Industrial

9
Jul
Photographing New Grounds With Normet
Industrial / Magazine / Photography / underground / 0 Comment / July 9, 2020

New Grounds With Normet

I found myself underground again but this time within a different scenario, one of Canada’s largest transit expansion. This was the first time I have been introduced to the tunneling environment and I felt right at home from the get go. I had a few hours to capture the equipment and processes for my client Normet www.normet.com and I was eager to capture as much as I could while I had this opportunity.

Concrete sprayers, transmixers and dumper trucks where busy pushing forward with the expansion and as I looked around I discovered a whole new “city” alive with the hustle and bustle of people and machines.

I have been photographing industry for over 20 years and each time I discover something new it’s like the first time all over again. Even though it’s very similar to the underground mining environment I frequent, new challenges always emerge to overcome when trying to create those images that stand out and that’s the challenge I love to accept and tackle.

Thanks to Jason Huck for bringing me on board to capture the story images.

You can read more on Normet & the Toronto transit expansion at https://lnkd.in/eapeBZW

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6
Jul
Hot Rods – Not thinking out of the box, but above it.
Commercial / Industrial / Photography / Sudbury Ontario / 0 Comment / July 6, 2020

Looking at the Automated Induction Hardening Scanner at Salto Heat Treating , I was a bit puzzled on how to capture the heat treating process within an image. Shooting through the viewable window was the most obvious scenario but I knew once the process started that window would get steamed and blurred as well as reflect any outside light sources. Photographing through windows can be a bit tricky.

It’s good to take a step back for a minute or too and ask yourself “How do I photograph this differently than the obvious?”

After “scanning” the scanner from top to bottom I found a camera angle that provided a different view than the obvious. I safely mounted the camera above Induction Heater with a wide angle lens to capture the action below.


3
Jul
Capturing The Personality Of Robotics.
Industrial / Photography / 0 Comment / July 3, 2020

This ABB Robotics Arm routinely places the drill rods inside the induction heater at the Salto Heat Treating facility in Sudbury, Ontario. One of many elements showcasing leading technology and equipment within the facility, the ABB Robotic Arm streamlines the process with percision and efficiency.

Sometimes it’s a challenge to bring equipment to life within a photograph but as with any image created the fundamentals of photography I learned within the first few years of shooting are still implied. Frame the image, create a distinct subject, nail the exposure and refine before revealing.


24
Jun
Clean, Crisp & Clinical
Commercial / Industrial / Magazine / Sudbury Ontario / The People / 0 Comment / June 24, 2020

There is something about the clinical cleanliness that I like in a medical photograph. It’s bright, lighter tones, lots of white, crisp and clean. Everything about the image creating process is still the same with me no matter what the environment is. Find the scene, create the frame, showcase the main subject, and tell a story. When looking at an image there should be a distinct subject that the eyes are drawn to first, as well, the background and environment should compliment the subject.

Too many competing subjects can make the image “busy” and if the viewer has to guess what the main subject is, then the image is not doing it’s intended job. Yes each image we create should have a purpose.

Image created last Fall for Health Sciences North Foundation here in Sudbury On.


16
Jun
Things Are Heating Up | Industrial Photography
Industrial / Photography / Shop People / 0 Comment / June 16, 2020

I warmed things up getting back into the grind and creating new images.

Salto Heat Treating (www.saltoheattreating.ca) is open for business and I got a first hand look at the facilities, processes and the people that are making it happen. Chris Mehanna (pictured here) the Operational Lead Hand for Salto took the time to explain to me the different services that this facility can offer using state of the art equipment and robotics.

It felt good to be back in the image creating saddle again and sharing the images we recently created.


29
May
Industrial Repairs With Rahnmet
Industrial / Photography / 0 Comment / May 29, 2020

Rahnmet (www.rahnmet.ca) has been repairing steel, cast iron and bronze parts for over 90 years and I got to see the process first hand while I visited their shop located in North Bay Ontario back in late 2018.


27
Jan
Roaming Underground With Rokion
Industrial / Magazine / Mining / Mining Equipment / Sudbury Ontario / 0 Comment / January 27, 2020

Roaming Underground In The Rokion I photographed the Rokion R400 www.rokion.com last year deep underground at Vale’s Creighton Mine. Along with the Rokion R100 I manged to create a good variety of images to be showcased on their website and marketing materials.


20
Jan
It’s Cold Up Here
Industrial / Mining / 0 Comment / January 20, 2020

The higher we go, the colder it gets. Who said hot air rises?


22
Nov
Creating Content In Cuba
Industrial / Photography / The People / 0 Comment / November 22, 2019

On the outskirts of Veradero using an echometer to acquire data analysis. I was assigned to photograph specific locations of the Oil & Gas Industry in Cuba where we started in Havana and made our way West across the landscape of Cuba.


20
Nov
Stirring The Pot
Industrial / Photography / 0 Comment / November 20, 2019

This magnificent piece of engineering had me mesmerized as it rotated around with a low rumbling growl while throwing off a warm breeze that smacked me in the face.



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