Photography, Design and Art

A View from Grouse Mountain June 30th, 2010 Photo

This is a stylized shot of the Straight of Georgia in Vancouver. Sandra and I climbed the Grouse Grind to capture some incredible…

Almost in Range

This is a stylized shot of an alert (and hungry) hunter and it’s prey. I composed this shot using the rule of thirds while keeping a heavy center weight of focus on the…

Energy May 11th, 2010 Photo

‘ve seen some nice sunsets in my day but nothing in my life could compare to this incredible moment. This was the scene upon exiting the Rocky Mountains…

High above Waterloo

This is a shot from a few thousand feet above the country side in Waterloo, Ontario. Sandra won a contest for two to take a flight…

St. Jacobs Market

Waterloo had one great attraction, the St. Jacobs Market. It it is a great place to buy fresh and delicious produce, meats, cheese, anything really…

A Portrait of Sandra Howard

Meet Sandra Howard, my future wife and the owner of the photography blog SandyCanvas.com. I am such a nice boy to this little…

Stylized field

When living in Waterloo, I would often venture out into the country looking for scenes to shoot. This particular shot is on one such day…

Locked in time March 28th, 2010Photo

This is a shot Sandra and I took while practicing some light techniques. In my opinion our kitchen is full of life in a tacky way so I thought it would be fun to try…

Canon Lens Kit

A shot of some Canon prime lenses and a telephoto lens. Check the critiques section below to see some further impressions…

Flags in the Sky

Here is a simple shot of some flags set against the sky. What I liked about this composition was the shapes and colours. The shapes and colours of the flags…

CN Tower, Toronto

This is a stylized edit of the CN Tower in Toronto taken on one of our urban photo walks. Here is some information from Wikipedia…

Breaking through Mist

During the first day of the winter thaw, the temperatures seem to cause some strange weather. Driving to work one day I stumbled upon this scene…

A View of Toronto from the CN Tower

This is a 180 degree panorama of Toronto from the CN Tower’s highest observation deck. This was a joint shoot with Sandra…

Whispering Shapes

This image was an attempt to create an interesting balance and contrast using texture, colour and shapes. It contains two people placed in such…

Spring time over Lake Ontario

After a dark, cold winter in Ontario, there comes a day where the sun shines high, the sky is blue, and the warm temperatures…

Model on the couch, light testing

This shot of a model on a couch, with the killer 60’s style curtains was a fun image to work on. What I like about this image is the colour palette…

2007 Toyota Yaris RS

This is a shot of a 2007 Toyota Yaris RS a day or two after it was purchased. The photoshoot was a way of remembering not only the location…

Through the Valley

This is a shot along a valley near Osoyoos,British Columbia, Canada. This is part of a series of images shot from a road trip we took…

Foggy Trail

In 2006, Burlington, Ontario (where I was living at the time) did not get a lot of snow that winter, the weather was rather strange. This is a shot on the…

Vintage Photo Restoration

A friend of mine asked me if I could touch up a photo of one of his clients Grandmothers plus I wanted the opportunity to take on a photo…