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Applied Arts Photo Awards 2012

I'm thrilled to have a few of my images selected for the Applied Arts photo awards this year.Here are the ones that made the cut.

Congrats to all of my peers who's work is featured. To see the rest of the winners click here

Ryan Szulc Applied Arts 2012

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Bake with Anna Olson

Just wrapped up production on over 160 recipe photos for Anna Olson's new show 'Bake with Anna Olson'.We've been working on this show since September and it's premiering tonight at 7pm on the food network... so check it out!

Crew shot:

From left to right: M.I.A. Bachmaier R. Kelly Arsenault Anna 'the Animal' Olson Laughin' Lisa Rollo Matt T-Bone Gibson

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Jane Rowe for Report on Business

Here are a couple shots from a recent shoot with Jane Rowe for Report on Business. Rowe is the head of private equity at Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan and she's the one who is responsible for the sale of a controlling stake in MLSE (Toronto Maple Leafs, Raptors, TFC, & Marlies) to Rogers and Bell for $1.32 Billion.Thanks to the always helpful Ian Patterson (hardcore Leafs fan #1) for hanging onto that light for so long.

Art Director: Domenic Macri Director of Photography: Clare Jordan Assistant: Ian Patterson

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Great Wide Open

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.... So here are a few thousands words that describe how much I love the wide open landscapes of the desert regions of California and Nevada.

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Humber College Representing

I'm glad to see my old school Humber College is pumping out lot's of fresh and talented photographers.We just finished up a month of work placements with 2 very promising ladies. Nicole Vance and Sylvia Szuba, keep an eye out for them.

Nicole 'The Neat Freak' Vance

Sylvia 'The Archive Machine' Szuba

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Squid Ink Pasta Stinks

I had the pleasure of shooting a creative a while back with the lovely and talented Paige Weir. We shot some squid ink pasta which looks very cool, but when cooked was quite stinky. Prop Styling: Paige Weir

ryan szulc 2012-03-05 ryan szulc 2012-03-05

Drinks for Elle

We recently worked on a fun drink shoot for Elle Canada. The story is about how cocktail culture is making a comeback.Bottoms up!

Art Director: Elena Viltovskaia Prop Stylist: Madeleine Johari Food Stylist: Nanci Midwicki Retouching: Matthew Bartholomew Gibson

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I was in a strange place

The Salton Sea is definitely one of the strangest places I've ever been. I was there a few months ago and I can still smell the wretched stench of thousands of rotting fish carcases littered along the coast. Known as an accidental sea, the Salton Sea was created when massive flooding of the Colorado River in 1905 crashed the canal gates leading into the developing Imperial Valley. For the next 18 months the entire volume of the Colorado River rushed downward into the Salton Trough. By the time engineers were finally able to stop the breaching water in 1907, the Salton Sea had been born at 45 miles long and 20 miles wide – equaling about 130 miles of shoreline.

In the 1920s they developed the area into a successful tourist destination which lasted until the late 1950s. By then people had started abandoning the area and the decay that we see now set in. The Salton Sea is California's largest lake. Like Death Valley, it is below sea level. The salinity of the water is out of control, hence all of the rotting fish on the shores.

Anyways, if you're into post-apocalyptic hell-holes, check this place out.