Awhile ago I was contacted by a student in the UK wondering if she could use one of the photos I’d taken for a student magazine project on pregnancy. The image was used in an article written by Aastha Gill and was part of a coursework project for the MA Journalism degree program at the University of Westminster. Aastha was kind enough to mail me a hard copy and I must say, I was very impressed! A lot of work went into the project and it looks great. The picture they used appears below, the placement in the magazine appears as the main image of this post (so click through if you are on the main page of the blog or viewing this through a news reader).

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I had the pleasure of shooting Ryan, Nina & Bella a couple weekends ago at the Alberta Legislature. The weather was absolutely perfect for the shoot.

Ryan “The Real Deal” Ford is a local MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter and I’m really excited to shoot for him at his upcoming fight at TFC 8 in September!

Here’s a few of the pictures from the shoot. If you are on the main page of my blog or the RSS feed, don’t forget to visit the actual post to see the larger sized header image! I’ll be fixing that soon I hope.

I’ve been following the blogs and forums over at DPS for a couple years now – it’s definitely a GREAT resource for photographers. I think the one thing I love the most about DPS (aside from the friendly and helpful nature of all the people over there) is the fact that they are always trying to keep photographers motivated and give the readers more ideas to attempt. I love the idea of the latest challenge.

Over the next few days set yourself this little challenge.

1. Choose a single focal length. If you have a prime lens use it – if you don’t choose a zoom lens and commit to only using it at one end of its range.
2. Photograph 10 people – with each person only take a single shot.
3. Share your 10 shots with us. The easiest way is probably to upload your 10 shots to a Flickr account (or some other photo sharing site) and then group them all together into one group – share the link to that group in comments below.

Read the full challenge over at DPS!

Had the pleasure of heading out to the Alberta Legislature grounds and area today with Brandon and Lena to shoot their engagement photos for their upcoming wedding in September. Looked like it was going to rain, then the beautiful pools and fountains at the grounds were fenced off for maintenance. However, all turned out very well – the rain held off and there were more than enough places to shoot in the area. Can’t wait to shoot their wedding, a truly fun and genuine couple! Will post more pictures as they’re processed.

Got a flickrmail a few weeks ago on my old Flickr account – turns out methylium found it fitting to take one of my 365 self portraits and immortalize it in London.

character by Insane – SOUTHBANK LONDON 2008
originally uploaded by methylium.

Pity it only lasted a couple days before someone painted over it… original shot below.

Yes I was a very good boy this year and ended up getting a Canon 5D Mark II with the 24-105 f/4L kit lens! I haven’t had a ton of time to play with it yet, only a couple hundred shots, but it’s definitely an improvement over the XTi… I’m impressed with it, and the quality of the video from it as well. Hope to get more up soon – and back to regular posting, it’s been far too long!

DPS posted the sequel to Portrait Photography’s Power Posing Part I: The Components that I blogged about a little over a week ago.

The post talks about three power poses and how to achieve them:

1. Standing Tall: Give an air of confident ability and self-assurance.
2. Casual Seated: Express an easygoing attitude
3. The Wall Chill: Describes natural and casual expression

Check out the Portrait Photography’s Power Posing – Part II: The Poses post by Christina Nichole over at the DPS blog!

As if I wasn’t busy enough! My sister-in-law came in from out of town for the night so we did a quick shoot. The image below is my favorite of the night I think, I just can’t decide between the three color variations I did.

All in all, I’m pleased with the processed results, have a few more to go through yet but first I have to finish this wedding processing! She was super pleased as well, and one of her friends already wants me to do her maternity shoot and another of her friends wants to talk about family portraits. Looks like things might be getting underway… now to get real studio lighting – believe it or not this was just lit with a 430EX Speedlight on camera.

Great article over on the DPS Blog (when don’t they have great articles?) regarding portrait photography and posing.

Some of the tips include positioning for head, arms, legs, hips, joints (“if it bends, bend it!”), and more!

Check out the “Portrait Photography’s Power Posing Part I: The Components” article by Christina Nichole over at the DPS blog!

Some of you may recall my post from a couple weeks ago about the opportunity I had to shoot Dr. Draw while they performed at The Works Art & Design Festival here in town. I’ve been talking to their manager and will be sending a CD of some of the shots for them to include in the gallery on their main site.

Much to my delight, I noticed a new comment on one of the images I took at the show.

The comment came from Eugene Draw himself:

I love this photo…
I would love to post it as the profile pic on the Dr. Draw myspace page actually all of the photos look just amazing….
you are truly a real deal photographer
e

Thanks for the comment Eugene, glad you liked the shot and hope to see it gracing your myspace page soon! I’ll chalk this one up to the published column…