We spent some time back-to-back in London and Shanghai creating this piece for Specialized Bicycles showing off their Turbo series of e-bikes. Featuring Hannah Faith and Fitz Ambro$e sharing a journey in very different parts of the world, easily traversing their respective city while basking in the sights and sounds of the excitement that surrounds them every day.

Client: Specialized Bicycle Components

Director: Johnny Castle

Cinematography: Due Pinlac, Johnny Castle

Editor: Johnny Castle

Colorist: Daniel Orentlicher

Agency: Pretty Soon

Big chunky shoes. The kids can’t get enough, Dior gon’ give it to em.

Client: Dior Homme

Photography: Johnny Castle

Gaffer/Grip: Nick Castle, Julian Muller

Agency: Highsnobiety

Where it lives

Prom picture poses. Jungle ballroom. Projection-mapped basketball courts. This is the new normal. This is also a top-to-bottom lookbook for the new collection from Just Don exclusively released by Moda Operandi.

Agency: CRONY Creative

Director: Nick Castle

Cinematography: Julian Muller

Photography: Johnny Castle

Steadicam Operator: John Kopec

Gaffer: Wayne McElroy

AC: Erin Trout

Editor: Johnny Castle

DIT: Mike Handler

Colorist: Daniel Orentlicher

Stylist: The Con.cept

PA: Ellie Kitman

Venturing to Tokyo for something terrifically different than what we ended up shooting, the verytaste crew dispatched into the streets, on-the-spot conceptualizing and executing three short pieces imagining the bleak world of life, love, and combat without the new camera strap from Team Cozy.

Director: The Castles

Cinematography: Julian Muller, Mike Handler

Editor: Johnny Castle

Voiceover: Julia Momose

Music: Daniel Crawford, Mathien

We set out to tell the story of one of skateboarding’s most iconic brands. Then we just did what we set out to do.

Full stories: Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 / Chapter 3

Producer: Chad Ghiron

Director: Nick Castle

Editor: Mike Handler

Photography: Johnny Castle

What’s Good is a digital series we produced for PBS about the science behind cool-ass stuff.

Agency: Brand Programming Studios

Client: PBS

Director: Nick Castle, Brandon Breaux

Cinematography: Johnny Castle, Nick Castle, Mike Handler

Editor: Johnny Castle, Nick Castle, Mike Handler

An ongoing short documentary series detailing the travels of Ta-ku’s ‘823’ exhibition powered by Dropbox. 823 is a celebration of collaborations with creatives from different mediums as a multi-stop artistic residency inspired to unite creative communities across the globe and explore the impetus of creative energy.

Client: Dropbox

Director: Johnny Castle

Whether it’s freezing a Rocket Pop themed cleat in a block of ice for the 4th of July, sitting down with champion-to-be Kris Bryant on a freshly groomed Wrigley Field, or color matching 15+ variations of a shoe through the streets of Chicago, we shot the hell out of some baseball cleats.

Client: Adidas Baseball

Photography: Johnny Castle

Producer: Nick Castle

From Chicago to Australia, we’ve been tasked with shooting editorial work for Nike ranging from product to buildouts to running the streets capturing the action alongside their Run Club activations.

Client: Nike Chicago

Photography: Johnny Castle

Client: Jordan

Photography: Johnny Castle

Agency: Cycle

Client: Red Bull Studios/Wax Poetics

Director: Mike Handler

Editor: Mike Handler

Partnering with Brooklyn-based photographer Andre Wagner, we explore the artist’s mission to celebrate black culture everyday—and prove that black history is always being written.

Client: Hennessy

Director: Julian Muller

Cinematography: Steven Mastorelli

Editor: Paul Del Vecchio

Director: Nick Castle