Cassandra

I've finally finished a few projects I've been working on, and thought I would share the results of my most recent.  Cassandra is an actor I work with, who asked me to do a headshot for her.  200 or so pictures and several hours of editing later she got her headshot...along with a few spares of course.  Cass is a fascinating model to work with, possibly the most expressive person I've met, and damn, just fun to shoot.  We had a great time at the shoot, and I had a lot of fun coming up with these results.  I hope you all enjoy, but mostly I hope she does :)

You can catch her blog at Design by Cassandra

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween Everyone!   I know they aren't the best shots out there, but I've been carving Pumpkins for the last 5 hours and I'm a lil sleepy.  Have a spooky one! 

Socks!

Look at those awesome socks!  OK, this is the final set from my Bug-a-Bows Photo shoot.  Kaileigh is a Little old for the Tutu's admittedly, but was a huge help at the shoot, and was an excellent model to finish off the day.  She was easy to work with, willing to co-operate with us guys behind the cameras and just has a great look.  These are my favorite shots from that day, especially the top image.  Something about that POV shot with the wild socks just brings out the playfulness in this series.  Now that I'm done with these shots I'd just like to thank everyone who participated in the shoot.  Thank-you to all the models for being patient and well behaved and just absolutely adorable.  Thanks to all the parents for lending us your angels for an afternoon.  Thanks to Ryan for letting me use your equipment and teaching me so much in such a short time.  Most of all thank-you Lisa for lending us your home and costumes and giving me a reason to try my hand at this style of photography.  I've learned a lot and had a great time doing it.  Thanks

Dan

Here are a few more shots from my Bug-a-Bows photo shoot.  I'll be posting the last 4 shots from this shoot in the next few days.  Todays shots are my favorites of each of the other young models we had at the shoot.  My favorite feature of all three of these shots were their eyes, all these girls had just stunning eyes.  I was fortunate to be able to get a clear focus on all of them with the chaos that was going on during the shoot.  This was definitely was an interesting experience, and I have to say, after all my doubt going into the shoot, it's an experience I hope to repeat soon.  I was very nervous taking pictures of people, and being in a formal setting...well, formal probably isn't the right word, lol, but you get the idea...it was even more intimidating.  In the end it was a lot of fun and I learned a lot.  I've already done another shoot, and had a great time.  I'll try to post a few shots from that one soon as I'm done editing them.  Unit then.

Dan

Bug-a-bows 2

Here is the second set of pictures from my Bug-a-Bows Photo shoot.  This Beautiful little girl is Kaiya.  If Sienna was the easiest little one to work with, Kaiya was the most fun.  She was very interested in me and the camera and kept crawling back to me to try to grab it.  I got these beautiful shots of her looking directly in the lens, which as you can see turned out pretty good.  Hope you guys enjoy this set and I'll be back in a few days with #3.

Dan

Tutu Cute

Now is this kid cute or what?  Last weekend I did a photo shoot with my brother Ryan.  We were taking pictures of young models for my Aunt Lisa's start up fashion company Bug-a-Bows Bowtique.  She makes and sells hair accessories and tutus for girls.  The product is adorable, and as you can see, so were the models. 

This is the first time I've done a "professional" shoot...well as professional as you can get with your Aunt, your brothers and a bunch of cute kids running around.  I got to play with Ryan's lighting rig, which was an eye opener...now I have severe gear envy.  I learned a lot, and had a blast, it was a really fun...though somewhat grueling day.  I've spent a lot of time this week editing the photos, and I hope you all enjoy them.  

I'll be posting a few shots at a time, starting with my niece Sienna.  Of the young kids she was the most fun to take pictures of, she is great in front of the camera, takes direction well, and is just the cutest thing :)  

Enjoy these shots and I'll see you in a day or two with some more pictures.  

A Change in the Wind

I can feel a shift, a new direction of power. A Change in the wind you might say. The change is my awesome new computer, and Power is it's Name...ok technically "Dan's iMac" is it's name, but that's not really the point. I'm loving it, and it seems to be showing me the love too.
Now down to business. These shots are taken in and around the Shelburne area. I went there primarily to take some shots of the wind farms, but found them a little less accessable then I had hoped. Took a few shots and moved on. The last two shots are the same image, one is completely unprocessed, the other has some fun mods done to it. It's far from perfect, but I had to post it cuz I'm geeking out over it. Anyhow, hopefully this is the start of some completely new creative freedom for my photography. See you next week with something new.

Dan

cute kid red earth puppy doorway ... in other words Randomness

Yes, it's time for my random post of the week. It wasn't initially going to be so random by I had some technical difficulties. The post was initially going to be about the alien beauty of the Terra Cotta Clay Hills. Unfortunately, clay as it were, is just not very photogenic. I'm not sure if was the lighting, or the lens or just my new hiking boots, but something wasn't working. Out of about 150 shots I think I got 5 or 6 that I liked and only 2 that I'm happy enough with to post.


Next there was my idea of doorways. I like doors, they can be interesting. They generally lead somewhere, or act as a barrier to prevent something from somewhere from getting in. You see there has been this door sitting on the ground in a field behind my work. I thought it was interesting. Where did it lead? (Nowhere, obviously) Why was it there? (Cuz someone dumped it). I figured it could spark an interesting project...but I couldn't find any cool doors in time. So I had a lil fun with this one and now I'm laying it to rest so to speak. If anyone knows of any other interesting doors, be they industrial or country, rusty or shiny, I'm still fascinated, and would like to take some shots.


Next are ironically my favorite two shots. Ironic because they were the only ones I didn't go looking for. Just snapping some fun pictures of the Long and McQuade Brampton Family Picnic when these shots happened to pop up. There were several shots that I kinda liked, but these two just popped out from the croud. I love the mischievous look in Logan's eyes, the tilt of his head and wild sunscreen hair. It just works.


The puppy is my friend Cassandra's Teacup Cujo named (appropriately I think) "Shiva". The pup loves me now, but we had a rocky start...my ankles will never be the same ;)


Well guys, have a great week, and we'll catch ya on the flip side.

Dan

Wild!

Hey Guys

Don't really feel like writing a whole tonne. I'm exhausted after a long (but Awesome!) day at the Toronto Zoo. Obviously lot's of great photo ops, here are my favorites. You can click on each of the images to enjoy the full size version. Let me know what you think.

Dan

Yeah, I know...It's been over 6 months since my last post. I honestly don't know what happened. Well, ok, I kinda do. I do a bit of hibernating in the winter months, I get very worn out and just don't have the energy for much creativity. Since spring hit though I've been itching to get back to it, but for some reason I just didn't. The main reason is that I just haven't been shooting anything new that I felt like posting. I was in a creative slump, just couldn't capture an image that I felt anyone would care to look at. I think even my last few images from last year felt a little flat creatively, at least to me. I think that I lost confidence in the shots I was producing and my ability to capture the magic of a moment...

Well, Baby I'm BACK! I forced myself to go out and shoot for a few hours today, and I'm going to try to do the same every Monday just as an exercise. I'm hoping that I'll fall back in love with it if I just start doing it again. Honestly I did a little bit today. I had a fun time shooting...with the exception of the scary hobo lookin guy that came up behind me on the train tracks while I was taking a few shots. I must of jumped a few feet off the track when he said "hi".

I also had a lot of fun processing these. I was a little rusty and maybe it shows, but I just kind of let my fingers keep clicking til the image felt right. With the Last 3 shots Mackenzie actually became my "creative director" and told me how he wanted the shots to look. I think he did a kick ass job on them, so thanks Bud!

Anyhow, enjoy the shots and I should see you in no more then a week.

Dan