Last year, Gail Suderman, music director of the incredibly talented Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir, asked me if I would do a promo video for the choir. To which I immediately responded: “Yes!”
I am always looking for fun and challenging projects and this one was both.
The fun part is pretty obvious, if you are into music and enjoy facing 80 people singing gospel. (one of the most powerful things I’ve ever witnessed by the way…)
And the challenging part, well, you know, following the choir around during rehearsal, concerts, and doing interviews… with only one camera.
I often say that I am always running around with my camera when I shoot, and this project was no exception. Most of the songs in this video were done at least twice (which makes my job relatively easy), but some of them I only had one shot to catch.
That’s when you have to be quick on your feet, and run like the wind to the other side of the church, hoping to catch the chorus again with a different angle.
Try and do that with a 70-200mm hand held, while crawling, not to disturb the crowd too much and you have your workout for the week.
It all worked out quite well in the end and I am pretty proud of this video.
What do you guys think?
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It’s always such a pleasure to witness so much, wisdom, power and serenity, all at once. I am very much looking forward to my next trip to Alberta…
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Last month while looking at the guys skateboarding at Venice beach, I noticed this little dude, who appeared to be around 8 years old, and who was shredding like a boss. Major respect…
And this morning, after doing some research, I realized that this fellow, who’s name is Asher Bradshaw apparently drops 540’s on a regular basis, can also be seen riding with Shaun White. Yes, THAT Shaun White….
That explains a lot.
Asher has been skating for only 3 years (still 40% of his life so far…) so I can’t wait to see what he has in store for us for the next 20 years…
You go little dude!
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Remember when I filmed this video of Lola Frost and Melody Mangler a year ago? (If not, I strongly advise that you check it out here)
Well, looks like at the end of the video shoot, I actually grabbed 2 or 3 photos of the 2 amazing burlesque dancers. And when I say 2 or 3, this time I really mean 2 or 3.
This is one of them…
Lola and Melody are 2 of the best burlesque performers in North America (both part of the burlesque hall of fame) and I felt very privileged to share a couple of hours with them last year.
If you know Lola, you should also know that she now has an extremely rad hair cut (quite different from the one above) so something tells me that I should have another shoot with her and Melody…
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2 weeks ago, Lizbit stopped by the studio and mentioned that she would love to create a portrait with some kind of Game of Thrones feel to it.
I think she nailed the “royal” look, the hair, and the HBO nudity as well.
What do you think?
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Heidi at my studio…
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Beginning of a new abstract series… Who’s in?
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A week ago, my good friend Liz stopped by the studio and had short hair.
A couple of days ago, she came back for a visit, with long hair this time.
Not a wig, but just very cool extensions. I’m thinking maybe I should try that as well. It looks like fun.
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A few days ago, my friend Heidi stopped by the studio. I already tried this style with August a few months ago, but I decided to give it another go. I mean, you guys know how much I love my bokeh and my overexposed images, right…?
What do you think? Success or Fail? Should I do more?
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A lot of people ask me why I photograph so many women and not as many men. I don’t really know why. I guess it’s mostly because more women ask me to photograph them, so the ball started rolling that way and my portrait portfolio now mostly consists of female models.
But, recently, my photographer friend Chris Thorn asked me that question again, so I decided to have him at my studio and show him that I could photograph good looking dudes as well.
To my female followers, that one is for you… ;o)
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My good friend Lizbit stopped by the studio yesterday just to say “hi” but I couldn’t resist taking a photograph of her new hair…
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Love Leigh at my studio…
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Could you imagine the blind spot on that baby…
How do you even park that thing?!
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A couple of days ago, I was in Venice Beach. There, you can’t look anywhere without finding something cool to photograph.
The skate park was pretty crowded, but at some point most people got out of my frame except for that rad skateboarding girl.
I don’t know who she is, but I’m assuming that she is a regular, so if you live around Venice and eventually go to the park and see her, feel free to let her know she is on my blog now, looking cool… ;o)
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Yesterday I stepped on the old “Friends” set at Warner Brothers in Burbank.
I have been around quite a lot of movie and TV show sets, and I am usually never start struck or in this case set struck, but I gotta admit that this one will always have a special place in my heart.
When I was 15 years old, I used to watch “Friends” over and over… and over, and I basically learned to speak English watching those guys.
At the time I was literally dreaming about walking in the Central Perk, so I guess, that one is officially crossed off the bucket list.
It did take 17 years, but I’ll take it anyway…
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