I want to consume less and create more...

It made my day when I got an email from photographer Clay Enos that said simply: I dig your mantra.

I'm Travis Jon Allison. I'm a photographer from Southern Ontario, Canada and making art has always been my passion. Getting to be a photographer was one of my goals since I first borrowed my mom's Pentax Spotmatic camera and took it with me to camp for the weekend.

I thank you and my clients who have allowed me to share that passion and keep creating. It makes me very happy.

This blog is all part of my creating bug. I use it to keep a record of what's going on with me so that my clients can get to know me better and so my friends and family can keep up with what is going on in our world. One part photo album, one part journal and all me. Thanks for reading!

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Other People Say…

16/5/08 – 02:15

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I’m working on releasing a new website and I have compiled “testimonials” for one of the pages. I just wanted to highlight them so that I can publicly thank these folks for their kind words and all of the referrals.

THANK YOU!

Tara Lohmann [wedding]

Wow Travis!
Those pictures are fantastic! You have really captured the energy and emotion of the day. There are some fantastic shots of everyone and the candids are amazing! Thanks again for all your hard work - you did a really great job and I’ll make sure to strongly recommend you to everyone getting married in the area.

Amy Bowring [family portraits]

These are absolutely fantastic! You’ve done such an amazing job; you are extremely talented. I look at a lot of photography in my work and do a lot of photo editing for our books so I have a large base to compare your work to. Your eye and the way you play with focus, filters, colour, light — it demonstrates real artistry.

Teresa & Kevin Glavin [wedding]

WOW!!! It is hard to put into words right now all of the THANKS we have for your talent, skill and professionalism. Amazing shots!!! It’s like re-living all the moments of our day.
Thank you!

Ron & Jen Lapointe [wedding & family portraits]

Travis was the photographer at our wedding just over two years ago and we continually hear compliments about the photos hanging in our house. Very original poses, lots of amazing candid shots…he just has a knack for being at the right place at the right time to catch that special moment, and the knowledge of photographic techniques to capture it with great style and originality.

This past October, we had Travis take some outdoor family portraits of my wife, my 10 month old son and me. They are AWESOME. There are so many great shots to chose from. Lots of nice little candid moments of father and son, mother and son and all three of us, not to mention some amazing solo shots of my son.
Everyone we show these pics to has the same reaction, “Who took these! They’re amazing!”

I would whole heartedly recommend Subtlevox Photography for any pics you need.
Thanks again, Travis.

Allison Bethune & Ian Cooper [wedding]

Travis has a great eye, and was very easy to work with. Totally flexible and relaxed, considering how busy our day was! We loved our pictures, and would highly recommend him to anyone.

Rebecca Jess - Teacher, Textile & Clothing Designer [Party of X participant]

Travis’ art has a beautiful sense of voyeurism; everything he takes tells a story. If you’re a teacher working on creative writing you could definitely take any of his shots and use them as story starters and inspiration for your students. I think this speaks volumes about his work. Nothing he takes is stagnant; there is life behind every photo.

Antoine from All Day I Dream About Photography [photography blogger]

Travis is a very versatile photographer with a very diversified portfolio. However all of his pictures have one thing in common. They all tell a story !!!
It takes more than just technique to take such exposures, I sure enjoy his portraits.

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SOD: Christmas Is All Around

16/5/08 – 09:48

Song of the Day: Christmas Is All Around - Billy Mack (played by Bill Nighy)

I feel it in my fingers,
I feel it in my toes,
Christmas is all around me,
and so the feeling grows

Every once in a while Love Actually just sneaks up on you.

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MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU on Vimeo

15/5/08 – 12:07

Good graffiti makes cities bearable.

Wrap your head around this awesome stop action video made with graffiti. Every frame this (between 15 & 30 frames a second) was shot and then put together for the video. (give it some time to download)


MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

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SOD: Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

13/5/08 – 10:15

Song of the Day: Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - B.J. Thomas

Raindrops keep falling on my head
But that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turning red.
Crying’s not for me, cause
I’m never gonna stop the rain by complaining
Because I’m free
Nothing’s worrying me

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Andrea’s Party of Four

9/5/08 – 12:06

What a great day to take pictures! My second shoot on Sunday was for grad photos - what Americans call Senior Portraits. What I call a Party of X.

