To those who aren`t on our list…here is our 2008 Christmas card. Each year for the last 20 years I have created a custom card for the studio, with the last 13 years featuring my daughters in a range of timely concepts. This year they were both into gymnastics and dance…
My new site for Xmas cards had a nice jump in traffic thanks to Tony Lofaro of the Ottawa Citizen putting it in his blog Tellittotony. Believe it or not we just sold rights to an image yesterday….sheesh….and I thought I was late with my cards.
No…the canal is not open yet!
This is one of my shots from my my new site Ottawa Christmas Cards in which I feature some of my archive of images that individuals and companies can use for creating their own custom cards and email greetings.
Here is another of my stock shots for use on Christmas cards…this one would also look nice in bw or sepia…
Want to see a lot more Ottawa Stock Shots…take a look at the main site.
One more of my stock shots…from my new site….
Also…take a look here… http://www.couvrette-photography.on.ca/ottawa_commercial_photographer/ottawa_stock_photographer.php
This is one of the most extensive retouches we have ever done on an image. On the web, it may not be apparent, but in print in a hi end fashion magazine, every pixel needs to perfect.
We built a light tent around the products and lit it with giant softboxes, but even then its a real
challenge to light a dome shaped silver item. This is the kind of shoot that gives new meaning to the phrase..”pain in the neck”…but in the end its nice to finally pull it off. Much credit goes to my digital guys, David and Jeremy and Mike for their work over the years.
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…
I started my biz by shooting hundreds of model portfolios and its fun to return to that once in a while. Its kind of nice to know that my shots have launched the careers of some very famous people who have left Ottawa to make it big in Tokyo, Paris and LA. My kids are always amazed to learn that I did the original headshots of Shannon Tweed that were featured in Playboy and that Alanis Morrisette sat in on my shoots when she yearned to be a photographer. I remember advising her to stick with music…
Nowadays I still shoot portfolios on occasion for actors, models and musicians. They let me get my creative side out. We are always keen to shoot cool ideas and offer aspiring models and actors reasonable rates since we know how tough it is to get a good start in the acting and modelling business. (my two daughters are at it too).
To see more of our work…click here.
Here is a collage of images from a recent convention in Ottawa. The trade show was really interesting..all sorts of cool hi tech medical devices. Good place to have a heart attack too…since there were about 800 doctors there…
We shot this for a local ad agency last week…a fun afternoon was had by all..even though
we all had to battle a snowstorm and the OC strike to get here. These are all member of
the Armed Forces band who were dressed to the nines for these shots which will eventually be used for PR.
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