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The End of Summer
Posted by Ryan in On Location, Pretty Girls on August 25, 2010
I don’t know if I’ll ever tire of photographing Samantha.
The day before our shoot was scheduled, the forecast for the shoot day was miserable (rain) so we called it off. But when shoot day came around, the weatherman had some good news: the rain would be done by 4pm. Sam and I hopped on the ferry and got to Hanlan’s Point on the Toronto Islands around 5:30pm. It was still raining when we got there, but I could see blue sky on the horizon. We chilled on a bench for about half an hour and then got down to business when the rain stopped.
It was still a bit overcast here, but bright, and I used a Nikon SB-900 in a shoot-through umbrella to give a little punch to an image that would have otherwise been very flat. Also processed with a bit of a retro flare:
Best of all, we had the entire beach to ourselves! It was a weekend afternoon, downtown Toronto, on a huge popular beach — and there was no one but us around. Glorious.
Natural light:
The sun never really came out at any point, as it was low on the horizon and the dark clouds were still obscuring it. But higher up in the sky and opposite to where the sun would be was all blue sky and dramatic cloud formations:
As the sun started setting, we got some colour in the sky:
And what fun would the lake be if Sam didn’t get in it?
More Kali
Posted by Ryan in On Location, Pretty Girls on August 22, 2010
As of this writing, Kali’s in eighth place (out of 25 contestants) to be one of the eight stars of the new reality show, Lake Shore.
Here’s another photo of Kali to keep you motivated and voting for her!
Vote for Kali!
Posted by Ryan in On Location, Pretty Girls on August 21, 2010
If you’re Canadian, and especially if you’re Torontonian, then you’ve probably heard by now of a new television show called Lake Shore. The producers have been holding auditions over the last few months to find eight people for a Jersey Shore-style show, north of the border. They’ve narrowed it down to 25 people and are taking online votes to decide the final eight.
Meet Kali Eliopoulos, one of the 25 finalists in the running for a spot on Lake Shore.
I love her look, which comes from a mixed Greek and Filipino heritage. Appropriately enough, we shot these pictures on the shore of Lake Ontario.
Follow Kali on Twitter, join her Facebook Group, and most importantly, vote for Kali to be on Lake Shore! Voting started today and goes til September 3rd. If you vote, I promise to post more photos of Kali!
Mayor David Miller for Vantage
Posted by Ryan in On Location, Published Work on June 17, 2010
I recently had the opportunity to photograph Toronto’s mayor, David Miller, for Vantage magazine. Vantage is published by the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance to promote foreign business investment in Toronto.
The perils of working for something so high-profile became immediately apparent as I met the mayor in his office. He was in the middle of an interview and I had about five minutes to snap some shots of him talking, answering questions. There would be no posed pictures, no setups. Just candid shots as I circled around the mayor and the interviewer, all while trying not to add any noise to her audio recording of the conversation. I failed miserably at this aspect, as a long, loud beeeeeeep emanated from the wireless flash after each exposure to indicate success. There was no time to switch if off, though — the mayor is a busy guy!
Wait a sec — that last photo looks kinda weird. They mirrored it! If you glance at the top right corner, you’ll notice the “Mayor Miller Way” street sign is completely backwards. A totally bizarre editorial decision. Why not just leave the photo as is? Or crop out the sign? Or Photoshop it away? So many options. For reference, here are both the original photos:
Publishing weirdness aside, I was only able to fire off about 20 decent shots during the time I had. I used my trusty Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8 lens for all the shots. For lighting, I had a Nikon SB-900 mounted on the hot-shoe of my D300S, pointed up for a little ceiling bounce. On a small tripod to the mayor’s right was a Nikon SB-800 with a LumiQuest Pocket Bounce, fired with Nikon’s wireless CLS technology.