Recent Work Warehouse One Holiday 09

Toronto part 2

I wanted to get to Toronto at this time of year because there were a few shows of photography I wanted to see. One at the AGO was a collection of work by Edward Steichen did while at Vanity Fair. Steichen is one of my favourite photographers of all time, who lead an amazing life. This chapter of his long career was well represented.

The other was a collection of work from Vanity Fair done by all sort of photographers through out the years up till today. This included some of my other faves, Annie Leibovitz, Mark Seliger, Helmut Newton,

 As it happened there was also a show of Nigel Dickson's work, a Canadian editorial photographer.

All of the shows didn't disappoint. There will always be some about seeing images blown up big, framed, and on the wall. The Steichen show in particular, placement of the like minded images together really allowed you to see the evolution of his vision.

Now I have to get the WAG to the Karsh show!

Recent Work: Ricki's Holiday 09

Toronto part 1

quick trip to TO to see a few shows and introduce Liam to the big city! We crammed a lot of stuff in 3 days! More to come...

Cory Doctorow-Makers

My current book. You can read it for free, online. I think I even knew that but bought just the same. Much easier to read offline. He gives away all his books, knowing this. His last book Little Brother was excellent!

From the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother, a major novel of the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America

Perry and Lester invent things—seashell robots that make toast, Boogie Woogie Elmo dolls that drive cars. They also invent entirely new economic systems, like the “New Work,” a New Deal for the technological era. Barefoot bankers cross the nation, microinvesting in high-tech communal mini-startups like Perry and Lester’s. Together, they transform the country, and Andrea Fleeks, a journo-turned-blogger, is there to document it.

Then it slides into collapse. The New Work bust puts the dot.combomb to shame. Perry and Lester build a network of interactive rides in abandoned Wal-Marts across the land. As their rides, which commemorate the New Work’s glory days, gain in popularity, a rogue Disney executive grows jealous, and convinces the police that Perry and Lester’s 3D printers are being used to run off AK-47s.

Hordes of goths descend on the shantytown built by the New Workers, joining the cult. Lawsuits multiply as venture capitalists take on a new investment strategy: backing litigation against companies like Disney. Lester and Perry’s friendship falls to pieces when Lester gets the ‘fatkins’ treatment, turning him into a sybaritic gigolo.

Then things get really interesting.

Halloween 09

Halloween 09, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Monday 23rd Edna Fedya

Next Monday on the 23rd from 5 to 6 pm I will talking about technology's impact to photography. It wasn't till I was reading Rob's post that I began to think about it being the end of the decade. Rob's focus was on the changes to the medium of music. As tumultuous as they were for music the say can be said about the medium of photography. I started this decade shooting a ton of film, we all know what happened! Anyway feel free to join me at this event. I believe it also will be broadcast on UMFM, live I think!

Liam recalls spring flood levels while holding the Capt America shield made from an Old Dutch Chip box all the while seeing how many licks to get to the centre of a tootise pop

Liam recalls spring flood levels while holding the Capt America shield made from an Old Dutch Chip box all the while seeing how many licks to get to the centre of a tootise pop, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Testing Kit

Testing Kit, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Awhile ago I alluded on Twitter that I had one of the weirdest shoots coming up. Now it can be revealed. Working with Tetro, the shoot was for Cancercare and was the photo how-to manual for the ColonRectal screening kit. This shot is probably the only shot I can show you without the risk of offending or getting my blog reflagged.

The client was looking for a way of showing how to perform the test correctly in a way that everyone could understand, regardless of age, language, etc. The designers looks at how several other jurisdictions present this information and how hard they tried to skirt the issues yet never really spelling it out in a plain way. The power of photography over cartoon illustrations is there is no way to misinterpret what you're seeing.

So for as much this shoot generated a lot of funny comments, it IS nice to be involved in something that might help save lives.

I talk about Apple Certification in Winnipeg

An interview with BT. Shot on what had to be the coldest day of the entire summer. We were shooting Warehouse One Back to school in the park. BRRRR.

Winnipeg Men Fashion

Woman Not Wanted

Woman Not Wanted, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Seen in Tergesens, my book cover.

Ewa Tarsia

Ewa Tarsia, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Local Artist Ewa Tarsia
ewatarsia.com

J Strauss for Meetings&Incentive Travel Mag.

J Strauss for Meetings&Incentive Travel Mag., originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Batman on the go!

Batman on the go!, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Liam revealed

Liam revealed, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

The Royal Tenenbaums 2

The Royal Tenenbaums 2, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

What do you do when the 4th model is late for a half hour and you have to keep moving forward? You put your assistant David in the shot and make your own Wes Anderson inspired group shot.

Outtake from the Fall 09 Warehouse One Campaign.

West End

West End, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Trio against the skyline

Trio against the skyline, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Pano

Pano, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Pano is a $2.99 program that allows you to combine serveral shots on
you iPhone into one panoramic image. I did this three fram pano. in
about 1.5mins with little effort. I am continually amazed with this
iPhone!

Headshots on location

Headshots on location, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Ricki's Outerwear Look Book

The Outerwear look book for Rickis' is now online

Cafe Carlo

Cafe Carlo, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

The Chef at Cafe Carlo. For Ciao Magazine

Cafe Carlo

Cafe Carlo, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

MB Racquetball

MB Raquetball, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Did a series of shots for Manitoba Racquetball. Only mildly dangerous, the sting from the ball goes away after a little while.

Thank goodness for the focus tracking on the D3x.

MCG showcases U of M brochure

In their latest email newsletter, Mckim Cringan George showcased the work we did last summer on the UofM Prestige Brochure. You can see excerpts here.
Looking at some of the shots I am reminded how hot in the sun we were when we shot them, Dr Barber in the SnowGoose Parka for example. So we did have brief moments of heat this past summer!

New calendar shoot

New calendar shoot, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Once again working on a calendar to be distributed through the MLCC. Working on it with Jackfish Media

socceer dad

socceer dad, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

From a recent series of images for Horizon Insurance.

Waiting for creative movement class to begin

Waiting for creative movement class to begin, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Catching snowflakes

Catching snowflakes, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

Aperture Level One Certified

I took the test and passed my level one. Soon I'll be certified to train in Aperture. Stay tuned!

The Best Camera Is the One You Have

Chase Jarvis' mantra has always been "The Best Camera Is the One You Have". Now he's applied it to a new iPhone camera app, a community for sharing the photos from same app, oh and a book of his iphone photos he's published. Jarvis' built-in legion of followers will make this trio of iphone photo goodness a success.

I bought the app and it is really easy and great to use, and the built sharing to facebook, twitter and his own sharing site is easy peasy. (Something tells me he won't unveil flickr integration until his own sharing site is firm entrenched.) If you have an iphone and are looking for a cool camera app, at $2.99 you can't really go wrong with this one.

Garden 09

Garden 09, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

For a summer that was apparently not that good, our garden managed to do very well.

How do you get a 4yr old to sit still for 30sec?

You teach him all about painting with light. We had fun at Grand Beach, it gets darker quicker and allowed us to have some fun. Liam sat still every shot for about 30 secs.

Nice props if you can get em.

430, originally uploaded by www.ian.ca.

We used a locally owned Ferrari 430 in a recent fashion shoot for Wpg Men. I didn't have a lot of time to spent making nice pics of the car, but follow them link for a few.

Only driven three times, the leather smelt wonderful! When the car was started and riven round the block, it literally made people stop and watch. The sound was amazing