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the new May issue of V-rag just hit the shelves. i had the pleasure of collaborating with makeup artists Eman Aziz on producing and photographing the cover and fashion editorial. my first cover actually! we worked with the 2010 Vancouver Gay Top Model winner Fraser, and fabulous fashion stylist Peter Hoang of thestarvingstylist.com. my good friend and amazing assistant for this shoot, Georgia, took it upon herself to take behind-the-scene photos, which is always great.

for you strobists out there, this shoot was almost 100% natural light. for the most part a reflector was all that was used to create fill, and on the last set in the alley a SB900 was fired behind the model to create some separation when shooting against the dark wall (which were left out of the editorial).

at the beginning of February i teamed up with Vancouver designer Katherine Soucie, of Sans Soucie, to produce new images for her 2010 s/s collection. this past Tuesday she was featured in the Style section of The Vancouver Sun.

here’s a quick behind-the-scenes video of my shoot with John Fluevog.

continuing with my personal portrait project Designer Series, i had was privileged to photograph legendary Canadian shoe designer John Fluevog. John is probably one of the most chill men i have ever encountered. Miss Georgia Esporlas assisted me on this shoot and shot the behind-the-scenes footage.

i shot this a couple of weeks ago for a Vancouver fashion event called Spend On Trend. the event is a weekend show and sale of local Vancouver designers and boutiques, running from August 21-23. these posters will be around the city as well as a whole bunch of handouts that look similar.

here are a couple of behind-the-scenes pictures from the shoot.

last month i shot my first project for the new book that i’m working on. something new and different than what most people are use to from my lens. this is work that has been stewing around in my head for quite sometime, i just needed the guts and a swift kick-in-the-ass to get started on them.

with some inspiration from The Baby Cakes Baby Shoppe and a gas mask, this shoot came together after hunting for a dress for almost 4 months. a big thanks to marina and maria from the bake shop for letting use the space, to nik for being my always gorgeous model (thanks baby!), jan for doing an amazing job with the makeup and hair, and shiv for assisting me with all of the setup and finer details.

more craziness to come!

the crew! me, jan, nik & shiv.

(if you are ever in the west end of edmonton, treat yourself to a cupcake from Baby Cakes, they are AMAZING!)

[Update] Baby Cakes Bake Shoppe is now under new ownership, and unforchunately the cupcakes are not as good. i’m kinda sad.

the gorgeous miss darla decided to play dress up for me this afternoon. it was so much fun! i’ve been wanting to do a fun shoot with her before she leaves to hawaii for a couple of months. here are some of our fun pictures!

thanks so much for putting together so many great pieces darla! have a great time in hawaii. take some great pictures with that new camera.