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.

Ottawa Photojournalist

I wear a lot of hats...

My first assignment in photography was tagging along with noted photojournalist Peter Bregg, formerly of Macleans and now Hello Magazine. To date I have worked for roughly 40 major mags including Time, Newsweek, Forbes and Playboy. I have produced over 250 magazine cover shots from Time Canada and Macleans to our own Ottawa Life and Homes and Land.

Recently I was honored to be asked to join Canadian Press, Canada`s premier agency that supplies the creme de la creme of photojournalists across Canada.

Time to buy another hat....

OH...btw...we also shoot weddings in a photojournalistic style. Check it out.
Seems it's trendy these days to say you`re a "wedding photojournalist".

Wonder who the other guys shoot for.....you might want to ask. Frankly, the
only photojournalist I know who shoots weddings is Bill Grimshaw, whose
edgy stuff if kinda cool. Just because you got the best man to put on sunglasses
for his portrait doesn`t make you a photojournalist.


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Commercial Photographers...Who Ya Gonna Trust.

The web is a great place to compare services, but it has its limitations. It doesn`t take much to set up a website with a few shots that looks really cool.
The real test is Googling the actual names of a couple of photographers you like. Don`t bother with their own sites (of course we all make ourselves look pretty) Read what others say about them and where their work is published. You`ll learn a lot more than looking at pretty pictures...even mine.

Wanna play...start here!

Ottawa Life Magazine Editorial Cover

The current issue of Ottawa Life features our work on its cover . We had a great time shooting these stylish women in our studio and creating some cool executive portraits for the inside spread. I wanted to create a relaxed look and give it a fashionable edge. Preplanning the cover
layout was half the work....shooting the ladies...easy.

Simon Pulsifer, Time Man of the Year Shoot

We were just negotiating rights to this shot for a book on Wikipedia when I realized that it might be fun to tell the tale on my blog. Simon is an Ottawa supersleuth who is one of the most prodigious writers in Wiki. We did this shot for Time in their Man of the Year issue that featured YOU as the man of the year. The location was the Ottawa U library where Simon actually does much of his research. Rodin anybody...

Paul Martin at Press Conference/Book Launch

Paul and I go way back...how far...my Dad was his babysitter...true story! I have photographed Paul on a half dozen occassions from Time Man of the Year shoots to portraits when he was the Minister of Finance. A memorable one was an exterior portrait on one of the coldest days of January 2004.

My client for this shoot was actually a Scotch company....does it get any better.

Paul was launching his new book...and they even gave me a signed copy...

Mental Health Convention.

A lot of photogs find conventions and meetings boring...not me. Why, because I find it interesting to hear whats going on...especially at medical conventions. This was a shot from the launch of a new Canada Post stamp at a Mental Health convention. The speakers were really compelling and I got to hang out with Susan Agulnik, the noted singer. Besides, the chocolate souffle was delish.....