The Art of Jonathan Canny

New Website!

2011-05-24T23:47:00.000-07:00

My official website is now up and running. I still have a lot of images to add, but it has enough content to make it worth checking out. The new site has a blog on it, so I will no longer be adding content to this blog. It will stay up as a memorial of its time but this will be the last post.... well....maybe I'll add to it with non-photography works now and again. Thank you to those that have kept up with my work and please check out my new site.

http://cannyphotography.com/

LipGloss Tear Sheet

2011-05-22T06:16:00.000-07:00

LipGloss_AsiaMynor, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

A pic of mine was used for Lip Gloss Magazine

Roller Derby

2011-05-16T20:46:00.001-07:00

CCM_0410, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Click through to flickr for more shots

MG_QR

2011-05-15T07:50:00.001-07:00

MG_QR, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Playing with QR Codes for some marketing

Fiff Floor

2011-05-14T07:04:00.001-07:00

Fiff Floor, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Adam in the elevator on the way up to the Death of Kodachrome show

Take Two

2011-05-13T11:45:00.000-07:00

Two different takes on the same image. Interesting how the processing can greatly manipulate how the image strikes you.

Melyssa_Headshot

2011-05-11T23:23:00.000-07:00

Melyssa_Headshot, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

S

2011-05-09T21:28:00.001-07:00

StMG_0257, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Melyssa in the studio

Melyssa_Studio

2011-05-05T06:16:00.001-07:00

Melyssa_Studio, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Melyssa gave me the classic "Lets shoot today!" text so we got together for a quick studio shoot. Here's a little sneak peak

TraX

2011-05-01T18:22:00.001-07:00

TraX, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Body_In_The_River

2011-05-01T06:43:00.001-07:00

Body_In_The_River, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Yesterday was a great day to hit the trenches for some graffiti hunting. Click the pick to take you to flickr for more shots

Limbs

2011-04-27T22:18:00.001-07:00

CPC_0334, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

During shoots I often take odd shots. Either intentional or blind fired. Every now and then one is decent enough to work on further. I kind of liked this shot.

Is that a UFO in the background?

2011-04-27T22:17:00.001-07:00

MGS_0415, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

I really like how this one turned out.

Depth (of field)

2011-04-25T18:28:00.001-07:00

MGS_0032, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Playing with some different processing on this one

Afraid of Dave

2011-04-23T08:16:00.001-07:00

AOD_0022, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Espana

2011-04-22T06:37:00.001-07:00

MGS_0402, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

The water in the background of this shot was blown out for some reason, but I really like how she looked. So this became a it of an experiment to tweak it to make a usable image out of it. I really like how it turned out

Some More Melyssa

2011-04-21T05:06:00.001-07:00

MGS_0214, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Work has been busy, but I'm slowly working through stuff from our shoot.

Not so dead end

2011-04-16T19:23:00.001-07:00

MGS_0016, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Melyssa. This is a dead end near where I grew up. We added some life to it

Not so dead end

2011-04-16T19:10:00.001-07:00

Danielle

2011-04-12T22:58:00.001-07:00

DJ_0208, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Sometimes shooting headshots is like daydreaming

reflect

2011-04-12T22:57:00.001-07:00

MGS_0424, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Melyssa sitting to reflect on the beach. I might have had a little too much fun with my logo on this one.

Jump!

2011-04-11T15:23:00.001-07:00

Jump!, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Melyssa and I hit the beach on the first nice day we've seen in ages

LakeTV

2011-04-10T07:39:00.001-07:00

LakeTV_Panorama1, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

You'll be seeing more of this from me soon

Beach Still Life

2011-04-10T07:38:00.001-07:00

GP_0020, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Art Cocktail

2011-04-09T04:57:00.001-07:00

AM_0423, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Art Milwaukee had an event at the Great Lakes Distillery this week. This is one of the entries for the Milwaukee's best cocktail

Guess who

2011-03-24T23:27:00.001-07:00

DJ_0324, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

More Danielle

2011-03-24T05:05:00.001-07:00

DJ_0307, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Another great one from our shoot.

More Danielle

2011-03-22T14:52:00.001-07:00

DJ_0267, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Another sneak peak from yesterday

Danielle

2011-03-21T16:44:00.001-07:00

DJ_0152, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Sneak peak of the shoot I had today with Danielle!

