Fiona Wade playing Venus de Milo 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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A few weeks ago, the Lovely August Wiled stopped by my studio to do what she loves most… Dance!
At the time I just got my hands on the latest “Muse” album and thought some of the songs would go nicely with a ballerina dancing.
Here is what we came up with, I’d love to know what you think of it.
And of course, if you are in the neighborhood, please, feel free to come to my studio to pose, dance, have fun!
I’d love to have you.
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As I mentioned last week, I don’t really do Christmas and I really don’t expect any presents from anyone. But what I didn’t mention was that I love treating myself with a nice new lens every once in a while.
Let me introduce the latest addition to my kit. (I’m talking about the cute piece of glass in the middle.)
So, this blog won’t be called “A life at 85mm” but you are about to see a lot more photos shot at this focal length.
Oh, and for those who know a thing or two about aperture, that baby opens at f/1.2, so if you think I had a pretty shallow depth of field before, you should hang on to your boots because backgrounds are about to get very very blurry.
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Last week I got contracted to film a “behind the scenes” for the latest Build Direct Christmas Video.
The whole shoot was taking place a the Vancouver Christmas Market.
Usually, the first thing I think about when I have to film something like that is: “How can I get higher than ground level…?”
I asked the people at the market if I could access the building next door’s roof top, they said “no”, but they did mention that the Christmas Markets Huts roofs were solid enough to hold a guy my size… (Mmmh…)
So I grabbed the closest ladder I could find and jumped on one of the roofs.
Some of the shots I took from up there actually ended up being used in the final video, not in the behind the scenes. As nice establishing shots.
I’m honored.
Also, while I was up, the amazing Aimee Makris (from Moi Photography), who was in charge of the photo behind the scene, grabbed a pretty cool shot of me doing my thing.
Thanks Aimee!
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This is where I spent most of my time last week.
The big green building is Martyshuk Housing “Loft” where they house some of their clients (who used to be homeless) and above it is the view from the south facing units. Pretty cool view isn’t it?
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Guess what…
When I’m not filming cool models for the “my song” series, I am filming cool models to promote “High Street” in Edmonton, Alberta.
Here is the latest video we shot there a few weeks ago, for the great people of Regency Developments.
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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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As I took some time off last week, I have been away from my computer.
It felt good to take a break and enjoy my family and friends without thinking about work at all. But it also feels good to be back and share some of my new stuff with you all.
Here is a photo I took Saturday morning, at 5.15 am while drinking coffee on a wooden dock on the gorgeous Harrison Lake…
My family and I spent the last 3 days off the grid (literally) and got to really appreciate how amazingly beautiful British Columbia is.
More new projects, portraits, videos and photos very soon…
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Meet Arden…
Portrait anyone…?
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Last week I was shooting an event using Canon’s 70-200mm lens.
Here is what happens when someone in the crowd gets curious about your camera and decides to move his head in front of it to get a better view.
The auto-focus shifts from far to pretty close.
Man! That lens is quick to focus!!!
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As I was driving next to the Quest building in Edmonton a couple of days ago, I got the nice surprise to see one of my photos on the wall.
It’s always a fun feeling to see your work out there, whether it is in magazines, websites or billboards/banners etc… especially because it usually happens several weeks or months after you actually shot the photo and you forgot that your client was gonna blow it up 20 feet wide.
If you’re in Edmonton and looking for a condo, be sure to check the fantastic people of Regency Developments. They build some pretty amazing flats.
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I once heard Vincent Laforet say that he never throws away photographs. No matter how many he took during a shoot. Good or bad being such a subjective concept. You never know when you’re gonna need a blurry photo or a picture with an odd crop where your model has one eye shut. (that might be pushing it, but you get the drift)
Well, like Vincent, I never throw away any photo I take, which results in a certain amount of hard drives (plus the equivalent in backup of course).
But the good thing is that I shoot so many photos that I eventually forget about some of them. And when I decide to go through some of my old shoots every now and then I discover some “outtakes” that I still really like but that didn’t make the cut.
As a proof, here are 2 photos of my friend Nikkey on which I didn’t even stop the first around.
P.S: Can you see the crack on that lens!? It actually still shoots quite well.
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Here is a portrait of my friend Alexis.
You might remember her from the Ekta Series shoot she did with me as well a while ago.
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This gentleman is one of the many clients of Martyshuk housing.
During one of my many trips to Edmonton, I got to collaborate with the amazing people of Martyshuk Housing.
“Amazing” is actually quite the understatement when you consider what they do:
Martyshuk Housing is a grassroots company with a social mandate to abolish homelessness. Since 2007, they use highly innovative and flexible approaches to provide quality affordable housing and tailored supports to their clients. Their unique business model has effectively housed hundreds of some of the hardest-to-house homeless individuals in Edmonton.
Martyshuk is known for:
♦ Ensuring safe, secure, and clean housing throughout Edmonton.
♦ Responding quickly to house people within hours and days of receiving a referral.
♦ Approaching all clients on and case-by-case basis.
♦ Working without judgment.
♦ Treating people as equals and with unparalleled respect.
♦ Giving people a chance when other programs haven’t.
♦ Having a unique model that is producing results.
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Amongst the numerous clients I’ve had lately, Martyshuk is by far one of the most humbling for me. It’s amazing to see people who genuinely care about other human beings, and doing everything in their power to get them out of the streets. Specially when you know how cold Alberta gets in the winter. Nobody should sleep outside by -35°c.
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