While self-isolation boredom is taking hold during the COVID 19 crisis, I’ve been researching 18th-century portraits from the old masters to get inspiration for my next set of creative “fine art“ photo shoots in Toronto. while working on ideas I quickly took this photo as a test.
enjoy.
I've gone through the baking phase now I've hit the self-portrait phase of the photographer in self-isolation. I'm calling this: stay the F home.
as a portrait photographer, my thinking behind this is that anyone self-isolating is a saint!
6 years ago I worked at a doughnut place in Parkdale. Being the Diabetic that I was I couldn’t just eat every surgery morsel in the place, so I’d take a small walk to The Tempered Room to down a less surgery but equally carb-filled croissant,
5 years later we moved into the neighborhood and by chance, we befriended the new owners: Greg and Hum. when they invited me into their kitchen to take a few photos I jumped at the chance! Not only did they own the joint but they were the head chefs.
https://www.instagram.com/thetemperedroom/
https://www.thetemperedroom.com/
Lifestyle photography, editorial photography, photojournalism BTS photography
When Boss Lady Dainty Box; Madam in Charge of the Burlesque Troupe Les Femmes Fatales calls you up and says she has an idea, you (in this case, me) get excited because something fun is about to come your way!
Let do a Calender Shoot she says, we’ll make it with Les Femmes Fatales and ….. the theme will be …. THE ZODIAC SIGNS!
I have no clue what the zodiac is, I think I’m a Leo but with Dainty leading the way we came up with something out of the world! ( see what I did there? ….the wordplay ….hello?)
Les Femmes Fatales is a burlesque troupe made up primarily of black women and women of colour and their allies. Les Femmes Fatales are women who are fiercely sexy, defiantly glamorous, tender and brilliant, survivors who rock our war wounds with red lipstick, pasties, high heels and straight up attitude.
The fine folks at RATIO.CITY; A tech startup that developed a digital platform for urban planning and zoning. Was in need of headshots for there staff on-location at there offices in the heart of Toronto. I was able to set up, shoot 9 headshots and tare down in a little less than 2 hours.
Toronto corporate photography, Headshots