Looks legit...

2011-03-20T16:45:00.003-07:00

CC_0132, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

wallscape

2011-03-20T16:45:00.001-07:00

CC_0105, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

More locks

2011-03-20T16:44:00.001-07:00

CC_0137, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

What was once one...

2011-03-20T16:43:00.003-07:00

What was once one..., originally uploaded by Hookswords.

...is now two. I hope it was quick

March Photowalk

2011-03-20T16:43:00.001-07:00

CC_0045, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

MM Meet & Greet

2011-03-13T10:02:00.001-07:00

MMMG_0059, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

I finally got around to processing some pics from the Model Mayhem meet and greet at decibel.

MM Meet & Greet

2011-03-13T10:01:00.001-07:00

MMMG_0040, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

I finally got around to processing some pics from the Model Mayhem meet and greet at decibel.

MM Meet & Greet

2011-03-13T10:00:00.001-07:00

MMMG_0035, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

I finally got around to processing some pics from the Model Mayhem meet and greet at decibel.

Asia Mynor Spring Collection

2011-03-12T08:55:00.003-08:00

AM_0009, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Here is a sneak peak of my shoot with local fashion designer Asia Mynor for his ready-to-wear spring collection. Modeled by Maya

Asia Mynor Spring Collection

2011-03-12T08:55:00.001-08:00

AM_0129, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Here is a sneak peak of my shoot with local fashion designer Asia Mynor for his ready-to-wear spring collection. Modeled by Maya

Asia Mynor Spring Collection

2011-03-12T08:54:00.001-08:00

AM_0216, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Here is a sneak peak of my shoot with local fashion designer Asia Mynor for his ready-to-wear spring collection. Modeled by Maya

Golden_Ratio

2011-02-27T06:37:00.001-08:00

Golden_Ratio, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

For Every Two Girls, There Shall Exist One Cup

In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal to the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one. Other names frequently used for the golden ratio are the golden section and golden mean.

Melyssa & Koosh

2011-02-20T16:36:00.001-08:00

MG_0173, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Trying some different stuff with this shoot.

Melyssa II

2011-02-18T13:36:00.001-08:00

MG_0073, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

One of few usable shots from part one of the shoot with Melyssa earlier this week. Stupid clouds... No sun and it got dark quick. We'll revisit this idea soon.

Iron Chef

2011-02-15T11:32:00.001-08:00

I helped out with an Iron Chef competition at work. I was the chef advisor for one of the four teams. My competition included the University chef and one of the IT guys that is a classically trained gourmet chef, studying at places like wherever the hell Julia Childs trained. We were only supposed to be advisors, but when I saw the school chef doing an awful lot of work on his team I stepped in and made a few dishes. My team came in second, but was favored to win. Here's a little link showing some of it.

http://waukesha.patch.com/articles/not-your-ordinary-cafeteria-food#video-4871468

Moar!

2011-02-06T07:28:00.000-08:00

I've created a separate tumblr for my fine art stuff.

http://alotofsimpletricksandnonsense.tumblr.com/

For some reason facebook wont let you link two tumblr pages to your wall, but this one will spit out tweets as well.

Yes, I'm also on facebook now too. Man, that hurts to type. From a marketing stand point I think it's unavoidable. So look me up there Canny Photography or Jonathan Canny should get you me.

Lauren_0325

2011-02-05T22:42:00.001-08:00

Lauren_0325, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Another great pic from the calendar shoot

Allegra_42

2011-02-02T00:38:00.001-08:00

Allegra_42, originally uploaded by Hookswords.

Another flickr to blogger connection test

Flickr

2011-02-02T00:03:00.001-08:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Just a little more

2011-02-01T12:44:00.000-08:00

More Lauren

2011-01-29T23:08:00.000-08:00

A few shots from our calendar shoot. Many more to process

Shadowkini

2011-01-27T19:33:00.000-08:00

I'm not sure if this has been done before. I'm looking in my free time, but nothing so far

Christ.... Mas Presence

2011-01-23T05:34:00.000-08:00

The name of the game for free time of late has been two things: Painting Lions and expanding the web presence of my skills.

