Whoa

So...I am still in fact, alive, regardless of what my lack of updates would have you thinking. I've been sitting on photographs for so long...I kept putting off updates, for whatever reasons, and now I am sick of those photographs...so they may never see the light of day on this blog.
I recently joined the band oceans, recorded a full length album, and am abou to start tour today (July 10th) out east and back. So this venture has kept me busy. I hope to be maiking at least every other day blog entries documenting the tour. If you havent heard, or are interested you can download the previously mentioned full length cd for free at this website: www.thesoundofoceans.com --and make sure to look around at the photo section because I did them!

Anyways, for now I leave you with a single photograph of a band I shot recently, Hero from the Start. As I finish the picutres, I will throw them up here, along with the story that goes with it, because it was one doozy of a shoot.

Click for a bigger view if you feel so inclined, I am actually happy with this one, as the focus was hard to pull off, especially in such low light .

Stoked

I promise there will be some actual updates, with some new photos soon. But for now, I have some other stuff to share. First off, The image above it a screen shot of my new website that I just finished designing. You can either click the link at the side, or http://www.joshgloverphotography.com/
So please take a look, I put a pretty good deal of ime into it, and it is the fist time I've ever done any web stuff. Also there is some new work on the site that has never seen the light of day on this blog.

Second, as you can see below. My portfolio just arrived from the good folks at http://www.photobookcanada.com/
They did a great job; it looks more impressive in real life and not just on my bed incorrectly exposed. If you are around Humber this coming Wednesday (22nd) then drop by and check out the graduating students portfolio displays from 3pm-9pm. Thats where I'll be!

Down to the Wire

I've been shooting lots lately, which a nice change in pace, but this school year (my college education) is nearing its end. With that comes all kinds of stress. Lately I've been working on a plethora of assignments, as well as my Printed portfolio, which will be printed in a proper hardcover book, my business cards and website. I'm not complaining though as I cant wait for the finished results of it all. Some of the stuff I shot recently will find its way on here. But for now, here is a picture I did for my portfolio recently.

Billverstein

Yet another school assignment. This one led me to Bill Hamilton of Silverstein, who let me come over to his apartment and turn it into a make shift studio. Here are the shots:

Model Comp

Yet another school assignment. We were to shoot some different shots of a model and design a Comp Card with the shots. I ended up shooting a friend i met at Humber named Amber who was a trooper since it was so cold when we shot the outside stuff. I'm not much of a designer, so here are the shots I used.


Also, since I dont really have anywhere else to put this, here is a fake add I shot of Heinz Ketchup for commercial class.

SAMO MEDIA

For a school assignment I had to photograph a location business portrait. The photo was supposed to illustrate what the company does and show the environment. The nice people at Samo Media (http://www.samomedia.com/) were good enough to let me bug them for an afternoon. They were great people and make some cool stuff. If you are a band looking for album production and the like, check them out.

Sydney's Last Show.

Went to Sydney's last show ever and ended up only shooting Lifestory: Monologue. They played a great set, but a short set and I did not get to much shooting done. Not to mention how packed the venue was.

I'm Alive. ROM

We, as a class went the the ROM to shoot an interior architecture assignment. It was pretty fun, and the building was cool, but I've never been to into that type of photography. It seems I enjoy some candids of friends more.

New Look-Been Slacking

It would seem I haven't posted any new pictures for quite a while, but that does not mean I haven't been doing anything. School is starting to get busy and right now I'm building up my portfolio and also building an actual website. So I will soon have a real dot com website which I am very excited for. This blog is long over due for an overhaul and I was planning on doing it once my website is up and running. But I am not sure when that will be. So for now I changed somethings around and made this a lot more similar to how my website looks. And I swear there is a plethora of new photos coming.

Keep an eye out!

City Sirens

Recently worked with a band called City Sirens. They should be putting some music off of their new release on their myspace soon, so you should check it out as I have been enjoying it-http://myspac.com/citysirens. But in the meantime. here are a few shots from the shoot, and below I have made a couple of new posts so check it out.

