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NEWS & MOST RECENT ARCHIVES
August 22, 2013
Aerial helicopter stock photography: Selkirk Manitoba
August 21, 2013
Last week to see my gallery of large images!
At the end of next week I will be taking down my gallery at the USB after it's 4 month engagement.
Since I didn't celebrate the opening I wanted to celebrate the closing of it so you're invited to come out and check it out for the first time, or the 120th time if you work at the USB and pass it every day. Here are the details:
Event: Grand closing of my gallery
Date: Monday, August 26th, 2013
Time: 7-9pm
Location: St Boniface University, 200 Avenue de la Cathedrale (use the Aulneau entrance by the Louis Riel statue)
Information:
This will be an informal gathering to have a look at the gallery where I will be on hand to talk about how I achieved some of the work, the printing processes etc.
August 20, 2013
Architectural photography: HSC lottery home
I also posted a quick panoramic and small story about this on my Twitter account, about how I almost set the house on fire! (Or at least that's what the over-sensitive fire alarm thought.)
August 19, 2013
Commercial aerial photography & aerial stock photography: Finally today, after waiting two days for ugly skies, I got to get up in the skies for some shots for a few different clients: Seasons of Tuxedo, the City of Selkirk and also took some time for some general stock photography of the city of Winnipeg and some surrounding areas.
August 19, 2013
Stock photography: Winnipeg sunset, downtown and the Forks Winnipeg
August 19, 2013
As official photographer and photography coordinator for the MTS Centre I offered the opportunity to my photo club (wpgphoto.com) to shoot Selena Gomez and Robert once again answered the call very quickly. Thanks Rob for helping a new father out when he has multiple assignments in one day, including his new son!
August 18, 2013
Commercial aerial photography & aerial stock photography: Today I once again had to cancel my helicopter charter due to ugly skies...and lightning!
Similar to landscape photography, you have to wait for the best light and most opportune and dynamic time for helicopter photography. Although, waiting for the sun doesn't cost thousands of dollars an hour!
August 17, 2013
Commercial aerial photography & aerial stock photography: Today I had to postpone a helicopter charter due to ugly skies.
August 14, 2013
Promotional photography/commercial portraits for CJOB, Power97 and FreshFM
New DJs, new partnerships and new programming means new photos!
August 13, 2013
Time-lapse photography: HSC lottery cottage
Today marked my last day of time-lapse photography for the HSC cottage. I have now sent in 5 different time-lapses that will showcase the cottage for social media.
You can now see my work on their web site: hscwinnerschoice.com *Currently only the cottage virtual tour and photo gallery are up, more to come in September as the rest of the houses are completed.
August 12, 2013
Concert photography: Paul McCartney
August 11, 2013
Event photography: CJOB/FreshFM picnic
August 10, 2013
 
Assignment stock photography: The Forks & St Boniface bridge for Tourism Winnipeg and others
August 8, 2013
 
Assignment stock photography: Sunset photos of the Provencher bridge & Canadian Museum for Human Rights for Tourism Winnipeg and others
August 8, 2013
Event photography: Power97 golf tournament
August 6, 2013
  