Check out the tumblr. Right now it's all stuff you've seen before but check it out anyway.

http://butshesgotitwhereitcountskid.tumblr.com/

I've just started Behance, not to robust of a footprint there yet, but it's coming.

Of course, Model Mayhem, but I've never formally posted a link

http://www.modelmayhem.com/cannyphotography

Twitter

@CannyPhotos

LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathancanny

Facebook is on the way- I dont want to, but I know I have to so that's been at the bottom of the list.

If you're on any of these services, let me know, let's hook it up!

More Lavish with a side of Melyssa

2011-01-09T07:43:00.000-08:00

Here's a few more shots from recent projects

Lavish Shoot

2011-01-08T08:31:00.000-08:00

I got a lot of good stuff from the shoot for LavishExposure's winter campaign, but a lot of it wasnt used officially. So here's some shots, with more to come.

Lavish!

2011-01-05T19:54:00.000-08:00

LavishExposure, a fashion and lifestyle blog out of D.C. contacted me abut doing a winter fashion shoot for them last week. Together we made some work that I'm really proud of. Check it out!

This is a link to the main page. My work is on a slideshow of sorts on the front page

http://lavishexposure.com/

They also did a mini feature on me here

http://lavishexposure.com/?p=3466

I'll be posting more from the shoot here in the coming days so keep a look out!

Melyssa

2011-01-03T20:24:00.000-08:00

These are from my 2nd shoot with the amazingly awesome Melyssa. I should be able to show shots from our first shoot soon.

Melyssa MM#1279125

Me MM#1645666

New Year

2011-01-02T17:25:00.000-08:00

I feel like I havent posted anything in a while. I have to wait to post a lot of stuff. It's killing me because it's really good stuff. Soon though. In the mean time here are a few pieces taken during or mildly involved with recent projects. Tons more to come in the next few weeks. The New Year is starting busy!

Weekend Update...

2010-12-19T17:24:00.000-08:00

My roommate's band on Friday and another MKE photowalk on Saturday

Food and vomit

2010-12-11T18:22:00.000-08:00

I made beef tataki for dinner AND had a horrible idea

Nov Photowalk

2010-11-21T08:43:00.000-08:00

Here's a few from yesterday. There are a couple more on flickr

Solvay Coke & Gas

2010-11-21T08:35:00.000-08:00

Here are a few from my walk around Solvay. See the rest of the set on flickr here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hookswords/sets/72157625389058330/with/5191118005/

Cat & JoHanna

2010-11-15T15:12:00.000-08:00

I went to a studio meetup and shot with these two awesome models. Here's a few pics

More Erin

2010-11-13T01:14:00.000-08:00

Here's a few more of Erin. If you click on them over into flickr there is a little blurb on each one.

Erin

2010-11-11T21:59:00.000-08:00

Here's a little sneak of the shoot Erin and I had this past weekend. We were focusing on some types of shots that she needed for her agency representation.

A little fun

2010-10-31T21:10:00.000-07:00

iPhonetography

2010-10-31T12:32:00.000-07:00

Some more iphone camera/app experiments

Weekend Update

2010-10-26T21:17:00.000-07:00

I realized I'm a little behind on the blog. Sorry folks. This is some stuff from the weekend including the introduction of shots from the new iPhone.

Dinner

2010-10-16T19:35:00.000-07:00

Sendiks has a ridiculous deal on surf and turf and I picked up some pancetta at the famers market and made an awesome dinner

Just a little more

2010-10-14T21:37:00.000-07:00

More Allegra!

2010-10-11T17:48:00.001-07:00

I got so many amazing shots of this girl, it's ridiculous. It's also hard to choose just a few to post at a time!

Allegra

2010-10-10T23:50:00.000-07:00

I had an amazing photo shoot with Allegra this weekend. We went around town trying to capture a bit of fall in the city. I got a ton of great shots so they'll be leaking slowly.

I think this one is my favorite so far

Sept Photowalk

2010-09-19T11:31:00.000-07:00

Another trip out around town with the Cream City Flickr group. See more on flickr!

Finally a #1 for my Count On Milwaukee series!

More Amber!

2010-09-11T20:44:00.000-07:00

Amber

2010-09-04T15:16:00.000-07:00

I had a photo shoot with Amber a few weeks back. Here is a little taste of the shoot

Door County

2010-09-04T14:52:00.000-07:00

I went on vacation to Door County a few weeks back. I'm a little behind on my processing.

