Danica
I’m taking a night class at George Brown College called “Photography of People”. Each week, we take turns working with different models and lighting set-ups. One of last night’s models was Danica Kotsopoulos, a jazz singer. She was fantastic, and it was only her first time modelling! Here are some pictures: I’m catching up on [...]
Chelsea + Eric’s Engagement
I had an engagement photography session with Chelsea & Eric and their adorable daughter Lila this past weekend. The day started out as a little bit of a disaster, because our location was completely packed! I got there about half an hour early and drove around, got lost, pulled over onto a side street, and [...]
The Wedding Gift
I have a lot to update about, including a new website and logo, more Babe with a Sword stills, a picture in the Globe & Mail, and lots of studio work! For now, I’d like to share some movie stills I did for a short film called The Wedding Gift, directed by Naomi Ward and [...]
Babe With A Sword: Day 3
Hello! I’m writing from Quebec, where I’m working as the stills photographer on the feature film Babe With A Sword. Right now it’s Day 3 and the cast is siting around a fire watching old vampire movies while the crew is setting up. We’re having tons of fun so far, with lots of excitement from [...]
Your Heart: The Band
Yesterday was the Your Heart show I’ve been talking about. It was awesome! Before the show, the band and I took a walk around the venue and took some quick pictures. The album was released yesterday, and you can check it out here.
Your Heart: Night Lights
I posted about Andrew and “Your Heart” yesterday. Here are some pictures we took the other night for his show/album promo. There are more pictures on Flickr. These pictures were taken in a nearly pitch black schoolyard with a bare SB-600 flash on a stand camera right.
Your Heart
Andrew has been my friend for over 10 years. He’s an extremely talented musician who has written literally hundreds (maybe even thousands) of songs. He is also the genius behind Songs To Wear Pants To and he posted 1 song every day last year on Andrew is Music. He’s about to release his new album, [...]
Alyson + Emma
When Alyson and Emma contacted me to take pictures at their wedding this past July, I was very excited! My first wedding! They are two of the coolest, most laid back people I’ve met – but they did have some “rules”. Namely, no cheesy posed shots. ”Can you be more specific?” I asked. ”You know, [...]
London at Night
I have been neglecting this poor website, and that is because I have been very busy! I just spent 2 weeks doing loads of travel photography, after shooting an amazingly fun wedding in mid-July. I have a few film jobs coming up this fall, including my first horror film, Babe with a Sword, directed by Brooks [...]
An Insignificant Harvey
I posted some behind-the-scenes pictures from “An Insignificant Harvey” (formerly “The Insignificance of Harvey”) back in May. Now, here are some publicity stills. The film was written and directed by Jeff Kopas. Images are © Vitality Media Productions. Art Hindle as Father Asher and Jordan Prentice as Harvey Steven McCarthy as Lucas and Jordan Prentice [...]
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
I’ve been MIA for a while, and it’s because I’ve been very busy with non-photography things! At the beginning of the month, I put on my producer hat and produced 2 music videos and a spec spot with Wendelfilm. It was a lot of fun and I believe we’ll be doing one or two more [...]
NIN|JA 2009 – The Fans
Street Sweeper Social Club, Nine Inch Nails, and Jane’s Addiction played at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto last Tuesday. Thanks to the relaxed camera policy, I was able to bring my camera. I was pretty far back from the stage, so even with my 200mm lens, I couldn’t do much. Particularly since everyone in front [...]
Three Plays by Sam Shepard
Steven McCarthy (one of the lead actors in The Insignificance of Harvey) is directing a show called 4-H Club, Killer’s Head, Cowboys #2: Three Plays by Sam Shepard, and I took some pictures this week. 4-H Club: Chad Donella (DAKOTA, FINAL DESTINATION, HATE CRIME – best supporting actor, Breckenridge film fest), Salvatore Antonio (AT THE [...]
The Insignificance of Harvey Recap, Part 2
Read Part 1! On day 9, the snow was up to our knees. Where was all this snow when it was needed for the luge? (Our script supervisor Tiffany Wong trying to keep her pants dry.) On day 10, we went into Blue Mountain village, which was really nice (and a lot warmer!). We had [...]
The Insignificance of Harvey Recap
I worked on the feature film The Insignificance of Harvey (IMDB) (official site) from the end of March until mid-April, and I have to say – it’s amazing what everyone accomplished in such a short period of time! For me, it was a great experience and I’m looking forward to some potential gallery work in [...]
Canadian Tamils Protest in Toronto
A few hours ago, I went to the Tamil protest outside the US Consulate on University Avenue to take pictures. This is the fourth day of the Canadian Tamils’ protest against the civil war in Sri Lanka, which you can read more about on Wikipedia. The full set of my pictures can be found on [...]
Pillow Fight Toronto 2009
Newmindspace’s Pillow Fight Toronto was this past Saturday, March 21st in Dundas Square. It was fun! Here are some of my shots of the event. More can be found on Flickr. It’s always funny how these events are half-participants, half-photographers. Poor abandoned pillow.
More Workshop Photos
Angela, one of the amazing models from Dave & Charlotte‘s workshop last Sunday, posted some of my pictures in her blog. Check them out! Dave & Charlotte have posted about the workshop as well. Here are a few more of my shots. A happy one of Vlada. One thing I regret is not taking some [...]
Dave & Charlotte’s March 15th Workshop
Yesterday, I went to The Berkley Church for Dave & Charlotte‘s Wedding Photography Workshop. I had an amazing, fun, and educational day learning from Dave, Charlotte, and Johnny Tran from Calgary. We spent the morning learning about the business of photography. After lunch, we had the chance to learn from all 3 photographers as we [...]
Bring The Light With You
I went to Jr. Miller‘s “Bring The Light With You” studio session this past Saturday. I’ve never worked in a studio setting before, and it was really great to finally learn how to use strobes and pocket wizards and etc. Here are a few of my shots of child model/actress Kate Felstead. She was so [...]
5 Dysfunctional People in a Car
These pictures are from the short Bravo!FACT film 5 Dysfunctional People in a Car, written and directed by the awesome Pat Mills. Curtis Lazar as Jake and Chantelle Wilson as Michelle. Miko as David the Dog. Shannon Ford as Christina and Eileen E. Sword as Deborah. Liam Stockla as Robby and Shannon Ford as Christina.
The Last New Year
My very first film stills job was during a pickup shoot day for the film The Last New Year (IMDB). The Last New Year was written and directed by Garfield Lindsay Miller (A Stone’s Throw) and produced by Alyson Richards (The Line, Marjorie) and The Nightingale Company (The Line, Zixx). The film premiered at the [...]
Where’s Waldo?
Improv in Toronto staged a giant game of Where’s Waldo? at the Eaton Centre in Toronto on Saturday. The full set is here. These were also posted in BlogTO on Saturday. That’s what I get for uploading my pictures as soon as I got home!
Dinosaur Rights Protest
Improv in Toronto staged a protest at the ROM on October 25th. The full set is here.
