Saturday, January 30, 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

New Winnipeg Airport Construction Photography



I was taken on a tour of the new airport in Winnipeg for the Winnipeg Free Press, slideshow here

Friday, January 15, 2010

Help-Portrait Winnipeg - December 12th 2009

I had the pleasure of being a photographer with Help-Portrait Winnipeg, on December 12th 2009.

"A SHIFT IN THINKING...HELP PORTRAIT IS A MOVEMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO ARE USING THEIR TIME, EQUIPMENTAND EXPERTISE TO GIVE BACKTO THOSE WHO ARE LESSFORTUNATE." -Help-Portrait.com

Check out the wonderful day captured by James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot of BlinkWorks


Apparently my new catchphrase is "3-2-1...you're done!"

Help Portrait - Winnipeg from BlinkWorks -James Swirsky on Vimeo.




Special thanks goes out to the local Winnipeg photographers who participated in the inaugural international event: Ingrid Mizner, Jay Bruneau, Anthony Fernando, Cheeraz Fouad, Doug Little, Nghia Tran, Thomas Fricke, Jerry Grajewski, Pam McFarlane, Tracey Goncalves, Bob Tinker, Ron Gilffilan, Christina McWilliams, Brad McCann, Dave McKnight, David Lipnowski, Jon Adaskin, Alex Morrison, Ron Thiesse, Richard Ray & Ron Cantiveros

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Hoarfrost in Winnipeg

Just a quick shot from last week of a hoarfrost covered tree.



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EDDIE "THE EAGLE" EDWARDS SOARS AGAIN IN WINNIPEG

The Olympic Flame came through Winnipeg last week. I covered a lot of the first day for the Winnipeg Free Press, including following the Olympic Torch to Dugald, MB, Selkirk, MB, as well as the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron at the Forks that night.

On the last day of it's stay in Manitoba, I photographed 1988 Calgary Olympics folk-hero / first British ski-jumper ever, Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards for the Canadian Press / Associated Press.

Eddie is the first to admit it, he can't believe he is still riding this media train more than 20 years later. My photographs of him were picked up everywhere, including the New York Times / Los Angeles Times (Olympic blog coverage): Los Angeles Times

With all of the crazy Olympic Torch coverage, a few shots didn't make it to print that I liked.

1. The Winnipeg landmark, the Esplanade Riel was lit up with colour for the first time.



2. Kids were excited to see the Olympic flame in rural Manitoba

Monday, January 4, 2010

Justin Bieber in Winnipeg

Last week I was shooting a Moose game at the MTS Centre, when I saw on the JumboTron, 15-year-old teen singing sensation Justin Bieber, wishing Winnipegers "happy holidays". I quickly scanned all of the private boxes around the rink, found where they were filming from, and grabbed a few shots from my seat with the 300mm lens (shown below)



I quickly filed my action shots from the Moose game, and threw the shot of Bieber in there as well. My phone rang seconds later, and it was the Photo Desk asking if this was an exclusive shot (it was, as I was the only photographer to take the shot). They said that this is likely going to be the cover shot for the paper the next day. I said that I didn't think it was the greatest shot, and asked If I could try to get a closer shot.

Long story short, with the help of the MTS centre VIP guest services liaisons, I was allowed to photograph Justin Bieber with his father, and that shot made the cover of the Winnipeg Free Press the next day.


DAVID LIPNOWSKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Canadian teen sensation Justin Bieber poses for photo with his father Jeremy (who lives in Winnipeg). Justin was home to see family in Winnipeg for the holidays, and was at the MTS Centre Sunday night to watch the Manitoba Moose play the Abbotsford Heat .


Here is a crop of Justin: