London-based commercial and portrait photographer, cat dad and 8th-generation Canadian. You can reach me during the day at 519-619-3237 or at jayterry@jaytphoto.ca. Cheers!
“Competition sparks excellence” ~ Lorne Greene Over the years, I’ve often heard that ‘competition kills creativity’. In my personal experience, I’ve found the opposite is… Read More »Competition Can Make You A Better Photographer
Ontario photographers have been left to fend for themselves. In each of the lockdowns in ON, photographers have been largely prevented from working. We are… Read More »Lack of Consultation with PPOC Leads to Confusion Among Photographers
“In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later” ~Harold S. Geneen… Read More »A Timely Accreditation in Environmental Business Portrait
“There is no luck except where there is discipline.” ~ Irish Proverb In my dealings with other photographers, I often hear the word ‘luck’ come up.… Read More »Artists And Artisans: Luck Has Very Little To Do With It
“Every time you do a project, you learn something new.” ~ Justin Timberlake Oh, the difference a few years makes to a project… When I… Read More »Getting Personal With A Project: An Update To My “Aqua” Photo Series
Some days, you just wake up and good things happen… And that’s exactly how Monday of last week went for me. I woke up just… Read More »London Photog Wins Portrait and Pictorial Classes In Ontario Competition
“I don’t write material. Funny things happen to me in the course of a day, and I just make notes.” ~ Kevin Hart Every year,… Read More »A Funny Thing Happened On My Way To A Photo Competition
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” ~ Ernest Hemingway Yep, I’d have to agree with that. Everyone can… Read More »Sometimes You Break More Than Just Bone
“From even the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent.” ~ H. P. Lovecraft First, the important stuff: at this year’s PPOC National Salon, I… Read More »Irony and a National Best in Class Figure Study Win
‘Figure Study: skillful and creative artistic representations of the unclothed human figure; in whole or in part.’ When I was a kid (yeah, yeah… in… Read More »How a Passion for Drawing Led to an Accreditation in Figure Study (NSFW)