Peter Jones started freelancing with Reuters in 1986 and was hired on staff in 1991. He is currently the Editor-in-Charge, Canada Photos and North American Sports Pictures Editor for Thomson Reuters.

Alexander Wurz of Austria crashes in his Benetton team car on the first lap of the Canadian Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal, Canada, June 7, 1998. Wurz used his spare car and finished in fourth place. (REUTERS/Peter Jones)

(Editor’s note: How easy was it to shoot this car crash? Watch here and decide.)

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Toronto photographer Jon Blacker started in news photography about 20 years ago and now shoots editorial, corporate and commercial photography. He specializes in location portraits with an emphasis on musicians.

His web site is www.jonblacker.com

 

Toronto rapper, Taylor T, photographed in a 1920s freight elevator in Toronto’s historic Distillery District on February 25, 2012. This image was a last-minute addition at the very end of a session that was otherwise entirely shot on a white seamless. There are two lights behind him, one red gelled on the floor, firing at the back of the elevator, and one bare head hitting the back of his head and a third light in a gridded softbox from camera right. We managed to get six frames before people downstairs started calling for the elevator. (Photo – Jon Blacker/www.jonblacker.com)

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Ottawa photographer Dave Chan has worked as a photojournalist for more than 20 years. He was the official photographer to Prime Minister Paul Martin and covered the Prime Minister’s daily life on Parliament Hill, across Canada and around the world.

Chan’s photographs have appeared in most major daily Canadian newspapers including The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and National Post. His work has also appeared in several international publications including Newsweek, Time and The New York Times.

In 2002, Chan was awarded the National Newspaper Award for feature photography.

See more of his work at: davechan.ca and also at: ottw.ca.

 

April 27, 2012: The Dalai Lama poses for a portrait during an interview in Ottawa. (Dave Chan for The Globe and Mail)

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