Josh

I had the chance to shoot a few people today, both Josh and Cory were kind enough to pose for me. The shoot everyone in the studio project is moving along nicely...

Thanks guys for the sessions. - Brian

Portrait of a Couple

I now seem to be the only one posting...but that's ok. During today's Art 4 Lunch I continued shooting people in the studio. Understanding portraits and portrait lighting is not going to be something that I can do quickly. The portraits that I've most enjoyed have been those that include the subject and the location (or from a unique perspective like above).

I'm keeping all the co-worker portraits here if you are interested in seeing those not done on a Friday... - Brian

Elena the "Witch"

Halloween at PSI, so this Art Lunch I'm posting one of the few shots I was able to get. Lot's of great costumes though, and loads of fun see everyone dressed up.

Elena, dressed as a witch, is a 2D designer at Pipeline. Thanks for taking the time to model for me. - Brian

Jody and Jen

I was lucky enough today, to have 2 models on my solo Art Lunch...I was solo because I actually didn't do it at lunch, well before in fact and went off to Stoney's for my actual lunch.

Jody, is almost ready to be a mother for the second time. She is a lip sync artist at PSI. She was shot using only natural light.

Jen is a 2D animator at PSI for the next few days. She has accepted a full time position in California, and leaves next week. Jen was shot with a single speed light diffused through an umbrella.

Thanks, ladies. You both did a wonderful job! - Brian

Russell

Continued portrait study. Two light setup a diffused fill and a rim in the corner.

Russell is a 3D animator at Pipeline Studios. Thanks for your time, Russell! -Brian

protrait

I shot with my simple lighting setup trading off my PW II on camera with a FlexTT5 attached to a Canon 430 EX II into an umbrella.

Thanks again!

Christopher - Prophotographic Cape Breton

Girl in Gallery

Fun Art4Lunch today. Had the opportunity to work with a simple lighting set up and photograph a great model. - Brian

watercolour farm sketch

This is a watercolour study from this week's trip. We spent about 40 minutes around the farm lands just north of the Sheridan campus in Oakville. The leaves are just starting to turn, so the next few weeks should be a great time to paint.

Alexi

Forgotten Fields

North of the school the farmers allow their fields to rest unkempt. I know nothing of farming, but I'm sure somewhere someone (or something) could make of meal of these forgotten crops. - Brian

Sketches!

A sketch from a few weeks ago. In the graveyard, while those two other idiots tried to break into the abandoned hospital. I also included a shot of my setup. Those are dry watercolor pans, with white gouache, clipped to a moleskine watercolor book. Fits into a small hiking pouch! Very handy, and fun.

Never to come again.

waves crash on a day near the end of summer.... chris

Lost Dog

A quiet Art Lunch this week...back into Oakville, down to the waterfront. The park was empty with the exception of this gentleman and his overly hyper, soaking wet dog. - Brian

Water over pebbles

I am always amazed at what this camera can capture.

Blue Sky Green Rock

Back down to the waterfront this week. Nice clear skies and calm waters. I loved this mossy rock from the second I saw it. - Brian

Avian Commentary on Organized Religion

Away last week on vacation I did my Art Lunch photo in Prague. Though I have other photos that I actually like better, I just really like the title and subject matter of this image. - Brian

Outside In

An abandoned shed/barn on surrounded by chest tall weeds, completely hidden from the road...

- Brian

art4lunch - Convergence

art4lunch made me do it... prophotographic - chris

WHIRLPOOL

Festival of Friends in Hamilton a few weekends ago - didn't have a tripod so I got creative and used the headlight of a truck, which was parked right next to the tiltawhirl.....weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee looks like a UFO and a bansaw lightshow

Will

I volunteered as a Dish Ninja at the Hillside music festival in Guelph at the end of July. Aside from being a great festival for new music, it's the biggest hippie fest anywhere in Canada - everything that can be washed, reused, and recycled at the festival is....I washed close to 1200-1300 plates on Saturday night (1 plate very 10 seconds for 4 hours)...x10 dishwashing volunteers working at the time...it was nuts...but, we had a great soundtrack as the festival's main stage was directly adjacent to our dish ninja pit!

Will

A Photographic Therapy Letter Image

Line lines lines

Adventures and Mysteries ....posted by: chris

Dappled

We were invited into the chapel of a private college this week on our Art Lunch outing. I liked the way the sun came through the stained glass and fell on these pews. - Brian

Under the Bridge

This Friday we spent our Art Lunch under a graffiti decorated bridge. Improvement work had begun on structure forcing the colourful walls to compete with the grays of construction. - Brian

Marco our painter and published artist.

Boatman

was not happy about some guy on the bridge zeroing in on him.

