Outside my window: Troubador

 I'm enjoying the new neighborhood and the host of interesting individuals it is home to and attracts.

This month in Vancouver Magazine

I photographed Anthony von Mandl, of Turning Point Brewery, for the July 2010 issue of Vancouver Magazine

Catching up.

This is an assignment shot last year for the Funeral Service Association of British Columbia. Each of these individuals struck me as exceptionally sensitive and caring and profoundly invested in their jobs. It was a personally satisfying assignment that had me working with the wonderful and talented Matt and Lynn from Emdoubleyu Design.

Sofia reads

Sofia loves tigers. Roar!

Sofia

Such joy!

My most beautiful photo this week. May 21st 2010

In class on assignment for the school. In this situation I am announced to the class and my presence explained. Then they are told to ignore me. I just maneuver as quietly as I can and shoot.

I'm attracted to the light, the color, the tones. The attentive look of the girl in focus and the glance of the boy in the back. It has the potential to be timeless.

My most beautiful photo this week

Its been a busy couple of weeks, and I think I've done some really beautiful work, but without a doubt this portrait of Doris is the most beautiful of all.

Doris, May 14th, 2010
Taken as we surveyed our new apartment.
On my i-phone using Hipstamatic. Adjusted in Photoshop.

This month in BC Business Magazine

This month in BC Business Magazine Minister Stockwell Day and the Purdy's Chocolates production line photographed by me!

This month in Vancouver Magazine...

This month in  Vancouver Magazine
Dave Curry, Tennis Pro at Shaughnessy Country Club.
Photographed for the "Best of the City" Issue, March/April 2010.

Recent Work: Vancouver Magazine

Ifny, co-founder of freegeekvancouver.org
Photographed for the March issue of  Vancouver Magazine.



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The End of Summer

The end of summer is here.
Working the games at the Pacific National Exhibition

Doris and Sven

Two of my favorite portraits of two of my favorite people. Photographed in Paris between June 8th and June 10th, 2006. Paris just had this amazing light that flooded the shade.

Darren and the Premier

My brother, who was assisting me on this shoot, sat in for Premier Gordon Campbell for a lighting test. The shoot was for the cover of BC Business magazine a few months back. Same light, very different shots.

Olivia and Naomi

I photographed these two lovely sisters this past Saturday.
The shoot is for use in promoting their personal fitness training business.
We shot it on my back deck and they laughed the whole time.
These are two of my favorite photographs from the shoot.
There will more to come from this as I get deeper into the edit.

Arthur Erickson

I was fortunate enough to be assigned to photograph Arthur Erickson for the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business magazine some 8 or 9 years ago. I remember he was dressed immaculately. He had agreed to 15 minutes for me to take his portrait. As we worked we talked between shots and eventually we wound up talking about photography. At the time I thought myself clever for having touched upon a subject that Mr Erickson found interesting and indeed seemed well versed in. In hindsight I think Arthur was just trying ease a young photographer’s nerves. In any event, he made a comment about believing the square format to be the perfect format to photograph in, because it is the truest approximation of our natural field of view. That stuck with me and every now again I stare off into space exploring my peripheral vision, examining it for edges and corners…

Anyway, he gave me 25 minutes and shook my hand as we said goodbye. I remember him as a gentleman and a warm conversationalist.