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August 26, 2011

Hidden Bay Leadership and Outdoor Education Center – Parry Sound, Cambridge Photographer

Early this summer I had the pleasure of working with Hidden Bay Leadership Camp and Outdoor Education Center on Lake Shebeshekong, near Parry Sound, Ontario to capture some images for their promotional material. Carinna, the Center’s director, and I worked out a date for the shoot and a fall back date, just in case the weather wasn’t co-operating. As luck would have it, the weather gods co-operated on the day we had selected and I had a great morning taking in the site, and meeting many of the kids and staff while getting a good selection of images.

Leadership and fun are big themes at the camp and as I talked to the kids and staff it became clear to me that everyone absolutely loved being there. Several had been there for 2, 3, 4 years and more, and many of the staff had originally attended as campers.

While I was at the camp I saw kids getting instruction in wilderness first aid, kayaking, canoeing, and archery, while others were building one of a kind creations in the craft center.

The camp has a large forested acreage on Lake Shebeshekong, a great beach and waterfront, a series of comfortable platform tents and a huge, modern dining hall and main building, that has a large, clean, kitchen staffed by a skilled chef. As well there are a number of out buildings.

As I wrapped up the shoot at the camp and we got some group shots I circled back for a chat with Carinna and found out they also have the capability to host weddings, so for folks looking for an alternative wedding venue it may be worthwhile giving Hidden Bay Leadership Camp & Outdoor Education Center a call at 705-342-7345 and speaking to their director, Carinna Pellett.

August 8, 2011

Portriats for Author – Matt Lennox – Parry Sound, Cambridge Photographer

Filed under: Business Photography,Portraits — Tags: Business Photography, Commercial Photography, Corporate Photography, Parry Sound, Portraits — johnbrisbane @ 7:02 pm

One of the things I enjoy about being a photographer is the diverse and interesting range of people I meet and work with. Matt Lennox is an good example. We met earlier this summer when Matt contacted me about doing his portrait for his publisher HarperCollins Canada’s spring book catalogue.

Matt is a young, rugged, well travelled, soul who served in Kandahar between 2008 and 2009 as a Captain with the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves. He has also travelled to many interesting far east countries.

Matt’s new, and first book of fiction -”The Carpenter” is being published by HarperCollins in the spring of 2012 and promises to be a great read. HarperCollins describes the novel as a suspenceful, tightly plotted story set in a god-fearing small town in the eighties, rift with poisonous secrets, grudges passed on through the generataion and a dark undercurrent of crime. HarperCollins also describes Matt’s writing style that is uniquely direct.

As we worked away shooting the images, and as Matt described his novel to me I wondered to myself… hmm…was I photographing his generation’s future Hemingway?

Matt’s other previously published work is a collection of short stories he wrote while in Kandahr. Entitled Men of Salt, Men of Earth. the collection was published by Oberon in 2009. The collection was shortlisted for the 2010 ReLit award.

A few of the images we created during Matt’s portrait session follow.

July 2, 2011

Awesome Art – “Instruments for Free Space” Cambridge Galleries – Cambridge-Parry Sound Photographer

Filed under: Event Photography — Tags: Business Photography, Cambridge, Commercial Photography, Event Photography, Kitchener Waterloo — johnbrisbane @ 9:05 am

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting a unique and intersting display at Cambridge Gallieries – Queens Square. Named Instruments for Free Space - The display was striking in that it sits bathed in light, in the middle of a large darkened room. When patrons enter the room there is silence and then within a few seconds a magical sound creation that blends with the visual display to transport the mind to a place of peace and thought.

The display runs until July 2 so if your in the Cambridge area I urge you to stop by and experience it. I was fortunate to be allowed to take some images of the display and have posted a few of them below along with some information on the artists and the gallery.

Instruments for Free Space

[The User] & Xiaojing Yan

CURATED BY IGA JANIK

May 20 – July 2, 2011

Instruments for Free Space combines two very distinct installation works in sound and sculpture respectively. While both works are created with the use of common objects their ultimate function is an architectural undertaking of sorts, making the instruments in the exhibition a tool for activating space in unorthodox ways.

Created by [The User] – Thomas McIntosh & Emmanuel Madan, a Montreal based collective, Quartet for Dot Matrix Printers is a full scale musical composition written for and performed by a collection of obsolete dot matrix printers. The quartet, while nostalgically and imposingly reminding us that it is being performed by a team of industrial machines, is a unique composition vaguely resembling a classical music score. Its impeccable recording combined with precise sound requirements for installation animates the space through a physical experience of sound as an architectural tool.

