Archive for October, 2009

Ride to Conquer Cancer

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

On Thursday, I photographed an event to help promote the Ride to Conquer Cancer. Please visit their web site to get more info on the event and to see how you can get involved.

50ish cyclists gathered at the corner of Rene-Levesque and University to get peoples’ attention and help launch the 2010 edition of the Ride to Conquer Cancer, to be held on July 10-11, 2010. Similar events also happened in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver.

These devoted cyclists braved the cold and rain (OK…drizzle) to raise awareness for the cause, by raising their bicycles over their heads.

People of all sorts came out to the event. Most brought their own bikes, and some came without, just to be involved. One gentleman felt he absolutely needed a bike to participate, but didn’t have one of his own, so he rented a BIXI to take part. Try raising a BIXI over your head…not an easy task, I’m sure!

Here are a few photos from the event:

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Getting ready

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Bring your friends

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Walking to the main event

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Holding it for 60 seconds

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Proud to have taken part!

Once again, please visit www.conquercancer.ca to get more info and view the video of the event.

TTFN

mcm

Bunch and Yahoo! Quebec in Montreal

Monday, October 19th, 2009

These were taken at a Yahoo! Quebec/Flickr event held during the St-Laurent Street Fair and again at POP Montreal a few weeks ago. My client was Bunch, a group that organises and promotes family events in Toronto and Montreal.  Much fun was had by all!

For these events we setup a Purple Photo Booth (Yahoo!’s colours ya know), and allowed people to dress up with the supplied props and  have their photos taken. Some were serious, some were goofy, but mostly they just had fun.  They would then go online to download their photos. And best of all, it did not cost them a dime!

Mariam was my assistant on this shoot, along with some additional help from Renate, Martin P and Darwin. Thanks guys! Couldn’t have done it without you.  

Here’s a little montage I made:

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And some of my favorites:

This little girl probably gave us some of the best photos of the two week-ends. Amazing!

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Mariam, posing for one of the many test shots.

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The Jos. Louis Girls

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Corn Man

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Dan, the digital tech and comedy relief guy…

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Rebecca and Marc from Bunch (sans kids for the weekend)

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My assitant helping me try out and idea…(sorry Mariam)

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and some more…

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Maison d’Aujourd’hui - Fall 2009

Friday, October 16th, 2009

The latest issue of MA made it to the shelves last week. This time, after only my 3rd edition with them…I made the Cover page!

This is the original photo:

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And this is the cover from the mag. Wow, me and Britney on the cover!

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More pics…

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You can also see the photos here, along with a few images from other shoots in the same issue. In all, there were 3 features in this latest issue.

 Needless to say, I’m stoked! My first cover! (well not actually my first…more on that in a future post)

TTFN!

mcm

MCM Photo Blog - Finally!

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Well after years of procrastinating, here is my new photo blog. Wow, so this is what it feels like to be in the 21st century!

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Join me on a regular basis to see what I’m up to, whether it be my latest contract or wedding, or just photos I’ve taken on my own time.  I’ll try to post photos to please all!

TTFN!

mcm