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click on a photo for slide show These three photos are from a series I did in the early 1990s.  In a make shift studio with construction lights. I recently scanned the negatives.  A lot of loss and damage to the negatives over the years.  I spent some time fixing them up.  They are not perfect but are still some of my most treasured photos.  Inspired by a favourite artist:  Steve Hanks.  You can see

Click photo for larger photo: Hollywood Glamour These photos are from almost ten years ago.  I’ve always liked the Hollywood and Glamour photos from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.  My wife had purchased a dress for me, well, not for me specifically! 🙂 Knowing that I liked to shoot this style.  I’d done some photos for this young ladies business and she allowed me to practice my skills.  At the time I had a very

iPhone Camera - Panoramic photography I purchased an iPhone 13 Pro a short time ago.  I bought it largely for the camera.  A friend had one and we did a couple of portraits and I was stunned.  Had to have one.  I’ve been using my iPhone for a while as my ‘carry around’ camera and it was pretty good but this version knocks its socks off. I’ve been watching some videos on Instagram and learning

Using Back Button Focus on DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras Objects in the foreground throwing you off? If you are not using the back button focus on your camera, you will be wasting a lot of shots. This will save you a lot of headaches if you have objects in front of what you are trying to focus on.  Or nearby.   Most semi and professional cameras will come with the focus as part of the shutter

First Fine Art Nude Photoshoot Early 1990s.  Likely the summer of ’94 I was cycling across the Bloor Street Viaduct (bridge).  Came to the stop light and started chatting to a young lady stopped on her bicycle there as well.  At first she wouldn’t take my card.  I’m sure that she thought I was full of crap when I said I was a photographer.  I told her to call my wife.  A few days later