In contrast, the grandness of Bridge, an installation work by Xiaojing Yan, exists in the silence of this sculptural work comprised of over 1500 Chinese porcelain spoons suspended from the ceiling and hung in mid air. Their rigorous arrangement gives full form of a Chinese bridge structure. While it is silent and delicate the composition as a whole commands itself as a full scale architectural structure. Its industrial history of mass produced objects (the spoons) is emphasized by the continuous aria of printers’ composition.

ARTISTS BIOGRAPHIES:

[The User] is a contemporary art collective comprised of architect and installation artist Thomas McIntosh, and composer and sound artist Emmanuel Madan. This Canadian duo has attained wide international recognition for their ground-breaking projects Silophone and Symphony for Dot Matrix Printers, which re-imagine relationships between technological systems, culture and human experience in striking ways.

Symphony for Dot Matrix Printers was commissioned in 2004 and nominated for the Nam June Paik Award by Kunststiftung North Rhine-Westphalia. Concept, design & construction: [The User] – Thomas McIntosh and Emmanuel Madan. Software: Thaddeus Thomas, ReDada software. Electronic engineering and manufacture: David Ozsvari.

Xiaojing Yan is a Chinese-Canadian artist living in Toronto. She received her M.F.A in Sculpture from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA and B.F.A from Nanjing Arts Institution, China. Her work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and public spaces in China, Canada and United States. Her solo exhibition New Growth will be exhibited at Glenhyrst Gallery of Brant in 2011.

Yan’s works has been published on many magazines, newspapers and books internationally including most recently Sculpture Magazine, Taiwan International Forum and Now Magazine. She is the recipient of numerous grants including most recently CAA(College of Art Association) Travel Grant, Project Grant from Toronto Arts Council, Exhibition Assistant Grant from Ontario Arts Council and Project Grant from Canada Council for the Arts.

ARTISTS WEBSITES:

www.undefine.ca/en/artists/the-user

www.yanxiaojing.com

CAMBRIDGE GALLERIES QUEEN’S SQUARE
1 North Square
Cambridge, ON
N1S 2K6

www.cambridgegalleries.ca

December 29, 2010

Thank You and have a Happy, Healthy New Year from Bayshore Photography – Parry Sound & Cambridge Studios

Filed under: Baby and Child photography,Business Photography,Commercial Photography,Corporate Photography,Destination Wedding Photography,Landscape Photography,Travel,Weddings,Wildlife Photography — Tags: Business Photography, Commercial Photography, Corporate Photography, Engagement, Georgian Bay Landscape, Parry Sound, Portraits, Wedding Photography — johnbrisbane @ 10:33 am

As 2010 draws to a close I want say a HUGE THANK YOU to all the wonderful couples, families and businesses Bayshore Photography met and worked with this past year. You kept us busy, energized and engaged and we thank you from the bottom of my hearts.

You came from far (London, England) and near (Parry Sound and Cambridge) and you took us to some amazing venues. From intimate, lake side settings in Northern Ontario to wonderful cottages and luxury resorts throughout Parry Sound and Muskoka, and even out of the country to a fabulous five star resort in sunny, Cabo San Lucas, on the tip of Mexico’s Baja Penninula!

You helped expand our product range with orders for several custom sign in books and story-book albums, large canvas gallery wraps, and custom designed cards.

This past fall I have been playing catch up doing blog posts on some of the amazing weddings, engagements, portrait and commercial sessions that made up 2010 and I will do my best to continue to do regular blog posts on much of the rest of the 2010 line up in the coming months, in between working through the custom album orders from 2010 and preparing or another interesting year.

Best wishes to one and all for 2011! May we all have a wonderful year!

Below are a few late evening, December images from right outside the door of our Georgian Bay studio, just north of Parry Sound. Enjoy Life!

September 28, 2010

We’re growing!!! A new studio, new cards…

Filed under: Baby and Child photography,Business Photography,Commercial Photography,Corporate Photography,Event Photography,Portraits,Weddings — Tags: Baby and Child photography, Business Photography, Commercial Photography, Corporate Photography, Event Photography, Kitchener Waterloo, Parry Sound, Portraits, Wedding Photography — johnbrisbane @ 10:12 pm

Those of you who follow my blog and facebook page know we have recently opened a southern Ontario studio in Cambridge to help us better serve the Southern Ontario market. We will be continuing to have a strong presence throughout the Parry Sound – Muskoka region through our studio on the shores of Georgian Bay, near Parry Sound, while using the Cambridge studio as our base for Southern Ontario.

