Proud of what I do

Jun
10
2017
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Feeling Proud – Yes I have to admit my head maybe swells a little when I see portrait I created as big as a bus.

I am proud of the fact that the skin tones are real not orange or pale and washed out. I am proud that my years of training allows

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16th Annual Elephant Waltz

May
03
2017
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Do the elephants really dance at the “Elephant Waltz?”

Well they do some pretty amazing things and are rewarded with a feast of healthy treats, but as far as dancing goes, I guess that would depend on your definition of dancing. If you ever saw

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What I do…Some call it a style

Apr
20
2017
by John Mitchell | 0 Comments

What is my style? Photo-journalism in the truest sense!

When I had my website re-built in the spring of 2015 I found it difficult to write a biography for the site. Personally, I find it difficult to write about myself and not feel like I’m bragging. The team at Elle Jay Inc. hired the incredible Jack

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Be A Donor

Apr
08
2017
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Today I had the opportunity to photograph the fourth annual Cambridge flag raising for “Be A Donor.”

Cambridge Ontario is in the forefront of organ donor awareness in the province of Ontario. The charge is lead by a small yet hard working band of

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There’s a time and a place for i-phone photos.

Apr
06
2017
by John Mitchell | 0 Comments

There is a time and place for i-phone photos, but it is not everywhere, every time.

Last night I ventured out to do some late day photography. I drove under the railway overpass on Dundas Street and the site of railcars and rail ties under the bridge

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Age and Responsibility

Mar
31
2017
by John Mitchell | 0 Comments

Advantages come with responsibilty

Growing in years has many pitfalls. Ask any “old” person. “Old” is subjective. Teachers are “old” to their students, yet they may have only finished their own education within the last few years. Forty ain’t so bad to somebody that’s

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Amazing Dreams and Perspective

Mar
26
2017
by John Mitchell | 0 Comments

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat – have you seen it?

Yes, twice now. Once in the early 90’s at the Sony Centre in Toronto with Donny Osmond as Joseph and then again this past Friday at the Dunfield Theatre in Cambridge.

Were they

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The sorrowful wale of a steam whistle

Mar
20
2017
by John Mitchell | 1 Comment

March 19th Jan and I drove to St. Jacobs. What drew us there was the sorrowful wale of a steam whistle.

It is a sound we remember from our youth. Unless you group up in the age of steam power you just couldn’t understand the calling of the chorus

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A “new” fine art print product.

Feb
18
2017
by John Mitchell | 0 Comments

I’m excited about the new fine art prints that I am now offering. This new product will be added to by art store as well as my portrait services.

In the past two weeks I have tested the process and just delivered the first finished fine art print

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Business Portrait vs. Portrait for Business

Feb
04
2017
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This week I completed another successful portrait for business. That’s not the same as a business portrait.

A business portrait is generally a head shot that artistically illustrates, in a flattering way, the subject who is in business, whereas, a

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