Taste of the Danforth

This weekend kicks off one of my favorite street festivals in Toronto, Taste of the Danforth. Lots of good food, good drink, live entertainment and plenty of fun. If you have the time I suggest you check it out. This picture is from the Taste three years ago. I've used a treatment that gives it somewhat of an illustrated feel.

Hand of Power

Haven't been feeling well the past couple days so I apologize for the lack of content. I will endeavor to get it together tomorrow.

In the meantime today I'm previewing the first of five pieces I will be showing at the show on the 21st of August. This piece is entitled "Hand of Power". This is a personal favorite of mine. It's a picture of one of my closest friends, one Mr. Terrence Hand. The strong orange and grey theme is created using the sketch filter in Photoshop. The "explosion" around his hand is created by compositing a picture of fireworks exploding onto his hand. The result is quite a bold image.

Lady Cool Blue

The original photo for this was taken a few years back at Taste of the Danforth. There was much drinking, laughing, merriment, etc... and I'll probably post some more pics from that at some point. This young lady here is Ms. Samantha Heath. I had hoped at some point to do a proper photoshoot with her at some point but alas it never worked out. In any event I did get this picture and I think this is a fun variation that is both interesting and striking.

Ben Navaee Gallery

I've recently become involved with this gallery down in Leslieville. It's a fantastic organization that runs free community art courses and free yoga classes. I'll be participating in a show there at the end of August so I'll be sure to post details as they become available.

For more info please visit their website.

Sand Art

I think most people have probably already seen this as it isn't all that new but I thought I'd share this again as it is one of the most incredibly moving things I have seen in quite sometime. I'm a sucker for unique methods of storytelling and this is

Jenny and the Roses Version 4

A lot of the time when I do a series of photos I will do several versions with various effects used for each different version. Most of the time it's only one version that ever really sees the light of day as is the case with this series entitle "Jenny and the Roses".
In this case it is actually the third version of this series that I hang my hat on. It features a gold painted effect with bright red roses. But there are a few gems from the fourth version which featured a very bold black and white water paper effect, often with the red of the roses creating a bright accent.

Man Over Troubled Waters

It was my good friend Rouzbeh's birthday yesterday and in honour of that I've posted this portrait I did of him a couple years back entitled "Man Over Troubled Waters".

I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend, I'll be back to my normal posting tomorrow with a couple new features this week on top of the normal display of my work.

Cheers.