Photograph historic Montreal

From 17th century fortifications to the Vieux Port du Montreal (Old Port of Montreal) to ornate cathedrals and the dramatic and stately Marché Bonsecours, much of the historic city of Montreal has been exceptionally well preserved.

The historic district rests on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, which served First Nations traders for millennia as an ancient highway to the Great Lakes and North America’s vast interior.

Famous for cobblestone streets, a vibrant European style café culture, and an abundance of world-class art galleries, Old Montreal is a feast for a photographer with a love of history and passion for culture.

Shoot historic Quebec City

Ask me about touring Quebec City with its antique colonial fortifications and historic battlefields, it’s bound to fascinate both photographers and history buffs!

Montreal’s architectural treasures

Recognized as one of the world’s leading cities for architecture and design, Montreal provides the architectural photographer with the opportunity to explore nearly every major architectural movement since colonial times.

Famous for its historic cathedrals and resplendent basilicas such as the famous St. Joseph’s Oratory, Montreal is also home to modernist treasures such as Mies van der Rohe’s Westmount Square and I.M. Pei’s Place Ville Marie. Fans of the re-emerging Brutalist school will doubtlessly find Place Bonaventure awe inspiring. And few will want to leave the city without paying homage to Buckminster Fuller geodesic Biosphere, on Île Ste. Hélène, Moshe Safdie’s pueblo like Habitat 67 apartment complex or Roger Taillibert’s Olympic Stadium, which features the world’s tallest inclined tower.

Even Montreal’s metro system, where each station is a unique design, presents exciting opportunities for those interested in the interplay of light, material and texture as well as presenting ample opportunity to document the fascinating life of Montreal’s famous Underground City.

Montreal neighborhood & street photography

Against a backdrop of unique row houses, famous for their ornate winding staircases, Montreal boasts a city of diverse ethnic neighborhoods and subcultures that present the adventurous photographer with a trove of exciting and exotic possibilities.

From traditional French-Canadian quartiers to the city’s large traditional Jewish community that provided fertile creative ground to writers like Mordecai Richler, to its vibrant Gay Village street photographers will find excitement wherever they point their lenses.

Ask me about Little Italy, Chinatown, historic Griffintown, and nearby First Nations reserves, Oka and Kahnawake.

Shoot it or eat it! Montreal is a world class dining city

Everyone loves food and Montreal is home to some of the best dining values in North America. The city’s many ethnic communities provide a variety of exotic fare, which often creatively hybridizes with the traditional French and French-Canadian dining that Quebec is known for.

From its world famous wood fired bagels, smoked meat and poutine to haute cuisine, Montreal is also home to some of the most innovative chefs on the planet presenting the serious food photographer with sizzling, mouth-watering images and a chance to enjoy fine dining for its own sake.

Bon appétit!

Quebec: photogenic any time of year!

From the St. Lawrence River valley to the ancient mountains of the Canadian Shield; from boreal forest to Arctic tundra and from the Atlantic to Hudson’s Bay, the province of Quebec is home to a vast variety of ecosystems all of which change dramatically over the course of the seasons.

Photographers will love the long hours of beautiful sunlight that summer days provide while autumn brings dramatic colors to the endless stretches of woodland and winter presents opportunities to witness nature in some of its starkest and most beautiful contrasts.

Think about a North American photo safari

You don’t have to travel far outside of Montreal to find yourself in picturesque farmland and some of the wildest and most pristine territory in North America home to all kinds of wild life including belugas, and other sea mammals that venture down the St. Lawrence River.

And if Quebec’s many native species aren’t enough, there’s also Park Safari that features exotic animals from around the world. True shutterbugs will enjoy the Insectarium: Space for Life in Montreal. Just make sure you bring your macro lens!

From Formula One racing to the Montreal Jazz Festival and the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, Montreal is host to some of the most exciting sporting and cultural events around.

Don’t miss festivals like Francofolies, Montreal Portugal Festival, Italian Week, Gay Pride Festival, Montreal Comiccon and the many music genre festivals like Nuits D’Afrique, the Reggae Festival and Festiblues. There’s even an Art Tattoo festival! How’s that for an unusual photographic opportunity?

For a more detailed list of Montreal cultural events or to talk about how you can schedule your Montreal photography tour or how you can make your visit dovetail with any one of these events, set up your Skype™ or telephone consultation with me today.

From the beautiful Montreal skyline as it reflects in the St. Lawrence River to the weekend scenes on Crescent Street, historic Griffintown, the Gay Village or the trendy Plateau neighborhood, Montreal is a city that loves the night, especially during festivals like Formula One or the Jazz Fest.

After the long winter season, Montrealers love nothing more than to get out and party on the many restaurant terraces and in streets blocked off for folks to celebrate the night.

Bring your own model or hire one here. Shoot against the stunning exteriors Montreal provides or shoot in the studio. However you chose to do it, you can integrate a portrait photography session as a component of your tour.

I can help with finding models and with resources, technical and lighting support limited only by your creative ambition.

For the photographer interested in fashion or nude photography, Montreal presents an enormous array of modeling and design talent as well as stylists and studios in the event you wish to shoot indoors.

As a professional fine art photographer I am familiar with all the local resources from studios to stylists that you will need to make your photographic statement.