SKAGGS Blog

It took almost 2 months of planning, 1 trip from El Paso to Dallas and back, 1,000 - 5 gallon water bottles, 3 trucks, 2 tractors, 1 buggy and a whole lot of man (and woman) power to show that TOTO’s High Efficiency toilets are all about saving water—lots of water. It’s proven that TOTO’s HET’s can save up to 24,655 gallons of water, in just 1 year. A fantastic amount, but just how much is that visually? That was the first question we asked ourselves and one that drove the concept behind the photoshoot.

We needed a large expanse, preferably one with a mountainous backdrop. The Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah are flooded every year, unbeknown to us. The next best thing?...The Salt Flat just outside the Guadalupe Mountain National Park. The national park described the location as “An alligator sat on a sand castle.” due to the contrast of the mountain backdrop on the Salt Flat. We knew then, this would be the perfect location to shoot our 1,000 water bottles.

Bradley and Sam headed out to El Paso, TX with a stellar crew to shoot what was set to be one of the most memorable on location shoots SKAGGS has partaken in.

In case you’re wondering what happened to the bottles and water? The water was non-potable and was given to the rancher for his cattle and all of the bottles were recycled in El Paso, TX.

For a behind the scenes visual diary go here and here.

We’d like to thank the following for helping to make this shoot rock!

• Tait Simpson and Annie Powers (Tait Simpson Photography)
• Manuel Norena (manuelnorenastudio.com)
• Kevin Haverty
• Michael Charske (Highway Man)
• Jacob Cena (Classic Auto Finder)
• Eric, Robert and Nico
• Manuel Ramos (Continental Batteries, El Paso TX)
• The Salt Flat Cafe