Olympic Torch Run in Iqaluit

With the Olympics coming up this week I though it might be time to post some images from my recent shoot in Iqaluit covering the Olympic Torch run. Little can prepare you for shooting in minus 55, while running alongside the torch in total darkness.

I even found time to get out in the Arctic wilds and shoot some landscapes...great assignment.

Haiti Benefit NAC

We contribute to many local charities and have done so for over 30 years.
The plight of Haiti touched us especially strongly and we made a point of offering
our services to the CARE dinner at the NAC which raised, with matching funds over
$135,000.

Its the least I could do and I tip my hat to all those photojournalists on the scene.


http://www.couvrette-photography.on.ca/Haiti_Benefit_NAC_gallery/index.html

Dropping names....

The coolest thing about my career is the people I get to meet. I have photographed the weddings of Chief Justice Barbara McLachlin, designer Justina McCaffrey and socialites like Mike and Marlen Cowpland and the Potters. My commercial site shows portraits of every Prime Minister from Trudeau to Harper . I believe I am the only photographer who has been given this honor.

Ok...that was a long preamble...but what I really wanted to show you was a new site featuring some of my work with my friend Kim Campbell. Enjoy.

Thanks for the link Kim....hey I guess that must be what they call a testimonial...lol

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Better Business Bureau of Ottawa Photographer Recommendations

Seems to be my lucky week...lol.

I had no idea people actually still looked at the BBB for referrals, but a new client
actually told me that they found me there....so I looked up local photographers...and
was surprised at what I found...or perhaps I should say what I didn't find.

Here`s our listing...go ahead...compare.

http://www.bbb.org/ottawa/business-reviews/photographers-commercial/paul-couvrette-photography-in-ottawa-on-10588


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My fifteen minutes..extended.

The current issue of Ottawa Life features Ottawa's Top 50 Citizens and guess who made the it on the cover. Nice to be in the company of Larry O'Brien and Michael Ignatieff. Read all about it here.

Ottawa Gothic

Here is the current cover of Ottawa Life with a slightly different image than our norm thanks to a classic American painting, a magazine owner with an open mind and some nice photoshop interpretation by our own Rachelle Latremouille. Its nice to stretch the creative wings once in a while...