Day 264- Monday, November 30, 2009

Day 264:

Geometry

Day 263- Sunday, November 29, 2009

Day 263:

I've needed to say this for so long now...

Where are you?

Dream safely.

Day 262- Saturday, November 28, 2009

Day 262:

"Untitled Sky - Infrared # 4"

Night

Day 261- Friday, November 27, 2009

Day 261:

Kain

Four down, only Christian's portrait left. Will put it up soon.

What a weird world...

Day 260- Thursday, November 26, 2009

Day 260:

The Spins

Goodnight

Day 259- Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Day 259:

Low Key

"I don't even know what you're talking about. Nonsense I tell you! An optical illusion. You eyes deceiving you! This photo was here aaaaallll along..."

Love

Day 258- Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Day 258:

"I read something interesting in National Geographic today."

"So I decided to do a little light reading to follow up."

...

"Well, guess what."

"WE ARE NOT ALONE."

Dave, I hope you get a chance to see this at some point soon and laugh at me. Hope your first day went well and you're settled in nice and cozy. Good luck brother.

Much love,

Chris

Day 257- Monday, November 23, 2009

Day 257:

"Me And My Opa"

365 is proud to announce its 4th guest photographer, my sister Jen - Codename: Babymomma.

Damn what a cutie.

Goodnight - possibly have some good news soon.

Day 256- Sunday, November 22, 2009

Day 256:

'A Cozy Sunday Evening'

I'm a weirdo, I know. But in the words of the good Doctor,

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."

- Hunter S. Thompson

This was a good Sunday.

Children are a reason to live and a reason to make ourselves better people.

Goodnight

(Note: to missing family members, this is NOT the end of the 'Cozy Chronicles'...)

Day 255- Saturday, November 21, 2009

Day 255:

Leigh # 3

High Key Assignment Shot: NO I will NOT crop it at an angle!

Now for my Astrobiology term project! Best Saturday night ever!

Love Love Love

Day 254- Friday, November 20, 2009

Day 254:

... less premature.

Happy Birthday Janny Jams.

"I have dreams of orca whales and owls

But I wake up in fear

You will never be my, you will never be my fool

Will never be my fool"

SHMILE!

Goodnight

Day 253- Thursday, November 19, 2009

Day 253:

I know it's a little premature but....

Day 252- Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Day 252:

"Incredible Geezers or How I Discovered These People Play Wii Better Than I Do"

Nan and GG, you guys are, as we young hooligans are saying these days, wicked-dope. Thanks for being awesome.

I know this isn't one of the technically awesomest photos; it's just for me. Thanks.

Goodnight and tons of Love!

Day 251- Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Day 251:

360x360x360x360x360x360

"The bomb fell on my waking dream to

the beat of Om Mani Padme Hum but

when I drank the stars like juiced oranges then

I knew I'd got it wrong and that my

dreams were

falling on bombs.

Three sixty times three sixty times three sixty times three sixty equals an infinite and perfect sphere"

Trapped Inside A Painting: Photoshop Assignment

Thanks to the fabulous Cristina J. Rizzo for providing the painting that I am so comfortably "floating" in. I think this is going to be totally off the mark for the assignment but it was fun while it lasted.

Stay tuned for next week when I photoshop myself naked onto a beach full of dancing manatees..... you'd never spot me.

Goodnight!

Day 250- Monday, November 16, 2009

Day 250:

SteamWhistle Brewery

Toronto, Ontario

Happy Drinking!

Note: Blogger did NOT like the layout that I created for my assignment poster AT ALL. It was too tall and skinny and wouldn't display well - I even tried resizing so it was really wide and you had to scroll down so you could see each photo at a reasonable size. No dice. Therefore, I just threw this new layout together in about half an hour at about 1 am, so all you graphic/layout people out there, just, believe me when I say, "Ay-oooo! Ooo-aaaay! Waaaaaaaatch'iiiiit! I smacka'your faaaace you gimme some lip'eh?"

Capiche?

Splendid. Tons of amore. Goodnight

Day 249- Sunday, November 15, 2009

Day 249:

Leigh # 2

Harsh

Goodnight

Day 248- Saturday, November 14, 2009

Day 248:

Leigh # 1

This is what I'm living for... I can do this...

Goodnight

Day 247- Friday, November 13, 2009

Day 247:

"Speak/Don't Speak"

Goodnight

Day 246- Thursday, November 12, 2009

Day 246:

First roll of 120 colour film from the Yashica.

Provia 100F.

Too busy for life.

So I'll say Goodnight.

Day 245- Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Day 245:

Happy Birthday Mr. Andrew!

Hope it was a good one.

Sleep tight and dream safe little prince.

Love

Day 244- Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Day 244:

The Beer Shot: Initial Edit - Final To Come

"For relaxing times, make it Sapporo time."

