Jen & Chester
Jen and Chester are the coolest! First off any bride that wears white Converse All-Stars gets cool points. Second, the inspired choice of venue – an art gallery – more cool points. Jen’s a local high school teacher and Chester’s job is really exciting and top secret, like accountant or something. Anyways, I met them [...]
Courtney
Courtney gave me a call back in the summer. She was interested in a creative portrait shoot and wanted to use some of the images as part of an acting portfolio. I called and booked a professional makeup artist, Ashley Dinning, on Courtney’s behalf. Ashley was able to join us for the duration of the [...]
Adjusting vs. Retouching
There’s a difference between the images that come out of the camera and the ones that I deliver to a client. Straight off the memory card the images are flat and lack punch. A lot of times I need to fine tune exposure (sometimes it’s more than a fine tuning). When I deliver digital images [...]
Morgan
These are some pictures of Morgan that I dug up from a couple of years ago. At the time Morgan was an aspiring model that was working with my wife. I was starting to build a portfolio and needed to shoot people. All my friends and family had long since run out of patience with [...]
All Nighter Shoot
I got the awesome opportunity to shoot with some very talented photographers and models last summer. The best part about the shoot was it was at night! It was LEGEN – wait for it – DARY! I love shooting at night. It’s instantly mysterious and daring. The shoot was already partly underway when I met [...]
Violet
I met Violet after I finished a shoot with another model Amanda. We were walking down the street going to get a cup of coffee when Violet came running up. It happens that Violet is a photographer in her own right and had been assisting for another photographer on a shoot with Amanda the night [...]
Cyndi and Johnny
I got contacted by Cyndi and Johnny just two weeks before their wedding. They had decided that they didn’t want to go without wedding photography at the last minute and luckily I was available on their wedding day. They got married in Sudbury on the only sunny day all week. I made the four hour [...]
Time Machine! w00t! w00t!
Sunday – I was working in Lightroom on a shoot from earlier in the day and I noticed that my shots were importing at a snail’s pace. I figured a reboot was in order. It had been a while since I rebooted last (couple of weeks) so what the heck. Unfortunately, the laptop never came [...]
Hal and Diane
My wife and I flew out to Calgary to shoot Hal and Diane’s wedding. I took a lot of detail shots and here’s a few of my favorites. Diane is a huge Coke memorabilia collector, so I thought it would be appropriate to shoot the rings on a vintage soda bottle. The bride had killer [...]
Martin and Nicole
Martin and Nicole are a very hip couple that I found me through the website. I shot Martin and Nicole’s engagement session in the Distillery District a while back. Here’s a few shots that we got that day. I know that Nicole will make a stunning bride and these guys are going to have perfect [...]
Erin and Jason
Wow, it’s a long way to North Bay. Especially when you go up in the morning, shoot a wedding and drive back the same night, so you can shoot the MMA Expo the next two days. Erin and Jason are awesome people. Their wedding was a beautiful, intimate affair with only about 35 guests. The [...]
MMA Expo 2009
I shot the tournament at the MMA Expo last year. This year was a bit different. Instead of just covering the tournament, I took pictures of the entire event. From competitors and exhibitors to spectators and models there was a ton of subjects to shoot. Here are some of the shots that I liked best [...]
Creative portrait shoot with Erin
I’m not sure Erin should live in Canada. Every time she’s modeled for me she complains that it’s cold. Granted during the “frostbite” shoot it was cold, but this time it was the begining of June. Oh well next time I’ll know to rent an industrial heater. We had a great time shooting this creative [...]
DAM – Folder Structure
Digital Asset Management isn’t rocket surgery – you want to find what you’re looking for. What it comes down to is having a system and being consistent about using it. The more specific the rules of your system and the more consistent you are about following those rules, the better your system will work. Which [...]
Amanda
Amanda is an amazing lady I met through Facebook, yay for social networking! She is truly a lovely lady, I hope to shoot her again soon. It was really great to have someone let me experiment with different ideas. That can be a tough sell sometimes, “Hey, I have a crazy idea that probably won’t [...]
Details from the MMA Expo
I spent some extra time shooting details at the MMA Expo. The small things flesh out the story of an event. It’s these types of detail shots that give a sense of atmosphere to an event. In particular, shots of hands and feet tell a story for me. I know that sometimes it must seem [...]
Digital Asset Management Consultation
I’m proud to announce that I’m offering a new service to photo professionals and advanced amateurs. I’ve been fielding a ton of requests from other photographers to help them set up backup and archiving solutions for their digital photography. I’ve come to realize that there are many more photographers out there struggling with digital asset [...]
Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G
I rented this lens from Headshots to shoot the MMA Expo recently. Bad move. Now I have to find $2,000 to buy one of my own. First off, Headshots is awesome and if you’re in Ontario, Canada this is where to go to rent gear. Every time I rent from them, it’s always top notch [...]
Jenny
Jenny was referred to me by my close friend Sonia. Jen’s a teacher and an all around very cool lady. I had an awesome time shooting her and I think her portrait session turned out great. These are some of the shots we got walking around Barrie’s waterfront and downtown area. I love downtown Barrie. [...]
Songs for a first dance
How do you pick “your” song? Not always an easy thing to do, for sure. Instead of whatever is hot on the radio right now, please, for the love of whatever deity suits you, choose a song that means something to you. Do you have any idea how many people have to admit their song [...]
Some Fashion Shots
Here are a few shots from the fashion class I took recently. While I think that they’re all decent, my favorite is the bottom one. It’s processed in a funky, contrasty way and the expression and the shadowing on the model’s face gives the shot a sense of mystery. Plus I’m a sucker for blowing [...]
Beauty Lighting
These shots are two examples of beauty lighting. It’s pretty easy to achieve with a couple of huge powerful light sources in the studio. One light is placed high and the other down low, with the camera shooting right between them. Actually, in these two shots the lower light source is a reflector sitting in [...]
Laura
Laura is a very cool lady I met as she waited on me in one of my favorite dining establishments here in Barrie. She agreed to model for me in the park in February. Needless to say she worked harder than me that day. Thankfully it was sunny and warm that day, but it was [...]
Katerina
I’ve been doing some fashion photography lately. I took the fashion photography class at Humber, just to play a little. It’s worked out really well, because if I wanted to do this type of thing on my own (and I have) I’d need to rent lights and find a model willing to work for trade, [...]