Coney Island

Last spring I had the pleasure of seeing my good friends Adie and Megan in New York city. Took these photos at Coney Island, a very whimsical place. 

Joy McWilliams, in black and white.

I was able to spend a day with Joy, one of my favorite people, while traveling through Mississippi last month. 35mm hp5

Taking responsibility

One of my first influences in photography used to always say, "You have to take responsibility for every part of your frame," which was in essence was his nice way of encouraging us to quit making excuses for poorly composed images. I think over time, though, advice like this has helped me to simplify my photos compositionally. I went shooting the other day in Verdun and Laurier park with his advice in my mind. So, here is an attempt at taking responsibility... 

old and new

 I waited quite a while to have some negatives mailed to me so that I could have them scanned; so, after weeks of anticipation (on my part at least), here are a few fun pictures I took before leaving the Carolinas. 

              

While meeting Beefany for coffee, this guy pulls out an old school handset, plugs it into his iphone
and makes a call. I'm pretty sure only he can pull that off. 

             

There are a number of reasons why I don't shoot weddings very often, but couples like Ashley and Eddy make it such a joy.

I just found a few rolls of film and I wasn't sure what was on them and when I had them processed I found these photos of some of my favorite people. I believe these were taken 1 1/2 ish years ago.

you're invited.

a little catching up..

A few b&w pictures from this summer in Charlotte. 

springtime.

I've had quite a few photos to catch up on recently.. it has been a busy few weeks for me. I only have a little over a week left in Montreal before heading home for the summer. Its a bitter sweet time. I am looking forward to seeing friends and being near family for a while, and at the same time I am going to miss Montreal and the people here so much.. especially because summers up here are glorious. Fortunately I am coming back, and knowing that makes it a little better. I've taken some time over the past few days to begin to reflect on and process all that I've learned and experienced over these 8 months. It really brings me to a place of humility and thanksgiving, I have been so blessed. Hopefully in the not-so-distant future I'll be able to blog about the fruits of all of this reflection. 

Anyways, here are some recent photos. The 1st 7 are from our trip to New York and the rest from my neighborhood project. All were taken with 35mm hp5. 

window light two.

Some recent window lit photos. There was a light leak when the film was processed, thus the random light flares... but I kind of like them. 

Myriam

Myriam

Jeroen.. lurking in the shadows

Nell Lavendar

Lauren and Nell

Denny

Denny

Justin  

Maurice on the bus

Nick- Pastor at St. Stevens Anglican Church

window light.

le vieux port.

Winter at the Old Port. One cold, snowy day my friend Justin and I ventured out and photographed an industrial area near the port. All the photos are were taken with 35mm hp5 film.