Archive: March 26, 2021

Helice Target

Client: Helice Shooting with Cottonland Gun Club at Kiper Farms

Glynn and Mindy Kiper are North East Louisiana farmers with a passion for shooting sports. Like a lot of hobbies tend to do, their love of shooting the various disciplines of sporting clays grew into a business. They first built skeet and trap fields on a section of their farm near Mangham, Louisiana but were soon introduced to the sport of Helice shooting.

Helice shooting is an off shoot of live pigeon shoots that were popular for a time across Europe. Helice or ZZ birds as some call it, is some what similar to trap although 5 different target throwers with random presentations replace one trap machine. Helice targets are also not made of Clay used in traditional sporting clays targets. Instead they are made of orange plastic propellers with a center white cap. When a target is called for, the targets are already spinning and a single random target is released. If the shooter hits the target, the white center cap must be knocked free and fall within a ring or fence marked on the ground.

From the random nature of the targets to the materials used, All of these factors create a target that flys more like a live bird than any other form of competitive shooting. Where as a Trap tournament may require hundreds of targets to declare a winner, Helice tournaments are typically decided with just 30 targets.

Project details

Current Video Work

Cottonland Gun Club now features four Helice rings of their own as well as Skeet, Trap, and soon a traditional Sporting Clays range. They’ve grown and continues to be one of the nations leading Helice tournament locations. The spring 2021 Helice Open tournament sanctioned by the US Helice Association was held at Cottonland Gun Club. Below is our most recent video produced for Cottonland Gun Club which features this event.

Early Video Production

Starting in 2014, Riverbank Products was asked to film a short video highlighting a Helice tournament held at Kiper farms. The video was, at the time, one of the few Helice videos that could be found online. There were only aproximately four Helice rings found in the US. Since then, the sport of Helice has grown as has the Cottonland Gun club.

Website Management

In 2020, Cottonland Gun Club’s website had become very dated and was due for a refresh. Mindy Kiper contacted us and we began developing a new web presence for their business. The new website incorporates their branding and provides better information, about the Shooting Range and upcoming events. Riverbank Products was also able to take current photos from their events. This makes sure guests actually know what to expect when planning to visit for their next tournament.

Event Photos

Riverbank Products also takes great action shots and event photos. Below are a few of the images caputured from the 2021 Spring Helice Open Tournament.

Let Us Help Tell Your Story

Do you need help promoting your business? From Photography and Video creation to print and web content, Riverbank Products can help you better market your business and reach your customers.

Daves Bayou Hunt

Client: Daves Bayou Lodge & Outfitters

Daves Bayou Lodge & Outfitters has been a photography and marketing client for several years. Fine hunting and a fine hunting lodge coupled with genuine southern hospitality and great food. Thats what you get with Daves Bayou Lodge & Outfitters.

They are genuinely great folks to be around and the hunting… The hunting is some of the best waterfowl hunting North Louisiana has to offer.

With such a great backdrop, it’s been a dream working with them on various projects over the last few years.

Here are just a few of the projects we’ve worked on together.

Project Portfolio

Website

When Daves Bayou Lodge & Outfitters was nearing completion of their 5 star lodge, it was time to start putting together a website to show prospective guests where they’d be staying. We began working to create and manage their online presence with a site that met their needs.

Print/Online Ads

One of the advantages of using Riverbank Products for your companies marketing is that we can produce the digital and print ads for your company, as well as provide the images needed for those ads. Using one company for all of your needs needs helps create continuity of messaging and helps develop your brand across multiple streams of marketing your business.

The following ads were created and placed for Daves Bayou in Arkansas Business Publishing Group’s annual Greenhead waterfowling magazine as well as their digital online version. 2019-2020 Digital Edition Pg 73 Additional adds were placed Louisiana Sportsman Magazine, Louisiana Fish and Wildlife Annual Regulations Booklet.

Daves Bayou Ad Produced by Riverbank Products
Daves Bayou Ad Produced by Riverbank Products
Daves Bayou Ad Produced by Riverbank Products
Daves Bayou Ad Produced by Riverbank Products

Video Production

Social Media Management

Social media seems to have taken over our lives. Having the right messaging on your social media channels is more critical now than ever. Riverbank Products is part of Daves Bayou’s social media management team where we help generate content and tell the Daves Bayou story through photos, video, and graphics.

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Steel Mill

Client: The Systems Group

The Systems Group is a leading US based manufacturer of large industrial steel mill equipment in El Dorado, Arkansas. The equipment they produce can be massive and yet must be shipped to steel mills all over the US as well as overseas.

Products that are Made in the USA and create American jobs are near and dear to our heart. Riverbank Products was tapped to help document the fabrication and transportation of these giant pieces of equipment. We were eager to get started. We have now worked with The Systems Group on multiple projects to shoot product photos and video in fabrication, during transport and in use applications.

Steel Mill Furnace Roof being offloaded from a barge on the Mississippi river at Big River Steel in Osceola, Arkansas

Check out what Systems Fab & Machine has to do to ship out mega-sized Spray-Cooled equipment. In this paricual piece, the furnace sidewall was cut into parts three pieces to legally ship out on state highways before being reassembled on site.

Videos Produced

Photo Samples

Barrel Racing, Rodeo, and Equine Sports Photography

From rodeo to jackpot barrel racing, over the last several years, we have honed our skills in the area of equine sports event photography. While there are a lot of people running around with cameras these days, if you want professional results, and want to bring professionalism to your event, there is more hiring a photographer than showing up with a camera. Riverbank Products consistently turns out some of the highest quality action photos in the Arkansas/Louisiana area.

Aside from photos, our other work through Riverbank Products primarily revolves around marketing other businesses and brands. We have helped multiple organizations produce professional content needed to build major brands including photo and video work and from print media to live streaming to TV Shows. I’d love to help you do the same.

Starting in the 2021 season, We will only be shooting barrel racing events with event promotors we’ve partnered with under contract. This helps us help you by producing more professional images and more professional events. Each contract can have additional services added to it to help better promote you and your events in a more professional manner.

If you are an event producer or rodeo committee, for some of the best, professional photos in the business, contact us and book Riverbank Products for your next event. We’ll be happy to put a package together to shoot your event and grow your business to make it a success.

Other Services

As mentioned above, we also offer web design, social media management, video production, graphic design, and other services that can be added to help further promote your events and your business. If you have any questions, let us know.