Andrew Ross Photography Blog

New food photos from Porta Via Restaurant

Andrew Ross — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:56:25 +0000

Andrew Ross food photography promo

Here’s a couple new food photography promo pieces featuring some delicious salads and a sandwich I shot recently at Porta Via Restaurant. Porta Via is a great little restaurant and they make some of the best salads and sandwiches I’ve ever eaten. The ingredients are all top quality and everything is made to order right in front of you. The original restaurant is on Eglinton West near Renforth Drive, but they now have a second location in Markham and are starting to franchise. So watch for more locations soon.

food photography sandwich promo

New logo for CanPhoto.Net

Andrew Ross — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:56:08 +0000

Last week I finished a new logo design for my other website CanPhoto.Net. This logo builds upon the current leaf shutter logo that I designed several years ago and I think it looks a bit more refined. This new logo will be used for CanPhoto’s Twitter account, as well as our Facebook page. I’m also planning to print it on some T-shirts.

I’d love to hear any feedback regarding the new logo, and I hope you’ll visit CanPhoto.Net and check out our professional discussion forums as well as all the other resources we offer for Canadian photographers.

Happy Birthday Madiba!

Andrew Ross — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:14:09 +0000

Happy 94th birthday to Nelson Mandela (Madiba is his Xhosa clan name). This picture of Mandela taken in 1958 during his Treason Trial is from a book I bought in South Africa called “Sof’town Blues”, which features a lot of great images by Jurgen Schadeberg, and other great South African photographers.

Happy 94th Birthday to Nelson Mandela

Coast Modern at the Bloor Cinema

Andrew Ross — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:37:20 +0000

Starting tonight at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema and running until July 12. Coast Modern: From LA to Vancouver, a legacy of inspired living by the pioneers of West Coast Modernist Architecture.

I’m going to try and go on Sunday when the directors will be there for a post-screening discussion.

Coast Modern Trailer from Coast Modern on Vimeo.

John Portman: A Life of Building

Andrew Ross — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 20:41:32 +0000

This looks like a very interesting movie about John Portman, who was nearly run out of the American Institute of Architects and now is recognized as one of the most innovative and imitated architects ever.

Home staging photography

Andrew Ross — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:38:29 +0000

Most of the time I never get to see how the images I produce are used by my clients. However, I did a job recently for a home staging company called Stage Fright and the designer, Margaret Moore Creative, was nice enough to send me proofs of the new marketing materials she produced for Stage Fright. The shoot was a fun collaborative process with Margaret, Mari from Stage Fright, and myself all sharing ideas, and it’s really great to see how everyone’s vision came together in the final product.

The photos below show the layouts for several post cards with vertical photos.

… and here’s a screen shot of Stage Fright’s new website, which features 12 horizontal photos. Please visit the site to see more: Stage Fright Home Staging

Banana Bread

Andrew Ross — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:07:59 +0000

I was doing some lighting tests today and decided to bake some banana bread while I was working. Since I had the lights and camera setup, and the bread looked pretty good, I decided to do a shot of it too.

Green Condo by Bennett Design featured on CBC’s Steven and Chris

Andrew Ross — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:12:02 +0000

I recently photographed a condo project for Bennett Design that was featured on the CBC show Steven and Chris. The project utilized sustainable products with an emphasis on indoor air quality and was featured on a show about green decor ideas. You can see the segment by visiting the CBC website. It starts about 6 minutes and 30 seconds into the show.

Dan Phillips: Creative houses from reclaimed stuff

Andrew Ross — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:40:05 +0000

I love this guy! He’s a real character and his houses and philosophy about buildings are great.

SPCA interior makeover

Andrew Ross — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:49:08 +0000

A few weeks ago I produced some interior design photographs of the SPCA in Newmarket, north of Toronto. It was a beautiful makeover completed by Bennett Design and really transformed the space with lots of colour and fun graphics.