Seniors Photography

Well here we go I thought I would never say these words I just photographed a high school seniors portrait session. I was talking with one of my neighbors a few weeks back and she asked me if I would be interested in photographing her son with 2 of his best buds? Well as it turns out I watched these young men grow up and naturally I said yes. But I do not do Grad photo's I thought to my self and then my creative juices started to flow on how I could make this something other than a typical grad pic. Right away I knew there had to be the formal and not so formal plus a number of locations that would lend themselves to these young men. I had a great time photographing all three and from the reaction I received when they viewed the images all three were glad they had participated.

I Live for Event Photography

This year is shaping up to be a good one with new commercial clients requesting our services that have seen our creative talents pushed and new friendships made.
We had the great pleasure to work with an ad agency from Montreal Tandem Evenements Speciaux on a project this month. I was also pleased to have received a referral for this assignment from the great Montreal photographer Normand Huberdeau.

New Business

It has been a while since my last posting and I find myself pondering what to write about?
Well like may business I have been working on a new business plan and finding myself taking a slight detour back to my roots.
I originally started out in this business doing corporate and media photography. My web site still has a section devoted to this type of photography and I guess if you continue to show a good product those requiring an established photographer will hire you. Huh!

The part I am fascinated with is you never know how new clients will find you. I have a great mother in law that required the services of a denturist. The hard part was getting her to his office and making sure everything went well, oh ya my mother in law is 96, has a bit of a memory problem and uses a walker. During our visits Alex found out that I was a professional photographer and then he said he was looking for a good photographer to create a series of images for his business. Huh!

So guys it pays to be nice to your mother in law as you never know were it will take you.
Not only did I find great denturist and new client but a person that is worthy of his trade and is not that what we all expect when hiring a professional.

HD Video is Now Here

We just picked up our Canon 5D Mark II Digital Camera which will allow us to capture stunning HD Video as well as high quality still images. With this new tool our clients will receive stunning HD DVDs. The combining of stills and video is not new, what is new is the way we will be capturing, editing and assembling our "Misceo DVDs" for you our client. Here is a sample from the Smith wedding we shot last year.

Merry Christmas

Twas 2 days before Christmas and two photographers had just finished their last shoot.

With visions of holiday cheer like a tall cold beer and wine spritzer for sure, they locked the main door.
In spite of the snow and the extreme low they packed quickly in order to catch the early ferry.
Off away off away we go to spend to spend time with family so dear.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

We will reopen Dec.29th. Closed again on Dec. 31st and Jan. 1st

Photo's for Food

Well it has been so busy at our shop we have had little time to post to our Blog so we have a number updates for you.
We have spent the last few weeks coordinating with a photographer in Toronto on a corporate shoot which I love doing.
A special thanks to the folks at Toyota for making the portrait shoot go so smoothly and Georgia at Jorjas Photography in Toronto for your help.

As you may have noticed the title for this posting was Photo's for Food which brings us to our special project. You may have also noticed the food banks talking about with the economy in a recession there is a greater possibility of bare shelves come the new year. So we decided to come up with our own food drive with the help of volunteers from our church Saint Albans in Richmond.

For two weekends starting on the 6th of Dec. and the 13th of Dec. from 9:30 to 1:30 pm in the church hall we will be receiving donations of BAGS of Non perishables or cash donations to the food bank. With every donation we will create a portrait of the individual, family or pet on the spot and print a 4x6 print from the session to take home. If you are willing to come out and help the food bank we thought why not do this for you.

Hay fellow photog's why not come up with a similar idea for your home town??

Dec. 6th went well with a very generous response in food and cheques and we are hoping to do just as well on the 13th of Dec. If you would like to take part in this food drive here is the address of Saint Albans : 7260 St. Alban's Road Richmond 604-278-2770.

Santa's list went up by one 2 weeks earlier and here he is.

Have a Scary Halloween

As a photographer I have always been into Halloween with the costumes and special effects. With a limited budget we are always looking for ideas to create a new feature for our display and with that said here are a couple projects to add to your own display.
Giant Glowing Eye Balls: 10 ping pong balls, small string of mini xmas lights, a black, red, and green permanent marker. Most if not all items are available at the Dollar Store. On each of the balls draw a blood shot eye with the back of the eye in black. Drill a hole big enough to insert the light bulb from you string and hot glue it ( repeat for each light).
Severed Arm Veins: The next is a feature on our rotting corps, the severed arm with exposed veins. Items require bubble wrap, small diameter clear tubing, red coloured flower paste mix. Form the bubble wrap in to the shape of a stump that will fit into the end of a shirt sleeve. Hot glue various lengths of the tubing to the stump then use the paste mix to cover the stump as well as inserting some in to the tubing. If you are doing this a head of time keep the mixture cool so as not to harden.
Here is our display from this year.
Be sure and turn your sound up.