Thursday, March 18, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Cost U Less
(BTW "Shwack" is an industry term meaning more than 32gigs of RAW images!)
As glamourous as it may sound, the majority of the time we spent inside the CostULess stores which are laid out similar to Costco's. We did get to work in our shorts though!
You can hit the link to the image and see a small selection of the kind of images I was making in CostULess.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
St. Maarten
as part of the coverage for the Cost U less brand of stores, I managed to visited the world famous Sunset Beach in St Maarten. Plane spotters from all over the world come here as it's the best place to shoot planes. I talked to a couple guys who come here a few weeks at a time and shoot everything that comes in. I managed to hang around long enough to see this KLM jumbo.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Vancouver during the Games
Just some of the snaps we took in our very quick trip to see Lynda while she worked at the games. Gorgeous weather and LOTS of people!
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
recent Work Manitoba House
Just got back from Vancouver where I saw my work in full effect at the Manitoba House at the games. I did the portraits and photos of the guides on the interactive kiosks within the pavilion.
I saw Susan Auch there too! I don't know her, but I recognized her!
More to come, once i am done travelling. Off to the Caribbean tomorrow.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Corporate Head shot
Just another day at the office.
this is a standard setup which belies the efforts made.:
-Raise all the blinds, tape up the string and handles
-find an angle where you can light flatteringly whilst avoiding reflections.
-balance flash to ambient to ensure detail outside.
-engage subject in rapport to set them at ease, while encouraging client to check laptop for results, while on a ladder.
-work both horizontal and vertical view of same shot. hopefully getting same smile in both.
-keep it brief, they have to do some real work.
-pack up and get outta the way pronto.
Monday, February 01, 2010
Lynda's VANOC team in uniform
I usually keep the blog to biz and such, but this can't be helped.
Lynda currently in Vancouver working for the Olympics. She is manager of venue communications, the dept that routes and controls all communications on venue. This snap is of her team outfitted with their uniforms.
Vancouver is a very exciting place to be right now and Liam and I will be visiting right in the middle of the games.
I dusted off my old "tablet"
Just for fun, after all the iPad hype I dug out my old Newton. It's an amazing well built piece of gear.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
the best iPad reaction I've read this week
I reserve judgement until I see one in use. But in the meantime, I highly suggest all the geeks in the crowd take a deep breath and read this article.
It's probably the most grounded perspective on the iPad hysteria and the people who perpetuate it.
Here's couple great quotes:
I'm often saddened by the infantilising effect of high technology on adults. From being in control of their world, they're thrust back to a childish, mediaeval world in which gremlins appear to torment them and disappear at will and against which magic, spells, and the local witch doctor are their only refuges.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Portage &main pano
Quick panorama made with the iphone from the 25th flr of the TD Centre, Portage&main directly below.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Kids jumping
When in doubt get the kid to jump. Once they realize you are an adult who wants them to act up, they'll do anything.
Shot for North West Company
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
MOO!
Spent Friday visiting several dairy operations for the Dairy Famers of Manitoba.
Lots of fun seeing different operations and how their set up. I now know more about the dairy industry that most people. This is the greatest part of the job for me, learning about some cool stuff than most people never get to experience.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Wpg airport ceiling 30 yrs of grime
sorry if I haven't been too active these days. Always a good sign, if the blog is quiet it's cuz I am busy shooting!
More to come, I promise!
Friday, January 15, 2010
Aperture 3 where are you?
For the select few of us who still swear by the program in the face of the masses and their Lightroom, PDN has even offered cash bounty for any info about the elusive update. The amount of cash sadly points out the programs importance in the world of Apple Rumours.
My guess (and hope) is this media event on Jan 27th where they unveil a tablet is where they also unveil the new and kick ass Aperture 3.0. Steve needs SOMETHING to talk about for 1.5 hrs to bore most of us with so when he does pull out the tablet everyone freaks! What better that the niche upon niche that is Aperture?! :-)
Ultravox Quartet
I'll be honest I was never into Ultravox in a big way, this is the only album I have. But it's considered one of their best and I listen to it constantly! Produced by George Martin, the famous Beatles producer, it's a wonderful representation of 80's electropop.
I am not a music tech geek but I think this was well before the massive programming abilities keyboard have now, so it features playing that feels "live". Live drums and bass and occasional guitar also add to it make feel more alive that the electronic music to come. In one song there is a synth solo in place where a guitar solo would be and you can almost envision someone playing one of those keyboards guys would sling like axes back then! Add in some obscure lyrics bordering on pretension, and make sure you have everyone take themselves very seriously and presto! you summed up the 80's.
The copies I had previous were quite muddy and had no strong bottom end. The bass playing on this remaster coming out as strong as it should. The second disc is full of remixes, outtakes and live versions. If you own only one Ultravox album, and really you should, then this is it!
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Help Portrait the BTS video
Help Portrait - Winnipeg from BlinkWorks -James Swirsky on Vimeo.
The gang over at Blink Works used their magic on the Help Portrait event. It looks amazing!
Monday, January 04, 2010
Karsh at the WAG
Friday, December 18, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Ted Baryluks Gorcery
This is by Jon Paskevich. Back in 1986 my teacher at Red River showed this to our class. At the time, no one was doing this kind of multimedia. John Paskevich was ahead of his time, marrying stills with audio. This was a revolutionary way of using photography. It's something people are using everyday on the web. Now it's amazing glimpse of the North End of those days. Worth watching!