I have another publication first. Zoomer Magazine, a Canadian lifestyle magazine that caters to a more mature and established readership.
A few weeks ago I was hired by Zoomer to photograph Canadian water-quality advocate Maude Barlow for their June edition. The only instruction I was given was to photograph her near water and try to incorporate a sense of motion in the pictures. It was barely spring and the article was running in the June issue (currently on news stands!), so no jackets, hats or scarves could be worn.
Maude was a pleasure to work with. This is my favorite frame from the shoot. Flip to the back page of the mag to see what Zoomer went with.
The Rideau Canal was drained so that was out right away. My next thoughts were to Mooney’s Bay along the beach and Britannia Bay along the rocks. A greta idea occurred to me, get Maude in a pair of big rubber boots and have her splashing through the water – her boots were at the cottage. So, we headed to Mooney’s Bay beach hoping that the ice had melted, and it had, leaving a big muddy beach to deal with. Maude had a phone interview in an hour, so we had no time to relocate. We had to deal with the mud (and the fact that she would be back-lit if I wanted her facing away from the water). I wanted to make simple, clean pictures – keeping man made structures out of my horizons as best I could.
This is what our shoes looked like by the end of the shoot. Mine have been retired. Lesson: carry rubber boots (aka Lanark County dress shoes) in your trunk.
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