(Note - Nov 15th: Reshooting for the glass tomorrow. It needs work.)

I most certainly hope you clicked that link. Seriously, it makes my heart smile.

So, finally a shot from Commercial this year that I'm really stoked on. The first two assignments were pretty "blah" - my fault - but I loved doing this. Maybe it had something to do with drinking the beer that lost its bubbles, maybe it had something to do with drinking the rest of the beer after the shoot was over, I DON'T KNOW. Your guess is really as good as mine.

But this was fun. Total time spent:

4 1/2 hours in studio

8 hours post production

1 hour sleeping on my bedroom floor

Hope it was worth it. Portfolio image for sure.

Love love love,

Goodnight

Day 243- Monday, November 9, 2009

Day 243;

"Snakeskin"

Had our "Beer Shot/Pour Shot" assignment in Commercial Studio class today. I definitely felt more confidant with the one than I did on my first two commercial assignments. Hopefully things are picking up.

I spent all night photoshopping but I'm only halfway to getting the beer image presentable. It's kind of a slow process as the working file is 3.36 gigs on my hard drive. Saving (which one is supposed to do often) takes about 5 minutes each time. It's... slow going.

Anyways, it's been a productive day... and something about getting to drink beer while shooting an assignment... heh heh.

Goodnight

Day 242- Sunday, November 8, 2009

Day 242:

Carling & Molly the Burmese Python

...all 10 feet of her...

It's a very well known fact that I love snakes. Very well known. Those who know me best are often heard remarking of me, "Chris? Gosh! He's snake CRAZY! He's got the bedsheets, the encyclopedias, snake motif kitchenware, a private box at the yearly Toronto Snake Opera... the snake mania never ends with him!"

Dot dot dot...

Uuuh, okay so no. But snakes are wicked awesome. I'd love to have one. People who are afraid are CLEARLY unaware of just how totally neat they can be.

Am I doing a good PR job for snakes? Maybe the National Snake Council should hire me. Give me a few months and the end of this decade will reign in the end of "The Age of The Squeamish"!

Okay, wow. I've been talking about snakes for way too long. I think the word has lost all meaning. SNAKE!

So! Today was ALSO my incredibly wicked nephew Andrew's first birthday party. His birthday isn't until Wednesday (Remembrance Day, so it's kind of hard to forget) but I'm still super stoked for him. I can't believe it's been a year already. I remember the day he was born like it happened yesterday... siiigh....

Anyways, I think I'll have to share a few photos of Andrew in a few days.

Until then, I hope you're all super fly. You better be.

OKAY GOODNIGHT!

Looooove!

Day 241- Saturday, November 7, 2009

Day 241:

1960's movie star...

'Night folks.

Day 240- Friday, November 6, 2009

Day 240:

Dear Chocolat Girl,

I'm so sorry, your photo was really whack; it was appearing as chunky, pixelated, freaky, photograph-from-the-black-lagoon weirdness on other people's computers. It looked fine on mine... but not so good elsewhere. Not sure exactly how to explain that one. Hmmm....

So, here's something else.

I'm really sad because I've been wanting to post that photo for ever....

Day 239- Thursday, November 5, 2009

Day 239:

Justin Bolton:

No relation to Michael Bolton.

So have yourself a good night.

Day 238- Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Day 238:

This is about seeing.

How do you see?

DO you see?

Ask yourself again,

contemplatively,

How do you see?

Live that question for a while.

Love

Day 237- Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Day 237:

Yashica C - TLR: First Photographs

...and I think they turned out rather nice.

I mean, not technically "perfect" by any stretch.

But the feeling is there.

... Now I need a Hasselblad.

Goodnight

Day 236- Monday, November 2, 2009

Day 236:

...and more.

*Unedited Silvertone 35mm.

Goodnight.

Day 235- Sunday, November 1, 2009

Day 235:

Bren

More. And more.

Coming soon: More.

Love Love Love

... I need more sun exposure.

Day 234- Saturday, October 31, 2009

Day 234:

"I can't go back"

I finally developed this roll from the summer. Silvertone pwns. I shall call it Silverpwn.

I also love these ladies. But pwn does not fit into that word. So they are just ladies who pwn.

Happy Halloween everyone. I hope you are all having fun, not dressed too slutty, and eating copious amounts of chocolate. I am going to go watch a scary movie and fall asleep.

Goodfright!

*mwaaaaaha ha ha ha ha ha ha*..

(I hope that sounded sinister)

Day 233- Friday, October 30, 2009

Day 233:

Finally got proper scans of this roll of 35mm colour-neg from the summer.

Don't mind the dust.

Thanks for the flatbed scanner Humber.

