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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If you know me a little, then you know that I can never resist trying something new and fun. Especially when it comes to climbing stuff to get a better point of view.
Whenever I arrive on a shoot, I have a mental routine that I go through. Where is the main light coming from, how much light do I have, do I need to add more, do I need to diffuse, reflect, where am I gonna put my subjects etc…
And a question I always ask myself when shooting outdoors is: “How can I get higher?”
Well, when you take photos of an oil rig, the answer to that question is pretty simple.
Just climb the 140 foot (43 meters) derrick.
I love it when I tell my clients where I wanna go and they ask me:
“Are you sure you want to that!? It’s -25 degrees on the ground, and it gets pretty windy up there so it’s gonna feel like -40 and it’s gonna be pretty slippery…”
As they saw the smile on my face get bigger they knew what was going through my head.
The beauty about working on a rig like that, is that all the guys around you are professionals and they don’t mess around with security.
In order to get up there, you have to put a harness on and the whole system makes it impossible to fall, and I mean impossible! The worst that could happen to you is that you could wet your pants because you’re scared of heights.
And in this kind of cold, you might not wanna do that.
Anyway, I did get all the way up, took a few photos and after a minute or two, the buttons of my camera started to freeze so I had to go back down.
What a view though…
More about this shoot very soon.
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Well this is it Folks, I have officially moved in to a brand spanking new studio in Vancouver.
This project has been on the back burner for quite a while now, and it is finally time to crank things up a notch. In my previous little studio I could shoot one or 2 models at the time, now I can shoot about 20 models + a big truck (not that this kind of setup would ever happen, but if it does, I am ready for it…)
This new venture would not have been possible without my good friend Dina Goldstein, who put all this together. I couldn’t be happier and honored to be able to share the studio with her. You might know her from her internationally famous “Fallen Princesses” photo series. She also recently finished the spectacular “In the doll house” project.
Dina was the first photographer to get back to me when I reached out to people 4 years ago, fresh off the boat from France. And my Canadian career would definitely not have started that fast if it hadn’t been for her.
My first official shoot in the space is this week-end, I’m pretty excited to see what I can do with it.
Stay tuned for some new cool photos.
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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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Here is one last portrait of Jessica for you all.
As always, if you want to shoot with me, you know what to do…
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A few weeks ago, I got commissioned by the BC Government’s Correction Department to shoot the Peace Officers Memorial Service in Stanley Park.
This event, that takes place every year on the last Sunday of September, brings together representatives of BC’s finest officers. From correctional officers to police, and RCMP.
I gotta admit that, having hundreds of officers marching around in uniforms, with drums, bagpipes, horses, flags and all, gave me patriotic goose bumps.
Anyway, part of my job was to take nice portraits of the correction officers present that day, against a white backdrop. Pretty straight forward.
But the other part was to follow them around the park and photograph them while marching. And of course, it doesn’t say anywhere in the protocol that the officers have to stop for me to shoot a nice group photo (go figure), so I had to be quick on my feet.
So when they started marching, after looking around quickly, I realized that I had a very (and I mean VERY) short window of opportunity where my group was gonna walk on a tiny bridge, with the whole city in the back. And the kicker… the tiny bridge had a ledge that I could climb to shoot from higher and catch them all nicely.
This all took place in about 15 seconds, so if you were there that day and saw a dude run with a pelican case, throw it on the ground, climb and shoot while trying not to do a face plant, well, that was me…
I could only get 3 shots before they were out of frame and I had to run ahead of them again. This is one of them.
Good times, I tell you… Good times.
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Sarah McLachlan from 75 meters away. That’s about 82 yards for my American friends. ;o)
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I dare you…ask me.
The answer is: “because that’s what I did yesterday.”
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This week-end was Canada’s Thanksgiving.
And for the occasion, M and I went to a corn maze…
I didn’t know there were such things around Vancouver so when M asked me if I wanted to check it out I said: “….Mmmmh, sure, why not.”
And I gotta give it to her, it is actually quite fun to be lost in a massive corn field.
At least it makes for fun pictures.
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So, I spent part of the day customizing my brand spanking new professional facebook page.
It is now all fancy and clean. If you haven’t seen it yet, feel free to check it out and click on the “like” button.
If you follow me there, you’ll be updated on all my photo shoots, my castings and whatnot…
So check it out by clicking on the big photo above…
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So long Mr Jobs…
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Notre-Dame, Paris, France.
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La Bastille, Paris, France.
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