Assignment stock photography: Sunset and fireworks photos for Tourism Winnipeg and others
August 3, 2013
Family photography: As a general rule I don't do family photography (ok other than my own maybe) but when a long time partner asked for family photos on a cottage dock...why not!?!
August 3, 2013
Time-lapse photography, virtual tour & architectural photography for the HSC lottery cottage in Falcon Lake.
*This is an updated BLOG entry, the location of the cottage was secret before its opening.
August 1, 2013
My own gallery: Printed work
Don't forget you only have one month left to see some of my really big and really cool work, almost all from around Winnipeg at the St Boniface University gallery: La Gallerie
You can visit the gallery which is just past the entrance at the Aulneau entrance (with the Louis Riel statue) anytime during normal school hours, 8am to 6pm or so. They're also open on weekends so be sure to check it out!
July 31, 2013
Site/architectural photography: FNP parking lots day 2 of a 2 day project
July 22, 2013
As the official photographer and photography coordinator for the MTS Centre, due to just having our first baby yesterday, I offered the opportunity to shoot Megadeth to one of my photo club members from the WPC (WPGphoto.com) and Robert was kind enough to help out. Thanks Robert!
July 21, 2013
The birth of my son: Jeremy Jean-Jack Jason Harper
Ever since my memories started, I can't think of a time that I didn't want a family. I think "want" isn't the right word, I think thanks to the great family and upbringing I had, the word "want" puts forth the idea that there might have been another way that I would have chosen for my life, there isn't, I've always been going to have had a family.
So today, I'm massively proud to announce Jeremy Harper!
After a measly 20.5 hours of labour, a pittance for such a strong woman as my wife Camille, he was born just 9 minutes shy of the same birthday as the royal baby. I think he wanted his own special day and not to share with anyone else.
Interesting note: He was actually born on his due date which apparently less than 1% of babies are. If he's anything like me, this will be the last time that he is on time. ;)
Welcome to the world buddy!
(For all of you wondering, yes there is a time-lapse of his birth but no, you will NOT be able to see it. ;) )
July 20, 2013
Site/architectural photography: FNP parking lots day 1 of a 2 day project
You might think of parking lots as dim and dingy...and they are...mostly, BUT in the case of the FNP's 3 level parking lot at the Forks, their underground parking at Portage Place, and their parking lot at the medical arts building, I took it upon myself to show the brighter side of parking. I took this as a personal challenge to show a more interesting and brighter view of the common parking lot. Frankly, it was one of the most fun jobs I've had in a while!
July 20, 2013
Promotional photography: Cool Gardens
There are lots of really cool initiatives going on around the city, one of them is "Cool Gardens". An environmental design initiative by StorefrontMB and the Forks. Slightly similar to their "Warming huts" in the winter, this is a really cool initiative with usable installations. A must see in the summer!
July 20, 2013
Multi-day architectural photography: Interior and exterior photos for advertising, brochures & the web site of the CCFM (Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain)
July 18, 2013
Stock photography: Stormy weather
Most people (who don't want their gear broken) stay away from bad weather shooting with good reason. However on the way back from the Kiss concert tonight there was a MAJOR storm that I couldn't resist and stopped off at the swimming pool parking lot at the Forks which had about 6 inches of water flowing into only two drains. It made for some cool photos!
July 18, 2013
Concert photography: Kiss
July 14, 2013
Fine art photography/print sales
I don't sell a lot of my printed work, mostly because I'm normally fairly busy and don't make time to print a whole lot. However, when I was told by email that "I love your work, it reminds me of home." by Sharlene I had to make the extra effort to get her a panoramic printed while she was in town.
I'm always extremely happy when my photos excite someone, remind them of home, or just speak to someone so I was very pleased to meet someone whose heart is still in Manitoba, despite now living in Toronto.
The image she purchased, as well as many other great photos can be seen on my panoramic site WPG360.com
July 14, 2013
Time-lapse photography: Part of a 9 month time-lapse I'm working on
July 13, 2013
A phone call
Really interesting story: In 2007, just before Nikon released its first full framed sensor camera I pioneered a technique now widely used to modify a lens for full frame use.
I was months away from getting Nikon's first full frame camera the D3 and,in anticipation, I sawed into one of my lenses thinking I could make it better, for full frame. Strange but true, I saw the potential for a non-full frame lens to work better without it's "petals" the fins on the side used to keep the lens cap on. I used this lens on my full frame film camera, and after seeing how much the petals were in the photo, decided to cut the impediments off. This turned a fisheye lens into an even wider lens on the full frame body, so wide, you can almost see through time!
Check out the original and still very popular article here on my Articles section.
July 12, 2013
Event/concert photography: Doc Walker at Assiniboine Park
Today, while on the way to the Doc Walker concert I almost cut the tip of my finger off. After a bit of quick thinking, I shot the concert and had the medics on site patch me up enough to go to the hospital. When a paramedic says "We can't help you, you need to go to the hospital" you don't normally keep shooting an event, but I still did that and carried a 20 foot ladder around to get a better shot, all the while being told by my contacts to "go to the hospital."
July 11, 2013
Stock Photography: St Boniface Museum
July 11, 2013
TOP-SECRET: Architectural photography
Unfortunately due to a non-disclosure agreement I can't talk about this project...yet! Stay tuned for a BLOG update in the future which will talk about this very cool project.
July 10, 2013
   
