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Editorial Portrait: Late Afternoon lifestyle Shoot in Mile-end with Actress Brittany Drisdelle

During my assignment for The Guardian, I had the opportunity to walk around Montreal and re-discover several neighborhoods in the city. From all the locations I visited, the Mile End district is the one that struck me as the being  the best for a portrait series I had planned with my friend Brittany. My approach to this photoshoot was really simple. Brittany is an actress (Jack Ryan, Division 2, Bad Blood, Assassin's Creed Origins) and I told her I wanted the shoot to feel like "a...

Just Off The Press: Montreal Travel Feature For The Guardian

Even though I've been living in Montreal for more than a decade and know my way around the city, I always love when I get hired to photograph a travel feature for a magazine or newspaper. It's the perfect excuse to revisit places I know or discover new locations. A few weeks ago, The Guardian contacted me to photograph a Canada sponsored feature for their website: a local's guide on how to make the most of Montreal. The article concentrated mostly around 4 neighborhoods: Downtown/Old Montreal, South...

Exploring Montreal: Dusk on Downtown Murals by EL MAC / Gene Pendon & Antoine Tava

As a photographer, I love dusk and blue hour. As a photographer, I also love public art and more specifically murals. So when I read that, starting June 12, 2019,  the Leonard Cohen mural located on Crescent Street would be illuminated, I had no choice but to head downtown Montreal and take the time to photograph this masterpiece by LA artist El Mac & Montreal artist Gene Pendon at dusk. However, when I arrived on location, I found myself distracted by yet another stunning mural located just...

On Assignment: Retail Architecture Photography – Griffintown Properties for First Capital Realty

Following last year's assignment for First Capital Realty at Place Viau, I was commissioned with a fresh batch of properties to photograph this summer. As usual for this type of project, the most important aspect is to try and show the property: at a busy time of the day, with people walking around and with buses (if relevant) and cars. For the first property on the list, a Pharmaprix store, I wanted to highlight how close it was to another property and the fact that a bus...

On Assignment: Commercial Interiors Photography – Toronto Condo Sales Centres for Tact Design

Last November and December were pretty busy shooting projects for Tact Design around Toronto. I've already had the opportunity to show you the photos of a really cool condo located in Downtown Toronto a week ago. However, it wasn't the only project I worked on during my trip. This time around, I wanted to share with you somes photos of a couple of condo sales centres I had the pleasure to visit.   Keeley Sales Centre Located north of the 401 in the GTA,the Keeley sales centre was one of...

On Assignment: Public Art Architecture Photography – The world Within Mural by Jason Cantoro

Whenever I walk around a city, one of my favorite things to do is to discover new murals to photograph. This is why I was so enthusiastic when I got a call from the Public Art Department of the City of Montreal to shoot the latest artwork they commissioned, a mural named "The World Within" by artist Jason Cantoro.   Having scouted the surroundings with PhotoEphemeris, I arrived on location at the perfect time to shoot the mural lit up by the setting sun. As usual for these...

On Assignment: Interior Photography – Bloor Street Condo with a Stunning View for TACT Design

First and foremost, I'd like to wish to all the viewers of this blog all the Best for 2019! It's always a pleasure to share with you my latest projects.   I couldn't have found a better way to kickstart the year on the blog than this post. It's not everyday that you get the chance to photograph a condo located in the heart of one of the tallest new towers built in downtown Toronto: 1 Bloor Street E.   Designed by Toronto firm TACT Design and Architecture, this condo...

On Assignment: Interior Photography – Downtown Montreal Condo for Esther Boivin Interiors

  Although I photographed this project a little while ago during winter, I really wanted to share it with you as it is slightly different from all the residential interiors I have shot before. Back in December, Esther Boivin, a designer based in Arizona, contacted me to capture this really compact high-end modern condo located in the brand new 50-storey 'Tour Des Canadiens" in downtown Montreal. In order to showcase the lighting, she asked me to schedule the assignment at dusk/night time. The real challenge was that there was...

On Assignment: Retail Architecture Photography – Place Viau Supercentre

Earlier this year, I was contacted by First Capital Realty to create a series of the Place Viau Supercentre located in St-Leonard on the Montreal island. This shopping centre was built in 2014 and designed by the Montreal based architecture firm MSDL. For this specific project, the client requested that the images delivered follow a format with a ratio of roughly 2:1. It was also important for the photos to be lively and feature cars and/or people. Finally, the focus had to be on major retailers. For the overall...

On Assignment: Public Art Architecture Photography – Project Bonaventure – Dendrites By Patrick De Broin

Following my assignment involving the photography of The Source artwork,  the Dendrites artwork by Michel De Broin is the second project I photographed on the newly built Project Bonaventure for the Public Art Department of the city of Montreal. As usual for this type of project, I started with day photos, making sure that the sun shines on both the artwork and the facades of the high rise buildings in the vicinity. All the photos below were taken with my Nikon D800 equipped with a 24mm Tilt...