Video Rental.

We rented the studio for a video yesterday...a crazy day indeed with probably 100 people running around the building getting busy. The guy on the left is probably our next Prime Minister. These guys from Toronto sure know how to do lunch...

Testimonials...simple and sweet.

Travelling to do commercial photography is one of those fantasies that is a lot more idyllic than realistic. I am happier when I get clients from other parts of the world...and they come to me!

We have catered to Toronto execs who actually flew in for a portrait, New York musicians who drove here and even a lady from Newfoundland who came all that way for a boudoir shoot.
Lately we have had a run of clients from along the St Lawrence. We had a lot of fun with this real estate group who drove up from Kingston for a shoot for their upcoming web site.

Then I saw this and wow.

Awwww Thanks ladies!

Karsh and I

I am honored that the Ottawa Citizen has chosen to feature me in their story on Yousuf Karsh of Ottawa.
We met many times and I told him of the influence he had on my career. My one regret is never having had him take my own portrait or never having taken his, thought I did have the pleasure of taking a portrait of his brother Malak Karsh. As well, I wisely purchased an original print by Yousuf that he signed for me. The image is, in my opinion his finest work, a portrait of Pablo Casals.
My Karsh stories are many and I will save them for my own eventual book, but suffice to say I
was honored when he referred a number of clients to me upon closing his studio and equally honored when a number of corporate clients considered me as his replacement. Karsh was an artist, a businessman and one of the most refined gentlemen I have ever met...he truly possessed an old world charm that is rarely seen today. Without Karsh, I doubt my career would have developed technically and artistically as it did.

Click on this link to the Citizen page and if you click on my self portrait you can hear me speak on Karsh.

Preston Catalogue

This was shot as part of the current issue of Preston Catalogue. We had an interesting time shooting the artists and their art...the toughest part was the art, since photographing paintings and sculpture for a high end mag is no simple task...though I loved the challenges. Kudos to Preston for the great repro of my work.

This shot of Mark was one of my faves...it ran a bit small in the mag...so here it is in full.

To see more of our funkier portraits...go here.