Hooters golf tournament 2013 gallery
July 7, 2013
Gear tests: Today I had to test a bunch of my gear after discovering a major focusing problem with one of the cameras I was using while getting hit at the Bombers game.
July 7, 2013
Time-lapse photography: Part of a 9 month time-lapse I'm working on
July 1, 2013
Stock photography: Canada Day fireworks @ the Forks
June 30, 2013
Stock photography: Starscapes near Oak Hammock Marsh
June 30, 2013
Time-lapse photography: Part of a 9 month time-lapse I'm working on
June 29, 2013
Time-lapse photography: Part of a 9 month time-lapse I'm working on
June 28, 2013
Commercial photography - family portraits for USB campaign
*This is another one of those top-secret projects as the family who will be representing the USB's new campaign is a well guarded secret (ok fine it's a slightly guarded secret...ok fine, everyone knows but no one admits it...) until September when the campaign goes out.
June 27, 2013
Sports photography: Winnipeg Blue Bombers season opener @ new stadium
*At this event, I was hit by an Argonaut player and sent in over $20000 of my gear including 2 cameras and 3 lenses for repair/replacement. I will be posting a major story about my experience with the insurance company, Nikon's repair service etc. later in my BLOG.
June 25, 2013
Stock photography/lighting & storm chasing photography: Tonight while leaving an event I had just shot I saw some major storm activity and went out to capture it immediately!
If you're interested in a print just email!
June 25, 2013
Photographie d'évènement: LaLiberté 100ième
June 25, 2013
Large group portrait photography: Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors for their 100th anniversary
June 25, 2013
Event photography/press conference: Assiniboine Park new tour bus!
June 24, 2013
Stock photography: City of Winnipeg panoramics etc.
June 24, 2013
Multi-day architectural photography: Interior and exterior photos for advertising, brochures & the web site of the CCFM (Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain)
June 23, 2013
Time-lapse photography: Part of a 9 month time-lapse I'm working on
June 22, 2013
Live event photography/concert photography: Taylor Swift at Investors Field
Apparently my hand is famous as you can CLEARLY see from this detailed photo taken from a WFP TV video frame grab:
June 22, 2013
Multi-day architectural photography: Interior and exterior photos for advertising, brochures & the web site of the CCFM (Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain)
June 20, 2013
Portrait photography: Gold Medal Plate chefs for promotional/advertising
June 20, 2013
Commercial portraits: Caisse agricultural agents
June 19, 2013
Photographie d'évènement: Université de Saint-Boniface finnissants ETP
June 18, 2013
Stock panoramic photography: Downtown Winnipeg
June 18, 2013
Event photography: Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year event
June 18, 2013
Site visit: It's a big part of photography, site visits. It's the only way to be sure. ;) As part of a future shoot I scouted a site where I would be taking a large group photo (about 300 people) for the CIPHI
June 17, 2013
Event photography: Assiniboine Park new entrance sod turning press conference & event
June 17, 2013
Panoramic photography: Today I had a quick turnaround request to recreate a new version of one of my panoramics from Westview Park aka "Garbage Hill" . This was for a return client from Victoria who I'm very lucky to have had a nice sky for!
This is a 600+ megapixel photo, so about 33x larger than the average digital camera. I shot it using a 400mm lens and by taking about 27 photos.*Actual full panoramic photo much wider
Look for this and more new panoramic photos on my stand-alone panoramic site: WPG360.com More and more people are buying my super high resolution photos as gifts which is great to get really nice photos of the city out there!
June 17, 2013
Event and wildlife photography: Tiger event at Assiniboine Park
June 16, 2013
Sports photography for Marathon-Photos: Manitoba Marathon
As the regional manager for Marathon-Photos, once again this year I was in charge of hiring 15 photographers to help shoot the Manitoba Marathon. This included training for people who hadn't worked for us before as well as countless emails and phone calls to organize and coordinate all photographers for their positions and shooting times. It's always really fun to be a part of such a large project to capture a single event!
June 16, 2013
Time-lapse photography: Part of a 9 month time-lapse I'm working on
June 16, 2013
Time-lapse photography, virtual tour & interior/architectural photography for the HSC Lottery: Falcon Lake Cottage
*This is an updated BLOG entry, the location of the cottage was previously not allowed to be divulged.
July 15, 2013
Commercial advertising photography: I noticed today that the Red River Ex is using a photo of mine to advertise in a web banner on the Winnipeg Free Press web site as seen here:
June 15, 2013
Sports photography: UFC
While I was shooting the UFC event I received a couple of calls and Tweets that people were seeing me on the live broadcast. Here are a couple of screen captures, I'm in the sunglasses, that's John Woods from the Winnipeg Free Press and Canadian Press beside me.:
 
