Name dropping…oops.

October 8, 2009

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

This may seem a little daunting to many customers who assume that we are pricey, but let me assure you that this is not the case. You might be very surprised!!!
We also pride ourselves on being down to earth and have a lot of fun with our shoots.
Call, come by and take a look…we keep our best stuff at the studio.

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13 Strings, Ottawa Classical Music

September 29, 2009

Here is my poster and web shot for Ottawa’s own 13 Strings. They said they wanted fun….so we gave it to them.
Check out their website and by all means go see a concert…they are some of the best in town.

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Centretown Ottawa Indoor Studio.

September 29, 2009

We see a lot of photographers advertise their companies as XYZ “Studio”.

There are actually only a half dozen “studios” in Ottawa and ours has been quite busy this summer as the Ottawa Monsoon Season was wacky to say the least. We prefer to shoot outdoors and we do have a lot of ideas on alternate locations indoors in case of bad weather. Its really nice however, to have a large centrally located studio in case the weatherman does not cooperate with your plans for a portrait in the park or some wedding groups.

We actually do rent it to other photographers but not on Saturdays as we like to keep it for our clients. There is btw, no extra fee for our clients to shoot in the studio. Even better, we have full time office staff and are competitive with a lot of folks who work from their home.

How do we do it….come on by and I`ll tell you the secrets.

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Better Business Bureau of Ottawa Photographer Recommendations

September 22, 2009

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.

September 21, 2009

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.
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Better Business Bureau of Ottawa

September 20, 2009

Its no fun to get all serious about such a happy topic as wedding photography.

This summer, however, we received a high number of emails asking our advice on the topic of Ottawa wedding photography. Sadly, many with tales of woe.

We have seen roughly 800 Ottawa and area photographers come and go in our 30 years in business. Currently there are roughly 200 Ottawa Wedding Photographer websites the majority of which are different from what we saw 5 years ago…and 5 years from now there will be a different 200.

When we started, you needed a business licence and you could not operate from your basement.
The population of the city supported about 20 excellent portrait and wedding specialists. Today,
all you need is a laptop, a dozen cool shots on a website and you`re in business…for a while.

Are some of the new crop good enough to last…yes. We recommend a mix of new and established studios when we are fully booked on a date.

Are we concerned about competition…no…frankly we love it…thats what keeps us on
our toes.

We are concerned however about the number of couples who contact us to
located their missing photographer, fix their digital files or make them an album
when their photographer does not provide this service.

After this much time in the industry, we have concerns about the reputation of our profession.

Soooo…we strongly suggest that couples use that old standby, THE OTTAWA BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU to check out photographers reputations. We did, and were shocked to
find how many rated low. Check it out for yourself.

You WILL find one AAA …we’re proud to say.

PS…Yes, we will offer the service of correcting your wedding files and making you an album, but sorry – we can no longer help you track down your photographer or offer legal advice. We are
too busy serving our own customers. Frankly, we have been so busy this summer I have not posted as many shots as I would like…I`ll correct that soon.

Ok…enough said…back to smiling faces….

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These people know how to have fun…

July 24, 2009

I would love to have been there….

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Paul and Friends

July 16, 2009


Some days I remember why I chose this profession. Its rare to get me in front of the camera
and rarer for me to post it…but this one I could not resist. Here I am backstage with my friends Kiss and Shannon Tweed, Playboy model and former Ottawan. We met many moons ago when I shot her modelling portfolio and one of the images was chosen as the “before” shot in Playboy.
No, I`m not that short…everyone else was wearing high heels…

Here is a link to the backstage shoot and a few concert snaps for diehard fans.

http://www.couvrette-photography.on.ca/KISS_Blues_Festival_2009_gallery/index.htm

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Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed party in Ottawa.

July 15, 2009

As promised…your invite to a private party, that was wild. Click on…..

Have Fun!

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Shannon Tweed and Gene Simmons KISS Ottawa.

July 12, 2009

Shannon Tweed and Gene Simmons are set to arrive in Ottawa and from the Tuesday evening party to the Bluesfest concert it should be lots of fun.

We will be covering most of the events so stay tuned to the blog and you will see a post on Wednesday showing how much fun you can have in the town that fun forgot…Its your backstage pass to the party of the year in Ottawa.

I want to thank all the residents of Ottawa who called and wrote in offering their support for
Shannon Tweed Day and their kind offers of goods and services to show Shannon and Gene that we really do know how to party. The response from the real people of Ottawa has been outstanding.

One bit of media I did want to clear up is the report that I shot Shannon for Playboy. While I do shoot for such publications for Time, Newsweek,Macleans and Businessweek…the feature in Playboy was shot by their staff photographer. The image I sold Playboy…my first big magazine sale about a quarter century ago..was a model test shot done for Lorraine Hammond modelling agency.

To those in Ottawa who tongues are still wagging over the Tweed Day debacle, I should note that Marilyn Monroe and Gina Lollobrigida appeared topless in film and print over 50 years ago.

Someone once wrote that living well is the best revenge…I think laughing well ain`t bad either.

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