Brian has a calm, can-do demeanor as a director and photographer on-set.

Food, Drink, product & Lifestyle Photographer

Brian is a photographer and content creator based in Kansas City. As a former art director in the advertising industry, he brings a designer's eye to creating his imagery. With over 15 years in the ad industry, he knows what it means to create work that goes above and beyond the challenges at hand. But he also knows how to find ways to shortcut complexity and still get the results his clients want.

Filled with relentless optimism, Brian's vibrant body of work feels idealistic and anchored. He specializes in food, drink, products and people, and lately that has stretched out to pet animals and agriculture.

When approaching projects, Brian considers every aspect of the ask to make sure the output meets his client’s needs. Talking scope and budget is his love language to figure out what can creatively be achieved.

Brian works in and around Kansas City, MO and travels throughout the midwest.

Commercial: brian.yates@signaltheory.com
Personal: briancreatesthings@gmail.com

A commercial client roster ranging from food to merch to ag to ecomm

Sonic Drive-In • Bose • Elanco • Merck Animal Health • Cargill • Bayer • Rumba Meats • MOCSA (Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault) • Clustertruck • Snowpops • Twist’d Q • LG Seeds • Trapp Frangrances • Lively Clean • Galliprant • Roth Industries • Christopher Elbow Chocolates • Bexacat • Faultless Rewear • Babes Helpin' Babes • Intrust Bank • Boys and Girls Club of Kansas City • Shatto Milk • WF Young • American Pecan Promotion Board • Gearwrench