Doing photos for fellow photographers is always fun. I get the added pressure of the analyzing eye on everything I do plus the end result must meet expectations!
I had the pleasure of being the first photographer to do photos for Toad Hollow Photography' Scott Johnson. Scott Johnson, the man who will no longer be a faceless enigma behind the camera, saw some of my work and decided I was the one for the job.
Scott is big into shooting historical sites and buildings and employs HDR (multiple exposure layering) in his style. HDR photos are capable of capturing tonal ranges that are not really there, the way our eyes see in normal light and the colour vibrancy tends to be quite extreme.
To tie Scott's shooting style in with my photos of him, I decided to go a bit crazy! I got a bunch of lights shooting a bunch of crazy colour on Scott and his surroundings. For locations, we decided on some buildings with character, texture and maybe even some history.
This guy just had to take an iphone photo of his bike while I was setting up to shoot Scott. I had everything ready in time to grab this one of him riding off...
This is probably one of the oldest buildings in the Cowichan Valley, the old Butter Church in Cowichan Bay. I,m pretty sure every photographer around has done photos here!
Thanks to Scott for his vision and trust in me! And all the best to Toad Hollow Photography in documenting historic sites and scenes here and abroad!
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