Empirical Photographic Arts

We recently photographed a few of Al Dente’s signature dishes for their new menu. Al Dente Pizza, Pasta, & Grill was established in 1988 in Brantford Ontario and has a reknowned reputation for  excellent food and a relaxed atmosphere. It was a pleasure working with them and sampling their fare

It’s hard to describe all the changes made to this house below. To really give justice to the designer you have to check out the before pictures. Lejla Eden is an interior designer based out of Barrie Ontario. Check out her new website to see the before and after shots on this project. We look forward to working with you again.

SCREW IT! That is my motto for the remainder of the day. We have had to cancel both outdoor shoots for today due to the extreme wind. This left us feeling like we should be getting all sorts of other work done and jobs caught up etc, etc….yada yada yada… well that’s it. I’m taking the rest of the day and doing whatever I feel like. Sounds normal but think of the last time you did that. I’m going to work on a few personal images, I got baguettes rising in the kitchen, and I think I might have a black russian (in case you haven’t had one….2 shots vodka, 1 shot kalhua…very yummy!) or two. SO THERE! Have a great weekend, and if you love your mamma, make her a black russion too!

This is an old image but thought I would share it as I am about to go use this wonderful device!

The other night I was out with Sam Tavernese and James Calnan to do a few shots at a Brantford bus stop. After learning about Sam Tavernese’s solar & led company, James Calnan connected the Brantford company with Pattison. With the direction from James and the cooperation of the city, ProQuip International installed a solar powered lighting system at the bus stop in front of Western Waffles in Brantford, Ontario.

While at the shoot, I took the opportunity to get a couple shots of James kids who had also come to learn about solar energy.

Bill Williams and the Brantford Black Eye Boxing Club are putting on another proshow at the Brantford Civic Centre. The fights  are coming up in May so get your tickets soon. A few of the  local boxers being represented at this event are Kara McLeod, Chris Aucoin, and Isaac Maich. Good luck guys!

Holly is  one of five contestants competing to be host for a show on Bite TV.

She needs as many people as possible to vote for her every day until January 29th.

Here’s the link:

http://www.bite.ca/show/The-Short-Bus/

You can watch a clip from the episode she filmed there, too. Please vote for her and get as many people as you can to vote as well!

Thanks for your help! D’Arcy

Quite often we are asked by other photographers and people wanting to learn more about photography in general to show them some lighting techniques. Back in the old studio we had the pleasure of working with Stacie Kae and some of her friends as volunteer models a few times.  So after a little sabatical from lighting workshops I found Stacie Kae on facebook recently and somehow came across some youtube videos of her playing guitar and singing. I had no idea she had such a great voice! Below are a couple of images from one of the last shoots, and of course…Stacie Kae, live in your living room!

Have a look at this face and remember it! Brandon is on his way to becoming famous and we are happy to hear that our images helped give this young artist a breakthrough into the tv/movie scene. He has built himself quite the resume, congratulations Brandon. Looking forward to the next shoot.

So as I am enjoying a quiet night and browsing through some images from the year and have realized that there is soooo much we haven’t blogged about. I hate new years resolutions so let’s just say I will try my best from now on to showcase more of our work.

Below are a few images I did a while back for Anthony Concrete Design. They are amazing concrete artists, you will definitely have to check out their website. Interior photography work has allowed us to see so many gorgeous and different places.

  Steve Strongman, Belting out his tunes at the Jason Gibson thank a client gala!

 
HAMILTON MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED!!
Steve Strongman leads the list of Hamilton Music Awards nominees with FIVE nominations in major categories.  They are Record of the Year, Male artist of the Year, Guitarist of the Year, Blues Recording of the Year, and Male Vocalist of the Year.

To see Steve live visit his website here.

Did this really cool shoot a while back and this is the result. Andrea has never modeled before…seriously never! You will definately see her again, we’re addicted! If your wondering who the Dude is, that’s Desmond, Andreas boyfriend that hired us to give Andrea the model experience! Thanks Des!

Wow! Things are changing at Empirical.

We have moved recently and are enjoying the luxuries of a huge yard. The garden is almost ready to be planted so make sure you stop by in a couple of months to pick up some vegies!

For all of you that have experience the wonderful water features at the old studio (LEAKS!), you can imagine our excitement after the first rainfall when we didn’t have to run for the mop!! All is well, we are looking forward to having our new space ready in June.  In the meantime, we are available by appointment as usual and look forward to seeing everyone soon.

The kitchen at the old studio just before packing it up. We will have updates as we begin the new studio.

Ben, Lisa and Anne made their way to the studio for some shootin’ for a CD that they are having made. They drove three hours each way to the studio. The old crappy(perfect) trailer is behind our building, I just love what people park back there! Ball Media is doing the rest of the work and we can’t wait to see what they produce! Thanks for comming to town guys!

 This was shot deep inside Algonquin Park, made with a large format 4×5 Arca-Swiss view camera with real film. A big fat 4×5 inch piece of film!

Some mushrooms shot digitally in the studio using a Hassleblad!