Love Love Love

Day 232- Thursday, October 29, 2009

Day 232:

Bren

Thanks Henry's. The award was really awesome! Totally appreciated. Very swell.

Thanks everyone else for being supportive and believing in me.

Hope you enjoyed the totally unrelated shot. I've decided that I really need to be shooting more again. I've been slacking with all the work I've been doing. WHY!?

Goodnight

Day 231- Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Day 231:

Mil.

I broke the rule for shooting Melissa. It was pointed out a while ago that every time I post a photo of her on 365, her hair is blowing around. I guess I kinda ruined it with this one but... what the hey...

I'm also pretty stoked for tomorrow night; I'm receiving a scholarship award from Humber for academic achievement. Gotta respect a keener, eh?

Goodnight friends.

Day 230- Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Day 230:

"I saw my ex pen pal on a subway platform today.

I thought,

'The ghost has flesh now, again,

only to be out of reach.'

I felt sick."

Goodnight

Day 229- Monday, October 26, 2009

Day 229:

Anatomy of a Commercial Shoot:

"Bed Time"

Top: What I'm handing in. (Potentially subject to change)

Middle: A typical day in the life of a commercial set.

Bottom: A typical day in the life of a student on a commercial set.

*Notice the commercial steamer for smoothing out wrinkles in the sheets and pillows. But things are not as they seem. In truth, I just brought it in to "steam things up in the bedroom". Unfortunately, all my fellow students in the studio were kind of a clockblock....

Day 228- Sunday, October 25, 2009

Day 228:

G

CT's Basement '09

More coming soon.

I love you all.

Day 227- Saturday, October 24, 2009

Day 227:

Infra Red # 3

"Ladies Footwear"

This fever is somewhat enjoyable.

Goodnight,

Love

Day 226- Friday, October 23, 2009

Day 226:

Just one of those late nights,

Life happens, you know?

Geraldine,

Oh Geraldine,

My heart is in

a puddle for you.

So here's some Regina

...rocking Poor Little Rich Boy

Thanks for being patient with me.

Day 225- Thursday, October 22, 2009

Day 225:

Keef

CT's Basement '09

Goodnight

Day 224- Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Day 224:

Queen St. West, Toronto

Editorial Assignment:

Cool Or Corporate? or Why Can't We Just Blur The Lines?

Many thanks again to Corbin for helping me out with this. So much fun.

Goodnight guys.

Day 223- Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Day 223:

Pisces, Again

I've got to go back. Soon I hope. The food is usually delicious.

Otherwise exhausted,

Goodnight.

Day 222- Monday, October 19, 2009

Day 222:

Finally, here it is, a shot from Regina!

I'm pretty bummed. I went through probably my first real photography-idiot experience shooting this. Without going into details, I'll just say that 97% of my images (from three rolls of film) came out totally overexposed. Totally my fault, and I can assure one and all, that this mistake will not be repeated. Sadly, this was definitely a learning experience, and a hard kick in the butt to the complacency I have shooting digitally; being able to see your shots right after capture and correct your mistakes instantly is a luxury that can severely numb your ability to see and evaluate lighting for yourself. Don't ever forget how to see for yourself!

And at the end of it, I can use the excuse that Regina was just far too distracting for me to get anything right! Better results next time!

Love

PS - Thanks to the excellent and talented Corbin Smith for being such a standup guy today modeling for my Queen West editorial assignment! The assignment theme is "Queen St. West: Cool vs. Corporate". I had some really strong ideas for this project and I'm really happy with what we created. Also, I'm pretty sure Corbin did more work than I did to get the shots, so again, huge thanks. Corbin is also a Fourth Year photography student at Guelph-Humber and I strongly urge you to check out his epic project Map Of Canadian; it's really inspired me to DO instead of dream about doing.

THANK YOU

Day 221- Sunday, October 18, 2009

Day 221:

Infrared # 2 - Janice

It's been a hell of a weekend. A shoot excursion in Queen West, finally shooting my roll of Kodachrome - who knows if I'll ever get my hands on another. I have about ten shots left and I think I'll be using them again tomorrow. Today, a wedding assist in Burlington - fun, exciting, beautiful people, the marriage status quo.

I'm tired.

Goodnight

Day 220- Saturday, October 17, 2009

Day 220:

Oh, Pisces

Goodnight,

Love Love Love

Day 219- Friday, October 16, 2009

Day 219:

Wellesley Neighborhood

I shot this film a few weeks ago - only just got it developed.

More shots coming.

Am I getting sick? This never happens.

Goodnight

Day 218- Thursday, October 15, 2009

Day 218:

"You lookin at me? You lookin... AT ME?"

Andrew

is a prince.

That is all.

Goodnight, sleep tight.

Day 217- Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Day 217:

When you hit that Book, just after Jude's letter,

you'll find me here, toasting The End.

...

xoxo