My Mom made this beautiful hat for Isabelle. She has refused to wear it until tonight. I have no idea as to what changed her mind. On a lighter note, Isabelle sang a beautiful song at the breakfast table this morning. It went something like this… Row, row, row, your boat, gently down the stream...
The days have already started getting shorter and the air has been so much chillier. It’s a shame that summer appears to be coming to an end, at least here in Langley. Shorter days mean that I’ll be spending more time shooting at night. I think this photo works well as CD art work, but...
The clouds up in Penticton were amazing. I could easily have taken a million shots of the sky. I remember Joe McNally saying that if you want to make a photo interesting, just add water. The 2nd image works well for me because of the water drops on Owen’s face and the contrast created by...
Isabelle sitting on her Great Nina’s sofa in Penticton, BC… just after waking from a nap.
We spent a few days up in Penticton visiting my Grandparents. The weather was freakishly cold for this time of the year so we didn’t get to swim as much as we would have liked. The first photo, the one of Ben, makes me laugh. He looks a mini David Hasselhoff or some sort of...
This photo was so heavily backlit that I couldn’t make out their little faces when it actually came time to take the picture. I thought they were looking at me and behaving. Apparently not. I love Isabelle’s bored, “are we done yet” expression. It’s so true to life. Strobist: Nikon SB-800 with 28 inch Westcott...
I went for a walk at lunch and the sun flickering through the leaves overhead reminded me of Kurosawa’s film Rashomon. The scene where the woodcutter walks through the forest and the camera points directly at the sun has always stuck in my head. I vaguely remember something about this being the first time ever,...
We all helped my parent’s move into their new (old) house today. It was a hectic but the whole family pitched in and worked hard. During the chaos, I couldn’t help but stop and take this photo of my little niece sitting in the big empty garage. My parent’s now live within a 10 minute...
Food is important in our house and we do our best to make tasty home cooked meals, even when we are busy. Owen helped make dinner today, a simple red sauce using onion, garlic, whole tomatoes (squished by hand), chopped organic free range chicken, and some fresh basil (from our basil plant “Leafy”). We roasted...
Ben’s new thing, like every other kid his age, is to show off his big belly. Strobist: Nikon SB-800 with 28 inch Westcott softbox camera right for fill, triggered by Cybersync.
I took some corporate headshots of Richard Parkinson who is an insurance & investment funds representative based in Walnut Grove, BC. Richard provides financial security to a variety of clients and proved to be general all around good guy. We did a few different looks, even some outdoor shots, and pulled of the entire shoot...
This Project 365 is all about learning so I tried a new lighting setup with the intention of using it for corporate headshots. It was a pain in the butt photographing myself, especially after 10:00 at night… but I think I made it work. *Update :: Actual shoot using this setup can be seen here....
