Photos!

I don't really have anything to say (aside from get your hair did at Fluid! Fluidhair.ca ), so here's a few pictures. more to come.

Model: Randy
Makeup: JennK
Photo: gravy
Lighting: ABR800 on camera


Model: Sarah
Makeup: JennK
Photo: gravy
Lighting: B800 into umbrella @ cam right

Go Oil!

Yeah, that's right! Go Oilers! yeah, I know they really are terrible right now... but I still can't help but cheer for the guys. Oh well... worst case scenario is still pretty decent, considering the available draft choices this year. I still hope for the best...

The other night at the Motley show, before the show started, my eyes were wandering... I looked up and there they were... I just had to snap a shot. ISO 8000, so it's grainy as all get-out, but whatever... still looks good on my desktop, so I figured it might look good on yours too... that is, of course, only if you haven't started cheering for the now-Phaneuf-less Flames. HAHA!


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I finally got around to going through the show photos... got a few keepers I suppose. It was pretty difficult shooting from the sound board, and being limited to two songs didn't help much either... excuses excuses. Oh well... I got some decent tight crop stuff. Check Vue this week to see the pics...

I did get to shoot Airbourne from the pit, which was pretty cool. They're a great band from Australia. AC/DC on yr playlist? check these dudes out.

my favorite shot, blurry as it may be...

Motley Crue

I don't think I'm allowed to post photos from the show tonight... and really, I haven't even had the chance to go through them all yet. I thought the show was decent... I think I'll have a review in Vue or at least on the website. Maybe I'll post a few pics that don't get used for that... I'm sure M.C. has better things to do than go searching on blogs for photos anyway...

Not every day you get to shoot your favorite drummer... I suppose aside from my genes, it's due to Tommy Lee that I play drums at all. I still remember sitting in my room when I was in 7th grade, learning how to twirl a metal bar, like he twirls drum sticks. That was when I played saxophone. Pretty hard to rock n roll with a saxophone, so I think I made the right choice. Wow. Look at me, getting all nostalgic... haha!

hmm. that time again...

yeah, I'm not very good at updating this here blog. oh well. I haven't really been shooting much, so there's really not much to update. My wide zoom is in the shop, getting a lil' warranty work, and until I get it back, I probably will continue to not do much. I have a lot of editing work to catch up on anyway, so it's probably a good thing that I don't have much booked.

I did manage to shoot The Monotonix last week when the Get Down played with them at New City. Just one for now, as these are being run on vueweekly. Pretty crazy show. I suppose I'd have to recommend checking out one of their shows. Things get pretty nutty.



And, I finally finished editing a shoot I did in November (or maybe it was December... I don't remember!) for Nyla Stormy. I really should have done all of the editing of these shots at once, because now I don't really like the ones that I did before as much as I like the ones I just did. Oh well. The tragic life of someone who edits photos, right? haha

Jenn did the makeup for this shoot, so many thanks to her as well.

Willie & Andrea!

Yay! it's always fun when pals get married! I suppose it's even more fun when you get to shoot their weddings... Weddings are always an interesting experience for me. I never know quite what I'm getting myself into. Luckily, I didn't screw these last two weddings up... might have made playing shows over the next while slightly awkward. ha! You all got to see a lil' sneak peek of Lyle & Kimmy in the last blog, so here's a lil' sneak peek of Wille & Andrea.



This shot was the result of having to set up and do family portraits really quickly. I was kind of wanting to do something a little bit different, so I decided to throw a SB800 on my magic arm, clamped to a railing on the other side of the room. Quick and easy backlight to go with the B800 and shoot through umbrella I had as a key light. Worked like a charm. So, then when I was done with the rest of the family, I decided to try shutting off the key light, and just using the backlight. I dig the look. Not something I'd do everyday, but for this shot it just sort of works!

a busy year in review...

wow. ok, so I suppose tomorrow is the end of the decade, eh? crazy. I guess it doesn't really feel any different than the end of any other year.

This really has been a busy year for me. Seems like just the other day I got my D300 and started shooting somewhat seriously, even though that was March of '08. I've shot so much stuff since then it's really hard to keep track of it all. A bunch of weddings with my pal Leah (please do check her blog, as there is some excellent stuff there!), a tonne of burlesque, and more bands than I could ever remember, live and otherwise. Oh yeah, and we did the calendar this year too!

Here are a few things that I shot over the past year that I don't think I've put on the ol' blog yet...

In no particular order:

Nik 7 Paronomasiac promos in my back alley...


Jenn in the office at home... it's nice having a model around whenever I need one to try out my (somewhat) silly ideas!


Makeup portfolio stuff for Karly P, who is now in London UK...


JZ with Misery Signals @ Starlite...


Lucky Lamour (who is also in the calendar, just sayin...) with Capital City Burlesque in December...


Portfolio stuff for Nyla Stormy...



And of course, a couple of my best pals got married, and I got to shoot it! Congrats to poppa and kimmy!


ok. that's all for now. see y'all next year. if this year was any indication, things are only going to get busier........

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Hindsight... 20/20?

yeah... hindsight is 20/20... a pretty popular saying, one my dad used to use a lot (it seemed) when I was growing up... True in life, and as I was cloning out stupid hay from photos tonight, true in photography!

had I known, or not been so lazy, or even really thought about what I was doing, I would have taken the time to sweep the studio floor. hey, it would have taken me all of two minutes. oh well. lesson learned I suppose.

here's a good example. 10 mins of cloning could have been saved by two minutes of sweeping.

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shot some promos for good pals (and great band) The James T Kirks. Some of the outtakes are probably my favorites...

Used a simple light setup for these... B800 w/shoot through umbrella for key, 2 SB800's backlighting the guys (back corners for the bottom shot, directly behind for the top shot). worked well... about as well as the broom would've worked on the floor.

Anyway, if ever there was a message (for myself!) in a blog that I've written... I suppose it is "hindsight really is 20/20". So think about what you're doing before you do it. It will save you some time and energy in the long run.