Posts from the ‘arts’ Category

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    Andrew McMullen – Drummer, Teacher, Portrait Subject

    July 30th, 2011 | arts, portraits | christopher | No Comments

    In the terrible, terrible… TERRIBLE!! heat and humidity of July this summer, I went to the southwest section of Toronto to do portraits of Andrew for his upcoming website. The site will showcase his talents for teaching and passing his love for percussion on to his young students, and marketing his passion for performance to [...]

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    Reviewing Work Over Time

    June 13th, 2011 | arts, inspiration, portraits | christopher | No Comments

    After shooting this year’s TCDSB Staff Arts headshots, I did what I usually do, and I analyzed my work. I’ve shot the headshots for their musicals the past 5 years, and since then, I’ve gone from doing what they ask for – very basic (and very boring) – to setting up shots in a more [...]

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    The Annual Staff Arts Musical Shoot!

    June 13th, 2011 | arts, portraits | christopher | No Comments

    Another year, another big musical production that needs creative headshots and production pics… This year, the TCDSB Staff Arts group put on “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a musical by Bob Martin and Don McKellar and music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison that won numerous Tony awards, as well as critical (and audience) acclaim [...]

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    TCDSB Staff Arts – Harvey

    January 17th, 2010 | arts, portraits, projects | christopher | No Comments

    Every year, the Toronto Catholic District School Board Staff Arts group hosts a comedy play in the late winter, and a musical near the end of the school year. And being the husband of a TCDSB teacher involved with the Staff Arts, I usually end up shooting the headshots.  This year, the play is Harvey [...]

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    Once Upon A Mattress

    June 5th, 2009 | arts, portraits | christopher | No Comments

    As unofficial Toronto Catholic District School Board Staff Arts Major Musical photographer (a title I single-handedly created just now), I have to do actor headshots and production photos every year.  And, every year, I try something new for the headshots That way, the actors that I see from year to year don’t get overly bored [...]

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