by Chris Hutcheson | Jun 21, 2018 | Behind the scenes
Lately, a number of venues around town have been switching to LED stage lighting. I’ve seen them at the Revival Club, Rec Room and Massey Hall so far. From a business perspective, it makes a lot of sense. One venue told me they save about $2500 a month in hydro...
by Chris Hutcheson | Apr 19, 2018 | Behind the scenes, Recent Work
I recently took on a restoration project for a friend, repairing several images of her family from the early 1900’s. This was probably the most damaged of the lot with a lot of fine scratches and spots to go with larger discolouration, blemishes and tears. I...
by Chris Hutcheson | Apr 6, 2018 | Behind the scenes, Burlesque, Small-Stage
I recently posted an image on Facebook and Instagram of the wonderful Imogen Quest. The Revival is one of my favourite clubs, Imogen is one of my favourite performers to shoot. and I particularly like to capture images of performers interacting with and/or surrounded...
by Chris Hutcheson | Jan 2, 2018 | Behind the scenes
I find photographing a show is pretty straightforward now that I’ve been at it for about 10 years. At this point I can predict that my starting settings for a venue like the Revival Club will be about 1/200 sec at f5.6 with an ISO averaging about 3200 or less....
by Chris Hutcheson | Nov 7, 2015 | Behind the scenes
Last Sunday (November 2) the Canadian Opera Company brought me in to make photos of the audience space in the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, from about 5 stories above the proscenium on a catwalk and in the corner of the...
by Chris Hutcheson | Sep 29, 2015 | Behind the scenes
Recently I was invited to the Canadian Opera Company’s building at Front and Parliament to photograph an early rehearsal for the Canadian world premiere of Pyramus & Thisbe, opening on October 20th. I was there with members of the press, bloggers and other...