More Nicole!

2010-07-31T19:35:00.000-07:00

Here's a few more from my shoot with the amazing Nicole Moser

Catching Up!

2010-07-31T19:32:00.000-07:00

Here's some shots that have been sitting on the memory card for a while due to computer issues.

Sneak Peak of Nicole Moser

2010-07-29T17:12:00.000-07:00

I'm still without a home computer, but I couldnt wait to work on at least one pic from the photo shoot I had with Nicole Moser. She is a super awesome model that was in town for some workshops over the weekend.

http://www.modelmayhem.com/508536

www.nicolemoser.com

World WIde Photowalk

2010-07-25T14:14:00.000-07:00

Here's a handful of shots from Brady St. Days for the World Wide Photowalk 2010

Before and after

2010-06-12T19:52:00.000-07:00

A lot of people ask me about processing on my photos and what I will do to an image to get what I'm looking for, etc. so here is a before and after. From the camera vs final processing. It's probably better to just take great shots, but a lot of time you can make an ok photo great

1st Model shoot

2010-06-12T19:18:00.000-07:00

I had my first Model Mayhem shoot with Lexi last week. We got a lot of good stuff out of it, here's a taste.

Way Behind

2010-06-12T19:10:00.000-07:00

I'm way behind on posting stuff here. So, I'm just going to post some highlights and you can see more on flickr.

Townsend Field

2010-05-15T11:29:00.000-07:00

A little snow fox told me about this place. There are a number of abandoned autos, some old pieces of farm equipment, and some old foundations. Must have been a farm at some point long ago.

So Much From So Little

2010-05-09T20:45:00.000-07:00

Every one of these shots is within a ten foot radius of each other.

Ex Volvo

2010-05-08T07:31:00.000-07:00

Train Cars III : Return of the Cars

2010-05-05T22:23:00.000-07:00

Last Batch

Abandoned Train Cars II : Son of Train Cars

2010-05-03T15:26:00.000-07:00

I dont quite get how one could have the where with all to be able to use this sign

I think this is my favorite artifact of the site

A nice pairing with all of the no smoking signs

The lines blurred at times as to what was there from the times of active service versus retirement scavenges

Gotta Catch Em All!

They could have been words too.... instead they are seen as garbage. Here they huddle together for warmth, the last of their once mighty herd.

I'll bet Carl's seat was the red one.

Abandoned Train Cars

2010-05-02T23:13:00.000-07:00

Best Burger in Town

2010-05-02T12:03:00.000-07:00

The Double Sobelman

Satan old boy, how have you been?

2010-04-28T19:30:00.001-07:00

I couldnt resist

50mm

2010-04-25T17:11:00.000-07:00

I picked up a new 50mm lens over the weekend and was just trying it out a bit.

Old News

2010-04-24T18:08:00.000-07:00

This is the last of the batch from last weekend.

Home Stretch

2010-04-24T00:41:00.000-07:00

Productive Couple of Blocks

2010-04-21T20:55:00.000-07:00

I dont think I've ever gotten so many good pictures out of so little distance of city

Another dose

2010-04-20T20:13:00.000-07:00

More Weekend Findings

2010-04-19T19:46:00.000-07:00

Tetanus Waltz

2010-04-18T16:53:00.000-07:00

I took a ton of photos over the weekend. I will be releasing them slowly a handful at a time so keep an eye out! Also, dont be startled, I'm linking direct from flickr now, so if you click on a photo to see it bigger you'll go to flickr.

She Says Too Much When She Sleepwalks Around

2010-04-14T22:37:00.000-07:00

It was a nice day out, so I hit the streets after work and PT.

Photo Logo

2010-04-11T08:32:00.000-07:00

Flickr has a nice little system that show the traffic on your pics and where it's coming from. I'm starting to get hits from unknown sources so I made a logo for myself to throw on my images to try and protect them a bit from wrongful use.

The "C" is made to mimic a camera aperture, the "ANNY" is a hand made font made on the fly, and the "Photography" is good ol' Arial.

Infrared test

2010-04-10T08:38:00.000-07:00

Playing with this old farm shot again to test some faux infrared techniques.