The new Cambridge studio has nice high ceilings, tons of storeage, and awesome natural light. As well, it has lots of room to display our ever expanding portfolio, a great office space, and a wonderful room for client consults. To reflect these changes we now have a toll free number for Canadian and USA based clients 1-877-942-1661 and new business cards. The back and front sides of the cards are shown below. Our e-mail contact is info@bayshorephotography or john@bayshorephotography

June 24, 2010

The Girls of Dentistry on the Bay – Parry Sound

Filed under: Business Photography,Corporate Photography,Portraits — Tags: Business Photography, Commercial Photography, Parry Sound, Portraits — johnbrisbane @ 10:23 am

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of doing a series of business portraits for Dr. Lori Lahti and the associates and staff of Dentistry on the Bay, a modern, professional dental clinic located in Parry Sound Ontario. Dr. Lahti recently had an ultra modern clinic built to house her growing business and she was after a range of images of her associates and staff. As Dr. Lahti wanted white background for the images I took my portable back drop stands, a 12 foot roll of white backdrop paper, my Alien Bee studio lights , and other gear, into her clinic and we set up a portable studio in the front of the office and did the shoot during an extended lunch and business meeting that Dr. Lahti had scheduled. I opted to go for a white high key look and had a blast working with Dr. Lahti, and her team. These gals are high energy and high on life! We got some great images and I am sure that you will see many of them over time on the Dentistry on the Bay website and in Dr. Lahti’s print material. Below are a few of the images we captured. Thanks Lori, it was a fun shoot!

June 3, 2010

Calender Girl – An amazing Stained Glass Artist – Commercial Photography – Parry Sound

Filed under: Commercial Photography — Tags: Commercial Photography, Parry Sound — johnbrisbane @ 8:09 am

While a great deal of my photography work is weddings and portraits, I frequently get calls from a wide assortment of folks images asking me to shoot for a diverse range of purposes, so it wasn’t too much of a surprise a two years ago to get a call from Elizabeth Steinebach, a stained glass artisan based in Orrville, Ontario. Elizabeth was looking for quailty images of some of her stained glass lamps to enter in the annual calendar contest held by the America Stained Glass Lamp Artists (ASGLA) and wondered if I could help her out. Due to the reflective characteristics of the stained glass when the lamps were lit she had been unable to find anyone who could get high quality images of the lamp she wanted to submit to the competition. I told Elizabeth that although I had done a range of commercial/product photography this would be a bit different but I was willing to give it a shot. I ended up getting Elizabeth to leave her lamps with me and after some experimenting with various lighting arrangements I was able to get some good shots of her lamps. I recently found out that one of the Maple Leaf design lamp images that I had taken for Elizabeth had been selected for the December page of the 2010 calendar put out by the American Stained Glass Lamp Artists. This is a great honor for Elizabeth and I was pleased to learn that my image had helped in the process!

A while after doing the lamp images for Elizabeth called again and had me take some images of a huge stained glass window with a rose design that she did for the church in Orrville. It was another challenging shoot. It was mid winter and the lighting through the clear parts of the glass showed some background from the building next to the church. We ended up using a tall ladder and some huge drop cloths I had brought with me and hanging them from the eves of the Church roof to block out the nearby buildings. I am sure passers by figured we we out of our mind.

Elizabeth recently held an exhibition at the Old Log Cabin Inn highlighting the endangered nature of some of the specialty stained glass she works with and I have included two of those pieces below (the wildlife pieces).

I met up with Elizabeth recently at her home and studio to look at the calendar and get a shot of her. I was absolutely blown away by one of the wonderful stained glass creations she showed me. Called “We Worship” the piece is over 23 inches across (0ver 31 in the oak frame) and it in addition to it’s striking design, it features pieces of glass with one and two inch bevels, flash, crackle and gold point glass. I have included a photo of Elizabeth with this amazing creation in the selection of images below.

You can see much more of Elizabeth’s work on her website at www.steinebach.ca Take a look at Elizabeth’s site, you won’t be disappointed!