THE OTHER HALF

My best friend, Graham, asked me to snap a few quick shots of him for his mom's birthday on the 26th. It's been a crazy break from school, surprisingly I think Graham and I have become even closer friends which I didn't think was possible.

-Jason

1ST OF MANY

I am using the whole month I have off of school to shoot all my personal projects I have stored up in my head. Here is quick preview of what's to come ...

Here is a shot I took today of an amazing guy from my church, Frasier. Every Sunday he is always there early, setting up and making sure things go well - he's an inspiration to say the least!

Bunch of new shots coming soon, I have a whole month off so some serious photography is going to go down.

ET CETERA

I was interviewed last week for the Humber Et Cetera, the article just came out today. Thanks for the kind words from Ashley & Will.

-Jason

EMBRACE THE LIGHT

I was struck with the fact that most of my photos I am producing lately are really some inner concepts & emotions that are finally pushing their way to the surface. Whenever I am struggling with something or feeling down, I never consciously turn towards photography as an outlet for my emotions. Usually, I just try & deal with them myself but lately my photos are coming out as subtle representations of my emotions and I just realized it today while editing the photo below. It's weird how some things just work themselves out...

Sorry about the Jason Matos Photo signature on the photo but it was the same image I placed in my Facebook group & I have to watermark those shots.

The compression the blog puts the images through is disgusting, as you can see on the blue image, it looks very blocky, I'll try and upload a better version to www.flickr.com/photos/jasonmatos


-Jason

BECAUSE YOU WERE HOME...

Here's a very quick edit of the Strangers shot. The shoot for this concept didn't really happen and I'm hoping to expand on the concept in the summer time when I have some more time on my hands. I consider this a precursor to what will come ...



-Jason

CUT OUT HEART UPDATE

The final image of 'Cut Out Heart' is up as my splash page (www.jasonmatosphoto) so you can ignore the ones below as the final one is my personal favorite, who knows, you may like the other ones better ...

-Jason

LA NUEVO COSTA

This shot is of La Neuvo Costa in Burlington, right on Brant Street. I had a surprise birthday here one year and it's a really classy restaurant. Supposedly they have an amazing selection of wine but I wouldn't know since I can't stand wine. If you are a wine connoisseur then check this place out, they have a glass wine 'cellar' that is pretty sick.



-Jason

CALL THE CAVALRY

Last night was the Straight Reads the Line show in Hamilton, Ontario. I was stoked for this show since I heard about it early November. My friends band, Call the Cavalry, was the openers for the show and they did an incredible job! If you ever get the chance to check them out then do so!! Here are some pictures from their set last night ...

Here is a quick shot of my good buddy Branden, who ripped it up doing the lights for Call the Calvalry, he may be dropping out of Counterparts to do lights full time .... not really ...

-Jason

CUT OUT HEART

Here's two new shots I shot tonight at the studio tonight for my portrait class, I had to shoot a high key photo.

Here's two that I came up with, let me know which one you like the best!!

-Jason

STRANGERS

I'll be posting a new project hopefully later tonight or tomorrow that borders on the fringe of reality and my imagination.

Click HERE to see the movie trailer that partially influenced the concept for this shoot.

Disclaimer: if you are young, not allowed to watch scary movies, too old to accept scary movies, too naive to think they serve a purpose, wet yourself easily, or are scared easily, don't watch the previews. Thanks.

Check back soon!

-Jason

ERROR: USER FRUSTRATION

My good friend in Ottawa is a genius with computers & requested a picture of someone who is frustrated with a computer, so he can use the image on fliers to hand out around his university. Sounded fun to me. Here's what we came up with ...

Here are some other photos that turned out but weren't used for the ad.

I'm slowly figuring out how to build a website and bring it together, so far this is my final edit, I have everything working. Keep checking back to the blog to see some new projects that I have coming up.

I've been taking the time to plan out some more ... interesting shoots.

-Jason

NEW SITE UP

After hours of frustration and me wanting to hurl my laptop across the room, I have (somewhat) finished my new website.

Feel free to drop me a line @ jasonmatosphotography@gmail.com to let me know what you think of the site.

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