Single Lane Bridge

To be honest, I wasn't extremely inspired by this week's Art 4 Lunch location. A short drive from Pipeline is this single lane bridge. The road is heavily traveled and frequently the cars bottlenecked on either side. I selected this capture, because I think I struck an even exposure balance between earth and sky, seeing both clouds and sky... - Brian

Potatoes and Shoes

This week I was not able to attend our Friday art lunch. Sadly, my wife's step father passed away. I spent the week in Michigan with the grieving family and dealing with the loss myself. I still tried to take my daily picture (www.flickr.com/photos/briansinasac/sets/72157624524234064/) but found the dates muddied together. I selected this image to honour Rudy. The potatoes and shoes for some reason seemed particularly old Europe, and Rudy was truly old Europe (but he loved his new country too)...I'm sure it's not, just some romanticized version that I have in my head... We'll miss you, Rudy. - Brian

Old stables

Here is small watercolour study of the barn Brian and Chris where photographing on Friday. It is about four by five inches and was painted in about 15 minutes. -Alexi

Roadside

While Brian and Chris were exploring the abandoned barns, Alexi and I painted near the street. It started to rain during this sketch, forcing me to quit early. I added a few brushstrokes in photoshop, to hit some colour notes that I didn't quite get time to put in the original. This is watercolour and white gouache on paper.
--Marco

Small Window, Small Hope

This Art 4 Lunch session took us out to an abandoned horse ranch. The place was overgrown and littered with junk. I did almost all my shots in both colour and black and white...but chose the colour image because is seemed a little less depressing. - Brian

Contemplation

I converted this image to black and white. I've been on a B&W kick lately. I've converted almost every shot lately, unless it contained some element that colour was necessary for. - Brian

Europe Sketches!

Here's some sketches I did in Europe.
--Marco

New Orleans in Kensington Market

We extended our photography into the weekend this week. A trip through the downtown core turned up a variety of interesting people. The shots I didn't like were just as helpful as those I did, helping me to avoid mistakes the next time through. - Brian

Chris - 3 strobes

Though I'm not a huge fan of the pose, I've selected this image because it best represents our intended goal for this week's art lunch. We set up a narrow rim light, a bounced fill light (umbrella) and third, orange filtered strobe. The shot was taken with a 50mm set at f1.4, with a shutter speed of 1/325 down a long hallway that terminated in windows, which Chris' stance effectively hides.

Besides this being my first time shooting with a full strobe set up, it was my first portraiture with my new 50mm. I must say that I am extremely pleased with the new lens. Now we need new models! - Brian

What An Erection

read the plaque- Alvin

Le Brian

Fun with flash photography 101 - Alvin

Splatter

Splashing water at the base of a fountain near Lakeside Park in Oakville. I know, I know,...not an original subject by any stretch of the imagination, but the texture of the water in the photograph reminded me of a Jackson Pollock splatter painting. With that in mind, I added a slight bit of colour to the lights and darks, which helps separate the detail in the drops and splashes. I think it's cool that attention gets drawn to a different element of the photo depending on what size it's view it at.....much like you view a lot of crazy abstract art. Who knows, I'd like to see it blown up to 20 feet by 10 feet....haha - Will

Discovery

Week 3 took us to the Oakville waterfront. A location I'm thinking we will most likely return to fairly frequently given where we work. The waterfront area is surrounded by parks and peers and green...and lots of people. I'm not super comfortable yet shooting people I don't know. I find myself pretending to focus someplace else, then quickly switching to my intended subject, taking the shot and then pretending to focus elsewhere again. Needless to say, most of my stuff was improperly focused or framed...The 300 mm let's me stay way back and out of peoples faces, but still, somehow they know I'm looking at them. - Brian

Chris

Week 2 we did some remote flash work, my first time working with this type of equipment, having previously only worked with the built in. I like the extreme contrast that the flash gave. I'm looking forward to trying it again. Obviously the shots are contrived, so it lacks that voyeur sense that I find I'm becoming addicted to. It would be fun to do some whacky portraits though. Maybe we can convince someone to model for us next time. - Brian

Oakville Marina

Our first trip out I focused on patterns and textures...which is not so strange for me. For some reason I've been avoiding the human element, whereas Chris' focus, particularly, is on just that aspect. In the upcoming weeks I'm going to try to bring the human story into my shots. - Brian

A little trip up the road yielded a fence left untouched for about 10 years it seemed, always crossing fences with photography...

art for lunch, post one

Art 4 lunch! A blog of paintings, photos and drawings by various artists at pipeline studios during the lunch hour. These postings are from the first two weeks, the oil painting is from the Oakville waterfront and the watercolour was made on the Sheridan Campus. Alexi