Westside Studio is an advertising photography facility in Toronto, Canada. This blog is an outlet for our latest news and imagery.
An interview with Derek Shapton, as well as several of his images, are prominently featured in the current issue of PDN as part of their “City Guide: Toronto” article.
Scarlett Johansson
Niagara Falls
New work from Derek can also be seen in this month’s issue of Toronto Life:
John Doyle
Images © Derek Shapton
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Tyler Gray recently worked with the creative team at Play Advertising to create a new advertisement for Red Baron.
You wouldn’t know it, but this image was actually shot on a cold, dreary April day in Westside Studio‘s parking lot.
Red Baron Billboard
Images © Tyler Gray
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Last year Shanghoon worked with Ibraheem Youssef at John St. on a campaign for Gay Lea. The series was recognized by Archive Magazine. And now the work is running on billboards across Toronto:
Gay Lea Billboard – Dundas St. West @ Dupont Street
Snapshot © Jamie Rosenthal
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We’re excited to announce photographer Nikki Ormerod has joined Westside Studio! Checkout her full portfolio on westsidestudio.com.
Images © Nikki Ormerod
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Derek Shapton worked with Kathryn Brown (Art Buyer) and Michael Seigers (Art Director) at TAXI on a new advertisement for Canadian Tire.
Image © Derek Shapton
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Checkout Matt Barnes’ ad for Bikes on Wheels in the latest issue of Dandyhorse.
Dandyhorse is a Toronto-based cycling magazine that’s published quarterly.
Image © Matt Barnes
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“Ballet!” is the latest motion project from filmmaker and photographer Ryan Enn Hughes.
Here’s what Ryan had to say about the project:
Below is my newest project – “Ballet!”. This project was made possible by the support of the Ontario Arts Council’s Chalmers Arts Fellowship – which is presently funding my longterm project to ‘explore the structural elements of the moving image’. The on-screen subject is Dancer Rebecca Connor of Canada’s National Ballet School. Huge thanks to The National Ballet School for working with me on this project. I really enjoyed learning about the artform and the NBS was very accommodating in allowing me to sit in on senior classes. Ballet! was created in a similar manner to my project RGB MOVE – it is comprised entirely of still images and lit exclusively with photographic strobes. The camera used was Canon’s EOS 1D Mark IV. The lighting was Broncolor’s Scoro A4S packs. Thanks to Photographer Arash Moallemi who was instrumental during the testing and production stages of this project. I collaborated closely with Editor Kyle Wilson during post-production. The Music was scored by James Crosby. As with all of my work I handled the colour grading personally. In addition to the actual project, below is also a short behind the scenes video that shows a little bit about the process of creating “Ballet!”.
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the production of Ballet!
Videos © Ryan Enn Hughes
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New work by Westside Studio photographer Matt Barnes:
Jon © Matt Barnes
Economist & author Jeff Rubin for Harry Rosen © Matt Barnes
Harry’s Blog: Behind-the-scenes video
SHARP Magazine © Matt Barnes
Tara © Matt Barnes
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George Simhoni recently collaborated with creatives at Karo Group Calgary on a new ad campaign for Enbridge.
Images © George Simhoni
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Derek Shapton and Cottage Life have been nominated for a National Magazine Award in the “Profiles/Portraits” category for their article on Kevin Hockley, a taxidermist in Northern Ontario.
The 33rd annual National Magazine Awards take place in Toronto on June 4th.
Kevin Hockley © Derek Shapton
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