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Claire | Portraits

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:55:32 +0000

An old friend needed some specific headshots and I was happy to help her out. Here are a few.

TIFF 2011 Highlights | Toronto International Film Festival

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:17:25 +0000

So now that TIFF’11 is over for me, I thought I would share a handful of the images that I have taken over the last several days.

It was usually pretty busy at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, the main headquarters for the festival.

TIFF wouldn’t be TIFF without David Cronenberg!

Gus Van Sant, director of Good Will Hunting and Milk.

Film critic Roger Ebert.

You might remember actor Udo Kier from his roles in Johnny Mnemonic, Armageddon, Blade, End of Days, and a billion other films. He was a charming fellow.

Sony Pictures Classics are celebrating their 20th anniversary and co founders Tom Bernard and Michael Barker came to discuss the history of their company with Director Jonathan Demme.

Jonathan Demme is best known known for directing Philadelphia, Rachel Getting Married and Silence of the Lambs which got him the Academy award for Best Director.

You most likely know Heather Graham from Boogie Nights, Austin Powers and The Hangover. She was in town to promote her new kids film The Flying Machine.

Heather Graham along with Producer Hugh Welchman at the premiere of The Flying Machine.

It was a pretty busy week and it flew by real quick. The festival seems to be getting bigger and bigger every year with bigger crowds and more events. Let’s hope Rob Ford doesn’t follow through with his plan on cutting funding in the arts.

Seattle, Washington | Panoramic

admin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 06:28:59 +0000

Click on the thumbnail to see the full size image!

Vancouver, British Columbia | July 2011

admin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 06:22:39 +0000

Here are some highlights from my recent trip to Vancouver!

Enjoy.

Guillermo del Toro | TIFF Bell Lightbox

admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:42:45 +0000

I had the pleasure of meeting and photographing Mexican director Guillermo del Toro at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. He’s currently in Toronto shooting his newest movie but decided to drop by the Lightbox to introduce the movie Suspiria and do a little Q&A afterwards. Some of Mr. Del Toro’s films include Pan’s Labyrinth, the Hellboy films and he was hired to direct the two new upcoming Hobbit films but due to production delays and New Line Cinema’s financial troubles he unfortunately couldn’t commit to the time needed to make the films. Instead Peter Jackson has taken over and Del Toro is still contributing as a writer. It was a lot of fun talking to him as he is a genuinely down to earth and overall great guy. Not to mention he’s a visual creative genius and will make some great films in the future.

San Francisco, California

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:15:44 +0000

In March I visited the wonderful city of San Francisco.

I really have nothing but great things to say about this city. The people are very friendly, its clean, there’s lots to do and see, there are incredible views and amazing scenery pretty much anywhere you go, it’s filled with history, culture, character and there’s an In-N-Out Burger.

Alcatraz Island. While visiting the island I met some friendly Australian tourists on the ferry and we all tried to do our best Sean Connery impression saying “Welcome to the Rock” .

Helicopter landing on a Coast Guard ship!

The Golden Gate Bridge. Probably the most photographed structure in the world. At first I thought the bridge would be that super cliche tourist spot in SF and that I would probably take a couple of photos of it and never go back but let me tell you, this is a pretty big bridge and its presence is really felt. When you see it in front of you it’s quite the awe inspiring sight and I ended up going back several times to find interesting ways to photograph it from all corners. I fully understand why it’s such an american icon.

Palace of Fine Arts

Pixar Studios

The very top of Twin Peaks

Cable Cars

Oakland Bay Bridge

The Painted Ladies as seen on the intro to Full House

This was a really fun and much needed trip. The city is a lot of fun and there is so much to do that 5 days wasn’t really enough for me. I need another couple of weeks. I probably saw half of what I wanted to and probably got 20% of the photography I wanted. So this means I’m going back someday.

Panoramics | San Francisco, California

admin — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:41:11 +0000

I’ll be making a more detailed blog post soon about my trip to San Francisco but in the meantime here are a couple of panos that have been stitched together from multiple images. The first is obviously of the Golden Gate bridge and the second is from high up on Twin Peaks (see if you can spot the Golden Gate Bridge and the Oakland Bay Bridge in the Twin Peaks photo). Enjoy!

So click on the thumbnail to expand the image:

San Francisco, California | Golden Gate Bridge

admin — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:31:08 +0000

Early Saturday morning in the Presidio. Despite all the rain, this city is a lot of fun.

Denis Villeneuve at the TIFF Bell Lightbox | Incendies, Academy Award Nomination

admin — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:04:28 +0000

Here are a couple of photographs of Denis Villeneuve, Canadian director of the film Incendies which is up for a nomination at the Oscars tomorrow night for best foreign film. These were taken in January at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. The film itself is excellent and I really hope it wins, it will be well deserved.

VoodooMan Live part 2

admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:57:37 +0000

A couple of more live shots from the VoodooMan show!