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“The Ramones are special. Not only is there no middle ground when it comes to the Ramones, there can be no middle ground on that band. You’re supposed to either love them or hate their guts, but merely liking the Ramones or saying “well, they’re sort of OK” just doesn’t seem like a possible perspective. […]
Happy Valentines Day.
We’re doing a workshop. It doesn’t have a catchy name and it isn’t sponsored. It’s three days long and we’re going to talk about anything and everything we can cram in over 3 days. Everything from first contact with a potential client to finished product delivery to the client. It’s limited to 10 people and […]
Brad and Mike had a job to do at Sarah + Tyler’s wedding on New Year’s Eve at Pier 21. At midnight, their job was to fire off the confetti guns. Now confetti guns alone are normally enough to get me excited at a wedding reception. Steph and I talked about ‘the shot’ all night […]
On November 26, 2009 I opened my brand new little black sketch book and started a business plan. I wanted to stab myself in the head with the pen before I even started because I had just left the pharmaceutical industry where everything was planning and spreadsheets and forecasting and I wanted to be done […]
Paul’s Dad had grown a goatee a little while ago and the idea was born. Roger looked like a mob boss and that was it. Paul, his brother Rob and his Dad were going to do a Family Fiction session where they were the mob disposing of a body. Seriously? It doesn’t get any better […]
I don’t read many self help books and I’ve never seen ‘The Secret’. I don’t sit at home in the office and hope or wish or pray that good things will come my way. I don’t preach or try to convert anyone into any of the crazy things I believe in but this, this 18 […]
It’s funny for me to watch Applehead Studio evolve and take it’s own shape based simple on the best way to have fun while we work. While I used to go out and shoot like a madman, proof 100 or so images and sell a big collection of 75+ images, now when we do these […]
I’ve been holding my tongue for long enough. I’m one very, very small cog in an ever growing machine of photographers around the world. That machine is so big people debate the definition of what a ‘professional photographer’ really is. Does a professional photographer shoot sharp, crisp images in exchange for money? Do they have […]
You had 2 hours, now you’ve got 20 minutes. Go. Halifax Wedding Photographer
“Where are we going for photos?” Its a question I get on almost every wedding day and one I almost always answer with, “I don’t know, where would you like to go?” While almost every wedding blog will be filled with wonderful comments about how lovely the wedding day was and how nice it was […]
Amanda + Tony got married at the Inverary Inn in Baddeck over the weekend and the forecast said hot and sunny. Amanda told me they were going for an 8.30am run and Tony was teeing off at 9am so Steph and I jumped at the chance to get outside and do some early morning shooting. […]
I shot a destination wedding last year where, at the end of the night when the dj stopped playing and everyone else was in bed, the wedding party headed down to the beach, got naked and posed for a very different wedding party kind of photo. Meaghan + Justin and their wedding party were that […]
Sometimes the rain lets up for a few minutes at just the right time and after you’ve shot a couple levitating in a city park, kissing under an umbrella just won’t do.
This is an image I will never forget. Shooting this image was a rush for me because I was shooting in a place and time that I felt that I shouldn’t be shooting in. Emily wanted to get married outside and there was no other option for her. The rain started and it didn’t stop. […]
I cannot wait to shoot this wedding on Saturday. When I met with Amanda + Kelly last year and they told me the location of the wedding I said yes immediately. Steph and I are being picked up by a little boat in Chester on Saturday morning and we’re headed over the Tancook Island for […]
Meaghan + Justin and one of those “what can we do in 30 seconds or less” kind of shots just before the reception started.
