Victoria Day Long Weekend...

*sigh*

Models can be a little irritating to work with, when they don't show up for their scheduled shoots. I think I need to rent a studio again, and schedule two + just to ensure that one shows up for the shoot! Apparently, it's a bit of a problem in the industry, go figure... so there goes today's plan. Ah well, the weather sucked anyways.

Last night was a reasonably decent time... went to the launch/pre-order party for U & I Mag, a 'local' photography magazine. I have my first ever published article inside the new edition... I'll post some captures once I get my copy from Taku, but I thought it totally rocked. :-)

After that, we absconded to a house party... which was somewhat forgetable (sorry Jen, if you read this). The usual house party... the ratio of guys to girls was sadly out of whack. *shrugs* Chatted with some Aussies and Brits and then went home to catch some zzz's. Someone was handing around bottles of Maudite *shudder*...

I wonder if there is anything going on tonight? It's a long weekend, after all...

Off to find brunch I think... ciao, peeps.

/\/\ark

Mood: sleepy.

Music: Killers.

Escape from Cubicle Nation: Open letter to CEOs, COOs, CIOs and CFOs across the corporate world

Escape from Cubicle Nation: Open letter to CEOs, COOs, CIOs and CFOs across the corporate world

*sob* she says it so well...

Regards,

Mark

Well, yes... exactly!

:-)
 

Sabrina VI

Sabrina VI,
originally uploaded by The Imp;-).

Also, from last week's photoshoot...

Sabrina I

Sabrina I,
originally uploaded by The Imp;-).

From last week's photoshoot...

Hidden Dimensions -- Boot Camp May be Just the Beginning || The Mac Observer

Hidden Dimensions -- Boot Camp May be Just the Beginning The Mac Observer

by gawd, I love my hobbies...

Why on earth I didn't start doing this back when I was 18, I'll never know... Oh wait, it was because I was flat broke, just off the farm and only had a Kodak Disc camera... ;-)

This photograph is from a shoot that I did last night, at Spectrum Studios... a photography studio in Toronto that offers workshops as well as monthly shoots where they take care of everything organizational... just bring your camera gear. So instead of you spending weeks trying to find marginal amateur 'models' to photograph, and trusting them to do their own makeup, and actually showing up, you can jump right in and photograph to your heart's content... well, within the parameters of the time restraints as you ARE shooting with up to five other photogs. Price isn't bad... four hours for about $150.00 CDN, two models, three looks each. I ended up with about 400 images, of which this is arguably the best.

One of the fringe benefits is when you start shooting, it is outside, along the street leading into the Don Valley Parkway off Queen Street. It is vastly amusing to see the double-takes, almost-traffic-accidents, and general pedestrian oogling. My gawd people, haven't you ever seen a photo-shoot before? ;-)

I'm hopefully going to be shooting on a more-regular basis, outside of a studio... I've spend some considerable time scoping out suitable outdoor locations, and I have a few models lined up that want to work on their porfolio content.

It's shaping up to be a great spring. :-)

Regards,

/\/\. 

There's not much to do in Hamilton, ON...

Starfighter,
originally uploaded by The Imp;-).

... but there is the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.

I was bored today on my last heavenly day off from work... and so in the morning, I took my dive gear out to Oshawa to be serviced (my dive shop being out there means that they are about 40% cheaper than Toronto).

On the drive back, I thought wth, I'll just take the 403 out to Hamilton and stop in and see the warplane museum; a stop I had been meaning to make for some time. Hey, who ever goes to Hamilton on _purpose_? ;) I mean, it's where Sheila Copps lives...

Lovely museum though. I highly recommend it. In addtion to a number of fairly pedestrian warbids like the Starfighter and ubiquitous Spitfire and Hurricane, they have an Avro Lancaster bomber. In flying condition.

In all the world, there is only two of those, and one of them is only an hours' drive down the road. Go for road-trip at some point, eh? ;)

Ciao,

/\/\ark

No, it's not actually that warm out...

jennie,
originally uploaded by The Imp;-).

Jennie is just a real trooper... pro model all the way.

The wind was blowing in off the lake... maybe 3 or 4 celius with the windchill. Thank god I'm the photographer... I hate the freakin' cold... ;)

Ciao, /\/\.

And now that spring is here...

IMG_0612,
originally uploaded by The Imp;-).

...it is bloody well past time to get the camera out more often. Or, this whole 'work' thing keeps getting in the way of my life. ;)

In all serious though, the good thing about Quarter End Hell (March flavour) is that you wake up in April, and are amazed that winter has dissapeared without you noticing. This is a Very Good Thing™.

Now that the weather is nice (ok, at least NOT horrid), it is time to find someone that wants to get their picture taken. A lot.
Weekend model shoots are all well and good (I have one scheduled for Sunday), but what I really need at this point is a muse... someone to photograph over an extended period of time, and running the whole gamut of photography. Portrait, Glamour, Outdoor, Indoor, Artistic Nudes, Pin-Up, Themes. I need to push the photography skills and I think that having a single subject would help to force me to do that.
So far, three possibles have applied... we'll see if there are any more by the end of the week. :-)

Off to try and salvage the day... two hour con-call in the AM for something not remotely applicable to my job, attendence manditory. :-\ Cry havok and let slip the dogs of Marketing... *sob*

Ciao, /\/\.