Victoria Music Photography | Jazz Singer Maureen Washington

Had an absolute blast shooting local jazz vocalist Maureen Washington as we worked together to create some promotional imagery in support of her music. She assembled a fantastic team with her make up artist and hair stylist – her daughters Bethany and Emily Shultz – and I was very fortunate to have Zia Kalyan along as a lighting assistant and honorary gear hauler.

One of the elements we were hoping to capture was the very dynamic spirit and contagious enthusiasm for life that Maureen exudes in her personality – this dynamism is magnified in her live shows and we were hoping to convey that sense and the heartfelt way she pours herself into the songs.

Below are some highlights of our time together, and you can find out more about Maureen and her upcoming shows on her website: http://www.maureenwashington.ca/

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Victoria Photographer | Chelsea-Lyne Music Video

Had the pleasure of working with some great musicians on a music video for Chelsea-Lyne’s latest original song- Chelsea-Lyne Heins, Amy Wood and Robin Friesen – along with audio engineer Jason Stasiuk and assistant videographer and chief editor Zia Kalyan. It all came together pretty quick and we were just striving to capture the performance and theatre vibe at the University of Victoria. Looking forward to future video projects and working from concept to storyboards to shoot through to editing.

Good times.

You can check out more of Chelsea-Lyne’s music on her website here: http://www.chelsealyne.com/

 

Shout outs to everyone else involved:

 

Backup Vocals – Amy Wood - http://www.amywood.ca

Violin – Robin Friesen

Audio Engineering – Jason Stasiuk - http://jstasiuk.com/

Videography, Asst. Director, Editing – Zia Kalyan – http://ziakalyan.com

Vancouver Island Photography | Snuneymuxw First Nation

For the past few months I have had the pleasure to work with the Snuneymuxw First Nation on their new website. In addition to helping develop much of the content for the site I’ve been working on photography to add some sizzle to the very feature rich site which will have its official launch in the upcoming months. A soft launch of the current website can be seen here: http://snuneymuxw.ca When the finished site is launched I’ll make a post and share some of the nature and beauty images of the Snuneymuxw territory.

Here are some highlights of some of the Council members and staff photos.

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Victoria Corporate Photographer | Timothy Paziuk Book Cover

This fall I had the privilege of working with Blue Beetle Books again for a book cover shoot on Timothy Paziuk’s new book: The Financial Navigator. Tom Spetter of Blue Beetle Books designed the cover with the other images composited together. Tim wanted a serious looking photo as the book tackles some serious topics and issues.

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Victoria Photographer | Casual Coffee Portraits

I was looking through some recent photos and decided I should do a whole post on casual portraits in coffee shops. I love shooting with window light.

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