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Saw this on the ground. Sitting in front of a bunch of big-glass buildings. See, reflectors aren’t just round things you hold in your hand. They’re any surface. If you have some bright sun hitting some red brick you’re going to get some organe glow off of it. A big white wall will bounce sunlight […]
I went out once this weekend – that means I’m on daddy lockdown for the week. Freedom comes at a great cost.
I spent some time this week making arrangements and booking a lot of last minute portrait sessions and weddings, all of them based on referrals. It’s a great feeling to receive praise from your peers – praise coming in the form of recommendations: I can’t think of a better way to compliment a photographer than […]
These are the best two portraits I could get out of my kids after a solid day of trying. I wanted to try a few different lighting setups and, for lack of subjects, I try to stick my kids in front of the lens. Problem there is that the eldest is more interested in the […]
It’s been a while since I did any Rorschach type image, but this one seemed to work well with it. Not for everyone, considering it’s obviously manipulated (I didn’t hold a mirror up to get the shot). You can see the original here.
We had ourselves another Photojam this past weekend. More folks showed up and lots of more fun was had [read: more booze consumed]. Same location, alley beside my house, it’s easier to keep an eye on the kids when they’re running around you. It’s a great way to shoot, experiment, drink, hang out with friends […]
Have a great labour day weekend! Hope y’all haven’t over-packed it and take some time to really enjoy yourself and your loved ones. You can grab this bigger over on my flickr page if you want to use it as a wallpaper or something.
And we’re back! Spent the past week on a brief repose in Toronto. Most of the time was with my family, and extended family for those who *ahem* managed to get back to me (props to Dan & Andrew Lieu for grabbin beers with me!) I travelled light for this trip. 2 kids under 3 […]
When Mel and I first moved into the Hintonburg area in Ottawa, we only had a few restaurants that we knew about beforehand. With a preemie in the hospital, we were really always looking for comfort food – the familiar. That said, there wasn’t much variance in what we ate, and one of the places […]
I was fortunate to return this year as Telus’ photographer for their “Give Where We Live” charity event. This is where the Telus community board (located in Ottawa) sit down and hand out all the money the employess gave, and then Telus matches. All told, Telus and it’s employees gave back about $1.3 Million into […]
Just playing around with some of the “quicker” shots we took last Sunday. I’m shooting a corporate event today – maybe I’ll have something to share, maybe I won’t 😉
Stardom! What a fan-freakin-tastic last name. These guys were awesomesauce times a million. I showed up on time but Leo (the little guy) didn’t feel like wakin’ up – probably because he had a rough go of the party the night before – so that dude slept for, like, AN HOUR! No problem though, because […]
Parking… stalled, not moving. I think it happens to everyone once in a while, maybe the body and mind need it? Maybe there’s a reason we’re not out there shooting, drawing, creating. We sit at the desk, digging through our archives – “crap, crap, crap” – uninterested, uninspired… I think it’s part of the process… […]
If the mantra of “show what you want to shoot” applied to me I’d be doing macro’s of plants and architectural photos from alleys. Thankfully that’s not the case and I should have some cool family portraits (not my family – whee!) coming up next week after what’s sure to be an awesome Sunday family […]
Lots of cross-posting repetition going on in my media streams this weekend. If you haven’t seen it already, please head over to Tiffinbox.org and read my post on the Ranger Quadra’s and recent wedding I shot. Leave a comment to – it makes me feel good. For those who follow my flickr stream, you’ve already […]
I used to be able to go back into photo’s I took months ago as an “archive dive” for posts on this blog. Now they just don’t cut it. It’s actually kind of depressing – a lot of the images I shoot are personal, either for me or my clients, so I can’t very well […]
I’ve been ripping off inspired by a friends photos this week – or at least the few I took over the weekend of my kids – it was one of the few we didn’t have plans and one I wasn’t shooting/processing a wedding. Check out Angela’s Flickr stream when you get a chance for some […]
Sorry I’ve been quiet on this blog lately, but as you can see from the photo, I’ve been working feverishly on editing images from Tara & Tony’s wedding. We’re putting together a really great wedding album for them, though I’ve often used some standard book providers in the past, I wanted to up the scale […]
A drop is due. A drop in the way we do business, a drop in what people say. It’s happening right now. Right now people are more honest, and up front with each other, online, than ever before. Transparnecy is key, it’s expected; the minute something is viewed as a sales pitch or anything less […]
The title of this should read “I went on a photowalk and all I got was this lousy texture shot,” but really, I got so much more. This past Saturday was the 3rd year of the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk, and the second year I was a group leader. There’s not much credit to take […]
I have lots of favourite shots that came out of the wedding, but this one’s a really great photo of the bride. She loves trees, plants, and earth, so despite the wedding being at a yacht club, we were able to find some greenery for her to hug up close to. Tomorrow is the 3rd […]
Last Saturday was Tara & Tony’s wedding. It was crazy humid and I had to go two notches down on my belt as the day went on, in order to prevent my pants from completely dropping off. We were at the Brittania Yacht Club in Ottawa and, at first, I wasn’t crazy about the layout […]
Quinn saw buzz light year and HAD to have them. Proud he picked out his own shoes, kinda lame they’re crocs though.
I suck at many things. It’s easy to admit – nobody’s really good at everything are they? (okay, maybe some people ARE good at EVERYTHING but we don’t like them very much) One of the things I’m particularly bad at is marketing. Professionally, marketting myself would be the best option, it’s cheaper, it’s grass-routes, it’s […]