James

Despite the depressing tone of these pictures, James is actually a happy guy. these were done for a lowkey portrait assignment.

And if only one more, make it last forever.

Went to Detroit to watch one of my favourite bands ever play their last set. I was debating whether or not I should bring my camera because I was not sure how sketchy the town was...and it was sketchy. Bulletproof glass on the counters of fast food restaurants made me uneasy. It was a rough show to shoot for other reasons, but I'm glad I have something to remember it buy. But for now I think I will let my lungs rest for a bit and stay out of America. We definitely take for granted our no smoking laws.

Highlight of the night-Crossing the border with too much cereal and RC cola. And Brooks running reds on a cell phone in front of a bunch of border police!

Trip to the States

We went to the Eastman House in Rochester NY as part of a field trip for a class. The trip was alot of fun, but it would of been nice to stay the whole night. This is just a big mess of photos from the day.

This picture was the cause of the colossal paint fail pictured below.

John was jumping, trying to showup in the sunglasses reflection. He spent the remaining hours of the trip like that.

Everyone had a good laugh at the whole pant thing later.

You have to stay clean when you travel by bus.

Royal Pipes

Some more industrial shots.

Reprieve

I was asked to take some pre-production pictures for someone who is independently making a short movie. These are a few images from the day. It was a lot of fun for a long day.

This was actually shot in the dark, i was surprised i got an exposure, let alone a sharp image.

And a random shot from a recent commercial assignment.

Cecilia Rise

Here are those Cecilia Rise shots I took a while back at the 24/7 church.

Skating

Now that I have figured out I can put animated gifs up, I might do more sequences, but for now, here are the first ones I did. wallride/walljam behind office depot

I was surprised that he did this one, the set wasn't very wide and there are some nice hand rails to smack your face on at the landing.

Nate was also trying to land a 3 flip on that same set he landed the kickflip, but it proved to be very difficult. he banged himself up a bit in the name of art.

It's Fall...

And the leaves are almost starting to show it. Here are a few snap shots i took for a project that involves organizing files...pretty much just using up shutter actuation. Anyways, shot these with a newly acquired 35mm f2, so I decided to try it out. I'll probably make an update at the end of the weekend with some things I've got on the go. I also rented a tilt/shift lens for the weekend..so expect a post full of pointless selective focus pictures!

Lots of School Work

This is just a big mess of what I've been up to lately.

Fashion lifestyle assignment

This is the result of the reflector portrait assignment.

Daytime architecture.

Twilight architecture

As a class, we went to the steam whistle brewery for an assignment.

First couple shots from my commercial class.

Life In Sound

Was shooting some live shots for a band called cecilia rise on the weekend, decided to take a few shots of my friends band life in sound, their light set up was appropriate to try some available light shots. so i snapped a few and did a quick edit.

keep an eye out for those live shots.

Fun in the Sun

A few taken from today. We were assigned to shoot portraits using only available daylight and a reflector. We went for a walk in the Arboretum as a class to try out reflectors...some serious business...especially considering this is the final year of this program-tough stuff. Anyways, we managed to have fun with it, I'll usually take any chance to take pictures, so here are a few pics.

I tagged this one on here because it's of people. My mom wanted a picture of my brothers and I because ours is fairly dated. In the most recent one of us, we are all wearing matching t shirts, and are missing many of our baby teeth from our smiles. Not too mention I'm like 6 years old with a buzz cut.

Night Shots

Did these with one of the new lenses (Sigma 17-35)...and after some shooting I have since returned the lens.

NEW GEAR-NEW SCHOOL YEAR

It's been quite a while since my last update. Been busy starting up school again and moving into res. Recently purchased a Nikon D3 and a couple new lenses to keep myself busy, so there will be some updates soon with some school work and general playing around with the gear. For starters, here are a few that I have taken with the D3.

First Skate Shot of the Summer

Just went to a couple spots to shoot Nate. First skate shot of the summer, it has been over a year and he is consistently getting better.

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