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Tahnea | Oct 09th
I met Tahnea on the streets of Toronto. It’s no wonder she caught my eye, so I wanted to learn more about her. I was fortunate enough to take some portraits too, you can view those on my website under “Street.” Tahnea travels across Canada (originally from Montreal) by hopping freight trains, hitching hiking, and by foot. After she is done traveling and settles down, she will study natural medicine. She told me the most beautiful thing she has ever seen is her dog.
The tribal tattoos on her forehead where done by her ex boyfriend. She designed them herself but later found a very similar design on an ethnic tribal woman from another country in a book. She believes it was fate or perhaps divine inspiration that made the design so similar.
J- What do you believe in?
T- My beliefs are in kindness, respect and humility. If you search for that, you get the answer.
J- What’s the most interesting thing that has happened to you on your travels?
T- A crazy guy picked me up hitchhiking. He was drinking and pulled a gun on me, but I got out of it by joking around. He even put the gun to my head.
J- Did you get out?
T- No, we stayed with him! He turned out alright. He got us a motel room and brought us to San Fransisco. I woke up and he was touching me. I still remember his name.
J- What was it?
T- His name was Sam
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The Jonas Brothers | Sep 18th
The Jonas Brothers are very very chill. (behind the scenes photos by Jim Larer.)
Joey L
bdeleon:(Sep 18th - 12:02) love your work.. i noticed the altered tags on the plane lol good job.
Padda:(Sep 18th - 13:10) Yeah, great job, as always!!!!
john waire:(Sep 18th - 14:33) farking awesome as always.  
Trenton Moore:(Sep 18th - 17:35) Great shots as always! What were your settings/setup?
tino:(Sep 18th - 20:24) ha! is your photomontage (plane) also visible on the official photos you sold them or only on the photos on your blog? ;) a curious cheers
Casey:(Sep 18th - 20:36) haha nice! putting your name on the plane. clever!
roentarre:(Sep 19th - 13:51) I am seriously stunned by the superb quality of your port folio.  Incredible.  Really a vivid experience to look through your port folio!
chelsea:(Sep 19th - 18:30) Wow great job again! You always amaze me.  Nice work.  I love the airplanes.
wesnile:(Sep 19th - 19:33) That is amazing. High five.
ivanl:(Sep 20th - 03:45) who are the people in the fifth picture?
Joey L:(Sep 20th - 07:19) Hey Tino. the tags on the planes were actually completely removed for the publication, but I kept my version on for my portfolio. Ivani- the people in the fifth picture are the photo editor of Forbes magazine and the stylist of the shoot
ivanL:(Sep 21st - 06:28) does it ever make you nervous when those magazine folks are on the set?
Steven:(Sep 21st - 09:45) dude no way its insane how famous those kids are (being compared to the beatles famous)These are great photos most of the promos I see from these guys are pretty lame.
JS:(Sep 22nd - 00:31) Are those AlienBee strobes that you are using for that shoot??  they have to be just about the ONLY company i know that uses a pink shell on some of them..lol
Sasha:(Sep 24th - 06:10) Hey there, Joey! How´d your workshop in Boracay go? You never wrote about that and I was just incredibly curious. :)
Danie Nel:(Sep 24th - 15:20) HI Joey, my 2 year old daughter loves their cover of the Jungle Book "King Louis" tune "I want to be like you". Like the shots. Shot in a chopper hanger once. Good fun, need lotsa light.
Amie:(Sep 24th - 23:43) Hey Joey. I´m from Thailand. I bought your DVD tutorial and now become a huge fan!! Your work´s awesome man, I mean your childhood hi8 video too!! hehehe well, just wanna say hi :) Be sure you come to Thailand and find me on the street! xoxo
Fernando Sturzenegger:(Sep 25th - 02:16) Joey, amo tu trabajo fotografico. En retratos, eres el mejor...
Chris:(Sep 25th - 06:03) These look amazing brother! Are any of these composites?
Desert Eagle:(Sep 25th - 07:49) Oh my, only after sending the message, i saw... the list of the bands and some ads! O_O Kawasaki! Disturbed!... IMPRESSIVE! /jawdrop :)
Chris Barber:(Sep 25th - 09:40) I love how the plan on the right of the first of your photos is labelled "J7OEY" - Was that just for you sir? :)
Jason The Saj:(Sep 25th - 17:45) That is too funny, I might have to just start calling you J70EY LAWR3NC3 from now on. LOL
Teresa Vigil:(Sep 26th - 21:19) very cool work
smiles4angels:(Sep 29th - 01:42) great work. keep on shooting. :)
Yong Hwee:(Sep 30th - 05:12) Nicely done.
