Adam Gurski Creative — Director & Photographer · Petersburg, IL

I shoot it.
I build it.
I finish it.

Currently directing

I make films, videos, photos, and websites — start to finish, just me. Photographer's eye, modern AI tools, a real cinematic finish. Adam Gurski · Director · Petersburg, IL

§ 01 01 Story

I build things. I read the room. I shoot.

What I'm really good at is catching the moment.

The right song under a meal. The right record for the room. A frame that makes you lean in. It's the same thing every time — listen, choose, deliver.

Restaurants taught me the pace. A room moves faster than one person, so you learn to hold what everybody needs and your own next move at the same time. I did that nightly for fifteen years.

Trade work taught me patience. Most of it is repetition, and I came to like it — headphones in, podcasts on, learning while my hands stay busy. What I really chase is the problem-solving. I won't put a problem down until I've got it.

The camera came later. The AI tools came after that. Midjourney, Kling, Flux, Nano Banana, Seedance, ComfyUI, custom LoRAs — they're just tools. Most people come to me with a piece of an idea. I find the moment in it and build everything else around it until it works.

The discipline

Listen. Choose. Deliver.
Same thing whether it's a dinner rush, a rebuild, or a final cut.

The work

Films, photos, sites, moments.
Music videos. Brand films. Campaign stills. Live visuals. Album art. Websites.

The finish

Shoot. Grade. Generate.
I build every frame — I don't just capture it.

§ 02 02 Work reel

Nine pieces. Proof, range, and the new stuff.

Dixon's HVAC service truck in a four-season landscape composite.
Brand film · Dixon's HVACDixon's truck · through the seasonsFour-season treatment, graded end-to-end. Three-year client.
Lucky's on the Square bar interior with Abraham Lincoln figure walking in.
Commercial · Lucky's on the SquareLucky's · Lincoln walks inLocal legend, local bar.
Fatboy Slim Right Here Right Now visual frame — Barrowlands 2026.
Visual · Barrowlands 2026Fatboy Slim · Right Here Right NowPosted to Instagram, picked up for the live show.
Animated DBZ-style bedtime battle between dad and kids.
Personal · animated shortDad vs kids · DBZ bedtime battleMy kids, my house, my power level.
Hand of Fate Brewing Juicy Pale Ale commercial frame over Chicago skyline.
Commercial · Hand of Fate BrewingHand of Fate · Jucy Pale AleScale-play over the Chicago skyline.
Photoreal big-cat transformation — cheetah, tiger, and lion at golden hour, shown from multiple angles.
Generative short · AI cinematographyBig predators · golden-hour savannaCheetah, tiger, lion — multi-angle photoreal.
Desert highway with performance car morphing into the next model.
Personal · AI VFXDesert highway · morph driveOne car becomes the next, and the next — a full lineup of performance machines in a single run.
Macro floral bloom looping animation, ComfyUI output.
Generative loop · ComfyUI + custom LoRAFloral bloom loopMacro bloom, endlessly.
Infinite rainbow flower zoom animation, stained-glass style.
Generative motion · stained-glass styleInfinite rainbow flower zoomZoom that never ends.
§ 03 03 The stack

The stack.

A / 01
Generative film & motion The newest tools, real output.
midjourney · kling · flux
nano banana · seedance
comfyui · higgsfield · custom loras
B / 02
Brand film & commercial Concept to final cut.
phone to model
graded end to end
C / 03
Photography It starts with the eye.
1,409 published
8M+ google views
level 7 local guide
D / 04
Web & digital Actually shipped, not just talked about.
html · css · js
netlify · hostinger
three-year client retention
§ 04 04 Who I build for

Who I build for.

01 Small business Local trades, storefronts & service fleets Photography, promo video, Google presence.
02 Unions & labor Member stories & organization-wide visuals Portraits, culture work, hype reels.
03 Bars, breweries & hospitality Rooms, menus, brand & commercial spots On-site shoots, label art, commercials.
04 Musicians & live events Bands, shows, tours & nightlife runs Music videos, tour visuals, event reels.
05 Public & civic Libraries, chambers & community programs Speaking, workshops, photo documentation.
06 Artists & collaborators Creators, studios & experimental projects AI-assisted production, generative motion.
§ 05 05 Receipts

Receipts.

8,000,000+ Google photo views
1,409 published photographs
100+ businesses photographed · Google Local Guide · Level 7
3+ years typical client relationship
15 years reading rooms, delivering moments
1 visual picked up by Fatboy Slim for Barrowlands 2026
§ 06 06 Process

How the work gets made.

01 Listen What's the moment? A call, a room, a brief. Finding the thing you haven't put into words yet.
02 Build Storyboard, shoot, generate, draft. Phone to model, Midjourney to Kling, HTML to Netlify. Whatever the moment needs.
03 Grade Shoot. Grade. Generate. Where it all comes together — color, rhythm, type, pace.
04 Ship Files, cuts, pages, live. Netlify, Instagram, projectors, print.
— Booking a few projects · 2026 —

Let's make something good.

adam88gur@gmail.com Petersburg, IL — working everywhere.

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