Siblings and a significant other...

So from now on I will be paying much more attention to this site and updating it a lot more frequently. It's been a ridiculously busy few months and things are starting to calm down.

On another note...On Tuesday I did a quick portrait session for a co-worker. It was just a quick shoot as everyone was pretty busy that day and we had been having trouble organizing a time to meet.

Blackie Jackett Jr.

Last night I had the pleasure of checking out Blackie Jackett Jr., Rick and James from Finger Eleven's side project, at the Red Rooster Cafe in Burlington, ON. As expected they put on a fantastic set, but if you're expecting anything remotely like their main band's sound you'll be very surprised (and rather pleasantly). Blackie Jackett is a great blend of country and folk. Another surprise that evening was that of the openers, Dead Etiquette. They put on a flat out amazing, energetic set that got me hooked almost instantly. Definitely looking forward to hearing more from both these groups with both having releases in the near future. Here's a couple shots from the show with more on flickr :

Welcome to 2009...

Well, It's been quite a long time since my last blog post, but life is getting in the way unfortunately. My co-op placement has been taking up most of my time recently and this blog has taken the biggest hit due to its wrath. But here I am, finally, making another post (gotta love procrastination).

Now on to the post!

For the past two years I've been learning the art of photography with a trusty old Olympus E-500. It's been a fantastic camera; I couldn't imagine myself starting off with anything else. It has great image quality for an "entry level" DSLR and has helped me produce some excellent shots. However, there comes a point where an upgrade becomes necessary and that point came about rather quickly when I was able to get a great deal on a new Olympus E-30. Finally being able to use IS0 400 and above without worrying about noise levels is something that seemed incredibly tempting as well as being a bigger camera in general (the E-500 is just so damned small). So a couple weeks ago I went up to the local Henry's store after placement and picked up the new camera and I have been not disappointed in it in the least. The E-30 is an improvement over the E-500 in every respect. The image stabilization is fantastic and I've even found live-view to be beneficial in certain situations. Image quality is SUPERB and, contrary to popular belief, is great in the High-ISO realm up to ISO1600. I truly never realized just how much difference a couple of years makes with technology, but Olympus really has come a long way in the four years between the two cameras. But enough of my rambling...here's a couple more shots from my first couple weeks with this fantastic camera. Keep checking the flickr page for more pictures as I take them!

New Carrion Promo Shoot

Today I had another promo shoot for the hardcore band, Carrion . The shoot had two parts to it. For the first part of the shoot we went off to the Burlington Bay and set up underneath the Skyway bridge. I'm going to have to head back that way once the warmer weather hits as there was some great photo opportunities over there, which are much more enjoyable when not battling freezing temperatures.


For the second part of the shoot we decided to do something a little more fun and head off to the bowling alley. If the couple and the group of girls that were stuck on either lane beside us today are reading this I am truly sorry and hope we didn't bother you too much but we did our best not to fire the flashes as you were making a shot :).

And remember as always, more pictures over at the flickr! page.