movement
A fellow photographer once told me this about my work … “while we - other photographers - all strive to capture movement, you have somehow managed to unleash it instead”. Today … feeling not only my own physical limitations but those related to the harsh winter weather in the place I now live, I need to remind myself of his words.
A fellow photographer once told me this about my work … “while we - other photographers - all strive to capture movement, you have somehow managed to unleash it instead”. Today … feeling not only my own physical limitations but those related to the harsh winter weather in the place I now live, I need to remind myself of his words.
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PHOTOS TO ILLUSTRATE THIS NOTES TO MYSELF SECTION AND THE CASTING NOTES VIDEOS
I need to take some self-portraits to illustrate this new section of my website and … at the same time … test different clothing I could wear for the first CASTING STORIES video shoot.
photos to illustrate this NOTES TO MYSELF section and CASTING NOTES videos
I need to take some self-portraits to illustrate this new section of my website and … at the same time … test different clothing I could wear for the first CASTING STORIES video shoot.
WHY IS THIS RELEVANT? … because some of my best photos have come from what was intended to be a straightforward shoot like these ones. These “subjects” are usually just the starting points … an excuse for me to setup and get in front of the camera … once there … I just follow the flow of energy … if there’s no energy? I will then get some photos I need.
SOME IDEAS I HAD:
- White dress shirt with black pants … no shoes
- In Montréal I used to write these notes all over the mirror doors of the closets … some photo along those lines?
street photography
I have always been a people photographer. There was a time - and this is always the case when I move to a new city where I don’t know anyone - when I had to “steal” glances and public moments of perfect strangers to satisfy my need to “set free” - never capture - those aspects of humanity I find colorful, inspiring, curious or simply put: worth sharing.
I have always been a people photographer. There was a time - and this is always the case when I move to a new city where I don’t know anyone - when I had to “steal” glances and public moments of perfect strangers to satisfy my need to “set free” - never capture - those aspects of humanity I find colorful, inspiring, curious or simply put: worth sharing.
The “energy” of the city is a huge motivator for me so - the more people in the city - chances are the energy will be greater and so will be my interest in photographing its streets. But unfortunately, intensity could also be repelling and the energy from people I find uninteresting could block my creativity rather than inspire it.
The thought: as I prepare to go to Los Angeles next week for a photo assignment … could I reconnect with that city’s energy and dust off my street photography skills?
If I will … you’ll be looking at photos on The Lightbox on this website.
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Current FEATURED GALLERY on the PHOTOGRAPHY section of this website
On a Life With No Limits
ON A LIFE WITH NO LIMITS
“The achievement of a life with no-limits is only possible to those who bear nothing but love in their hearts.”
- Guido Luciani
“The achievement of a life with no-limits is only possible to those who bear nothing but love in their hearts.”
The Idea for “Awakening The Energy: Recharging”
Awakening The Energy: Recharging - was the starting point for this series of photoshoots documenting my own process of awakening the energy in order to break through the impermeable shell.
The idea behind this session was to amass as much energy as possible through movement and transcend the limitation of my physical body.
Awakening The Energy: Recharging - was the starting point for this series of photoshoots documenting my own process of awakening the energy in order to break through the impermeable shell.
The idea behind this session was to amass as much energy as possible through movement and transcend the limitation of my physical body.
The Idea for “L'artiste à Deux Têtes”
The idea for l'artiste à deux têtes photos came to me while viewing the photos from the “Inside Out” photoshoot. For this “Awakening The Energy” photos, I was trapped inside my own bubble and trying to recharge myself as much as possible as to “break through” the impermeable shell. Because of the material I was using as a shell and the marked and distinct shadows this creating with the lighting, the photos reminded me images from Cocteau’s movies. After going through these photos, I decided I wanted to explore further the idea - this time on purpose - and, do a series of Cocteau-like portraits of myself to go with these photos.
The idea for l'artiste à deux têtes photos came to me while viewing the photos from the “Inside Out” photoshoot. For this “Awakening The Energy” photos, I was trapped inside my own bubble and trying to recharge myself as much as possible as to “break through” the impermeable shell. Because of the material I was using as a shell and the marked and distinct shadows this creating with the lighting, the photos reminded me images from Cocteau’s movies. After going through these photos, I decided I wanted to explore further the idea - this time on purpose - and, do a series of Cocteau-like portraits of myself to go with these photos. I will be sharing, with those interested, some of the Cocteau-like shots from “Inside Out” and future shoots on the subject in The Bare Canvas - a private virtual viewing room.