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15May
2012

Naoe Tani: Raw & Uncensored!

Just remember us little folks when you become famous! That’s what we should all say to Shin’s tintype assistant, Naoe Tani (pronounced “now-eh”). As Sugino Studio’s Studio Assistant, Naoe gets huge kudos for her contribution to the smooth running of the studio. She’s here on weekends so that at 9 a.m. Monday we walk into a fully functioning space. Naoe has a heart of gold…and an eye for perfection. She’s extremely talented, with her passion being tintype photography. The studio [...]

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27Apr
2012

Baby Zoe is growing!

Maciej and Irene’s baby, Zoe, is growing up so fast! At just four months, she has started to play the piano! Watch until the end! Happy Friday! – |Evolve or Die|

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26Apr
2012

Retro Thursday: Alexandra Then and Now

Retro Thursday, Sugino Team 1

It was 2002 and we were shooting an ad for Pottery Barn. At the last minute, our hero girl did not want to let go of her mom so we could not photograph her. It was Friday afternoon and we needed a little girl FAST! What to do? I called my sister and begged her to bring her daughter, my niece, Alexandra who was 3 at the time. Though they were going on a family vacation to Portugal the next [...]

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19Apr
2012

Retro Thursday: Did you know…

Retro Thursday, Shin Sugino, Sugino Team 0

Before 501 Eastern Ave was known as 501 Studio it was a laundry mat. Shin Sugino bought the building in the early 1980s and turned it into half apartment half studio. Now 501 Eastern Ave is a fully equipped commercial film/photography studio. The picture below is of the sewage disposal plant pumping station on Eastern Avenue and Coxwell Avenue in 1915. Click on the image below to check out more historic images of around our neighbourhood! Image Courtesy © Toronto [...]

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12Apr
2012

Retro Thursday: Happy 10th Anniversary!

Eden Robbins, Etc., Retro Thursday, Shin Sugino, Sugino Team 1

Do you remember the circumstances when you first met someone? The date? The season? The occasion? This is my tenth year working at the studio, and to mark my decade anniversary, I’d like to share the story of how I met Shin Sugino. Toronto was gearing up for its very first Toronto Festival of Fashion (now known as Fashion Week) at the Metro Convention Centre. The year was 1985 and I was working as a gallery administrator at Jane Corkin [...]

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22Mar
2012

Retro Thursday: From the Beginning

Etc., Retro Thursday, Sugino Team 6

I grew up in the suburban Mecca of Markham, Ontario, in the 1970s. My parents moved the family there in the summer of 1973 when McCowan north of Steeles was a dirt road. I turned five that year. Markham was a hockey town. I played from the age of seven to seventeen. The cultural scene was pretty much limited to the now-forgotten Towne Theatre on Main Street – the converted jail/town hall — and the annual Markham Fair, which is [...]

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20Mar
2012

Bucket-head.

People, Sugino Team 0

It may seem as though Winter ended weeks ago (or never even came for that matter…) but today marks the first day of Spring. Even though Spring is officially in full swing hockey season has yet to end. The 2012 Stanley Cup is only a couple months away! So let’s keep our hockey spirits high! Who are you cheering for? Here’s a hockey spot Andrew Wilcox shot with Edge MacLaren for HP. This is one of Andrew’s first motion spots [...]

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7Mar
2012

Sugino Likes: Flawsomeness

Etc., People, Sugino Likes, Sugino Team 0

Showing humanity: it’s all the rage! Click this… – |Evolve or Die|

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9Feb
2012

Retro Thursday: Digi Style!

Food & Beverage, Sugino Team 0

This Retro Thursday I’m (Miho Matsuoka, digital artist) going to take you all the way back and by back I mean way back to… you guessed it….2005. Shin Sugino and Foodland Ontario teamed up to create a series of commercials featuring various vegetables and fruits growing. How did they do it you ask ? Well, Sugino Studio set up cameras at an apple orchard and inside greenhouses to shoot a stills time-lapse of apple trees, apples, tomatoes and mushrooms growing [...]

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27Jan
2012

Countdown to Our New Blog!

Etc., Sugino Team 0

In a world where anything is digitally possible there will be the dawning of a sensational new online project. From Canada’s Finest Motion and Stills Production Company comes a true story of hard work, determination… and everything Sugino. Directed by Dré Dee Created by Spencer Crone Executive Producer Andy McLeod Stills Producer Taeko Yamanouchi Assistant Producers Dan Arki & Sarah Gheriani Social Media Coordinator Dorothy Leung – |Evolve or Die|

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