Archives mensuelles : avril 2010

May 2010: Rebirth

The upcoming month is very symbolic for me. It’ll start off with a lecture at Concordia and will lead to the unveiling of several projects, probably the best commercial projects I had the opportunity to work on. What’s so interesting … Continuer la lecture

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Preparing for a Lecture at Concordia

*** UPDATE The lecture will be held Saturday May 1st at theEV Building of Concordia1515 Ste. Catherine Ouest. 6th floor – room 6.720. *** I was invited to be guest speaker at Concordia University during Les Portes Ouvertes du Design, … Continuer la lecture

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Reducing Noise surrounding you…

Since the beginning of the year, one word as been in the center of my obsession: Focus. I made a pact with Max to be more grounded, more focused, and he makes sure I honor it! Apparently, I have no … Continuer la lecture

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Taxi Stories

Whenever I catch a cab, my sole objective during the ride is to get from the driver a juicy cab story. My strategy is quite simple. If the guy looks like a talker, I will ask him straight how long … Continuer la lecture

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The end of Ad Agencies?

Very interesting (French) conference given by Martin Ouellette from Commun concerning the announced death or mutation of ad agencies in the years to come. As the web changes our approach and our habits towards brands and products, agencies need to … Continuer la lecture

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Dave Hill: from low-fi to hi-fi

090820 Verizon – photo shoot from Dave Hill on Vimeo. Here is a making of a Dave Hill shoot. What seems like a low-fi parking shoot is in reality a high end production of a composited shot for an ad … Continuer la lecture

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The Advertising Widow

From time to time, I tend to disappear… Only for a few days, but it still qualifies as a disappearing act! These rushes come and go and the girlfriend of an advertising photographer lives following the same pace. She also … Continuer la lecture

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The Bitchin’ Jar

Photographers, though they will never admit it, are usually queen bitches when it comes to criticizing the competition’s work! To correct this default of fabrication, our good friend and editor Guillaume Marin decided to introduce the Bitchin’ Jar to the … Continuer la lecture

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My new Golden Rule

From now on, every project I undertake must be subjugated to a simple Rule. It must respond to two out of three criteria. If it does, then the project as a go, if not, it’s a no show. Criteria #1:Is … Continuer la lecture

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Now back to our regular program

Man, what a great feeling it is to give yourself a vacation after three days of intense production, knowing you’ve got a satisfied customer! This is my first major gig working with my new production team. For a week we … Continuer la lecture

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