One of my goals for 2018 would be to make better portraits, and this quote: “Love your fucking life. Take pictures of everything. Tell people you love them. Talk to random strangers. Do things that you’re scared to do. Fuck it, because so many of us die and no one remembers a thing we did. Take your life and make it the best story in the world. Don’t waste that shit.”
Categories: Portraits
Sometimes (many times) you try something new or different and it fails. You can give up or make what you got work AND try again. This beautiful light is Dana. A long time collaborator who makes it easy for me and brings me chocolates. These images did not turn out how I wanted. I underexposed (yay for ‘raw’). Was trying to shoot ‘differently’ than I do. And while that’s good – to try new things – I was also working […]
Categories: Portraits • Tags: photoshoot, Portrait, Toronto, Toronto Model, Toronto Photographer, Toronto Portrait Photographer
As much as I might hate to say this or even admit it, I think pose and expression trump good lighting. You can have the best light in the world. Beautiful back light. Beautiful open shade or perfect overcast skies, but if you cannot direct your model, your client or your subject into a pose that looks natural and comfortable, you’re not going to make a great image or an image they love, no matter how great the light is. […]
Categories: Portraits
If you have been part of the photography Community any time in the last 5+ years then you are definitely familiar with Brooke Shaden’s work. She became very popular in a seemingly short amount of time with her unique style of Photography which quickly developed into workshops that she lead. So I thought this video from her ‘Promoting Passion’ series, was particularly interesting because it really shows the extent to which an image can be and is manipulated and how […]
Categories: Photography • Tags: Toronto Branding Photography, Toronto Corporate Headshot Photographer, Toronto Photographer, Toronto Photography, Toronto Portrait Photographer, Toronto Portrait Photography
A bit about my blog
Categories: Everyday
It’s Sunday night. No, actually – it’s Monday morning. 12:37am. I should totally be asleep right now. But, I decided to catch up on my fitness blog. Ya. So about that… I still have not been back to the gym. It’s been 11 days. My knee has really kept me out of the game. Maybe it’s ’cause I’m older, and carrying more weight and am much less fit then in the past – but my knee is not bouncing back […]
Categories: Everyday
Today (speaking in the past tense now, as I never finished this post last week), was a great class. I enjoyed it immensely. I worked hard, while trying to keep it at a moderate level. Fast forward to today – a week later. And like the title says, Body Attack WILL kill you. I jest. Mostly. I really did enjoy that class last week. But, I got a little too excited and ran (they do this thing where the participants […]
Categories: Everyday • Tags: Toronto Photographer, Toronto Portrait Photographer
I was sooooooooo pooped by the end of class today that I could barely walk. I went to a store to pick up some toothpaste and they had stairs to get to the 2nd floor. I couldn’t. The cashier actually ran up to check for the toothpaste for me. That’s how beat I looked. I walked to work as usual. That is my one saving grace. A 45min walk (slow) into work everyday. I was asked to do something just […]
Categories: Everyday
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