Visual.Curiosity

Decided to have some fun on this soon-to-be-ending weekend and experiment a bit with low key lighting. I intended to convert all shots into black and white, but for some reason it wasn’t working out for this particular shot below. I preferred colour WAY over the black and white edit, what do you photogs think??

View Large On Black

View Large On Black

Within the Frame by David duChemin

Right from the get-go I instantly connected with the author and his personal experiences with his camera. It was almost like he reached into my head, and with an organized manner splattered my thoughts on to paper. His opinions and philosophy on the subject matter has come from many years of experience and his maturity level his quite evident when he refers to his own art and craft.
*Ahem*, the man is sharing his wisdom, therefore we should listen. Praise the lord, bestow upon us your photography wisdom

Nowadays many people are obsessed with the technical aspects and looking for that jaw dropping shot and they forget about the groundwork, the foundation that was set to allow us do what we do everyday. The thought and deep compositional thinking that is involved with each frame is now at risk.

The book itself makes you think twice about your own photography, and it questions your intentions as a photographer and the messages you want to envoke through your visual art. So for anyone who is looking to re-energize their aspirations, then I highly recommend this book. If you have been in the business for quite some time and lost yourself somewhere in the melee of everyday life, then I too also recommend this book, and or if you are just dragging your feet and searching for that dire dose of inspiration, then as I mentioned above…go get this book!

Check it out; “David DuChemin’s Within The Frame”.

Experimenting a little with black and white landscapes and applying cool film effects. OOoooooo…Aaaahhhhh

On my mission to make my surroundings a little less redundant, I decided to select a few strangers from my daily routine, speak to them and try to get a glimpse of who they really are as people.

My first opportunity arose at the local laundrymat. Aside from the regular bonjours and hellos, the laundry girl was, well, just the laundry girl. That is until now…

Marisa in a nutshell is a native Montrealer who is finishing up her final semester at Concordia University. She’s currently in the middle of a stressful melee of scholarship applications, proposal deadlines, and grad school preparations which seem to be bordering freak-out proportions. The laundry girl facade has unraveled itself and revealed a camera shy, sweet person, who aims to be your next literary university professor : P

I got my fingers crossed for you Marisa!!

I gathered some photos that I’ve shot for Phototerra Studio the last few months and thought I’d give you a little glimpse of what I have been doing all summer. I don’t have much time right now to rummage through them all, but here is a small teaser for your viewing pleasure. Cheers folks!

(All photos belong to, are protected by copyright and are fully owned by Phototerra Studio. Any use by outside parties are strictly prohibited without permission and written consent by Phototerra Studio. If copyright has been unlawfully broken then proper legal action will be taken.)

Sometimes you need to warm up those muscles before you hit the basketball court or football field; it’s a common approach to reassure your timing and mental state. A method required to feel confident physically and pyschologically before the game. My approach to photography is quite similar; I need to warm myself up. I need to walk and feel my surroundings, eye possible points of interest, experiment with the light situation, circle the vicinity, and jump on whatever sparks my eye.

All these factors help get the blood flowing and preps the brain for the possible zone factor. Once you reach zone-like conditions nobody can touch you. You’ll be firing on all cylinders, seeing things you never saw, shooting angles that you never thought possible, and doing things you never thought you would do.
Reminds me of my basketball days when I once made an unbelievable dish to that beast of a swinging forward in Tache Hall, even I was amazed. Suddenly a split second decision felt like 5 seconds of slow motion, and that my friends in any sport, is an eternity.

Unfortunately for me, my basketball days are over and that zone like state is not attainable with a flick of a switch. With practice you build consistency, but what I like to call “zone-like photographing” happens only…well…when it happens.