Andrew Norton produces video series about iconic skateboard photographers

ryan-allen-video

Andrew Norton is a freelance photographer from Toronto and this summer he had the enviable job of travelling around the U.S. with his DSLR producing a series of video interviews with some of the best skateboarding photographers in the business. Norton says his goal was to tell the stories of the people behind the lens… [full story]

CanPhoto Kits: A look inside the camera bag of freelance photographer Kenneth Armstrong

Kenneth Armstrong Camera Gear

Welcome to the first edition of a new feature here on CanPhoto.Net called CanPhoto Kits! This will be an ongoing series of articles where we take a look inside the camera bag of a Canadian photographer to see what kind of gear they’re using. Kenneth Armstrong is a freelance photographer currently based in Sault Ste… [full story]

Behind the scenes with Kristian Bogner, Kirk Neff and the Nikon D800

D800 Kirk Neff Kristian Bogner

Go behind the scenes with professional photographer Kristian Bogner and cinematographer Kirk Neff for the making of “Nikon D800 HD-SLR – One Camera: Two Perspectives”. The two-part video was produced by Nikon Canada and was shot entirely with the D800 over two days in Canmore, Alberta. In part one of the behind the scenes video… [full story]

Athlete profiles by Finn O’Hara

Finn O'Hara High Jump

In the spirit of the Olympics and the celebration of athletic achievement, I’m very pleased to start this week by sharing a new series of athlete profiles by Toronto photographer and director Finn O’Hara. The images feature a diverse group of amateur athletes that O’Hara photographed for a campaign promoting the athletic city of Toronto.… [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]

Toronto photographer Mark Zibert shoots “Unstoppable” campaign for Paralympics

Canadian Paralympic Committee Unstoppable Mark Zibert

Toronto photographer and director Mark Zibert shot the “Unstoppable” campaign for The Canadian Paralympic Committee. Zibert teamed up with BBDO Toronto to produce the print ad above,as well as a TV commercial. The TV spot was a huge production that even surprised the talent, paralympic runner Alister McQueen, and was described by one participant as… [full story]