Having been a big fan of the UFC in its early years it's great to see how it's evolved and that it has such a big following in Winnipeg!
June 14, 2013
Stock photography: Fireworks & downtown Winnipeg
June 14, 2013
Product photography/advertising photography: BeeMaid Li'l Honeys
June 13, 2013
Stock photography: Another nice day in the 'Peg!
I always try to take advantage of a nice day, so today was out at the Forks at one of my regular spots to get some new stock photography of the city. Also took a new pano, look for it on my panoramic site soon!
June 13, 2013
Random promo photography: Power97
One of "those funny things that happened to me" while out shooting: I saw the Power97 cruiser out and about while I was shooting some stock photography so, not knowing who was in it, called the promo department at the station to have them send it back to me to get some shots on a really nice day.
June 13, 2013
Corporate portraiture: New president David H. Johnson of Providence University College
June 12, 2013
Destination advertising photography/commercial photography for the Division scolaire franco-manitobaine (DSFM)
Today I spent the day at École régionale Saint-Jean-Baptiste doing studio and candid photography for the DSFM.
June 11, 2013
  
Stock photography: Osborne Village and the Manitoba Legislature
June 11, 2013
Multi-day architectural photography: Interior and exterior photos for advertising, brochures & the web site of the CCFM (Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain)
June 10, 2013
Event & tourism photography: Day 2 of 2 Tourism Winnipeg FAM tour - Fort Whyte Alive
June 9, 2013
Gear test: Today I received a new lens to test for a project. What I found most interesting is the idea that primes will always be better than zooms for image quality is now almost dead. I have found that over the past 5-10 years, manufacturing techniques have vastly improved and although you'll always pay for good quality glass, zooms are now a part of that.
More later on this.
June 10, 2013
Stock photography: Panoramic image of the St Boniface Bridge (Esplanade Riel)
June 9, 2013
Event & tourism photography: Day 1 of 2 Tourism Winnipeg FAM tour - Manitoba Museum
June 9, 2013
Time-lapse photography: Part of a 9 month time-lapse I'm working on
June 8, 2013
TOP SECRET: Today I witnessed something I've never before seen in my life. One of my photos(actually 540 of them) printed at 35 feet wide and 8 feet tall in SUPER HIGH RESOLUTION.
Now, lots of things are printed big, but I have NEVER before seen a super large photo printed in high resolution. Why? A couple of reasons: Because despite digital photography being good, it still doesn't compare to large format film photography. However even 8x10" large format photography or larger would have an issue holding up its image quality when printed at 35 feet wide.
So, how did I manage to create an image that could hold up at that size? I didn't, I created 540 photos that I then used to create one super large image over 5 gigapixels in size. That's 5167 megapixels. Yes, finally I made a major sale of my gigapixel image from a year or two ago! What's ironic is I just gave a presentation on large photo printing where someone asked "Is there any commercial aspect to a gigapixel image?" To which I answered a simple "No, I have never sold one, nor do I think anyone will ever want to buy one." Boy was I wrong!
Unfortunately this massively large and super detailed photo is still under a non-disclosure agreement so I will be posting later in the summer about where and how you can see it.
June 7, 2013
Event photography: The FIRST OFFICIAL EVENT for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR)!
Today marked a major event for Winnipeg and myself as I have been an official photographer for the CMHR since it was just a parking lot. Congratulations to all involved for a very successful event!
June 7, 2013
Commercial panoramic photography: Day 2 of a 3 day panoramic project for The Forks North Portage Partnership
June 7, 2013
Multi-day architectural photography: Interior and exterior photos for advertising, brochures & the web site of the CCFM (Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain)
June 6, 2013
Commercial panoramic photography: Day 1 of a 3 day panoramic project for The Forks North Portage Partnership
June 6, 2013
 
