A St. Paddy’s Day walk home after leaving the office had me stumble into an interesting scene unfolding on St. Nicholas st. around 7pm (it’s the small alley / street that’s just west of Yonge and north of Wellesley.) After a usual Rabba grocery stop, I headed north up St. Nicholas only to be stopped [...]
BLOG: Walking home from the office, stumbled into an interesting Toronto Police scene on St. Nicholas st. (just north of Wellesley at Yonge.)
March 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
BLOG: Ensuring a good spot to shoot Sarah McLachlan during Canadian Music Week at the Royal York Hotel
March 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Canadian Music Week has arrived for another year at the host hotel in Toronto – The Royal York. The week usually brings a few interesting music personalities and photo ops. When I was told months ago Sarah McLachlan was going to be honored at a CMW related awards gala, and give a short performance, the [...]
BLOG: Shooting the PEOPLE of the 2011 Toronto Auto Show for Chevrolet Canada social media
March 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
One thing I greatly appreciate in my role shooting photos and producing video for Chevrolet Canada social media is that it’s not just about capturing the excitement of the cars – it’s also about the people. I just wrapped spending a couple of weeks in the Chevrolet area of the 2011 Canadian International Auto Show [...]
BLOG: Playing my own game of Terminator in Toronto – getting a good shot of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the two hours I got
January 27, 2011 By 1 Comment
While my increasing social media responsibilities don’t allow me the time on the streets shootin’ I once fooled with, there was no way I could ignore icon Arnold Schwarzenegger making a post-Governorship speaking stop in Toronto. I was there for The Governator’s previous Toronto stop in 2007, but I was shooting video for a tv [...]
BLOG: When my Twitter stream tells of BIG fire on Yonge st. – the early morning run includes me packing the camera
January 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
BLOG: My favorite photo moments shooting around Toronto in 2010
December 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
BLOG: To show off Windows 7 cloud interactivity, Microsoft took people Up #InTheCloud with a helicopter ride around Toronto [PHOTOS]
December 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Canadian Air & Space Museum provided an interesting and appropriate place to show off the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system and it’s seemless integration with various Windows Live cloud-based services and office web apps Microsoft is offering. I was very interested in seeing what Windows 7 was all about. I’m actually still running Windows [...]
BLOG: On Scene for Chevy to tweet and photograph all things Chevrolet Cruze as General Motors launches a new car in Canada
November 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
BLOG: Hooked up a 40″ big screen internet connected LCD TV in my living room – an amazing way to mix my social media work and entertainment
October 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Finally tackled a home improvement project this weekend I’ve been thinking about a while. And now, a couple of days into using my new internet connected big-screen TV from the couch of my living room area – I can clearly see it’s a game changer for me and my work. Pretty sure if your reading [...]
BLOG: The White Cashmere Collection fashion show provides a fun afternoon of shooting
September 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I don’t usually get a chance to shoot many fashion shows. But they certainly are fun when I do (and really, how can you not love photographing really beautiful women?) There was a unique show happening at the Art Galley of Ontario yesterday afternoon all in support of raising awareness for the Canadian Breast Cancer [...]
BLOG: Shooting 2010 Fan Expo Canada among capacity crowds at Metro Convention Centre
August 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
BLOG: The aftermath on G20 Sunday and Monday – mass arrests, more protests, and BIG questions about Police conduct
July 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
BLOG: My G20 Saturday – Protests, Violence, and chasing Black Bloc riot protesters. A very surreal day shooting the streets of Toronto
July 2, 2010 By 1 Comment
BLOG: Friday’s G20 effects in Toronto – Protests getting larger, more intense as Police riot gear comes out
June 26, 2010 By 1 Comment
Friday was officially the first day of the G8 Summit and world leaders arrived and made the travel north of Toronto to Deerhurst Resort. President Obama touched down at Pearson airport at 9:44 am and immediately boarded Marine One helicopter to Huntsville for meetings with the other G8 leaders. I decided to visit Allan Gardens [...]
BLOG: By Thursday in Toronto of G20 Summit week – protest marches got larger and billion dollar security in full effect
June 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
My Thursday of G20 week in Toronto started out with an early morning run around Queen’s Park. As soon as I got on the street this morning, I could already tell things seemed much quieter than a normal Thursday in the city. Traffic was much lighter. But I could already see a huge police presence [...]
BLOG: Shooting the G20 – Was Monday’s first official march in downtown Toronto a taste of darker things to come?
June 21, 2010 By 2 Comments
BLOG: Full photo access backstage to document The Family Stone at Fallsview Casino
January 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
photos courtesy Richard Budman / shot7.com What a great night of shooting with The Family Stone at Fallsview Casino in Niagara, Canada. With backstage access – it was like the old days of the seventies when rock photographers like Jim Marshall would have full access and really document much more intimate encounters with musicians. I [...]
BLOG: Hot debate around the Olympic Torch Relay as it enters Toronto, Canada
December 25, 2009 By 1 Comment
photos courtesy Richard Budman / shot7.com When I decided to venture out on a cold Thursday last week – I never thought the Olympic Torch Relay would have turned into an event so fraught with controversy. Lots of dialogue and debate raging the last week. Seems a couple of particular issues have rubbed a few [...]
BLOG: Shooting Olympic Torch bearer Akshay Kumar was one wild ride on Yonge St. Toronto (VIDEO)
December 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Take Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar, an Olympic torch run on Yonge St., protesters, and your going to have a recipe for chaos and shooting fun. And it was certainly that in downtown Toronto last night. A huge crowd had swelled on Yonge awaiting Bollywood star Aksay Kumar – but it got a little difficult for [...]
BLOG: 2009 Golden Globe Award Nominees shot7.com PHOTO PACK available for download
December 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
photos courtesy shot7.com A fair amount of the recently announced nominees for the 2010 Golden Globe Awards made their way through Toronto at one time or another during the year. Nominated films to make premieres at this years Toronto Film Festival included Precious, The Informant!, A Single Man, and Up In The Air. If your [...]
BLOG: Harry Potter “community screening with Daniel Radcliffe” actually kinda sucked
December 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
My friend Saul Colt invited me to an interesting DVD launch event. Saul and I like to talk all things digital marketing so I was intrigued that Warner Brothers was doing this “live community screening featuring star Daniel Radcliffe” (their words) to promote the release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince on Blu-ray [...]