I had a quick portrait session with Drew Barrymore a few weeks back for The New York Times. It was probably the quickest session I’ve shot to date, but got some great results. Barrymore was in Toronto promoting her feature-length directorial debut ‘Whip It’ at The Toronto International Film Festival. I set up for shooting in the corner of an event room at a hotel with the plan to shoot 2 different set ups in the same area – one lit against the wall, and the other using ambient window light. You can see the set up area in the behind the scenes image below. Here are a few of my favourite images from the session, as well as a link to the story in The New York Times.
I shot a series of portraits for The Globe and Mail last week that paired with a story on the fashion of modern men working in advertising. Here’s a link to the story and images.
I very happy to announce that my proposal for a commission was granted by CODE Motion Pictures – an organization connected to The Vancouver 2010 Olympics. My project – RGB MOVE – will be a 2 minute motion piece that is part of a program that will be displayed across Vancouver during the Olympic games. I’ll be collaborating very closely with a dancer and musician for this project – some very talented people I’m excited to be working with. The project is scheduled to be completed the end of November.
I was sent on assignment to get a portrait of Michael Moore for the New York Times last weekend. Moore was in Toronto for The Toronto International Film Festival promoting his new film “Capitalism: A Love Story”. I set up a mini-studio on location at Remy’s (a restaurant) in Yorkville. After a quick set up, I had about 15 minutes to photograph Moore. The final image ran the cover of The New York Times Arts Section, and the front page of The New York Times website. Also, here’s a behind the scenes image shot by my photo assistant for the day Stephen Crosby.
Last night I was awarded Best In Category (Urban Images) for my project “Aeroplanes” at the 3rd annual Toronto Urban Film Festival. TUFF is a really great outlet for short experimental work – I’m definitely looking forward to submitting again next year. The frame grab below is from the original 16mm black and white version of the project shot in 2003. I spliced frames on top of each – footage from The Toronto Zoo and footage from Pearson Airport.
I’ve shot a lot of portrait work lately – a mix of assignment and personal work. I’m gearing up for a few personal portrait projects this fall that I’m pretty excited about. Below is an image of my friend Jamieson Child, who was helping as a stand in for a test last night.
I have a few short films playing in TUFF (The Toronto Urban Film Festival). TUFF is a great idea – it makes use of The Toronto Transit Commission’s TV screens in every subway station in the city to play films about Toronto. Below is an image of my project ‘Aeroplanes’ playing at High Park station.
I photographed Director Michael Moore for The New York Times this past weekend. Moore is currently in Toronto premiering his new film “Capitalism: A Love Story” at TIFF. The screen capture below is the front page/home page of The New York Times website. The print version of this shoot will be out this Sunday – at which time I’ll post some additional images and a few behind-the-scenes snapshots of the shoot. Here’s a link to the web preview.
A few weeks back I color graded a music video for Photographer/Director Richard Patterson. I met Richard while working with Vincent Laforet in Hawaii earlier this year. The music video was shot entirely with still photographs – a process I’ve been playing around with as well. The video has received a good launch, appearing both on Profoto’s website and on Strobist.
I spent Labour Day weekend is Regina, Saskatchewan shooting a photo essay for the Canadian Football League. The concept was ‘all the events that happen around the game’ between The Winnipeg Blue Bombers and The Saskatchewan Roughriders. Here’s a link to the 35 image story.
