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Iaido Cutting Practice

James Zedd — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:33:20 +0000

As some of you may know, I’m just as big of an enthusiast about martial arts as I am about photography. Recently I had the opportunity to attend a Tamashigiri (sword cutting practice) with a group of Iaido practicioners.

There was many great photos taken this day, including cutting of two liter bottles filled with water, cutting of wara (rolled straw mats), and I got a really nice group photo at the end.

Thanks to Kevin Blok Kyoshi for inviting me to attend this, and a great thanks to all who participated for not dismembering me in any way! OSU!

Kingston Kicks photos

James Zedd — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:23:32 +0000

Hello everyone. As many of you might already know, I’m a great student of the martial arts. I recently had the opportunity to go to a seminar/tournament in Kingston Ontario called Kingston Kicks and train with some of the best martial artists in Ontario.

I’ve posted a few photos below from the event, but them majority of them are on my Facebook page. Please click on the link to see all the photos.

Much thanks to Ted Theelen for hosting this event, and for organizing this. I had a great weekend, and am looking forward to next year’s Kingston Kicks. OSU!

Sensei Todd Tuttle takes a photo with Aikidoka Dan Westfall

Kyoshi Kevin Blok has a conversation with Hanshi Cezar Borkowski.

Sensei Justin Martin demonstrates a Jo technique to Kyoshi Kevin Blok.

An iaido lesson was given to students who registered.

Sensei Scott Campsall performs a kata in Iaido class.

Fine Art Portfolio is now available

James Zedd — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:45:18 +0000

Hello all. I’m very excited to announce that my fine art portfolio is now viewable on my website. To view this, go to http://www.jameszeddphotography.com/blog/fine-art-portfolio/

In these photos, you’ll find some of my personal expressions, and also a few cool photos that I’ve taken over the years. It’s my favorite portfolio because there’s a lot of personal expression in many of the photos I’ve chosen to display. I think it’s important for every photographer to have personal projects that they work on, and this is my portfolio to express that.

Please let me know what you think. Take care!

Jessica – Windsor Photo

James Zedd — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:03:03 +0000

Hi all. Here’s a few photos of a good friend of mine that we took last week.

Jess and I have known eachother for a few years through mutual friends, and we finally got an opportunity to get out there and take some great shots on a gorgeous day.

Have a look, and tell me what you think. Take care!

windsor photo

HDR Images – My First Shots

James Zedd — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:53:24 +0000

Hi everyone. Just a few weekends ago I was out photographing at a beach and I wanted to try out a neat thing I learned called HDR (high dynamic range). To sum up what this is, it will give you good exposures between the highlights, midtones, and shadows in an image when you take your photograph.

Here are the results of my HDR first shots:

Also, for any of you who might want to learn a bit more about HDR, feel free to do a google search on them, or find some work that people have posted on You Tube. Take care.

P.S. Also, if you’d like to see these images in higher quality, I’ve made an online gallery for them. Please click here for the HDR High Quality Gallery.

Helping out Harmony in Action

James Zedd — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:46:00 +0000

Just yesterday, I was able to help out a local charity called Harmony in Action. They are dedicated to enriching the lives of those living with developmental and/or physical challenges.

We had a student photo day for them, and got a number of great photos of the students. These photos are available to the parents/guardians of the students of Harmony in Action on my photocart website (www.jameszeddphotography.com/photocart)

Once again, I’d like to thank Harmony in Action for having me out, and all the best in the near future! Take care.

For more information about Harmony in Action, please visit their website at www.harmonyinaction.com

Mother’s Day Photo

James Zedd — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:01:43 +0000

I had a busy day this mother’s day, full of meetings, a bit of work, and many other things. Although it was a really hectic day, I couldn’t overlook that my Mother and I had an important event that evening – to get some dinner and talk for a bit.

Throughout my days, I don’t get a lot of time to really sit down and talk with this amazing woman who’s taken care of me for over 28 years now. So this week’s photo is dedicated to you Mom, for all the hard work you’ve done to put me on the right path all these years. Thank you!

Adventure 012

James Zedd — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:09:08 +0000

This week I went into Malden Park in my city to get some photos of the sunset. The past few days, we’ve been getting some great sunsets, and I didn’t want to let this week go by without taking a few photos of such a beautiful natural scene. Until next time, take care!

A great video on trashing the dress!

James Zedd — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:18:26 +0000

If you’re not familiar with Trash the Dress (TTD) photographs, here’s a great video that was put together by a photographer in South Africa. It shows not only great techniques to get amazing photographs, but also the great work the videographer did in editing the video!

The photographer who did this shoot is another great inspiration of mine. He’s done so much breath-taking work that I don’t know which video of his would be the best to post on here! So out of admiration, I’ll just post them all (when I get the time!) For now, here’s his latest video on trashing the dress.

J&D Trash the Dress (HD) from Jaco Fourie on Vimeo.

For more information on J&D Photography, please visit http://www.jdphotography.co.za/

Krystal and Brandon’s photo shoot

James Zedd — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:11:33 +0000

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while, but I’ve been super busy getting things organized for the winter! It’s hard to believe summer is over already!

Anyhoo, here’s a few shots from a great couple that really wanted a photo shoot outdoors by the river. Krystal and Brandon were great to work with, and we got a lot of great shots. Here’s some highlights from the shoot.

Thanks again everyone for all your support! Take care