Stock photography: Osborne Village and the Manitoba Legislature
Assignment stock photography for Tourism Winnipeg & others of the Manitoba Legislature & Osborne Village
June 5, 2013
Assignment stock photography for Tourism Winnipeg & others of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights & The Forks
June 3, 2013
Winnipeg Photography Community: Today I organised two speakers and hosted the June meeting of The WPC, my almost 9 year old photo club. We had another great turnout of about 50+ people.
June 3, 2013
Photographie d'évènement: Université de Saint-Boniface: Finnisants USB 2013
June 2, 2013
Time-lapse photography: Part of a 9 month time-lapse I'm working on
June1, 2013
Commercial portrait photography for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights & CBC Canada
May 29, 2013
Stock photography: Another great sunset in St Boniface including panoramics with the St Boniface Bridge (Esplanade Riel), the Forks and downtown Winnipeg
May 28, 2013
Stock photography: A beautiful sunset in St Boniface
May 26, 2013
Pregnancy photography
May 26, 2013
Time-lapse photography: Part of a 9 month time-lapse I'm working on
May 25, 2013
Event photography: Arbor day at Assiniboine Park
May 24, 2013
Event/press conference photography: Winnipeg Blue Bombers media centre naming event
May 23, 2013
 
Photographie commerciale: Portraits pour Au Courrant Consultants
May 21, 2013
Projet de photographie commerciale sur plusieurs jours: Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain (CCFM)
May 19, 2013
  
Commercial portrait photography: Hooters Winnipeg
May 19, 2013
Time-lapse photography: Part of a 9 month time-lapse I'm working on
May 18, 2013
In the news: Today I was interviewed by CBC television for a segment about my gallery at the USB.
***You can now see this interview on CBC's web site by clicking here.
May 15, 2013
Concert photography: Carrie Underwood at the MTC Centre
May 14, 2013
In the news: I just received an advance copy of my article that will appear in this week's LaLiberté
May 13, 2013
Stock photography: Today I sold a photo to Travel Manitoba for one of their upcoming ad campaigns
May 12, 2013
Time-lapse photography: Part of a 9 month time-lapse I'm working on
May 12, 2013
As the official photographer and photography coordinator for the MTS Centre I offered the opportunity to anyone from my photo club (the Winnipeg Photo Community) to shoot Fleetwood Mac for me and chose Jay out of the 5 applicants to cover it for me. Thanks Jay!
May 10, 2013
Press conference photography: Penguin unveiling at Assiniboine Park Zoo
May 7, 2013
Event photography: Tourism Winnipeg Tourism Awards 2013
It's great that Tourism Winnipeg recognizes that there are so many organisations and people in Winnipeg that help bring in so many tourists and that they created an awards event for just that reason!
May 7, 2013
Commercial portraits and group photos for the Manitoba Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Centre
May 7, 2013
Concert photography: Motley Crüe
May 5, 2013
Time-lapse photography: Part of a 9 month time-lapse I'm working on
May 5, 2013
As the regional manager for Marathon-Photos, today I organized 4 paid shooters and 3 volunteer shoots for the Winnipeg Police half marathon. Good luck to all the runners and to my crew of photographers. Shooting a marathon is like...running a marathon!
May 4, 2013
Winnipeg Photo Community: Today I organized an out of town starscape and startrail shoot near Gimli, Manitoba for the WPC. We had about 14 members show up which is great when it's still so cold out, especially overnight and on the frozen lake.
May 3, 2013
Event photography for the CBC: Canada 150!
Canada is turning 150 in 2017 and the CBC is already spearheading discussion from some of the biggest names in Canada in order to get the ball rolling. Very cool event being able to hear so many great minds speaking.
May 2, 2013
Today I set up a super massive gallery of my work at the St Boniface University gallery.
On display are two 150"x40" prints one of which I believe is the 2nd largest image ever taken of Winnipeg, (with the largest being an 8.5 gigapixel image I took just last year). I also have several 24x36" prints including a helicopter photo as well as the photo that is now being used on a Canada Post national stamp. Also there are two metal prints, very cool, as well as several 8x12" prints.
The gallery is open from May 3rd to August 31st and I will soon be sending out a gala opening night invitation.
Huge thanks to Mel from the USB for her help and coordination with this project!
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