| Shania Twain | CMT | One2One |

I've previously shot behind the scene stills for a CMT One2One episode featuring the Rascal Flatts and I was really excited when I was invited back for another taping of an episode. This time around the show was featuring 5-time Grammy Award winner, Canada Walk of Fame member and country music legend Shania Twain. Any kid growing up in Canada during the 90's and 00's knows some Shania Twain song even a little bit. I mean, "You're Still the One" was probably the most popular First Dance Wedding song in Canada between 1997-1999. It was pretty cool to be part of the entire production experience , it was the first time I actually photographed a country artist that I recognized which added a little bit of nervousness out of the gate, but after meeting her and spending some time behind the scenes it became business as usual and another day at the office.  

The CMT One2One with Shania Twain airs TONIGHT at 8pm EST on CMT, I don't have cable so I won't be able to check it out, but if you do you'll get to see some of my images featured throughout the episode and closing credits! Enjoy the full gallery of the behind the scenes of the entire production and interview. 

Man... I feel like a woman...

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| Dierks Bentley | CMT | One Night Stand |

CMT filmed another episode of their live concert series One Night Stand and I had the pleasure of being there as the still photographer.  This time around they had country music superstar Dierks Bentley hit the stage. He was extremely down to earth and shotgunned two beers in the middle of his set like an absolute champ. We filmed at the iconic El Mocambo , a cool little Toronto bar with a lot of history. Some huge names have performed there including The Ramones , Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles just to name a few. Sadly, the place was closing down the following day and the Dierks Bentley concert was sort of a final farewell to the place, it was cool to be there for the final chapter and capture the images of the final performance ever held at the El Mocambo.  Dierks Bentley's album Riser is nominated for Best Country Album at the 2015 Grammys, oh and he recently performed on Ellen , David Letterman and did the Superbowl Pregame Show on NBC, I wasn't aware of how huge of a star he was at the time ,until I realized I was crammed in a tiny bar around 500 screaming fans that were going absolutely nuts. It was kind of awesome.

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| Dierks Bentley | CMT | One Night Stand | El Mocambo Tavern|

| High Valley | CMT: Live at the Edison |

I've had the pleasure of working on CMT's Live Concert Series Show for a little over a year now and I've loved every minute of it. It's really great to be able to just do my thing and have the producers completely trust my vision for pictures.  I've gotten to work with some of the coolest people and gotten to meet some extremely talented and popular country music bands like the Grammy Award Winning Rascall Flatts and Juno nominees / winners such as Dallas Smith and Kira Isabelle. I'm extremely grateful for the opportunity and try to make the most of it every time we shoot an episode. I'll admit, it's pretty cool seeing my pictures used in commercials to promote the episode, and used in the episodes themselves to help with scene transitions and throughout the credits.

Today was the premiere of High Valley : Live at the Edison episode. In honour of the premiere I'm able to release some production stills for you guys. Brothers Brad and Curtis Rempel were some of the nicest, most down to earth artists I've gotten to work with, it was a lot of fun working along side them during this episode. They had a hilarious fascination with my TLR camera and were pretty pumped for me to develop my rolls of film to share with them. They put on a killer show and made the most of the cool setup and detailing by the production crew. Check out the episode on CMT Canada's website at http://www.cmt.ca/show/high-valley-live-at-the-edison/ 

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| High Valley | CMT | Live at the Edison | The Great Hall | Toronto |