CUTEEEEEEEEEEEE!! My friends have this sweet little boy. He’s SOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!
He will be a star.

There are a whole bunch of great off photos, but I’m not putting them up right now, maybe soon!

Beach Boy.In the middle of shooting some beautiful girls in swim-ware, my glance turned to the side and I saw this.
Quickly throwing my camera to my left, I took a single frame.
It’s probably my favorite picture from the day.

These moments of poetic beauty; amazing.
The image is slightly soft, shot from too far (this even is a crop), and entirely unplanned.
It’s pretty perfect.

An image a day at the least? I doubt I’ll be that dedicated. I tell myself often to post more.
So, here is one for today, a quick test crop for my new 11×14 book.

Photography in the days of square Hasselblad’s was easier.
Hell, there still are a few square fans. Aspect ratio can be dealt with in two ways. The first being you just don’t give a fuck and do whatever you want, change sizes and not think twice about it. The second is much more me, in that you think and consider the matter of size, aspect, bleed and white space to a degree that is just crazy.

My physical portfolios have gone from 13×19 to 11×17 to now 11×14 (all portrait aspect). Here is the thing. 13×19 is the best aspect ratio, that is, the best relation of height and width, I find anyway. However, the book was too big and I coudln’t take individual sleeves out for easy ordering. 11×17 is weird for my work. Great for others I’m sure. 11×14 I feel is too small, but small has it’s advantages. I’m trying to put together the work for this book and see how it lays out. I figure since most go with 11×14 portrait there may be something to it. But does it work with me… Oh the things I worry about…

This blog needs a bit more me. I was having a conversation once with one of the cities biggest ad shooters. He was saying how he never goes out and takes pictures because he feels he’s “above that.” Fair enough I guess, although I’d sure like to think that my income, jobs or age wont ever effect my desire to just take pictures for fun. But hey, maybe I’m not entirely jaded yet. Is that just what happens when you start making huge ad money in the business? Maybe it will happen to me? Well! —in the meantime I’m going to try and post more personal stuff to my “professional” blog, maybe while I still can… DUN! DUN! DUNNNNNNNH!!!

These are some photos from the summer, my friend Lindsay and I checked out Casa loma, not so much because it’s all that exciting (it isn’t) but more so because it’s always good to do things, go places, why not? And besides, I’d never been.

Kingdoms is a hardcore band, signed recently to Underground Operations, a division of Universal Music.
Rad Bunch of guys. The shoot was short but went well, after we waited out the rain for an hour and a half. We caught the end of golden hour and it was damn good. As for the post, that Stars Image was a bit of an exploration into an idea. I was working on the shot and they were just lit so dramatically from above, this real glowy light, I kinda had to do it! —Gods of the universe or something, I coudln’t resist and kinda like it actually, I’ve been thinking about doing some fashion like that. Thought I’d try it on the boys first though.
Kingdoms Come.