Thursday, January 24, 2013. 
In a land where peaceful waters flow, honey pours forth in abundance and love and affection reign supreme, there rules the benevolent sovereign Talya. With her trusty wolf Moses at her side, she brings peace and joy to her people every day, and devotes herself to the cheerful diplomatic relations with friendly and allied kingdoms. She cares and cheers, listens and advises, and jokes a lot, to the great delight and hearty laughter of anybody involved.
Photos taken in December 2013 at Talya’s humble palace in Montreal.
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Monday, October 8, 2012. 
The strangest of all, it occurs to me
Is how it seems so clear further on down the road
The clock started ticking the day we weren’t free
And the feelings inside, they never even showed
Goodbye, my love, goodbye for now
We’ll meet again when the roads intertwine
Life carries on, find new ways somehow
Turn around sometimes and you’ll see we’re still fine.
The second batch from the “Home Blues” photo session. Part 1 of the session (and poem) is here. More shots after the jump!
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Friday, September 28, 2012. 
I’ve got all that I’m allowed
No more barriers blocking me
No more chances, silence finally too loud
Now open roads are all I see
Turns out we were that way too long
But sometimes it takes a clear mind to believe
We felt we were fine, we felt we were strong
Convenience played us and time was our thief.
(first line by Bernie Taupin)
These shots are from a session on September 26 2012, all in the hallway of my apartment. Equipment used includes the Canon EOS 40D camera, the f/1.4 50mm lens, a floor lamp, steady hands, observant eyes and a “let’s try this and see what happens” attitude.
These are the best monochrome shots from the session.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012. 
This is my friend Daniel’s girlfriend Marie-Sarah. The two joined me on the 24th of August 2012 to bid goodbye to another friend of mine, Lening, who left the next day to study in the USA. The shots were taken at The Keg steakhouse, in Montreal’s Old Port, and Marie-Sarah graciously agreed to me publishing them here. The lens used is the Canon EF 50mm 4/1.4 USM lens, at aperture 1.4, with the Canon EOS 40D at ISO 1600 – hence the grain, which, I think, adds to the character of the shots. Only slight retouching done in Darktable to add some contrast, eliminate hot pixels and attenuate the colour temperature.
Saturday, December 31, 2011.
Friday, August 12, 2011. Click thumbs for full-size portrait-format shots!
Tell me all about the wild rides! Life’s careless when you follow the waves, and easy when you lead, emerge on top and grow richer for the time you spend.
These are byproducts of a photo session I had with a friend for passport photos in early August 2011.
Saturday, January 15, 2011. 
Years and spaces now lie between us and those final days in Germany. Even then, the lines on her face talked to me about where we were headed, and when I look back now, it seems like they’re still speaking. Daring me to reach out to her through the screen.
And I feel like I can. She never ages.
She once told me she wanted to be forever young.
What a sweet illusion. It seems so real.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010. 
Whenever I look into the mirror, thousands of stories look back at me, and I often stop and ponder. I ponder how many parallel universes there are with me in it, and in how many ways I’ve already died in them. I find it hard to understand that all of my life is just part of the same world, and that I’m still around.
This is a scene from the movie “The Intruder”, a haunting story by Jacques Bouchard, made in Montreal in 2008. More pictures from that set will follow.
Friday, November 12, 2010. 
The studio wasn’t furnished. It was alive. Flashes lit up the air, voices chattered, models laughed and mucked about, eyes and cameras on them. Photographer Mark‘s Montreal visit from Atlanta culminated in a lighting workshop. It was November 6th, and he had invited photographers and artists from the entire city.
Backdrops? Simple. White, black. Props? Few. Outside: the street. A flash and umbrella. A softbox. Well-chosen lighting breeds excitement. Vibrancy. Liveliness.
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