Kit Dynamo, a local custom drum company just made a new snare for Toronto drummer Jesse Labovitz of Ride the Tiger. I was asked to shoot a quick series of images of this beautiful piece for the ongoing catalogue of work done by Jon Fedorsen at Kit Dynamo. More work from him to come here as we’re planning an upcoming shoot of a few of his recent full kits. Read More...

After my trip to Montreal (that I posted about below), I realized I had actually spent a lot more time than I expected shooting motion. It was a really great experience and Montreal is now one of my favourite places. I put together a quick 3 minute edit of the trip that plays out four different excursions during my time there. Among other places, the video highlights the trip to Old Montreal, the Biodome, the view from the Olympic tower, and the beautiful evening experience of Mont-Royal. Click here or on the image above to play it in a new window.

I’m just in Montreal for a few days and am trying to create some images everyday while visiting the beautiful sights here. I’m also exploring some new techniques and collecting some video content along the way. Today was a trip up Mont Royal near sunset. It turned out to be a really great night (despite the heavy rain during the day while waiting for a tasty Montreal smoked meat sandwich at the famous Schwartz’s Deli) and a great way to see an overview of the city that I hope to be exploring over the next few days. Hopefully I’ll also be able to update this blog entry with a quick video edit once I’m back in the studio....more to come...
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I’ve recently been working with Catalyst Design in creating short spots for Loote.com, a company that provides weekly deals on promotional business ware. The video posted above is just a test reel of the footage I shot and lit from the day. I’m involved as the Director of Photography on the small crew of people creating the funny and quirky videos developed and produced by Catalyst Design. These short shoot days have been a lot of fun; combining the talents of various people in spontaneous and sometimes improvised scenarios. Can’t wait to see what the final product will look like after their post production schedule! I’m sure they will be posted shortly over at the official Loote website, so feel free to check that out too.

While not a normal entry in my SnapBlog, I thought I’d post a quick video anyways. I’ve been working on few motion image projects and this is likely the first of several things of this nature I’ll be sharing. This was just a casual capture of a set by Reed Holland at the Hard Rock Cafe that I happened to stumble across. I thought I’d edit together a quick cut of some of the shots as a creative thanks for an entertaining evening. Keep up the fun live shows guys! Click here or on the image above to see the video.

I imagine I’ll be posting a lot of images from the Fuji X100 over the next little bit. This is just one example of the advantage of just having a camera with you and capturing chance scenes. The quality of this camera was also a big advantage here and is not something I could have captured with my traditional SnapBlog camera, the iPhone.

This was during a beach cruiser ride down the gulf coast of Florida while on vacation this holiday season. I was glad to hear its story and that it was brought back to life after being neglected and is now being taken care of.

It has been a little quiet around here recently...unfortunately that will continue for another week or two. In studio work has been very busy and I haven’t had much time to post. Though the images have been collecting, so there will be things I will have to post when the dust settles. Images for the SnapBlog have been increasingly more common due to that fact that the iPhone is now always with me...such as the image above taken on the way to dinner.

This is the first test for a series of time lapse projects I’m in the process of developing. Currently, I’m working on building the motion control system that will be required to achieve some of the ideas I have in mind. It’s a simple test, but I’m really excited about the next stages.

SnapBlog. Maybe I invented a new term, but I think it’s the most appropriate way of classifying what it is I’m trying to do under that category.

I spend a lot of time, thought and energy developing my photographic images. Most of my work that falls under the term of “photographic” is done with a specific goal and technical fidelity in mind. However, I also just love shooting things as I come across them! This can be a very different mental process and can yield some new and unexpected results. A lot of these will be shot on my iPhone since that is the camera I always have with me. And anytime these “snaps” yield some interesting results, they will be posted under the “SnapBlog” category. I’m hoping that this will evolve into an interesting subset of my work and will grow into it’s own gallery collection in the future. In the mean time...it’ll be nice to have a place to share my “snaps”.