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 [...]
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 [...]
Katie and Sarah are 2 Divine
I shot some promo pictures for Katie and Sarah’s cabaret show and wrote about them here. And I’ve been super negligent about posting pictures from their show, but here they are. I should have posted these sooner, but… (insert decent excuse here, I got nuthin’). It was an AMAZING show, I really can’t describe how [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Katie and Sarah
May I introduce Katie and Sarah. They are two insanely talented performers that I met through my friend Ellen. They have a cabaret show that they wanted some promotional photos for. These ladies are awesome, they love to sing and dance and they are hilarious! At times it was hard to hold the camera steady [...]
Wedding Day Timetable
I recently had a conversation with a young bride via the Facebook group “North Country Weddings” (shameless plug) – she was asking if I could recommend a planner that could handle the schedule of the wedding day. She was concerned about when to cut the cake, do the first dance, toss the bouquet and the [...]
Trish and James
I recently traveled to Cornwall for my friend Trish’s wedding. Trish had asked me to shoot her wedding but I opted out so that I could celebrate her wedding as a guest and spend some time with my wife and instead referred her to a couple of photographers in her area. It was a nice [...]
Allow me to geek right out
I’ve come to realize that there are 3 different kinds of audience for my blog. The group that this¬† blog is written for – namely engaged couples – who are hopefully getting neat tips about wedding photography for their upcoming wedding day. Then there are photographers who like to keep up with what others are [...]
Love and Marriage…
This post doesn’t have anything to do with photography, but it does have to do with marriage so maybe it’s kind of related. I was talking with a friend of mine about relationships. She was asking how long I’ve been with my wife (14 years almost). She seemed to think that this is an accomplishment. [...]
What else is going on at a wedding?
Here’s an image that was taken at a wedding with no bride or groom in it. It’s the groom’s dad lighting up a cigar. He had a bottle of whiskey given to him as a Christmas present when the groom was 2. At that time the dad had promised to keep the bottle and share [...]
Softness
This is a neat little shot that illustrates the love between the bride and groom. White roses represent innocence and purity and are traditionally associated with marriages and new beginnings. The roses in the front of the photograph mirror the sentiment of the moment. The selective focus and subdued lighting from the overcast sky gives [...]
Just The Boys
I shot a wedding with another photographer recently. He shot the bride and her bridesmaids getting ready, I shot the groom and the groomsmen as they got ready. When I’m shooting a bride getting ready, there’s photos of the dress, shoes, flowers, hair, and a ton of other details. Not to mention portraits of mothers, [...]
Lensbaby!
I got a Lensbaby! What’s that? Never heard of a Lensbaby? Allow me enlighten you. A Lensbaby is a lens that has the optics mounted on a flexible barrel. To focus you push and pull the lens until the image is sharp (-ish). You can also flex the barrel in one direction or another. This [...]