s latest achievement in athletic apparel – HYPERWARM. Need the heat of a bulky winter coat, but the fit of a second layer of skin? HYPERWARM!
Who was on the roster for the big game you ask? Well then for the rest of the post, I ask that you please imagine the following is being read to you by Bruce Buffer with a lower voice.
AAANND NOWWW, NIKKI ORMEROD AND WESTSIDE STUDIO ARE PROUD TO INTRODUCE:
OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALIST AND CAPTAIN OF THE CANADIAN WOMENS SOCCER TEAM, CHRISTINE SINCLAIR!!!
WINNER OF THE NHL’S 2011-12 MAURICE “ROCKET” RICHARD TROPHY, STEVEN STAMKOS!!!
AND FINALLY, 2012 OLYMPIAN AND 100 METER HURDLE SPECIALIST, PHYLICIA GEORGE!!!
Photographer: Nikki Ormerod
Client: Nike
Retouching: Happy Finish
Hair/makeup: Laura Szucs & Jukka
Styling: Lee Sullivan
Assistants: Thomas Dagg, Jamie Rosenthal, Jason Gordon, Kirsten White, John Wayne Brown
There’s plenty more shots over on the Nike website(s) as well as in your local Nike Store, as seen here featuring Ms Nikki herself!
Now here’s a shot of Stamkos looking mystical – while sharply dressed in Nike – waiting to play hockey.
Images © Nikki Ormerod
by Matt on November 23, 2012
Nikki Ormerod was doing a bit of computer clean up this week when she came across a good chunk of work from her days as a younger photographer. She was going to just continue on with her backing up and clearing disk space, when she thought,
why not give the kids a good hard PHOTOGASM for their Friday afternoon.
So in celebration of the wildness that is today, the blackest of Fridays, we bring to you a showcase of images from some of Nikki’s favorite Metal concerts, as seen through her lens.
If you really want to set the mood, I suggest turning up the volume and letting Mastodon blow your office into “Oblivion”. And if you’re wondering who your looking at, just hover over the image to get learned.
Enjoy the weekend everyone \m/
All Images © Nikki Ormerod
by Matt on November 5, 2012
by Matt on October 11, 2012
Now that school is back in full effect, many first comers to university life are probably starting to realize how awesome their moms were when it came to a good meal and some clean undies. Well welcome to the real world kids, where little is easy and nothing is free… except the 50 bones that TD Canada Trust is going to give you when you sign up for their Student Banking Bundle.
To promote this short lived offer Art Director Aya Rafaeli-Bernardo of DraftFCB teamed up with Nikki Ormerod and tossed some students into that big green chair.
Photographer: Nikki Ormerod
Client: TD Canada Trust
Agency: Draft FCB Toronto
Art Director: Aya Rafaeli-Bernardo
Stylist: Shea Hurley
Hair & Make-Up: Cait Mizzi
Assistants: Kirsten White, Thomas Dagg, & Adnan Saciragic
Take a look at the work as you might see it online or in print.
Images © Nikki Ormerod
by Matt on September 20, 2012
If your a creative type at an agency in Toronto, you may have found yourself a little present on your desk this week, as the Ormerod Soda Company was out on the town dropping off Nikki’s new promo.
Here’s the lady herself to tell you all about her new flavors.
I initially approached the guys over at Breadwinner about designing a cool label for my promotional Soda bottles. They were super stoked to sink their teeth into this project and make it bigger and waaay better than what I had originally planned. They came up with the concept of making ORMEROD, a town in itself which totally fit the style of the photography I shot for this promo. We agreed to add some cool elements to the soda bottle too (if you take a second to read the text on the bottle it’s pretty awesome). Coasters and a website made this idea more interesting and layered so we got Adam from Transmitter Studios on board to design the website and he obviously did an amazing job.
So huge shout out to all the great creatives who made my promo cool as heck. So, with that being said…
Welcome to the burg of Ormerod, please enjoy and have a look around – or in others words –
HEY LOOK AT ME EVERYONE!
~N
Nikki’s coasters, which when seen from the animated side, create a nice little landscape of Nikki’s township.
Give the label a click if your interested in learning the nutritional value of a fine fizz such as those made by the OSC.
Now click below and go take a walk through the lovely burg of ORMEROD.
Images © Nikki Ormerod
by Matt on September 7, 2012
A short time ago we put up some teasers of a fashion editorial from Nikki Ormerod. Well the time has come to put the series on show and today we at the Blog, Miss Nikki, and GLASSBOOK are all proud to present:
Photographer: Nikki Ormerod
Model: Leigh H
Styling: Shea Hurley
Makeup: Robert Weir
Hair: Matthew Collins
Assistants: Thomas Dagg & Stuart Blain
Team Ormerod lookin’ pretty at the end of the shoot.
Go hit up BLOGEROD for the rest of the series, or check out GLASSBOOK for all your fashionista details.
Little afternoon update to Nikki’s editorial doings. While we were putting The Guild together, she was secretly updating her blog with some other new work – here’s a peek.
All Images © Nikki Ormerod
by Matt on August 13, 2012
Since her return to the City of Hog, Nikki Ormerod has been getting back in the swing of things in a big way and today we’ve got a double dose of vitamin NO, so get a towel and put on your sunscreen ’cause we’re headed to the beach!
First up is a preview look at a soon to come fashion editorial for GLASSbook, enjoy the teasers.
While you wait to see more of that sexy S65 from the second image, here’s a few selects from another day of creative fun in the sun with Nikki and Mila.
All Images © Nikki Ormerod
by Matt on August 3, 2012
Shortly after getting lei’d at our summer luau, Miss Nikki O packed up her bags and took a trip down south with a friend and her camera. Their destination? Same place Nick Cage went to team up with Sean Connery to take down Ed Harris. The City by the Bay, Fog City,
Durring her week spent on the Pacific, Nikki met with installation artist Aleksandra Zee to shoot a creative that for now is just a teaser, but when it drops we’ll be sure to give you the goods.
There’s more teasers from Nikki’s shoot with Aleksandra and a whole lot more fun from San Fran over on BLOGEROD, so click through and enjoy the long weekend kids.
All Images © Nikki Ormerod
