2012

2nd man out (Cinematic).

2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Portrait, Teaching point, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

The coalescing of moving figures into a foreground-midground-background composition, the interaction with the observer… the split-second alignment of it all before it vanishes like a dream.

I live — photographically speaking — for moments like this.

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↑Leica M9 and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.

The passionate breakfast (Cinematic).

2012, Inspiration, Portrait, Teaching point, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

I spotted these two when I met Dominic for our 1-on-1 Photography Teaching Session, and they generously allowed us to intrude upon their intimate morning meal.

Winter is thawing, spring is arriving, and the light is finally returning… and you can see it on everybody’s face.

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↑Leica M9 and Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4.

French braid (Cinematic).

2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Portrait, Teaching point

I waited until the right moment to click the shutter.

The viewer is being pulled into this image by the vortex of intertwining arms that are, in turn, intertwining the young girl’s hair.  Similar patterns can also be seen in the white sweater and background window treatment.

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↑Leica M9 and Leica 35mm Summilux FLE @ f/1.4.

Alex’s wedding, revisited (Cinematic).

2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Portrait, Voigtländer 35mm f/1.2 Nokton

I was recently reviewing the images from Alex’s wedding, and I realized just how much I like this one.  It’s composed in a special way, and it seems to capture the genuine joy she felt and radiated out to her guests.

As often happens when an image speaks to me, I started viewing it as a frame from the continuous film of life, so I decided to re-crop it and give it the cinematic treatment.

One special frame from a special day in your life, Alex.

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↑Leica M9 and Voigtländer Nokton 35mm @ f/1.2.

My “Workers” photos featured on SteveHuffPhoto.com!

2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Konica Hexanon 60mm f/1.2, Leica 50mm Summicron f/2, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica 75mm Summarit f/2.5, LFI Master Shot, Portrait, Uniform

Ten of my “workers” images have been featured on the popular photography site SteveHuffPhoto.com!

The direct link to Steve’s site is here.

I’m honoured and would like to thank Mr. Huff for his ongoing support of my work!

—Peter.

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Donald – A portrait (the worker series).

2012, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Portrait

Taken yesterday.

You know, people like Donald who keep Toronto going are some of the most generous folk I know when it comes to posing for photos.  They never think of themselves as natural models, but their unpretentious and light-hearted spirit always comes through in the images and makes for great portraiture.

Thanks Donald!

I’ve taken a few other “worker” series portraits:  The now famous Mike, and the recent Raymond.

Also, later this morning, I will be posting a link to a  “workers” series of 10 images I put together for Steve Huff, the editor of the popular photography site SteveHuffPhoto.com.  Stay tuned!

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↑Leica M9 and Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH @ f/1.4.

Two Sunday mornings open in March for Practical Teaching.

2012, Inspiration, Q&A, Teaching point

If you’re a photography novice in the Toronto area and are interested in one-on-one Practical Photography – Teaching, I currently have two Sunday sessions available in March:

March 4 & 25 (morning sessions)

The two hour sessions are tailored to your needs and are meant to be a non-intimidating way of getting out there and taking photos!

If you want to learn more about my teaching sessions, please see here.

Thanks,

—Peter.