A Canadian in Paris: A haute couture fashion shoot with Ottawa model Amanda Nimmo and Toronto photographer Benjamin Kanarek

A Canadian in Paris with Amanda Nimmo

FASHION Magazine Canada is celebrating their 35th anniversary in November 2012 and to celebrate the special event the magazine decided to produce a haute couture photo shoot in Paris. This was the first time in FASHION’s history that they worked in Paris with a full gamut of designers to produce a haute couture shoot, and… [full story]

Toronto Life photo editor Daniel Neuhaus talks about the creative collaboration between editor and photographer

Daniel Neuhaus

Daniel Neuhaus is the photo editor for Toronto Life Magazine and he sat down recently for an interview with photographer Daniel Ehrenworth. The two talked about what happens behind the scenes on an editorial shoot, their creative collaboration, and the importance of a “personal photography practice”. [full story]

Grave Beauty: Vancouver photographer Pooya Nabei shoots fashion in the cemetery

Grave Beauty fashion photos by Pooya Nabei

Pooya Nabei is a fashion photographer from Vancouver whose work often evokes a dark, sensual, and introspective mood. So when Papercut Magazine issued an open call for editorial submissions with the keywords “Natural Disaster and Apocalypse”, Nabei felt his work would be a perfect fit. He answered the call with a series of dark, moody… [full story]

The Halo Effect: Do we put our heros on a pedestal while ignoring our own potential?

drake by ajani charles

CanPhoto.Net is very pleased to welcome Toronto based photographer, filmmaker and educator Ajani Charles as our newest contributor. This first article showcases examples of Ajani’s outstanding music photography, including images of Diddy, Drake, Nas and Snoop Dog, while he discusses the tendency of some people to apply the “The Halo Effect” to their heros while overlooking their own potential for greatness. [full story]

Ian Willms named a finalist in Magnum’s 2012 Emerging Photographer Fund

The Northern Lights over Fort Chipewyan

Documentary photographer Ian Willms was among the finalists in the Magnum 2012 Emerging Photographer Fund. Willms is from Kitchener, Ontario and is a member of the Boreal Collective. He was nominated for his ongoing project to document the First Nations community of Fort Chipewyan in Northern Alberta, which is situated just north of the Canadian… [full story]

Olympic team fires photographer in favour of Harper staffer

Ottawa photojournalist Chris Roussakis

Ottawa photojournalist Chris Roussakis says he was fired from his dream job by the Canadian Olympic Committee on short notice and replaced by Stephen Harper’s offical photographer. Roussakis was chosen by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) to be in London as the official photographer for Canada’s Olympic team. He even went to Britain in March… [full story]

Behind the scenes with Martin Prihoda and cricket star Virat Kohli for OK! India

Martin Prihoda

In this behind the scenes video we see Martin Prihoda photographing Indian cricket star Virat Kohli for OK! India magazine. Prihoda is an advertising, fashion and editorial photographer from Vancouver who is currently living and working in Mumbai. [full story]

Feeling the heat? Cool down with some great photos of Tofino’s surf culture

Tofino Surf Culture

Since most of Canada has been baking in a heat wave for the last few weeks, I thought it might be nice to start this week with some cool images of the surf culture in Tofino, British Columbia by Vancouver photographer Kathleen Hinkel. The images were published in the latest issue of Chic/POP, a Bilingual… [full story]

Matt Barnes, Zombie Boy, and dead flowers combine to create unreal image

Matt Barnes Zombie Boy

The Canadian artist and tattooed model Rick Genest, best known by the moniker Zombie Boy, was in Matt Barne’s studio today for a shoot for The Sharp Book For Men. Supplied with a headdress created by Kristi of Sweet Pea’s Flowers, consisting of amaranthus flowers, feathers, dried flower pods, nails, fishhooks & razor blades, Matt… [full story]

Kamil Bialous lands double page spread in Momentum Magazine

Copyright Kamil Bialous

A little cargo bike shoot for Momentum Magazine turned into a double page spread for Vancouver photographer Kamil Bialous. “Although I’m not much of a kid person,” says Bialous. “It went rather smoothly, and Francois was super kind with his time.”