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Apr 06
by gregvanriel in Shoots, Uncategorized 7 comments tags: pools, summer fun, swimming pools

POOLS – SITES FOR SORE EYES!

After this long winter here in Eastern Canada some of us are really looking forward to some fun in the sun.  Here is some eye candy to get you in the mood! If you’re shooting pools the thing to keep in mind is that they tend to look best from a high angle. Of course rules are meant to be broken.  I love this infinity pool and the setting.   Don’t forget that you’re telling a story.  Like this next one.  Can you imagine lying in the hammock chillin’ out with a good book, magazines, and your favorite beverage? Sometimes it’s nice to focus on some of the details and leave the rest to the imagination.   I hope you feel encouraged that yes, summer will be here again!  And I’m sure you’ll find time to relax and enjoy it just like this young girl here is… Feel free to leave a comment by clicking on “Comments” above.
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May 11
by gregvanriel in Shoots 0 comments tags: Sheridan College Mississauga Campus

Taking Another Look

Often I like to play a little game with myself when I’m shooting. After I think I’ve got the “Money” shot it’s time to see if I can up the ante.  Have another look. Try something else. For example, I had this shot of the new Sheridan College Campus in Mississauga, Ontario. I walked around the building took some of these below. I quite liked the last one so I did some Photoshop work on it.  It took quite a while to get it look like this. The problem was that I messed up the section of the shot at the bottom right hand side.  You can see a white line where the edge of the building meets the sky. I felt a little disappointed and abandoned it.  I ended up working on this shot here. A while later the low angle shot popped back into my head and I thought, why not strip in a different sky.  I’d shot some sky plates and had one I thought would work.  So I created a layer mask in Photoshop and came up with this one. It worked out kind of nicely and I think I saved the image. It’s always worth […]
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Apr 07
by gregvanriel in Shoots 2 comments tags: intimacy, street photography

Rockin’ It With Street Photography

This post is a bit of departure since I mostly blog about shooting Architecture but why not switch it up once in while.  I was shooting in Holland a while ago and I came across this couple on the bench.  Something dramatic was going on.  I took some shots of them and I kept wondering what their story was.  It gave me the inspiration to do a series of “Intimacy” themed shots. When I got back to Toronto I started roaming the streets looking for some interesting opportunities to capture intimate moments between people like the one below. The thing about street shooting is that you have to be fast.  Set your camera to shutter priority – 1/250 sec and of course use a long lens.  Then keep your eyes open for a potential “story”.  I like it when the story is not straight forward like this one below.  Why is she looking off while he seems so intent on her.  Is he proposing? I love the way the people in this next one are so full of love for the child in the stroller. In the one below I wonder if the young father didn’t get much sleep the […]
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Jan 03
by gregvanriel in Shoots 0 comments tags: shoot with animals, stone product

It’s a Doggy Dog World!

“You know Greggy, it’s a doggy dog world.”  That’s what my friend used to say when we were 18 year old budding photographers.  He was new to Canada and misunderstood the old saying, “It’s a dog eat dog world.”  It’s a fun memory, and a good segue into this blog post because it involves dogs…                 Last summer I was shooting for Atlas Block.  They make stone products.  We arrived at the location a little late and the early morning sun was already up so we had to work fast.  The first set up was on the porch of the house as you can see here. There were these two beautiful dogs around so I thought I’d try to work them into the shot.  But it can be tricky and as they say, “Never shoot with children, animals and water.”  I asked the homeowner to call them and I set the camera to shoot at 5 frames per second.  We got these shots below.                                                   We kept shooting but […]
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Sep 11
by gregvanriel in Shoots 3 comments tags: B&W vs Color, Lakeshore Blvd, Nikkor 24-70 mm, Photoshop, Phototools, Strachan, The Princes' Gates, Toronto, TPE

The Princes’ Gates Shoot

I’ve been looking to shoot The Princes’ Gates at Strachan and Lakeshore Blvd in Toronto for quite some time. But she was always under construction. The other day I drove by to take another look and there she was, in all it’s glory. No scaffolding in sight. Great! I started to get excited. The Gates face south east so it would mean an AM shoot. I checked the weather and it looked good for the following Saturday. My friend and fellow shooter, Jerry Abramowicz, turned me on to a FREE piece of software called TPE. It allows you to type in a location and see it on a map with a graph of the sun’s direction during the day. So, with the help of TPE I figured I should get to the Gates by 6:15 AM. When I got up at 5:30 AM the sky looked quite clear, but once I arrived at the Gates, clouds had rolled in. I figured I’d just scout with the lens, as they say, and see what happens. I put on the Nikkor 24 – 70mm zoom (2.8) and set it to f11. I like to shoot handheld at 250th of a second to […]
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