http://www.arossphoto.com/blog The blog of Toronto Commercial Photographer Andrew Ross Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:26:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_398" align="aligncenter" width="550" caption="International Women's Day in Chiapas, Mexico."][/caption] Today is the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, so I wanted to share this image I took a few years ago during a Women's Day demonstration in Chiapas, Mexico. http://www.arossphoto.com/blog/2010/03/international-womens-day/ I had the good fortune recently to be hired to produce some interior photographs of Knoll's new Toronto showroom. It is a beautiful space filled with iconic furniture, including the Barcelona Chair and Couch by Mies van der Rohe, and it is also the first independent furniture showroom not located ... http://www.arossphoto.com/blog/2010/03/knoll-toronto-showroom/ I just had some new postcards printed to promote my food photography and will be mailing them out and hand delivering them to current and potential clients over the next few weeks. If you would like to added to my mailing list so you receive future promos please contact me ... http://www.arossphoto.com/blog/2009/11/latest-food-photography-promo/ I have started baking bread recently and decided to capture the results in a few photos. I love bread and have to have it with most of my meals, but I never thought I would have the time or patience to make fresh bread. That changed recently when I discovered the ... http://www.arossphoto.com/blog/2009/10/fresh-bread-in-five-minutes-sort-of/ [caption id="attachment_324" align="alignright" width="366" caption="Vintage waffle maker from the Goodwill."][/caption] I was browsing at the Goodwill the other day and found this wonderful looking vintage waffle maker. It was half-price day as well, so it only cost me a couple bucks, and it still works fine. I also found the vintage ... http://www.arossphoto.com/blog/2009/10/sunday-breakfast-homemade-waffles/ [caption id="attachment_318" align="alignright" width="300" caption="SlideShowPro honours arossphoto.com"][/caption]I was very pleased when I learned that arossphoto.com was picked as one of the Top Ten Sites for September 2009 by SlideShowPro. I have used SlideShowPro products extensively to display and manage images on my site, and I highly recommend them. They are ... http://www.arossphoto.com/blog/2009/10/this-site-choosen-as-one-of-top-ten-slideshowpro-examples/ I just finished some subtle modifications to my site design, which I have named "Rosewood 1.0" after the new wood grained background image. This wood grain design was inspired by some new speakers that I bought recently. I really love the grain and colour of these rosewood speakers, and thought ... http://www.arossphoto.com/blog/2009/09/new-site-design-code-name-rosewood/ I was back in my hometown of Sarnia recently and thought I'd post some photos I took of Lake Huron. I grew up a stone's throw from the beach there, and I feel very lucky that my parents still live in the same house, so I can always go home ... http://www.arossphoto.com/blog/2009/07/on-the-shores-of-huron/ It's Canada Day today, so I thought I'd share a photo I made a couple years ago. I tried to reproduce our beautiful Canadian flag, au naturel, on a sunny, fall day using maple leaves and rock. http://www.arossphoto.com/blog/2009/07/happy-canada-day/ I recently completed a food shoot for the Taboo Resort in Muskoka. It's a beautiful, sprawling resort near Gravenhurst and we had a great time doing the food photos on cold winter day. Here's a few sample images from the shoot. http://www.arossphoto.com/blog/2009/03/taboo-food-photography/