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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Last month I spent a few days in Edmonton on several projects.
One of them consisted of filming the 2013 First Nation Conference for Sustainable Buildings and Communities.
And at some point during the conference, the bands REDDNATION and Asani joined forces to perform their latest duo “Take a Stand” for us.
So as I was filming by myself, I had 2 options on that one:
Either leave the camera on a tripod and catch the whole thing, wide angle style (did anybody say “boring…”?), or grab my camera off the sticks, and run like hell around the singers and dancers while they were performing in order to get as many different angles as possible.
Good thing I like running…
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Last week I got the pleasure of meeting Fiona Wade.
Fiona and I happen to have a lot of people in common, but somehow our paths never crossed over the last 4 years I have been in Vancouver.
After a couple of instagram comments, emails and such, we finally met for coffee last Thursday and she came to the studio on Saturday.
And for the occasion we tried a bunch of new light styles (new for me anyway). As many of you know, I usually photograph my models using natural light, and find it very comfortable to work with.
But comfortable is rarely a good idea when it comes to creative fields so I decided to mix it up a little bit.
For those of you who think that they can’t take good photos because they don’t have the proper equipment, or enough money to buy cool lights, I just want to clarify that, on this pic, Fiona is lit by a couple of lights that add up to about 23$… (To buy them, not to rent!)
So I don’t wanna hear that excuse again, ever!
Though, finding a great model is priceless, I give you that…
More details about this very soon.
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I am currently working on 3 different projects…
Two of which are about the Aboriginal Communities and the First Nation culture in Alberta and all over Canada.
Every time I get the privilege to work with my Aboriginal clients, I get the chance to witness a little bit of their traditions, round dance, chicken dance, pow wow, bannock testing and such.
And every time I am surrounded by those amazing dancers, all colorful, full of passion, moving with such energy and grace, I think about the odds of a guy like me, who grew up in a small town in France, ending up in Alberta, doing what he loves the most for a living, learning first hand about a culture that, when he was younger, didn’t even know still excited.
Pretty slim…but still, there I was.
Amazing world we live in!
More about these projects very soon.
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Back from the cold, head full of dreams and camera full of amazing photos… More about this trip very soon.
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A few days ago, my friend Rianne stopped by the studio for a portrait session. I photographed Rianne for the first time last year as part of my EKTA Series, but since then, her hair went from short and dark black to long and flashy red.
Since my hair is short and dark too, maybe I should try this flashy red thing as well… What do you think?
More photos coming very soon…
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Snow and Ocean….? Yes please.
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Filming myself while going down the hills of Cypress, thanks to the crafty GoPro rig of my man Xav… Thanks dude.
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About a year and a half ago, during one of my trips to Chase Jarvis’s studio in Seattle, I got the chance to meet to 2 hip hop artists called Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
At the time, I had no idea who they were, but I actually knew one of their songs called “Wings”. But it’s only after they performed “Can’t Hold Us” (you can actually see me on this video…) for the very few of us in the room that I realized what was happening.
It felt like a huge slap in the face. I was clearly witnessing something that I would probably not be able to witness ever again. A one on one Macklemore and Ryan Lewis show.
Which also gave us time to snap some very cool photos of them performing.
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And guess what…? As Chase predicted and as we all knew as soon as we saw them on stage that day, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis eventually exploded in the charts a few weeks later, and thanks to their very cool “Thrift Shop” song, they are now number one on the billboard chart, and on pretty much every other charts out there.
Congratulations guys, and to quote you: “This is fucking awesome!”
Thanks again to Chase Jarvis for this amazing opportunity, and to Ben and Ryan for the amazing live performance that day.
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For the past 5 days now, I’ve been back in Edmonton to work with the incredible people of Martyshuk Housing.
I’ve worked with them several times before and have had a blast every time.
This week was no exception. Once again, I got to spend time with people who are so full of love, warmth and happiness, even if life hasn’t always been so kind to them.
As I have been hanging around the halls with my camera for the past few days now, all of Martyshuk Housing clients know me pretty well. (Either as Brice or “camera guy”) And every time I show up, I am welcomed by big smiles, which make my job pretty sweat and easy I gotta say.
Learn more about what Martyshuk housing does here, we definitely need more people like them in this world…
I am shooting videos this time and you’ll get to see them pretty soon, but in the mean time here are 2 of my buddies.
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On top of the commercial and editorial contracts I work on, I always try to create personal work. I obviously like to work in series, and once I have found a concept I love, I try to find as many models as possible to develop that series.
I have been fortunate enough with my last 4 big series that they became pretty popular and a lot of people wanted to be part of them and booked me.
Though, I think it is now time to create something new and different.
I have been working around similar concepts for the past couple of years and I am now working on new ideas and styles. I already have a lot things in mind that I want to try, and will be looking for people to help me out very soon.
Anyway, this picture reflects the last 18 months of my creative process and I will, very soon, share some new photos, maybe a new series with you all.
If you missed them, you can find all these series here:
EKTA / NUDE FINE ART / AUTHENTICITY / MY SONG (Video Series)
In the mean time, if you haven’t booked me for any of those previous series and you have always wanted too, then you should definitely hurry up, because, I might not shoot them for very long any more.
So, if you want to shoot with me, you know what to do…
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One more day, one more portrait. Meet Samantha…
As always, if you want to shoot with me, you know what to do…
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Portrait Series… Meet Caelyx.
Stay tuned for more photos of Caelyx as we photographed for EKTA with her as well. (and plenty more…)
Who will be next?
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Here is one more video as part of the “my song” series in Vancouver.
Today we meet the fabulous Kelly Trerise, business woman, make-up artist, model, and traveler extraordinaire. When she’s not hanging out with Snoop Dog, she is all over the world beautifying women with her crazy make-up skills.
Bring her anything with a leopard print on it and she will be your friend forever.
And she’ll be sure to rock that thing, whether it is a pair of high heels, a tank top or a tight evening dress.
Enjoy.
Now, let’s be serious for a second… Who wants to be my next model?
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