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Recent Work

I’ve been pretty busy and haven’t had a chance to post for a while but here is some recent work.

Wolf and Harrison shoot day 2

Shooting People on Dark Background

I’m putting together project right now with a personal brand, website, and headshot for Ricarido Gimena, Vancouver based Opera singer with the Vancouver Opera Company. I’ll be following up this post with the remainder of project elements. This one will focus on the shoot.   The goal was to get some good studio shots for the site and for the head shot to give out at auditions. We worked on a dark background and experimented with the lighting. Since it’s for Opera, the more dramatic the better! Read more for deatails on the lighting setup.

A great lighting scheme for a professional, dramatic image

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Product Photography on White Background

Product is king, and to make your product shots stand out, sometimes you need to get a little creative. I did a series of product photography recently for Janna Hurtzig, a local designer who’s astro satchels are taking Vancouver by storm. Since the shoot was for publishing in a book next year, I decided to break away from a flat white background and spruce it up with a bit of shadow.  Click through to see the lighting scheme and to read a bit more about the shoot.

Janna Hurtzig Astro Satchel's shot on white background

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Remembering Burma 1988

A couple years ago I had the opportunity to spend a month in Burma, now officially the Union of Myanmar. The wonderful people of this nation touched my heart. Since the 1960′s the country has been ruled by military dictatorship and the people have been largely oppressed. Recent events involve the shooting of protesting monks in the streets and the continual imprisonment of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who’s attempt to create a democracy following the violent 1988 uprising has left her locked away under house arrest for the past 30 years. The following is an interview with three men who were actively involved in these events. They met with me secretly and their names have been changed for their own protection.

Pro government propaganda in Mandalay

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Tips for Better SEO

As a developer it should be your goal to get the site you’re working on as much chance as possible to be noticed and making sure that it’s optimized to be found by search engines is a sites best chance. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a process of optimizing keywords, links and content to get you as much attention as possible. The following gives a few examples of good SEO practice.

search engine logos

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High Key Lighting – a fun alternative

High key lighting isn’t too complicated but is a fun alternative to a standard portrait. Check out the photos from a recent shoot and find a lighting schematic after the jump.

My favorite opera star is the king of posing

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Tips on Building a Landing Page That Converts

Building a landing page that converts takes more than just a flashy design. This post is dedicated to the do’s and don’ts when building a landing page and how to get the best conversion rate possible.

a simple yet effective example of a landing page design

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Vancouver Urban Colors

Downtown Vancouvers East side may be a sketchy neighborhood but there’s still some urban beauty to be found.

Downtown on Hastings near Carol St.

Stained Concrete

Fall leaves stain the concrete rusty shades on a rainy Vancouver day.