I was photographing my kids on vacation a few weeks ago as we enjoyed fun in the sun and sand at Cavendish, Prince Edward Island…and I began thinking about our family photos. Like most people, I have albums full of great images of our vacations, school concerts, Christmas day, first days of school…all the special […]
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Like me you are probably mourning the end of summer, tinged with a bit of joy the kids are going back to school. If you were looking to take some great going back to school photos, here are some tips! (313)
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The Buskers on the Bay/Boardwalk in Saint John is coming up, thought I’d give some quick tips on getting some great photographs! (429)
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With the end of year school concert season upon us here are some tips on getting the great concert photos! (410)
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Many people ask me about how photographs I’ve done were taken. Lots of interest in the techniques or technical aspects. The Story Behind The Photo series answers those questions! This one is a portrait of world renowned photographer Freeman Patterson. If you see any shots of mine that you are dying to know how they […]
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The final shoot in the series of Canada Games Athletes is of chef-du-mission Jennifer Bent Richard. As she wasn’t an athlete, but more the head of the whole New Brunswick team, I asked that she bring some NB stuff, including a flag. Started off with some simple shots of her holding the flag out. I […]
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Today’s athlete portrait is of Canada Games women’s beach volleyball player Jill Blanchard. This was the final shoot done for the series, and it was a great way to end it. Before you get too exciting, you won’t see the normal photographs that get taken with women’s beach volleyball. If you don’t know what I […]
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Today’s portrait is of baseball player Sean Silliphant. Similar set up as many of the other images. Set the subject up in front of a bright background, expose for the background to make them a silhouette, and add light on them with the flash. Sean plays a number of positions, including pitching, so I started […]
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Today’s Canada Games Athlete portrait shoot is of rugby player Walker Blizzard. This was one of the earlier shoots, so again the weather was cloudy. Which was fine, as again, it would allow me more control over the light. So I started off with Walker in front of the rugby uprights. I exposed for the […]
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Today’s Canada Games athlete portrait is of swimmer Jacqueline Murchison. I wanted to start off with some portraits outside the pool. Figured it would be easier to shoot them first, that way she wouldn’t get all wet and have to stand around. Since we were indoors, it was easy to get some slower speeds to […]
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