Erin in the studio

A couple fo the shots I did this weekend with Erin who is studying contemporary dance and ballet.

Business portraits - three looks

Worked with recent MBA grad and entrepreneur Loreen Sherman to get a new look for her for a variety of uses - great to have the time to work with someone so willing to try things out of the ordinary for their business. The top shot was your straight up headshot done with soft box and rim light. The second was done using a hotshoe flash on a stand and set to very tight light, while the third was natural light in a corner of some space I'm using - strong backlight. So far that is everyone's favourite.

Busted watch

I was out doing some family portraits the other day, everything went pretty well, got lots of nice shots of them. Packed up my gear and was headed home when I checked my watch - I have no idea how or when this happened. It was fine on my way there, I checked the time to make sure I wasn't late. I don't remember hitting anything while I was there or getting back into the car. Must have tapped it just right on the edge of some furniture and it just smucked my poor watch. Sad. Really liked this watch - not the most expensive in the world, but did spend a fair amount on it at the time.

Thoughtful words

While I'm not a religious person as a rule, I did find this quote to be very good advice and something we should all aspire to:

A portion of John Baillie's A Diary of Private Prayer . . .

Teach me, O God, so to use all the circumstances of my life today that they may bring forth in me the fruits of holiness rather than the fruits of sin.

Let me use disappointment as material for patience;

Let me use success as material for thankfulness;

Let me use suspense as material for perseverance;

Let me use danger as material for courage;

Let me use reproach as material for longsuffering;

Let me use praise as material for humility;

Let me use pleasures as material for temperance;

Let me use pains as material for endurance.

Music promo shoot - behind the scenes

Did a little taping of my shoot with AMP Radio's Rockstar 2010 winners Frankie McQueen. In the back of my Yaris, I fit a suitcase with three mono-lights (a White Lightening and two old Elinchroms), a "golf club travel bag" that I use to haul all the stands, soft-boxes and umbrellas, a backdrop stand, my camera backback which holds my 5D, spare body, 5 lenses, two flashes, cords, etc., a bag of reflectors, a bag with the drop cloth I used for the background (which blew out by the lights) and a bag for the camcorder, and still had room in the front seat to pick up my friend and assistant for the day - Dave.



These are a couple of shots from the day.



Loved the arc of skylights at the top of the atrium.

Wisdom by Andrew Zuckerman

Gorgeous photos and essential wisdom from those who've experienced life and have made a difference, photographed and produced by New York photographer Andrew Zuckerman.

We should all take these lessons to heart - and for the photographers, be inspired both by the photography and scope of this book, which includes a DVD with the interviews.


The Trailer:








Also see the web site for the book if you want to learn more and see the "making of" - great for us photographers. www.wisdombook.org

Rebuilding my commercial photography site

Wow, was that a lot of work. The design part was easy. So was assembling the parts. Rearranging photos was okay. Then came the tweaking. And more tweaking. And then some more. And corrections. But now I can leave it alone for a bit. At least until tomorrow when I'll look at it and say "Hey what if I....."