Why I Am A Portrait Photographer I first started on my photographic journey (wow, that sounds pretentious right off the bat!) when my father gave me his old Pentax P30t film SLR and a couple of lenses for Christmas in 2001, I took a lot of pictures of plants and fountains and [...]
Portrait-52 Week #37 Mike Simpson, Hip-Hop rap battler and radio host, shot at the UFV CIVL radio station where he hosts a weekly music show.
Random Portrait: Gary, Security Guard I was out shooting headshots for a client yesterday, had to be outside as the inside of the office didn’t have enough room to setup the gear for the white backgrounds that were needed. In between groups of people (well, there were only 6 in [...]
The Langley Good Times Cruise-In Photowalk Went out to the The Langley Good Times Cruise-In Photowalk with a group of fellow photographers through MVP Workshops, a photography group that I help out with. Several hundred cars, people, and 30C+ temperatures left us with a great day of [...]
Portrait-52 Week #36 Another friend from the local camera shop was kind enough to lend me her smile this weekend for this week’s portrait. This is Tamara, in a shot inspired partially by Bill Wadman’s great lying-in-the-grass shot of Jonathan [...]
Nude Portraiture for Photographers Q&A [Nude Photography Series Part 2] In part two of my series on an introduction to nude portraiture I wanted to get another point of view, that of the model. Who else to give advice to photographers than someone who is familiar with the other side of the lens. I met Miss [...]