LIFTOFF 360º - The video
It’s incredible to have the chance to create and collaborate on such projects. Hooking up with Timecode Lab and Eric Pare here in Montreal, I had the chance to experiment doing light painting in 360 degree. The set up is quite analog, 24 cameras on a ring in 360 exposing at the same time. So...
360° LP with Geneviève Borne
This is a purely artistic project. A collaboration of artists from Montreal using 24 cameras on a 360 ring in a complete dark room . We do long exposures in the dark to “paint” with light. All the cameras are triggered simultaneously. The average exposure time is between 2 and 3 minutes for one shot. See the other...
Sport shoes - Testing
For a while I’ve been thinking of shooting sports items and a sport concept with light energy using light painting. So I started doing some tests with the help Victorine Yokthot and Sylvain Lavoie. Sylvain built a black metal rack to hold up the shoe in different positions.
Creative shoot with Jennyfer Desbiens + Anicko
Anicko ask me to shoot her new idea with model Jennyfer from Scoop agency. Anicko is responsible for the direction, make-up, hair, creating the head piece and some of the styling. We had Jennyfer bring some of her clothing to complete the styling. Jennyfer also has skills as a mime which enriched her presence and...
SUPERNOVAE - Fashion Through the Eye of Light
Link to the Youtube version: https://youtu.be/nl8diNojT70 This is a collaborative multimedia fashion shoot. It started as a fashion shoot between make up artist Nathalie Dodon and I. We were supposed to do what we call a test shoot. The idea was to do a commercial version of light painting for a fashion client my agency and...
Geneviève Borne, TV host
“What an honour to be light-painted by such a creative and talented artist such as Patrick Rochon! It was a fascinating and unforgettable experience.” -Genevieve Borne, Montreal march 2011 https://genevieveborne.com
Publications & Magazines, Japan 1998-2003
These are some of the works that was published (magazine, poster, CD jacket) while I was in Tokyo. The first shooting I did was for ZYAPPU an art and fashion magazine written in roman character using Japanese words. We did a fashion series shot from the ceiling. With 2 opposite characters on each page. Male...
PARASUCO Fashion Campaign
This is a campaign I did for Parasuco. We shot in studio and improvised all day sometimes giving lights to the models so they would do light painting themselves. I just told them to jump, dance and have fun. I used a flash-ring + a Canon Mark II and did 3 second exposures. Models:...
Test shoot with makeup artist Julie Begin
Julie Begin was the first professional makeup artist I collaborated with when I was still studying photography in 1991. In 2009 when she was in Montreal, we did this test shoot. What impress me the most was the feedback she gave me on my light painting. As a makeup artist she’s always looking at faces...
