Tag Archives: Montreal  Just moments after I published this blog post, the news broke about Facebook buying Instagram for 1 billion dollars! I’m going mobile! Just under a year ago I purchased my first iPhone after my 6 year old mobile phone finally shed it’s mortal coil. I was hesitant to go with a smart phone at…  What you get is not what you see (at first) Like a lot of my photographer friends with an online presence, I get a lot of emails and messages asking me about how I create my images. I can’t really say that I have one set workflow that applies to all images I work on…  The pics that were not picked What happens to all those photos that a photographer takes for an assignment, that don’t get used in the magazine article? I’m so glad you asked! While I can’t speak for any other photographer, the photos I take that actually end up being used are five to twenty times…  Every once in a while I try to get put to shoot my hometown as if I were visiting a foreign place. Some cities have certain iconic structures that I feel I have to photograph. The Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Colosseum in Rome, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City are all symbols of…  Montreal’s Olympic Stadium is one of my all time favorite buildings in my home town, but it is surely the most controversial as well. While many cities vie for the chance to hold the Olympic games, not all cities have great success once they get to be the host city. Back in the 70′s, Montreal…  One of the hardest places to shoot for me is my hometown. Not because it is a dull place, not because it isn’t full of beautiful locations. It just seems that I’m more excited and motivated when I’m on the road. I love Montreal as a city, it is a unique and vibrant place, full…  The title says it all. Well, ok it says PARTY!!!! and truth be told I’m a huge liar and it wasn’t much of a party at all. It was in fact, more of a reaffirmation of why I really am not a fan of nightclubs. I much prefer a nice Irish pub, listening to a…  Sunset has to be my favourite time to shoot for more than one reason. The colour temperature of the light is magical and, depending on the cloud cover, the intensity of the sunlight can vary in dramatic fashion. No matter where I am; whether it be in the middle of a city, on a beach,… |
