The latest issue of the KNOWMAG? is on the streets. They were lucky enough to have me shoot something. I'm very busy. And important.

They are very cool guys/girls and all talented on their own but as a group they really produce a great mag. I was happy to get the call again this year.

The assignment was "Always Be Preprared". Well, as a young lad I was in Beavers and Cubs so I know that motto well. A combo of studio product photography and location shots to accompany each product theme was the task. I was on my own in terms of the accompanying shots and I was able to somehow convince them to let me shoot them on film with my beloved Hasselblad. The studio shoot had a very specific direction and look. I worked with stylist Tanus Lewis again this year as well as Daniel Curtis who I have worked in in the past (see Young Ones post).

 

 

A few weeks ago I did a shoot with designer and creative director Daniel Curtis. He was putting together the art for a new album by Canadian band, Young Ones. His idea sounded great and I was into the concept and shoot idea which involved fireworks and the beach. There had been a few concepts we bounced back and forth prior to this including vintage motorcycles and naked girls but we settled on the fireworks concept. Dan procured some illegal fireworks from a shady dude in East Van and we shot under the cover of darkness in a secret location. We had a limited number of fireworks to use so when the first round of shots were not working as planned I started to sweat a little. Because we were using 'roman candles' it was particularly difficult to time the shutter with the burst of the fireworks which is really random and fast. In the end the 10 fps motordrive on my Canon 1d Mark IV saved the day. It was a good shoot and the final product looks great. Simple and clean but with a lot of visual impact. The band printed some copies on clear vinyl which I can't wait to get my hands on.