A few shots of Ashley MacIsaac performing last night at the Shenkman Arts Centre. Opening for Ashley was Ashley MacLeod, a talented fiddler from Glengarry Ontario. One of the most celebrated Canadian roots musicians of all time, having sold in excess of 500,000 albums, Ashley MacIsaac has garnered international acclaim by playing the fiddle in that hard-nosed, […]
Shots for an upcoming Breast Cancer Awareness campaign. Breast Cancer is a complex disease with no known single cause. In 2011, it is estimated that 23,400 women and 190 men in Canada will be diagnosed with the disease. Breast Cancer Action is a local, community-based, organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for breast cancer […]
October is always a busy month for photographers, especially in our part of the world when the fall colours are at their peak. So it was with this setting in Gatineau Park, that I was honoured to be asked to take engagement photos of Ashley and Fernando, both of whom I have known for a […]
The official portrait of the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, former Governor General of Canada, is unveiled by Governor General David Johnston at Rideau Hall on Thursday, September 27, 2012. “The landscape that inspires me in our country, that is breathtaking and of infinite beauty, is the human landscape,” Jean remarked to the audience of diplomats, politicians, artists […]
Working in a house that has floor to ceiling glass windows can prove to be daunting as you can see in the test shot photo. Not only do you have to deal with the multitude of reflections coming at you from all angles, you need to balance the exterior ambient light with the interior lighting. Another thing to watch […]
As you may remember, my excitement of seeing the rock band Cheap Trick again after 32 years last summer was cut short when the stage collapsed. I maintained an email relationship with their tour manager since the collapse as I had provided a few photographs of the boys on stage just before the chaos for the bands […]
I’ve noticed lately, especially with some of the new younger crop of emerging photographers, a trend to apply a heavy-handed use of skin retouching techniques. I’m sure we’ve all seen examples where the subjects face looks like plastic and too smooth to be real. The problem as I see it is that the retoucher is applying […]
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