Got together with another Toronto photographer and decided to shoot something that I actually wanted to for once… and surprise: I actually like it.

During the shoot, we managed to battle heavy heat, polka dots and creepy bugs crawling up our pants. I did not escape unharmed though, I have five swollen mosquito bites because of this shoot (I’m allergic to them) and have been in perma-itchy mode since leaving the location but oh well, it was worth it!

Thanks to Denise for being patient with me. More to come…

Portrait photography has been my silent love for a long time… quietly tucked away on a shelf. I don’t feel the same about fashion and beauty anymore. It may be because there is no encouragement in Canada for the more artistic style of fashion or it may just because I’ve run out of patience.

Portraiture though… I’ll never feel that way. Always and forever.

My editorial, Night Out, is in T&M’s second issue… which I just happen to also be the Art Director for (now don’t get all giddy, that doesn’t mean anything but I have control over how it looks). The logo was a redesign along with the innards. It’s still growing but I hope to have a clear defined identity for T&M in the near future.

About the Logo
The T&M logo was a custom created logo mixing both modern & classical typefaces. Serifs were removed and strokes were tailored specific to the character. I did not want to create an emphasis on either the T and M letters or the ampersand so I used lines to create a sense of seamlessness.

Available in both print & PDF versions, check out more about it here.

A booker from ElmerOlsen told me to shoot all the time… more than once a week if I could. I’ve been shooting various things for four years now, and as soon as he said that it seemed to wash away those four years awfully quickly.

The industries are ever-changing and my portfolio is never finished – why is it in a format that doesn’t reflect that?

I’ve been doing websites for seven years now. I’ve been through it all, through black websites with neon type, through scrolling marquees, through pixelated futuristic interfaces, through Web 2.0 and finally to the level it is now. I’ve never questioned how the design of the web evolved. It’s been evolving for years, and I’ve evolved with it and yet I’ve never sat down and really thought about what I needed. Yet, I do that for my clients everyday.

I need something that flows and changes as I do; that will never need to be reprinted, rethumbnailed or reorganized. It need my website to be something that showcases what I do, when I do it. A chronicle of my work – because after all, that’s what a portfolio is.

So here’s to change, and future blogs about how awesome my dog is.

Got the pleasure to shoot with Oli a month ago, here are the shots:

Wardrobe kindly supplied by: Pat McDonagh

Got together with Araina again, we shot quick; one hour and came out with this:

There are a few shoots on the burner, been working a lot. Think I might even write off this year as just practice.

Took a self portrait today: