The week has raced by - bursting a bit. Some highlights:

• My feature on the Passivhaus styled house in Ottawa Magazine hit the newsstand.
• A small feature on Bluesfest  got handed in to an editorial client. It features Feist, Ben Harper and JJ Cale.

Feist at Ottawa Bluesfest - ChelseaGallery.ca

• filing and paperwork - not my favourite
• I was asked to be a moderator on the fun and large photo news site PhotographyVoter.
• A really fun  stock assignment for the government was agreed upon in principle - waiting the official go ahead.
• I am teaching a custom course based on my Urban Landscapes photo course.

A diversion for you today - a story on a man who took a Polaroid a day for 18 years! The story is both fun and sad.

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Ottawa Bluesfest is coming. It’s a fine time of the year for me. Shooting this fine festival is the easy part.

The challenging part is finding the photos a market. Media passes are granted with the expectation that the photographer (that’s me) will get the event (that’s Bluesfest) press and media attention.

Feist playing to her fans. Shot on a panoramic film camera.

My Bluesfest photos have been licensed to a range of media outlets over the years. My favourite usage was by the federal government to promote tourism in Canada. A generic concert shot showing off the Bluesfest stage, below, was printed in the LA Times, NY Times and Boston Globe:

Tomorrow I meet with a client about some Bluesfest imagery in anticipation of Bluesfest’s 15th anniversary.