I'm Still Alive

I haven't posted on this blog for a long time. I have been busy with college and just other things. I will be trying to post more on this when I can.

Anyways, I haven't been shooting nearly as much as I've wanted to. I barely have time to do anything but school work. I shot some photos on thanksgiving break of Nicole and they went pretty well. I'm hoping to get some more opportunities to shoot soon.

This is finally almost done, soon you can go to www.joelpilotte.com and see my portfolio. I will make a post once it is live.

-J

Lifeboat Tour

Tomorrow I am hitting the road with the band Lifeboat from London, Ontario. We are starting off the tour in London at Call The Office. Then friday we have quite the hike all the way to Montreal and we are there friday and saturday night, they play saturday at Bistro de Paris. Then finally on sunday night we are in Ottawa and they are playing at Club Saw.

This is my first tour with a band and I am looking forward to it, should be an awesome experience.

For photos of Lifeboat check out www.joelpilotte.com

If I can get on a computer i'll post updates and possibly a picture or two.

Thanks for reading.

-J

Looking For Bands

If you are in a band and you are looking for a new look for your band, get at me. I'm now booking band promos and whats better than having a fresh new look for your bands myspace etc for summer.

I am not expensive and I am easy to work with, just let me know what you want out of promotional photos and i'm sure we can work something out. Check out the promos I have done already on my website here:

www.joelpilotte.com

Official website coming soon, for now, flickr.

If you want promos feel free to email me at
joel@joelpilotte.com
or message me on facebook.

Thanks
-Joel

New Lense!

I just recently picked up a new lense a few days ago used off someone and I love it so far. I can't wait to try it out more and more. I picked up the Nikon 24mm f/2.8 AF lense. The main reason for buying this lense was because I'm hopefully going to be shooting alot of concerts and i'm going to be getting into modelling work when the weather gets nice. I am supposed to be shooting Shadows Fall this Friday so keep checking back and I may post some pictures.

-Joel

Kenwick Building Shoot

I went and shot a local skater Jesse Belrose last night at the Kenwick Building in Sarnia. I have seen the feature before, but I never thought to shoot it, until I came up with an idea to shoot it fisheye from the bottom of the set. I also didn't know if Jesse would be down to try this again just because he has been hurt a few times on it.

It was an akward spot to light up, the lighting underneath the building was real orange so I had to mess around with my white balance quite a bit just to see what one looked the best. also i changed the lighting with my flashes quite a bit of times before the end result just by moving them around through trial and error, but I had a good idea of where to put them already just knowing what it looked like before i went.

He tried this a few times, the first few times he went he just plain ollied over the rail, which was still incredible in a photo. He hadnt stomped it yet and everyone was ready to leave, and he just asked them to stay for one more try at it. He then went and did a melon grab over it and stomped it and rode away clean. The end result is really good considering it was my only shot at the melon grab.

You can view this photo on my site at
www.joelpilotte.com

Thanks,
-joel

Old Film Roll

I found an old film roll from back in september/october that I never got around to developing until yesterday. It's amazing what type of photos you can find on old rolls. I'm going to start shooting more film just because if you capture a great photo it means more because unlike digital, you dont get to take a shot, look at your mistakes, and then re-shoot it, you have to be confident that you know the settings are correct.

I havent been to impressed with Wal-Marts quality, but it is fast. The next time I get it done im probably going to get it done at Carmans or Stan C. Reade. I hear the quality is alot better, i'm also looking into getting a medium format film camera sometime hopefully by summer. Keep checking my site for updated shots.

www.joelpilotte.com

Mooretown Flags Game

Went down to Mooretown on Saturday night to shoot some photos for a few friends on the Flags team. I always have issues when shooting hockey because of the lense I have. For these shots I used a 55-200mm f/4-5.6 zoom lense, which is maybe worth $150 in this day and age. I would really like to pick up a 70-200mm f/2.8 lense, but they cost around $2000 dollars, so these photos are ok for how cheap my lense is.

Here are some photos from the game, more can be viewed on my site http://www.joelpilotte.com/