THE JUICE

This was shot for a class at school - we had to shoot a liquid. This wasn't my final shot, just a test shot that I ended up liking.

Cheers, Jason.

UP^DATE

After some serious internal debate as to whether I want to build a new site I did. Amazing what boredom can motivate someone to do ...

Below is a screen capture of some of my home page for the new site. (Make sure to click it to be able to read all the text.)

This weekend I am shooting some promotional shots for a band out of Oakville called Skies Fade Grey. They are just finishing writing and recording in the studio and just waiting to get their name into the Ontario scene even more than it is now.

This has been a busy week which poisoned the weekend which is now busy. I will be posting an illustrative commercial photo of fruit punch early this weekend also.

Cheers, Jason.

THAT WOULD HURT...

Yesterday I had had a photoshoot with an amazing person. I photographed him during his training. It's odd though, what he is training for seems to conflict with his personality. Drew is probably one of the nicest dudes I've ever met so seeing him wrestling guys to the floor and punching them in the face is odd.

Drew is currently training 40 hours a week to become a pro UFC fighter. He has had one fight already and knocked the guy out in a minute thirty.

We shot at Premier Fitness in Burlington - thanks to Rob Mayer. The shoot was fun and I had the chance to get to know Drew just a little bit better, which was awesome. I'm looking forward to shooting some of his fights in the future.
-Jason

GRA-YAM

This is just a test shot for the prior post on Air Marshal Landing. Went along with the blue theme.

-Jason

CINNIMINIMIN

First project & one more project closer to graduating.

Cheers, Jason

/AIR MARSHAL LANDING...

So I finally got the chance to shoot a band hailing from London, Ontario. The drummer is by best friend from home, and the band was competing in a battle of the bands type event called Supernova. If they win (which we'll know soon) then they get a bunch of recording time and are entered into a national competition which will be an online vote.

Check out their myspace HERE!!

We shot the photos in a lounge in Graham's residence at Western. The room had a classic, Victorian feel to it, and the room came across very ancient and cold, so I tried to incorporate those judgments into the photos. There is one of my lights in the photo and I was going to remove it but I liked how the modern technology was in conflict with the feel of the Victorian room.

Until next time,
Jason.

INLAND

Saturday was Inland's CD release party & it was so sick to be able to photograph it. So many people came out to support them, which was so good to see. You can check them out HERE.

I have a few shoots coming up, shooting some promos for a band out of Oakville this Saturday and a band from London on Sunday so check back soon!

-Jason

NEW/OLD

New edited shot of Brad.

I moved into res last night and as usual, was bored at night time.

-Jason

OLD

Here is an older shot that was done for a 1st semester project. Looking through my photos of '08 and discovered this one, completely forgot I did an edit of this version.

-Jason

EL EL AYCH

Here are some individual portraits of a band out of Oakville, Less Like Humans. They just finished recording their new EP (which is so sick) and are starting to book shows. They have gone through a few member changes & they are (I think so) at the best I have seen them. You can check out their music at www.myspace.com/lesslikehumans. I think their plan is to throw up a new song off their EP up on their site once the promos go up. Be sure to check out the top of the page to see the group shot.

I actually dirtied up my lens a bit and experiemented with lens flare and having the light come through the lens more directly to make some different designs around the subject matter. It's different but I think it suits the band and goes well.

-Jason

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