Winners of a Subtlevox Portrait Session

I’ve known Andrea (2nd from the left) for most of her life. She was a camper of ours and now is about to become a second year counsellor at CAIRN in Baysville. She was one of the lucky winners of a free graduation portrait session. You can see the presentation that these young women put together to win these pictures [click here].

Andrea (… but we call her Squire):

Micaela

Michelle

Christina

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Family Portraits with Amy, Michael, Nicholas and Luke

8/5/08 – 10:29

I have known Amy since we met at Innerkip Presbyterian Church when we were 4 years old. I had an awesome time shooting with her and Michael and their family this past Sunday in High Park in Toronto.

It was a funny moment when Amy said to Nicholas “Do you know that Mommy and Travis met when we were your age?”. Michael reminded us that the next thing I did after we met was that I asked my new friend to marry me. She is, also, one of only two people in the world whom I can stand calling me Trav.

Thanks for such a great day Aim & Michael! It was very fun to play with you folks.

Nicholas LOVES the movie Cars. It was hard to pick only one to shoot.

Do you feel like someone might turn out to be a performer like his dad?

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Subtlevox Stumps the Swarm - Question 3

6/5/08 – 05:31

Click here for the full set of Rules.

This is only question #3. If you haven’t been involved in the contest yet you still have a chance to win.

Some Rule Highlights

  • 3 days to post your guesses in the Comments, 3 maximum guesses
  • a correct guess gains you 5 points
  • links on your blog, Facebook,Flickr, email, Myspace, etc. to the reorganized Subtlevox sites get you 1 point each. You must provide documentation in your Comment.

Now it’s important to remember that there are bonus points available for showing people some of my links. Because so much of my online presence has been updated there are a ton of new bonus points available.

The Links You Can Use

http://www.subtlevoxphotography.com

http://subtlevoxphotography.com/blog

http://artist.to/subtlevox_photography/ (Facebook Page)

Creativity Counts in this Contest

The Leaders to this Point are Ron with 19 points, Palais with 12 points and Pako with 11.

There have been lots of points awarded for creativity in the short time this game has been played. My favourites: Palais wrote a recommendation on my Flickr profile [click here], Palais & Pako both made a personal recommendation to someone they knew that was getting married, Ron added Subtlevox to his email signature and a bunch of folks added links to the blog in their Facebook Notes and their Facebook Signatures.

Best of luck on this one!

[UPDATE] The correct answer is headstone in a cemetary.

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Subtlevox Photography featured in The Big Word Project

6/5/08 – 03:24

I saw The Big Word Project in this months Wired and picked up some words for myself (rewedding, subtle, vox), some for the consulting company that Beth & I are rebranding (zoic, topaz, consultants, maverick) and some for the non-profit agency for which my wife is the Executive Director (camp, camps, cairn).
Who knows if it is worth it but I figure it was a fun try and I’m all about supporting students in a brilliant venture!

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SOD: How Deep Is Your Love?

6/5/08 – 11:50

Song of the Day - How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee GeesTheBeeGees-08-big.jpg

I know your eyes in the morning sun

I feel you touch me in the pouring rain

And the moment that you wander far from me

I wanna feel you in my arms again

And you come to me on a summer breeze

Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave

And its me you need to show

Chorus:

How deep is your love

I really need to learn

cause were living in a world of fools

Breaking us down

When they all should let us be

We belong to you and me


Awesome Bee Gees Fans

On a separate note: Check out all of the information at Bee Gees World. If I was the Bee Gees (and their record company) I would be working night and day to make sure these folks are happy and well-fed.

They have even catalogued over 1500 other artists who have covered the Bee Gees.

Bee Gees World_ Covers & Tribute albums - (Build 2008032619).jpg

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SOD: Money for Nothing

30/4/08 – 12:12

Song of the Day: Money For Nothing - Dire Straits

I shoulda learned to play the guitar
I shoulda learned to play them drums
Look at that mama, she got it stickin’ in the camera
Man we could have some fun
And he’s up there, what’s that? Hawaiian noises?
Bangin’ on the bongoes like a chimpanzee
That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it
Get your money for nothin’ get your chicks for free

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AJAXed with AWP