Yong Hwee:(Sep 30th - 05:12) Nicely done.
kathy:(Sep 30th - 20:06) hey joey... i hope it is okay but i made a copy of the two shots with willem in them for avery so she can impress her friends at school. k
Lianne:(Oct 02nd - 19:25) Wow, Joey! You´ve come really far since the last time I looked at your site. Photographing the Jonas Brothers and 50 Cent.. That´s awesome!
Chris Oquist:(Oct 02nd - 20:08) That first photo is fantastic!
Tore Hansen:(Oct 04th - 01:10) Fantastic pictures ! Keep up the good work Best regards Tore Hansen Notodden Norway
Gene:(Oct 06th - 17:41) Pull the "7" from the jet tail in #1 and it will say Joey!
Gene:(Oct 06th - 17:41) Pull the "7" from the jet tail in #1 and it will say Joey!
Claire in Toronto:(Oct 07th - 17:13) Hey Joey, Love these pics!  You are seriously an awesome photographer!!!
Jane:(Oct 08th - 06:07) Completely blown away by your talent!  You will have a long, successful career and I look forward to watching what creations come from your ´eye´.  Ku-dos!
Justin Focus:(Oct 09th - 04:17) Joey, I didn´t know who the Jonas Brothers were till last week when I saw them on TV. Im from Australia so I have not heard to much of them. But with photos like these, im sure i´ll be hearing more of them and hopefully more of you. Are these photos going into a magazine?
Brian:(Oct 26th - 03:03) What an amazing opportunity, and the shots are incredible creative.
CiaranC:(Oct 29th - 03:16) Damn you JoeyL, the more I see the more I think I need to learn...... the more I feel I have to purchase the tutorial. BTW if you and the gang are ever in Dublin (Ireland) drop me an email and we´ll try to make your stay as cheap and fruitful as poss.  
numkeync:(Dec 11th - 20:28) i'm gonna make my own site about it
Index Pic Voyeur:(Dec 16th - 20:41) I should notify my girlfriend about this.
Wide Girth Vibrator:(Dec 23rd - 11:45) I should email my friend about this.
ipung:(Feb 19th - 06:19) love love love
Digital SLR Photography | Sep 11th
Be sure to check out Digital SLR magazine, prepare to be shocked, and learn how family portraits are made easy! L
Oh, check out my article too.
John Waire:(Sep 12th - 12:48) Congrats on the article.  Schweet!
chelsea:(Sep 15th - 17:52) Very cool, I am going to have to pick up a copy now!
Chris Oquist:(Sep 15th - 21:56) Congrats on the profile Joey. I´m always blown away when I see your photograph of that dreadlocked woman. The level of texture is astounding - the skin of the hands, the hair, the face.. Your mastery over light is really spectacular.
Florian:(Sep 16th - 20:08) Awesome... is there any way to get this in germany?!?!?
Joey L:(Sep 20th - 07:21) Get Florian- I´m not sure to tell you the truth... I checked their website for you but couldn´t find an area listing
Jason The Saj:(Sep 25th - 17:42) Off to Borders.... Hopefully they still have copies. As apparently my RSS reader was failing to update with your new entries. So I just reads this.
laura lizancos (SPAIN):(Sep 28th - 02:14) JOEYYYY THATS JUST FANTASTIC. You receive the admiration you deserve, MASTER!! Thanks for sharing your art with us.. World is EVEN more beautifull from your pictures!
Liam Behan:(Sep 28th - 21:07) Hi joey, had never heard of you until the D-SLR article. I checked out your site and I must say you?re a breath of fresh air. I took up Photography at 38, 2 years ago and can?t seem to get inspiration to take up the camera frequently. I love photography but the mags and articles I have been reading and studying always seem to cover the same old same old. Great Work ? Liam, Dublin-Ireland
Scott:(Sep 30th - 23:47) Hi Joey - never heard of you to be honest until I read the article in the Digital SLR magazine - and now I love you!! Your images are amazing, the lighting is awesome and your outlook on life is refreshing! Im now a fan to be sure - looking forward to following your career and to see what you do next. Scott
P?l Hoff:(Oct 08th - 19:43) Hi Joey! Nice pictures!! Very impressive. Glad to see your still going strong since the good old mrx.no-times:) keep it up!
Nick Ghionis:(Oct 09th - 01:49) Absolutely awesome work. Love your technique and the way you work your images. Definately putting your website on my favourites.
Josh Droullard:(Nov 11th - 09:40) Wow, that was amazing. it IS easy to do family portraits. Who knew?
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john waire:(Oct 09th - 14:27) powerful.  think this is my favorite post yet.  u continue to raise the bar.  not many people have the balls to strike up a random conversation and engage someone...purely to find out their story...and capture their essence.  u definitely succeeded.  
?s?k?:(Oct 09th - 18:45) great images. love the lighting. I should get out and do stuff like this, its inspiring to see. "I woke up and he was touching me" what the hell???
very thomas hawk:(Oct 09th - 20:33) very thomas hawk...
