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Field notes for the age of generative everything.

Essays on AI, culture, community, creative practice, consent, taste, and what stays human when the tools get loud.

  • Basic Photographic Lighting Techniques

    Basic Photographic Lighting Techniques Learning lighting setups for portraits, glamour, boudoir, etc. can be expensive and frustrating. Especially if you set out to do it by the trail-and-error…

  • Lighting for Still Photography

    Lighting for Still Photography The behavior of light is not well understood by many photographers. This applies both from a technical as well as compositional standpoint. It must,…

  • WTB: Photography Light Kit and Tripod

    WTB: Photography Light Kit and Tripod I don’t know that much about this stuff so any advice or recommendations would be good, but really what I’m looking for…

  • Hardcore Superstar Photoshoot

    Joseph Briante and Theresa James just started a boutique legal valet service in Vancouver called Hardcore Superstar and wanted to make a big splash. We shot these fun…

  • DeSmogBlog Photoshoot

    I recently had the chance to shoot photos of the DeSmogBlog team at their headquarters here in Vancouver. They wanted black and white, journalistic style photos that said…

  • Nitobi Photoshoot

    My friend Andre Charland’s (AKA Captain Ajax) company recently underwent a branding change. They’re old name was eBusiness Applications and thier new name is Nitobi. As a part…

  • Raincity Studios Photoshoot

    Raincity Studios is an awesome web design and development firm here in Vancouver that I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the past couple years. They’re a…

  • Nick Douglas Leaving Valleywag

    Nick Douglas Leaving Valleywag It looks like Nick Douglas, the personality who over the course of the past year became synonymous with the Silicon Valley gossip blog, won’t…

  • “Made in Vancouver” Photoshoot

    Thanks to everyone who collaborated with me on the recent Made in Vancouver‘ photoshoot… especially Shai from Prepwork, Kim from Discollection and Jesse from ModelMayhem. Check out some…

  • Evan Biddell Photoshoot

    Bids made some new jackets for El Kartel and hired me to come shoot Kimberly Nelson and Lauren Glazier wearing them. Check out the rest of the pics…

  • Denyss Halo Photoshoot

    I recently had the chance to shoot for Denyss Halo of The Black Halos and have a 2nd booking with the whole band coming up soon. Thx to…

  • Discollection Photoshoot

    I’ve been meaning to post to this site for a while a few shoots I’ve worked on in the past couple months including this one with kdon of…

  • Vancouver designer vintage clothes.

    Vancouver designer vintage clothes. Kim from Discollection started a wordpress blog, soon to be moved over to Discollection.ca. Go kdon!

  • What’s Zo Wearing?

    What’s Zo Wearing? Secret Photoshop Agent and resident Fashion Icon zoetica often has the staff at SGHQ asking, “What’s Zo wearing?” Her unique and eccentric style is a…

  • Movember Update – It’s On!

    Well Movember is in full swing, and here’s the first iteration of my Mo… taken in Photobooth over at Workspace here in Vancouver. I’ve heard guys say “I’m…

  • SuperHappyDevHouse 13 on Flickr

    SuperHappyDevHouse 13 on Flickr FactoryJoe gettin a lil silly with one of my cameraphone self-portraits on the SuperHappyDevHouse 13 flyer.

  • The Definitive Guide to Cell Phone No-No’s

    The Definitive Guide to Cell Phone No-No’s Annoying cell phone usage is becoming a scourge of our society, and it’s not just for arrogant executives anymore. It seems…

  • Your Guide to Wikis

    Your Guide to Wikis A wiki is simply a web page that can be written or edited by the public or a group of people. What sets wikis…

  • Photobooth Pictures @ Workspace

    For those of you who don't know, that lil white 'puter sitting on the bar at Workspace has an awesome app on it called Photobooth. It works with…

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