Strawberry picking at Pingles...

Jacob leads his little sister Alexandria through the strawberry patch at Pingles.

Joey Love

A little boy kissing an orphaned kangaroo joey at a kangaroo orphanage in Australia. It's unfortunate that I can't find the name of the actual photographer that took this shot? I liked the image so much that I had to post it on my blog!

Father's Day!

A special thank you card from Eden and her family was added to my card collection ;)

Inspiration!

Visual Masterpiece from Chris McClain Productions on Vimeo.

Going Avant Garde...

I've been trying to experiment with an avant garde and surreal style of imagery lately. I love what Annie Leibovitz does with her portraiture and I've studied her work for many years. I think a good understanding of mood, lighting and composition make tremendous facets to such portraiture, however getting involved with the styling, make-up and wardrobes is the other half of the battle!

Eden plays for Mr. Joey!

She's a cute little doll and I got to photograph her today, while she called me Mr. Joey...I will post some more photos soon!

Oshawa Train Derailment

Well there has been a lot of buzz on the Canadian Pacific train derailment here in Oshawa, over the past couple days. I was able to take some photographs and I will post them up on Joey Media when I get a chance, so check back soon!

Surprisingly, I didn't hear about this derailment until Saturday? I was so busy with the Brooklin Fair, that everything else was forgotten. From what I understand, the incident took place on Friday, around 2:15pm, involving some 27 cars and Oshawa residents were nervous about the chemical tankers associated with this derailment, which occured North of the 401, in the Park Road and Gibb Street area.

I took a ton of photographs, but this park photo did it for me, I thought of innocent people...children playing in that park, 20-30 feet away from such a brutal force of evil!

Ironically, I had photographed a minor train derailment in Whitby about a couple weeks ago. And I have to admit...this raises a lot of public safety concerns.

Brooklin Fair has officially opened!

I got a chance to catch the Brooklin Fair again, as it comes to town every year! The quality family time was a great opportunity for me to grab some interesting shots. I even ran into some old school friends...everyone has gotten hitched with kids ;)

The Brooklin Fair started yesterday and runs until this Sunday.

GO!

Parks are a great outlet for kids, they feel free!