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Saturday, January 21, 2017

My photography “ah-ha” moment

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My photography “ah-ha” moment

I enrolled at Sheridan College for photography right after high school. Or I should say right after I stayed one more year in high school after graduating. To find myself…or as I like to mention it now play one more year of football. After the football season was over…I mean my high school career was over I headed to Sheridan on a mission. To take the world of photography by storm and become the next Helmut Newton.

Within the first semester I felt trapped. The assignments were very “level one”. I felt that I already knew black and white film and printing as I was already printing in color at my fathers studio for years. This is before photoshop and digital cameras. I time where you could go into a darkroom and create something that felt like magic. The image would appear right before your eyes, just like magic. You can laugh all you want about it but it was pretty cool.

Anyways back to the story…I Would turn in assignments on time but I put in a very low effort. It’s not that I didn’t care but I felt “above” it as many young people do. I never failed but I would just get by and as the months passed I just coasted. Until one assignment was given that changed everything. We were asked to photograph a cover for a fictional abstract art magazine. There was not one mention of a theme or guideline. Just make the image that you want.

I received the highest mark in the class. I will never forget my teacher Bob Hundert when he said to me after handing in that assignment. He asked how I came up with the concept? It was really just 3 empty wine bottles at different depths of field. I never really thought about it before but I knew right then and there that I wanted to make my own images and not what I though everyone else wanted.

That was my “ah-ha” moment.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Best of 2016

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Best of 2016

Here is our latest and greatest slideshow from our favorite wedding images of 2016. It was an awesome year shared with outstanding clients. Clients who allowed us to create awesome images. As always we tried to push the boundaries of what wedding images are these days and our clients understand that. That’s why when we ask to something that may sound crazy we are never met with questions, just great images.

Even some of the bridal parties and even parents got in on the different. I guess our bride’s and groom’s let them know that this may not be your regular wedding day walk through the park. That’s because we rarely walk through any park at all. It can be an alley, forest, abandoned building, etc. We want to make the day memorable and different for everyone, including us. Each and every year we try to be different at every event when it comes to the images we create.

Sometimes our crazy ideas do not work and that’s ok. According to Wayne Gretzky “You miss 100% of the shots you do not take”. If the great one says it, it has to be true. We live by that motto in our everyday life as well. You just never know what may happen. All you need to do is try. If we didn’t try we would never get awesome shots along the lakeshore in a spot that will no longer be accessible in the future. Other times we may mess up the color and change it to black and white. But you will never know and we will just call it artsy. That’s kind of a joke.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

WEDDING ADVICE – The Suit

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WEDDING ADVICE – The Suit

If I had one thing to change from my own wedding it was the suit. AND ONLY THE SUIT. Everything else was unbelievable. They day went great apart from the nerves and tears of joy. There was nothing that I can look back on as we watch the video and flip through our album with regret. Other than the one thing that I am wearing in 90% of the photos. I wore a Superman t-shirt underneath my suit and that was used the other 10% of the time.

My suit was a rental. It never fit right on me and I always wondered how many guys had worn this same suit and where and when and with who. I wish I had bought a custom suit. Something that for me perfect as well as looked cool. Cool for at least 10 years at which point my children could start making fun of it, as I did my fathers. For the record my parents were married in 1978 and everyone during that era had beige suits with brown lining. Complete with pirate style ruffled shirts and those 3 story high platforms.

My suit should have been a three piece masterpiece. Possibly grey although I’m not sold on that.. Add a nice top hat of some kind. Not to wear just to hold in my hand. Not sure about the tie, maybe bow tie maybe not. But the pocket square would be blue to match my socks and Superman t-shirt underneath. Cuff links would be vampire teeth. I may also have a smoking pipe in the hand that is not holding the top hat.

Now I understand that this all sounds crazy, but it’s my crazy. In the end I choose to settle for something that I did not want. I look back and that is the only thing I would change. I guess I should be happy about it but why not reach for perfection. My point is this. If you are getting married and are thinking of renting just take a step back and realize that this is your wedding day. You may want to be yourself and there is nothing wrong about that. As Sting says “just be yourself no matter what they say”

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