Andy Collins
I did a bit of Photoshop work for Andy Collins several years ago, we reconnected recently to shoot the cover art for his upcoming release. It was a fun, laid back session… we scoped out a few locations in advance and just wandered around with some wardrobe options.
We first found our way into an abandoned warehouse space.. though I’ll save the reveal of the shots we took in there for his release, I did trip over this while were in there. Better a book then the other things we came across.
Below is a favorite image from the session that didn’t make its way into the final selects.
Looking forward to sharing our final artwork selects upon the release. Stay tuned!
Congrats to Dan Mangan: Juno Winner!
Big congrats to Vancouver’s Dan Mangan for two Juno wins, taking home New Artist of The Year and Alternative Album Of the Year.
Wanting Qu – Life Is Like A Song
I recently had the absolute pleasure of photographing Wanting Qu (who is making waves) she released a new song yesterday, Life Is Like A Song. Available on iTunes!
Makeup & Hair by Andrea Tiller, who also happens to be a finalist on Canada’s Best Beauty Talent’s. Congratulations Andrea!
Styling by Alexia Anastasiou
Canadian Screenwriter Magazine Cover- Arctic Air
If you’re in Vancouver, I’m willing to bet you’ve come across all the big billboards featuring the new CBC television series Arctic Air.
I was really excited to learn that the subjects of my shoot with Canadian Screenwriter Magazine were going to feature two of the writers from the show, Ian Weir (writer/creator) and Bob Carney. When the magazine reached out, they weren’t aware that I had any ties to Arctic Air, as it turns out my brother and several friends made up the prop department- and my friend Gary Harvey is an Executive Producer!
I did some candid shots around the writers room and later met Ian and Bob at my studio space for a few cover options. The concept here was shot through a window I had standing on a frame built at roughly their height and frosted with spray snow.
On stands now, Spring 2012 issue! Read the interview with Ian HERE.
Thank you David at WGOC for call on this project.
Makeup by Abby Cruz
Martin Starr with Common Rotation
I met Martin Starr a year or two ago when we collaborated on a photo shoot (as seen below)
I had seen posts online that he’s been playing with a band (Common Rotation), and when I got in touch with him recently he invited me to come check out a show at The Mint and take a few photos. I was super excited to see the show, I heard something about him rapping but other then that, I had no idea what to expect…
It was awesome, I still don’t think I know the words to properly explain… so I won’t, but I can encourage you to go see for yourself if you have the opportunity. That is, if you like music, humor, and a good time.
Here’s just a couple snaps…
Alicia Warrington – Paiste Sponsorship
I was able to reconnect with one of my favorite ladies recently, Alicia Warrington is one hell of a drummer (one glance at the list of projects she’s been involved with and you’ll understand this is an understatement) and her new sponsorship with Paiste is certainly well deserved.
The circumstances in which this photo came to be was something of a comedy of errors, but I’ll just give you a quick overview. When we drove up to her rehearsal space where we were going to shoot, there was a car literally hanging from a power line a half block from the space. An odd sight, but we drove by and carried on with the day and set up to shoot. I took a couple test shots and just as I said “alright, lets start taking some shots” the power went out in the whole windowless building. So that wrapped our one minute shoot, and this was one of our test shots that ended up being a final shot.
As soon as we packed up in the dark, using my laptop as the only source of light, we had to deal with a bunch of locks to secure the room. As she pulled her key out of the last lock, all the lights came back on and full power had returned… but we figured we nailed it with our one minute photo shoot.
Carpaccio Guide Vol. 7
I received an email today from Carpaccio Magazine that they’ve published their Carpaccio Guide to emerging illustrators, photographers & artists Vol. 7 and a few of my self portraits are included. I had completely forgotten about submitting to this project, so that’s a fun surprise. It’s out today and available for order, I haven’t seen it yet.. who wants to get me a copy?!
Front Page of the Vancouver Sun
The awe-inspiring Heidi Krutzen made it onto the cover of today’s Vancouver Sun. The article details a really incredible task she’s embarked upon- shipping 126 musical instruments to Africa. It’s definitely worth taking a read, it was on the front page after all… and my photo of Heidi accompanied the article. I’m so fortunate to work with such incredible people!
SonReal
About a week or so ago I finally got to catch up with one of my buddies Sonreal. It had been ages since we had gotten together for some face time, but I’d been keeping tabs on him online and he on me. I brought my camera along and we took a wander after we grabbed coffee… I took a few snaps of the man who is making waves in the hip hop scene. Hopefully we’ll be doing a real collaboration in the near future.
Follow him on twitter, he’s throwing down new stuff all the time!
