Midnight Portraits

I know, I know, the website is changing and I’m starting a new one, once it’s all ready (by next week at the latest) I will do a huge update about what’s all happening and why, etc. etc. No worries, until then, please have a quick look at the stuff I’ve been busy with (again, part of a change, I’m still doing lots of Fashion and Editorial type stuff, but all will be explained shortly) lately.

Meet Jen and Kyle, a very fun couple, who were a real joy to work with, not only were they easy to get along with, but they also held up a great conversation, as we walked around it was soon obvious that this would be a really fun shoot, we spent some time looking for the right type of location, they didn’t want anything too obvious or overly classic in feel. I just wanted to go with the flow and capture it in a more natural way.

I’ve been going through some harder times with family lately, and I had to take a few weeks off from shooting, now that I’m slowly getting back into it, I look at this shoot and feel confident that it’s exactly the type of thing I needed to kick start my obsession with photography all over again.

I’m just finishing up some last minute (and I mean last minute) tasks before I head to the airport for Cuba, a photography project awaits me there, and I’m very excited. I’ll be helping to document foreign rock and roll (That’s Canadian rock and roll) as a band tours across the country of Cuba. The project has two main points are far as my perspective is concerned, first is to capture the cultural scene there for art and music, and the second is to create portraits of the people that we meet and interact with. It’s something really special…

… something that will transition really well into the next chapter of my journey as a photographer. When I get back there are a few landmark projects that I will be taking on and sharing with a few other photographers. And some personal projects of my own that will be taken underway as soon as I get back. I can’t say too much at the moment, but believe me, it will be quite interesting. A new name for the business, and a new direction are all in store when I get back. Think of this trip to Cuba as the jump off point for the rest of my career. I’m excited. I’ll report back as soon as I return to Canada.

Thank you!

With this shoot the aim was to go for a more simple and clean fitness look, in terms of style and presentation, it had to be extremely straight forward and elegant. The lighting was the main key to success here, for a more commercial based look, a lot of care and attention was put into placement and technical aspects of the studio set up. Trying to learn these things in the real world is the main goal of the work that goes on behind the scenes, behind the finished product. As usual, a lot of fun was had, and a lot of lessons were learned, things to take away from the experience and apply to the next one, and so on.

Mario, a fellow photographer and good friend of mine, was shooting Cassie for the shoot, and I was shooting Becca, near the end Cassie said “You know we can do doubles Yoga poses, right?”…… and well with that we got some pretty interesting shots, to say the least! Something I had never seen before actually, so it was quite a nice surprise.

Having a great team behind and beside you is what really makes these shoots a joy to work on, Felicia was there to do the make up for our yoga look, Becca and Cassie were there to give us great Yoga poses and be our models for the day, and again, no shortage of thanks to Studio-E for allowing us into the space to work on our ideas. Thank you, everyone.