Wellington:(Oct 09th - 22:29) That´s what made me your fan. You are gifted and not only interested in making money. You really love what you do, and that makes you the best! The pictures you take overcome borders, and even got to a lame amateur photographer in Brazil. If get interested in visiting Brazil someday, you have a friend here, and surely also where to stay. Congratulations!
Kirk McGirt:(Oct 10th - 05:15) Very nice man. What type of lighting equipment were you carrying around for this?
Mandy:(Oct 10th - 07:00) I am a pretty big fan and your work has inspired me to learn more about photography, lighting and photoshop work. I´ve visited other "professional" photographer´s work on the internet and noticed this one in particular. He had taken pictures of the homeless very similar to you. However they looked like they were taken on the sly. You on the other hand, get their permission and are really interested in hearing their story too. I certainly wouldn´t have the guts to be able to do that. Keep doing what you´re doing!
wes:(Oct 10th - 10:00) wow...amazing... that is all i can say
wes:(Oct 10th - 10:00) wow...amazing... that is all i can say
Jeannie:(Oct 11th - 17:24) I love your work. I want to purchase your tutorial in the future. Your images are very inspiring.
Steven:(Oct 14th - 05:04) thats so awesome!
Meaghan Johnson:(Oct 16th - 01:54) Okay so, you´re a Torontonian, I´m about half an hour away from there but it really feels like five minutes to me. I happen to be going to the Henry´s School of Imaging seminars and just thought I would say, it would be friggen awesome if you went. It´s at the International Center in Mississauga all weekend. I have so many questions to ask you but I don´t know how these things work so I´ll just say you´re amazing. Loove.
john:(Oct 23rd - 06:15) you need to get out more toblas. you know..theres a whole outside the five miles from your house
john:(Oct 23rd - 06:15) you need to get out more toblas. you know..theres a whole outside the five miles from your house
Chris:(Oct 25th - 19:00) Some really striking images here, Joey. That first straight-ahead shot of her is really amazing. My favorite, though, is the black and white shot of her with her dog. The angle, depth of field, lighting, tonality - all great, but what´s really magical is the slice of time you captured. The body language and dog´s profile are really incredible.
Brian:(Oct 26th - 03:00) Wow.. the shot of her in the crowd is stunning. Really showcases her individuality.
PNG:(Oct 27th - 02:40) Thats an awesome pictures!
CiaranC:(Oct 29th - 03:09) A really special set. Helping people to see that what they "see" is only a very small part of the story. Again great lighting..
Lainey:(Oct 30th - 15:03) She´s lucky she wasn´t murdered. I don´t recommend staying with someone who puts a gun to my head. She is pretty cool, though. And damned lucky she didn´t get raped or worse. She´s right about the dog. That dog is beautiful. Here is my dog. She was beautiful too.
Fry-guy.:(Nov 09th - 16:11) Joeeeeeey Lawrence, look at you. Such accomplishments at such a young age, and still so grounded. I always knew you were more talented than Corey hehe. Tell 50 I say "what up" and keep up the good work my man. From Nana and the crew in Brantford.
Jaimie:(Nov 12th - 20:27) Brilliant.
S.:(Nov 14th - 07:36) You´re amazing. Don´t ever stop.
Mark J Rebilas:(Nov 20th - 00:21) A friend showed me your site and I gotta give you props, the portraits are siiick. Keep it up man, Mark
veronique:(Nov 29th - 06:07) love..love..love just lovvve your work..
blacksmith:(Nov 30th - 07:36) Ei Joey, I bought your DVD and I have few more questions though. Hope you can e-mail me back. BTW.. nice site, great talent. Hope you can come to Philippines for seminar.
judit:(Dec 03rd - 16:48) amazing photographs. congratulations.
A.M.P.:(Dec 04th - 08:28) You´re brilliant!
Charlotte:(Dec 31st - 23:58) Wow, these are incredible. What a remarkable person!
Andy Ong:(Jan 06th - 16:40) Always loved to see all of your pictures, Joey. If you visiting Indonesia one day, do not hesitate to contact me.
irene:(Jan 17th - 15:43) i don´t remember how i got to your blog. but these pictures are stunning and Tahnea is a very interesting person. i think you´re a very very talented person. i´m a FAN!!!
Briony:(Jan 26th - 04:50) these are sick, i love em all!
Wedding photographer - Dylan:(Jan 26th - 08:12) incredible. I love the stories that go along with all your portraits.
piodoempina:(Nov 27th - 20:50) Could not find a suitable section so I written here, how to become a moderator for your forum, that need for this?
numkeync:(Dec 12th - 08:54) yo.. really like this thoughts ))
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Traditional Spanking:(Dec 26th - 02:58) signed to your rss
Justin - JG Photography:(Jan 17th - 16:45) stumbled across these portraits and they are amazing. So different from regular portraits. The pictures tell the story of their life. In awe of you man.