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Featured by Adobe – preproduction
Earlier this month, I was featured by Adobe as one of their Creative Voices. They had reached out to me after a chance meeting in a bar at WPPI last year, asking if I would be interested in being featured. As a long standing supporter of the Adobe creative suite, I of course jumped at […]
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April 27, 2014
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What it's like to be on Digital Rev's Cheap Camera Challenge (with fire)
Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to be a part of DigitalRev‘s “Pro Tog, Cheap Camera” challenge on the beaches of Hong Kong with… you guessed it: Fire! Lok from DigitalRev put together an epic video of the challenge, involving a home made flamethrower (coffee creamer, fire starter, funnel and Kai‘s lungs), a model […]
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April 27, 2014
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Does an angel look better with a Hasselblad H5D-40 better than a D800E?
BorrowLenses.com was kind enough to supply me with both a Hasselblad H5D-40 and a set of Elinchrom Ranger Quadras for my Fallen Angel photoshoot. It was the first time that I was going to get the opportunity to shoot with a Hasselblad, and I was understandably excited given the hefty price tag and un-rivaled quality […]
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April 27, 2014
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Dare to reach for the heavens and bring the angels down to you
How many times have you wanted to reach out to someone to say something… but didn’t have the courage to? What stopped you: The fear of being ignored? Of being turned down? Or perhaps it was of being mocked or laughed at. And while neither of those options sound pleasant, sometimes, it’s worth the price, because […]
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April 27, 2014
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6 months ago I insulted this company, they made this amazing video of me in response.
I first met SmugMug, a photography-centric website platform, waltzing down the aisles of WPPI in March 2013. Ann and Katherine, two wonderful SmugMug reps actually recognized me as I bounced across the trade show and invited me to come check out their platform. At the time, SmugMug hadn’t yet upgraded to their new sleek and […]
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April 27, 2014
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Nope, it's not photoshop. Can you guess how it's done?
Back in September of this year, I teamed up with costume designer Yvan Castonguay and set stylist Charlotte Grant to put together a series of image that would feature a young ballerina in a larger than life world, made up of the world around us. The result? Check it out below! Curious to know how […]
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April 27, 2014
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If Arya and Sansa stark survive the next season, this is what I think they'll look like
Earlier this year, I teamed up with Dracolite and Les Ateliers Nemesis to get some very cool armour as well as some zombies to do a creative Game of Throne fan shoot – this time attempting to create an older Arya and Sansa Stark. I’ve always been a fan of Game of Thrones (hence the […]
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April 27, 2014
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Bringing a dream to life
– Video by Julius Adarna and myself. Hear Nicole talk about the day in her own words – one of my favorite videos to date 🙂 In September, my agent Suzy Johnston received an unexpected email from a lovely lady by the name of Nicole. She had a request: To have a creative photoshoot done of […]
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April 27, 2014
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4 days, fire, 3 million pounds of sport cars and a mansion in Manchester
Back at the end of March last year, I met a man by the name of Barry Van Elder at my Train to Create workshop. It turns out he was a huge fan of the fire work that DAS and myself had done over a year ago and that it had literally ignited a spark […]
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April 27, 2014
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12 medieval wedding dresses, 1 day and loads of fun ft. Camranger, Pocketwizard & Cotton Carrier
Early September, la Boutique Dracolite hired me to shoot a catalogue of their 2014 medieval wedding dresses for the launch of their new website: veroniquelortie.ca. Dracolite asked me to prepare a quote for them, and I recommended that we capture 4-6 dresses – take the time to customize each shot – the right model, with […]
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April 27, 2014
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What it's like directing the world's largest "Where is Waldo"
Earlier this year, Kamerakind spontaneously contacted me and hired me to play the role of Creative Director/coordinator in their 450 person “Where is Waldo…” project that would be taking place in Traunstein, Germany. Wanna see the final result? Play the game here! Find Waldo: http://traunstein-wimmelt.de/en/ Here’s a video of me, exhausted after the day attempting […]
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April 27, 2014
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Pyrotechnics & Capoeira in an abbey in Belgium
Fire is best shot in the dark. It allows for many creative options such as painting with fire and quite simply looks better when shot against a dark background. I’ve had the chance to work with Andrey DAS to produce one epic photoshoot after another but we had never really attempted to do anything in […]
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April 27, 2014
