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Future temporary home of JVLphotography
I’m very pleased to announce that, from October 18th to 28th I’ll be opening a PopUp photo studio right in my own Ottawa neighbourhood: Hintonburg.
1089 Sommerset is a great space, that in-no way could I afford on a permanent basis, but it’s there, it’s empty, and I said I’d be willing to clean it up. I’ll be offering headshot sessions to clients old and new who maybe couldn’t spring for a location shoot. I’ll also be offering my first “Learn your Lights” beginners lighting workshop, which I have had countless requests for.
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Oct 07, 2013 | Categories: Personal | Tags: Hintonburg, Ottawa, personal, Photographer, PopUp, studio | Comments Off on Hintonburg PopUp Photo Studio
I was pleasantly surprised to receive a phone call from Sarah Hoy, editor of Our Homes for the City of Ottawa and they had a great project for me: a home by renowned Ottawa architect Christopher Simmonds.
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Sep 20, 2013 | Categories: Editorial, Interiors | Tags: Christopher_Simmonds_Architect, Editorial, Fraser_House, Interiors, Modern, Ottawa | Comments Off on Ottawa Interior Editorial Photographer: Our Homes Fall 2013, Fraser House
My friends over at MediaStyle called me in to cover some stills for a commercial video shoot they were on. In-between takes, I was to create some portraits to update photography for their client Jonathan Chant, CEO of Fitness for Freedom. Jonathan and his team are personal trainers who make house calls, trying to keep people fit and healthy without a butch gym attitude.
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Sep 03, 2013 | Categories: Commercial, Portraits | Tags: Commercial, Commerical, Fitness, Mediastyle, Ottawa, portrait | Comments Off on Ottawa Commercial Portrait: Jonathan Chant, Fitness for Freedom
It’s been a busy couple months around here, and while I’ve taken the time out to post some tutorials, there’s some stuff going on outside of this blog that I should link to.
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Aug 26, 2013 | Categories: Gear & Tutorials, Personal, Portraits | Tags: Company of Fools, Internet, personal, Photography, portrait, Tutorial, Update, Westcott | Comments Off on Where in the world?
Some people just prefer to be in the water.
For the third year in a row (I think I’m onto something here), Julie Cole invited me to come photograph her wonderful family of 8. For the second year in a row, they chose to do it in their bathing suits. Julie and I realized the logistical issues of shooting in October and in a pool – even though the kids loved it – so we went for a summer shoot, this time at their remote and lovely cottage.
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Aug 09, 2013 | Categories: Extreme Family, Gear & Tutorials, Portraits | Tags: Composite, Cottage, Elinchrom Quadra, Environmental Portrait, Extreme Family, Family, Hypersync, Julie Cole, Muskoka, Ontario, PocketWizard, portrait, Tutorial | Comments Off on Ottawa Commercial Photographer: Extreme Family Photography: Julie Cole 2013, Cottage Edition
