:: Victorian Style Fashion Shoot

Today’s shoot was done with Kyla Lee and makeup artist Ashley Sandmoen. Ashley came up with a theme of wanting to do a victorian style fashion shoot with era specific makeup. The shoot was done in front of a church to simulate the environment and kudos to Kyla for being able to brave the wind in that tiny dress!

The second look Ashley wanted to create was a deconstructed look with the makeup. It was a fairly interesting shoot because we were battling the high winds of downtown Georgia St. The weather was fairly overcast and running around with softboxes and strobes made it that much harder. This part of the shoot was accomplished commando style. We used the water feature in front of Shangri La Hotel and it proved to be a great location. The water feature  is only a few centimetres deep, but creates the illusion of it being very deep. After some very quick frames and splashing around I wrapped it up in the nick of time as security made their way down. Luckily they didn’t approach us… Check it out in the gallery page!

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:: A Cup Of Canon

I fly the Canon flag high and mighty because I love their products. After spending a small fortune on Canon photography gear over the past 10 years and graduating from amateur to pro equipment, what more could one want..? No! …NEED?!

 

The answer to that: A limited edition replica coffee mug of their flagship pro lens – Canon 70-200mm IS of course! The minute I saw it I had to have it. It is a 1:1 scale thermos coffee mug with extremely accurate details down to the focusing rings, markings and labels. The problem with having one of these is if you accidentally leave it in the cup holder of your car, some idiot might break in thinking it is the real deal lens!

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:: Armarni Exchange Concept Advertisement

Lately I’ve been working a lot on creating advertising concept advertisements to build up my portfolio. Since I can’t go to exotic locations like New York, Paris or Venice to do the shoots, I bring the exotic locations to me!

Armani Exchange Advertisement

This is a concept for an Armani Exchange advertisement that I came up with. The car, model and locations are all from different photos and they were chopped into this final photo. When doing work like this it’s very important to make it as photo realistic as possible. In this case, simulating depth of field in the photo, maintaining reflections of the environment in the glass of the car and also following the rules of physics when adding or enhancing light sources or shadows.

I’ve got a shoot at the end of the month based around this concept so I can’t wait to see finished product!

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:: Battle of Iwo Jima Denim Jeans Concept Advertisement


Battle Of Iwo Jima Memorial Statue

The famous Battle of Iwo Jima Memorial statue inspired this crazy concept. The idea was to create a jeans advertisement inspired by the pose that the soldiers were in, and to mix it in with a sexy twist without being disrespectful to the war veterans. It was a great shoot working with so many models and I have to say it was a lot of work pulling the final thing together.

Postproduction took more time than the shoot itself (nearly 3-4 hours per poster)… I was aiming to do a HDR (High Dynamic Range) postproduction to create that animated feel to it. All of the accessories like the ammunition chains, dog tags, grenades etc were photoshopped into the scene. The shot was a composition of the group against a white backdrop and then the environment was added in later. I shot each model individually so that I had a variety of poses to choose from and then I chose the best shots and chopped in the models into the shot. The hardest part about this sort of work where you are pretty much creating everything from scratch is the maintain photorealism and also make it believable. ie. making sure light sources and shadows are consistent etc…

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Seeing the behind the scenes shots you can see how much work (and fun) went into this shoot! Let me know what you think!

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:: Bust a Move…

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Olympic High…

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Ola Amigo… Que Pasa!?!

Trip To Cancun – Mexico

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