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For those who don’t know, the dude pictured here is Superman’s arch-nemesis Lex Luthor. He’ll be appearing at the Ottawa Grape Stomp on Saturday the 20th. If you think you got what it takes to take the man down, sign up a team – it’s for a good cause.
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN my kid is cute. He loves kicking balls. THAT’S RIGHT!
Meet Bill Bitz – landscaper for hire – does good work for your properties with Bytowne Lawn Experts. But here, on this day (Wednesday as it was) he’s doing his charity work at the Richard & Annette Bloch Cancer Survivor’s Park. Touched by cancer himself, Bill comes to clean up and weed the property once […]
I do loves me some shallow DOF. Every time I put on the 50mm f/1.4 I’m amazed at the quality and sharpness of the images (even wide-open). But it’s takes some fast focusing and a good idea of what you DO want to shoot to get things right. Attila recommended it to me, and I […]
Today I’ll be leading the Ottawa section of Scott Kelby’s worldwide photowalk. I’m really excited to be getting a bit more involved in the community in Ottawa, if for no other reason than I only know the people I work with and three guys who go out and get me drunk. We’ve started a group […]
I was very fortunate this week to have one my photos critiqued on the esteemed David DuChemin’s Within the Frame Podcast episode 6. He looked at a previous photo I had submitted to the Flickr group of Eden. This is the sort of thing I need – I CRAVE it. Not the typical “this sucks” […]
Another 1-light shot from fishing in Northern Ontario. This one’s of Mel’s cousin Annie (can you tell she’s had two kids? I can’t.)She’s, uh, holding onto my rod. Same premise as the shot from a few days ago, had a 580ex with the Lumiquest SBIII on top – this time I was able to use […]
Yeah people! Owen caught a fish about 10 minutes out onto the lake, and I got to play with my mini-tt1 transmitter shooting at 1/400th instead of the LAME 1/250th of a second like I was constrained to PRE new mini-tt1 transmitter. Best accessory today? No, not the mini-tt1 transmitter, the Justin Clamp; keeping my […]
After reading David DuChemin’s Within the Frame (what, you haven’t read it yet!?), I was inspired to do two things; travel more, and actually approach people to take their picture. Since I don’t really have the cash-flow to travel the world right now, I figured approaching people would be the better habit to get into. […]
I’ve been away for the past few days, away from the INTERNETS that is! Seems that someone decided hide and seek was a fun game to play with the cable-modem. This stuff is serious people!
Okay, one of these is a huge fucking Moth but it’s okay, because she’s here to save us from Gojirra. The other is Caroline, also quite good, but may not have very tiny Asian women chanting her name. I’m only 30 minutes from Ottawa and I’m on Monster Island. Crazy, it must be that the […]
Saturday I had a great photoshoot with The Adopted on top of a roof in downtown Ottawa in advance of their new video. I had a few extra strobes with me this time learning from our last photo-shoot that two flashes on E-TTL ain’t enough. Though three is still kinda pushing it – I think […]
Here’s a bit of street theatre going on in Ottawa right now, part of the Magnetic North Theatre Festival. I sat down to watch some of their performance under the Rideau Bridge. I sat there for a bit with my camera in plain site hoping to take some photos, but not wanting to do so […]
One of my favourite photos from Raissa’s Wedding. Adam’s (the Groom’s) niece was bobbing around, obviously bored with all the adult festivities; taking advantage of this, I decided to delegate some of my own tasks to someone with, hopefully, a unique perspective. I handed Eden my favourite lil camera that could (the Panasonic LX3) and […]
Last night was an AWESOME wedding with Raissa (the Rza) and her lovely man-bride Adam. We set up a bit of a photobooth with some white seamless and 3 strobes and made a go at taking some fun picks with her and her guestsThey threw a wicked party, ran the whole show on time if […]
Man, this is a busy week – don’t expect a lot out of this site, or me personally (unless you want to grab a beer) – things be crizay off the hizay!
If you’re wondering why Quinn’s in the box, it’s because we’re working on stuff under the back deck, but there’s all this glass around so we don’t want him crawling in it. I dropped him in this planter, looked down, and started to play with the dirt; kids are awesome! This is one of those […]
In a narcissistic attempt at self-photography, Justin didn’t hear the his infant son pushing over the light-stand until it was far too late.
I’m really stir-crazy – there’s so much I want to do and I really haven’t been able to do a FRACTION of it in the past few weeks – I think I should have thought about that before I took on the responsibility for another human being. I want to see a movie, that’s in […]
Quinn has developed a bit of a green thumb- he definitely doesn’t mind getting his hands, and feet, dirty.
That’s TOTALLY me – running – because I LOVE, to run. Love it. Running is sooooooooooo awesome.
The minute this post goes up marks Quinn’s 1st birthday. 12 months ago he decided he no longer wanted to stay in the womb and bust the hell out of there. He’s a strong, happy, vibrant child and I am a better person, and a better photographer, now having known him. Edit: posted photos from […]
I really wanted to take a picture I was happy with. I went to great lengths. Tried listing everything I’d need, lighting setup etc. And when it came down to it? Fail. Epic Fail. I think the best of my photos come when I’m inspired and, for whatever reason, I can’t really inspire myself. I […]
