My photography has led me to a number of portrait sessions in the past few weeks. Here are some results from three of them.
Portrait Session in the Kitchen.
Meet my good friend Matt. He is multi-talented: an amazing chef, musician and gardener. I have coffee with him regularly and, on one of our visits, he showed up with such a memorable crop of whiskers (not an unusual event), I just had to set up a portrait shoot with him. The next morning, he was flipping crêpes and I was clicking my camera. For him, it was a chance to play in the kitchen. For me, a chance to play with the camera. Two retired guys, doing our thing. Then we ate it all … so good.




If you play your cards right …
At a recent concert, I introduced myself to a man I noticed in the foyer during intermission. With a long grey beard, a tall black leather hat, and an abundance of tattoos, this man caught my eye as a great ‘character’ for a portrait session. When I told him what I wanted, he replied “Sounds interesting”. We exchanged business cards and a couple of weeks later, Bad Bob (according to his business card) was in my home studio, along with two of my photo buddies.
In spite of the name and foreboding appearance, Bad Bob was a most congenial and cooperative subject to work with. A professional poker player, Bob has travelled much of the world to participate in competitions. As one would imagine, he was full of stories and freely shared a few with us. I’m a complete zero when it comes to poker and Bob assured us he could teach us the game within a half hour. But it’s not understanding the rules that makes one a winner, it’s being a keen observer, interpreting body language and the ability to remember details. Don’t think I’ll go for the career change!








At the Langley Memorial Hospital

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Wow…amazing!! I love your portraits Dennis. What a talent. Keep shooting!!
Thanks, Chris. Keep shooting, it’s a promise!
What fun to see these pictures and read the stories, Dennis! Thanks for sharing them with us all. Hope you are doing very well – it looks so and it looks like you are having a lot of fun!!
Hi Brenda. So great to hear from you. Always having fun with my camera. I see that you are also keeping busy with your camera. Thanks.
I love the happy go lucky feeling in the kitchen shots. The poker player is great as well but would love to see a more stressed or focused look as if he was playing for a million dollar hand and all chips were in. I think it be more fun if it looked like he was in the big game. Just my feelings but great shots as always Dennis
Hi Kevin! Great ideas! Thanks for your thoughts. If I get another chance at these …