Filmmaking, Music Videos, Photography, Animation, Photo Editing.
CLIENTS:
Avril Lavigne Music and Entertainment Inc.
Tom Green
Sony BMG
Three Days Grace
Tommy Lee
Live8 U.K.
Tom Cochran
Universal Music
Jessica Stam
Fashion Television
Nettwerk Management
ImagoZine
Modern Drummer magazine
Andi Muise
Ken Tizzard
Good Life Magazine
Music
Photos I took on my site www.mannequinmedia.com of Black Lungs, Cancer Bats,Seether, Dilana Robichaux (Rockstar Supernova),Econoline Crush, Jeffree Star, Toby Rand (Rockstar Supernova),Tommy Lee, Dave Navarro, Default, Mobile, Nickelback, Sum41,
Three Days Grace, Metric, Avril Lavigne, Thornley, The Trews, Forty Foot Echo, Sam Roberts, Micro Maureen, Theory of a Deadman, Wide Mouth Mason, Holly McNarland, Dr. Hook, Ray Sawyer, Big Sugar, Bif Naked, Jeff Healey, Tuuli, Live on Release, Bozo Porno Circus, Kim Mitchell,
Tom Cochrane, Bryan Adams, K'Naan, Bruce Cockburn, Randy Bachman, African Guitar Summit, Gordon Lightfoot, Jet, Motley Crue, DMC w Aerosmith and Josh Todd (Buck Cherry), Sam Roberts, Simple Plan, Great Big Sea, Blue Rodeo, Our Lady Peace, Jann Arden, The Tragically Hip, Barenaked Ladies and Neil Young.
Movies
Pulp Fiction; independent films! Rid Hollywood of lawyers and accountants and maybe we'll get some decent commercial films again.
Television
Books
Heroes
Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the ones doing it.
About me: April 29/09 The latest issue of ImagoZine is fresh off the press and WHAT AN ISSUE IT IS!!!! Cover-shot by Dean Karr. In Canada, you can now get it at Chapters (fashion section). All others can order it at ImagoZine.com!
Shooting the cover:
Feb 9/09 ... and now for something different: after 13 months of restoration, my car is finally home again. Here it is getting ready to leave the shop
Haaaa, yet another gem from way back, Theory of a Deadman and myself from waaaaaaay back in 2003.
IMAGO's 'WanderLust' fashion show, Nov 29, 2008. Check my 'pics' for photos.
John-Angus - The Trews. November 5, 2008
Alice Cooper: from last night (Oct 7/08); I was a huge fan as a kid, what a blast to shoot after all these years:
3 Miles : I just completed consolidation of all my digital or digitized photos onto one backup drive and ended up with over 32,000. So, if printed as 4x6 photos, they would stretch to about 3 miles .. that covers the last 6 years.
As I sort through thousands of photos, I come across a few gems ... here's one of Tom Green and myself after we had been shooting 'Prepare for Impact' - what a night. Took me HOURS to clean my cameras which were covered in scrambled egg, Jaeger ...!
THORNLEY
One night at the Horseshoe (Tavern - May, 2008). Tavis was on the road, so I believe his tech subbed, but I may have this wrong. Damn fine job dude!!! Anybody know his name, please let me know, I'd like to put it here.
Photos (unedited and MAN, was it dark!) now up on my site at MannequinMedia.com
I’m going through STACKS of photos … here’s one of Barry Stock, Three Days Grace from earlier in 2008!
Dean Karr and your's truly having a quiet moment before the shoot. A very interesting, amazing, enyoyable, down-to-earth, memorable, no-prima-donna kinda guy... one of the few.
There's not enough room on this page to adequately describe what I think of his work. You’ve all seen it, you may just not know it. As a matter-of-fact, DK directed videos for three of the artists on this page! Three Days Grace, Seether, Tommy Lee. Check it out: Dean Karr
Jeff Healey, March 26 1966-March 2, 2008
RIP Jeff.
Ken Tizzard (..The Watchmen, Thornley..). Recently, I had an opportunity to visit with friend Ken in Blue Rodeo's studio as he was recording his second solo CD 'Lost in Awe'. John Whynot had come up from L.A. to record and mix and I shot some photos of the session.
Ken Tizzard's Site
ImagoZine's 'LET THEM EAT CAKE' Counter-culture fashion show: check out the 'pics' at ImagoZine
The first music video I wrote, shot and edited is on YouTube. The band is 'Lifted', the tune 'Carried Away'; the stunningly beautiful model is Genevieve Dunn (born for the Big Screen):
Another of my videos on YouTube; band: amazing Canadian Rockers 'Thornley'; this is a 3 camera shoot, Boxing Day 2004 at The Docks, Toronto Ontario (go see these guys when they are in your area - you are going to LOVE them):
- SUM41 -
Jan 21: I posted pics from the Feb 14/05 Sum41 concert in Barrie, Ontario, Canada to my www.mannequinmedia.com site;
Click here for the pics
Return to Fashion Photography
Dec, 2006: I hadn't photographed fashion for a few years and got the itch ... I shot for Imago Magazine & Boutique, a very chik, cool publication you can order ...
A few photos from the shoot are in my 'Pics'.
Dec 21: Posted Tommy Lee photos to my site www.mannequinmedia.com; I shot these Nov 18, 2006 in Toronto between 2:00 and 7:00 am.
