Big Things Afoot

Top secret for now but stayed tuned - working on some big changes to the studio.  Very exciting...will let everyone in on the secret when it becomes official.

Max at the beach

Saturday July 2nd - Long Point   One of my favorite places to visit, Long Point on Lake Erie features warm water thanks to the sandbar and a beautiful sandy shoreline - perfect for building sandcastles or taking a romantic evening stroll.  I used to dream about owning a summer cottage on the point, but that was another lifetime ago and simply wasn't meant to be.  Thanks to Jeremy & Becca for taking Max & I on a day trip to the beach and a stroll down memory lane.  Max had so much fun playing in the surf and digging in the sand and I got this amazing picture of my precious little puppy.  Then home to a steak barbeque cooked by none other than Jeremy, my precious little boy...lol...he's rolling his eyes now.  Love ya baby.  What a great long weekend.

Cutie Pie

Sometimes smiling is just so overrated.

Fashion Show Shoot

This month I had the privledge to shoot two fashions shows - the spring clothing show which took place in Toronto May 28th and the graduating class fashion show for Gemini Models teen modeling class.  Here's a sample of what it was all about.

Happy Birthday Jessica

You rock my world - love ya baby.

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography

So just what is HDR photography and why does it look more like a painting than a photograph? 

Well, here's the scoop....The human eye is capable of seeing a much wider range of light and dark than the camera lense (even the really good/expenseive ones do not measure up to the human eye), so photographs that record scenes with exteme range variances cannot fully convey the true picture.  If the photo is properly exposed for the bright light outside the window, then the detail in the shadows will be lost.  Conversley, if we expose to pull out the details in the shadow areas of the scene, the highlights will be overexposed and all detail will be lost on that end of the spectrum.  The solution?  Multiple exposures overlayed to produce a picture that is properly exposed at both ends of the spectrum with no lost detail.  The final result has much more depth than a traditional photograph and therefore takes on a surreal look that surpasses the tradtional photograph we are used to seeing.  HDR photography is not new, it was around in the good old days of film, however it is much more commonly used today as digital photography and cost effective software solutions have made the process of merging multiple photographs as easy as 1-2-3.  The trick to a great HDR photograph is conservatisim.  These photos are such a joy to work with, and the results are so dynamic (no pun intended), that it's easy to get carried away and overprocess.  To sum it up - HDR photography rocks - so grab your camera and go have some fun.

Rain rain go away.....

Well, here we are in mid May 2011 and it's raining - again!  I am just waiting for a nice day to try out some back lighting shots.  In the meantime, back to Easter.  Yes I am still working on the Easter pictures for 2011.  This weekend - big push to get it done.  In the meantime, enjoy the sample pics posted here.