In this posting you will see a couple pictures from a recent trip to LA, FtMac and Edmonton.

This set was shot in LA a couple weeks ago where amongst shooting for a few clients and meeting with an art director from McCann to show my recent book.While on this trip I ended up shooting NHLers Ethan Moreau and Sheldon Souray of the Edmonton Oilers during a training session at Back to Function, and Hockey OT. I have photographed Olympic runners, fighters, pro football and basketball and I have to say hockey players are always the best athletes to photograph, they invite you in like you are one of their own.

Next photo is of a 15 year old dancer shot for a mass media campaign for the regional municipality of wood buffalo.

What amazed me the most about this shoot was that Fort McMurray had a beach!

Finally I attached a photo of Terri Clark a country singer from Alberta, who ummm sings country music. Enjoy! C

Splish Splash

Here is a fun photograph... technical as hell and it required alot of patience... I don't own a fish tank, so I ended up heading down to a local retailer and picked up a medium sized tank, which I ended up returning today because I really had no need for a fish tank after this shoot.

This 18yearold customer service rep asked me why I was returning the tank. I said; "well I used it to photograph a coke can in water, now that I'm done the shoot, I really don't need this thing." He responded; " its past the return date, but I like photography and if you tell me how you used the tank for a photo shoot I can over look this one."

So I gave him the same run down I'm going to give here. You need a camera which captures detail I used the Phase One P30+, high speed strobes, a fish tank (which I was returning), water, a white background and a lot of patience. Every time you drop the can in water it makes a high splash, and water gets everywhere including on the glass.... Then you need to clean the glass on the tank, wait for the water to settle down and do it again and again and again and again and again.

Jill in Summerside Edmonton

Ok what's new, well I just shot a Jill again. She's this fantastic model i always enjoy working with. We shot at the Summer side beach. Summer side is a lake in the community where I live in Edmonton. The lake is actually a great location in the city.

Although you can fish, swim and sail on the lake, shamelessly I don't really have the time to hang out there during the summer.. So I thought to myself damn it, I pay all these dues to live near this beach house lake community and I never use it, so hey I might as well use it as a location for a shoot.

Because I get so many emails asking about how I shoot the photos I post on my blog I am going to start adding some tech details. These were shot on the Phase One P30+ 210mm, with the ranger kit. My assistant Nat and I are literally up to our asses in water. Shot in 10 mins.