Dramatic Portraits on The Road On a recent road trip out west, to Alberta and British Columbia, I made sure I packed a light, a stand and large soft box. The soft box being almost six feet but wraps up tightly and takes very little space. We spent the day Read more…
Portraits with Hannah These photos were taken New Years Day 1999. Billy, another photographer and I had been shooting and processing our photos in a darkroom for some time and we were both at a party the night before. Hannah was attending the event as well. We approached her, asking Read more…
1956 Packard This is Chris with his 1956 Packard. We were able to get some nice photos in spite of the rain. This was a luxury automobile in its time. With a push-button transmission and torsion bar suspension, it was smooooth! And nothing like a V8 engine when you have Read more…
George Hurrell Hollywood Style Photos George Hurrell worked for MGM in the 1930s and 40s and photographed pretty much every star of that time. Joan Crawford and Humphrey Bogart & Marlene Dietrich, Veronica Lake, Robert Taylor, Douglas Fairbanks, Greta Garbo, James Cagney, Hedy Lamar, Johnny Weissmuller (Tarzan), amongst dozens of Read more…
Natural Portraits The last few weekends, I’ve been taking photos of the actors in costume and make-up at Haunt Manor Niagara Falls. One more weekend to go, starting this evening. Great fun. As I already had the lighting set up, i managed to get a few natural looking portraits of Read more…
Haunt Manor Niagara Falls If you are anywhere near Niagara Falls, Canada in the last part of September through to the end of October, be sure to visit Haunt Manor. Located at Campark Resorts on Lundy’s Lane, just on the edge of the city. You can’t miss the big red Read more…
Muskoka Horses Muskoka is known for its tourism not necessarily its horses. The bugs in the Spring and Summer can be a bit harsh on the animals, but the Fall, with the nice weather, it being a bit cooler but still nice the horses are much more relaxed. [read more] Read more…
Antonio and I met and became friends when I was at my son’s wedding recently. I immediately wanted to photograph him when we met. Later when he was wearing the hat, well, that clinched it. Here are three from the shoot. That overcast northern California weather at the time was Read more…
This is my friend James. You can find him on Instagram: @poejob and on Youtube at James Owen Brown. He does local gigs in the Niagara Region (Canada). You can always see him and his lovely wife Autumn perform at Haunt Manor in Niagara Falls during the season in Sept Read more…
Recently did some wedding portraits in the studio for some friends: Autumn and James. Weddings are not generally my go to but I’ve done quite a few, mostly for friends/friends of family. I do enjoy but on my terms. You can see more of my wedding photos at the link Read more…