Tommy Pics
Nov 13: I just spent a couple of days on the road with Three Days Grace, T.O.A.D, Mobile and Idle Sons and will post some pics as soon as I can get to sorting out who’s posting what. In the interim, I did have a few left from the 3DG/TDG Aug 3, 2006 performance @ The Phoenix that I didn’t get around to posting until now (I added them to the existing Phoenix album) - BTW, if you haven't seen this show with all 4 bands, you don't know what you're missing! : ClickMe
'DEFAULT'
Oct/06: pics I took back in March up on my site @ MannequinMedia.):
Censored Photo
Well, you see the blueish photo at the top left, the ..PLASTIC.. mannequin? It was deleted by MySpace administrators Oct 5, 2006 - quoting from their message, in part: 'We can't have certain kinds of pics (nude/sexually suggestive photos, violent images, etc.) on the site'. I have no doubt, that this was reactive to a complaint by somebody. So, it was I who put the red 'tape' across the plastic breast and re-loaded the photo.
I have had many appreciative comments regarding that photo over the years (it's been on mannequinmedia.com for ages) and not once did anyone bring up the fact that it's nude.
So much a sign of our times that Neanderthalean sports like boxing and wrestling (not the real wrestling) are deemed socially acceptable, yet an image depicting a nude body (or, in my case, a nude plastic mannequin) is not.
When I was a teenager walking to high-school, every day I passed a bronze life-size statue of a nude, young girl. I admired that statue, but in all the times I passed it, not once do I recall thinking anything other than for it's beauty and I'm sure most intact other people didn't either – I would suggest that those who behold such depictions of the human body and whose thoughts immediately turn to sex have some serious issues to deal with and should maybe seek help or return to skinning rabbits, tracking UFO's and lying prostate at the feet of George 'W'.
For those intelligent enough to understand the difference, beware of what's going on out there, things are changing for the worse. Social evils should not be confused with the pursuit of true beauty.
My high-school was in Switzerland, not in my home country of Canada. Not sure what would happen here in Canada today: if it were an old statue, it would probably be deemed art, if new, maybe pornography.
Somebody please help us all
Sept/06: Some of the 3DG shots I took Aug 3/06 @ The Phoenix up on my site MannequinMedia.):
Aug/06: Five of my shots of Avril Lavigne used in her 2007 Calendar. For more photos: MannequinMedia.):
Aug/06: For something different and because I get requests, I put a coupla more shots of Jessica Stam on my site - I took these very early in her career, some may be the first professional photos of the now supermodel:
MannequinMedia.
May 28: My ..'Theory of a Deadman'.. shots posted to my site (Concert: Nov 28, 2005): MannequinMedia. .
May 24: My ..'The Trews'.. shots posted to my site (Concert: Nov 4, 2005) MannequinMedia. .
May 24: My ..'Mobile'.. shots posted to my site (Concert: May 17, 2006): MannequinMedia. .
May 11: Posted some of my ..Nickelback.. to my site (Concert: Feb 15, 2006, Air Canada Centre. Toronto): MannequinMedia. .
May 03:I put some recent ..Three Days Grace.. pics I took up on my website: MannequinMedia.
April 03Live8 My shots as official Live8 photographer have been posted to my site MannequinMedia. ..
can I request muskrat love? just KIDDING! haven't been on myspace in a while and wanted to send you a warm, er HOT happy Valentine's Day! if you ever find the pics of moi at Imago's let them eat cake show I'd love them!!!! J :)
ROLAND I'M WISHING YOU AND YOURS THE BEST HOLIDAY EVER!!!! I MISS YOU ALL VERY MUCH AND CAN'T WAIT FOR OUR ISSUE TO GET TO MY MAILBOX. LOOKOUT FOR THAT LIL GIRL OF MINE......sigh
Hi Roland, To answer your question about who was the guy who was playing guitar (instead of Tavis) with Thornley at the Horseshoe Tavern (May 8th 2008) : it was Patrick Benti (from Haard). Check out his myspace : http://www. myspace. com/haard He used to be a tech for Big Wreck. :)
Hiya' Roland...just curious, but was it you I saw at the Mansion (formerly the Foundation) last Wednesday evening for The Trews acoustic performance? I could've sworn it was you and I kept trying to wave and get your attention, but too many people in the way!!
Looked for you afterwards, but couldn't find you...it was late and I had to go, so didn't hang around.
You going to the Tattoo Rock Parlour to see Thornley this Thursday? I will be there :) As well as on the 27th in Barrie. Let me know, maybe we can hook up for coffee or something?
Hey Roland <3 Indeed! Trying to balance everything is really hard. I would like to focus my time on music and put modeling on hold, but maybe this isn't the right time..
That sounds super cool! Of course I will work on your project with you in the new year! I always have lots of ideas :) I'm the brain child for most of my shoots afterall!
I really like sharing my new work with you - I hope you don't mind :)
Hey Roland!! It was nice meeting you the other night as well :) Sorry it's taken me a bit to get back to you, but I've been busy getting up all the pics I took that night~over 100 of EC and almost 50 of AC!! Plus the more 'personal' pics of me and my 'new' friend ;)
Hope we get a chance to meet up again and I'm glad to see you hadn't deleted my ass~or you would've been in big trouble my friend ;p
Hugs Tina xo P.S. -How'd your pics turn out?? Don't forget to send me just one reeeeally good one of J.H., if you can and don't mind :) Thanks!!
Cover is in... You rock Roland! I cannot wait for you to see this issue! Your credits are all over it.. and lets get that book together! Hell ya! Thank you for always being there!
Hey Roland! Thank you so much for helping out with the shoot! It wouldn't have gone as smoothly without you! And thank you very much for all your kind words, it truly means a lot to me! <3
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