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Photographing a model home was a first for my interior photography career. While many residential spaces we photograph are still staged, they still have some elements of an existing human presence, something to make it “lived in”. At Minto’s latest development, Mahogany, we worked with their largest offering named “Poplar“. With little to no cleaning up of peoples belongings, I was able to focus on photographing the space for Our Homes Magazine.
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Mar 23, 2015 | Categories: Interiors | Tags: Interior Photographer, Interior Photography, Interiors, Justin Van Leeuwen, JVLphoto, Manotick, Minto, Our Homes Magazine, Poplar, Residential Photography | Comments Off on Ottawa Residential Interior Photography – Minto’s “Poplar” in Mahogany
What a pleasure it was to walk into my local craft beer brewer – Beyond the Pale – one day and have them ask me to take updated photos for their website.
“You want me to do beer photography? Yes. Yes I will.”
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Mar 05, 2015 | Categories: Commercial, Product Photography | Tags: Beer, Beyond the Pale, Brewery, Brewing, Commercial Photography, Hintonburg, Justin Van Leeuwen, JVLphoto, Ottawa, Photography, Small Business | Comments Off on Ottawa Beer Photography – Beyond the Pale Brewing
When Shawn at Creativision calls you up to collaborate on a project with the talented Zara of XO Velo, outside on a day where it’s -30°C you don’t hide under the warm covers of your bed; you ask “Where and when?”
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Feb 15, 2015 | Categories: Commercial | Tags: Commercial photographer, Commercial Photography, Creativision, fashion, Ice Bikes of Buffalo, Justin Van Leeuwen, JVLphoto, Ottawa, Rideau Canal, Winterlude, XO Velo | Comments Off on Ice Bikes of Buffalo on Ottawa’s Rideau Canal
It can be funny who you meet at your child’s bus stop in the morning. In my case, a couple whose children go to the same school as mine also happen to be residential builders in Ottawa and had their own custom built infill just down the street. They also needed some proper interior photography to showcase their craftsmanship.
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Feb 11, 2015 | Categories: Interiors | Tags: BuiltHBKG, Hintonburg, Infill, Interior Photographer, Interior Photography, Interiors, Modern, Ottawa, Spadina | Comments Off on Residential Interior Photography – Spadina Hintonburg Infill
On a cold winter morning earlier this year I teamed up with Ottawa Singer/Songwriter Danielle Allard and body-paint specialist May Mutter to produce the promotional and cover images for Danielle’s forthcoming album, Chameleon.
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Jan 27, 2015 | Categories: Commercial, Portraits | Tags: Body Painting, Commerical Photographer, Danielle Allard, Hintonburg, House of Common, Justin Van Leeuwen, JVLphoto, Metamorfaces, Musician, Ottawa, Portrait Photographer, Portrait photography, studio | Comments Off on Danielle Allard – Chameleon Album Art
