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David MacKinnon - 🇨🇦Photographer
@dkmackinnon.bsky.social
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Fine-art #photographer in #ottawa who occasionally does #costuming (mostly #leather or #chainmaille) and body art (mostly acrylic and metallic #tape).
Website: www.dkmackinnon.ca
Instagram/Facebook: @d.k.mackinnon
Mastodon/Cara: @dkmackinnon
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I've been busy setting up my website using Wordpress so haven't been posting much. Here is a shot of hoarfrost in our garden, taken this morning. #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography #WinterMorning #Frost #Hoarfrost
Close-up photograph of brown, dried thistle heads covered in white frost crystals against a blurred, dark gray background. The frost forms delicate, spiky patterns around the thistle heads, which are in soft focus. In the lower right corner, the signature "D.K. MacKinnon" and the website address "www.dkmackinnon.ca" are visible.
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Yesterday was Ira Balan's @irapassion.bsky.social ssion.bsky.social birthday so here is an image from one of our past photoshoots.

#photography #modelphotography #modelphotoshoot #studiophotoshoot #studiophotographer #studiolighting #glamour #glamourphotography #glamourshots
A dark-haired woman in a grey top and blue jean-shorts against a bamboo backdrop, arms up as she holds her hair back.
September 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Bee and Ghost Pipes from a walk a few months ago in the Purdon Conservation Area.

#Bee #Nature #NaturePhotography #GhostPipes
A bumblebee in flight over ghost pipes surrounded by blades of grass.
September 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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The mirror dress is one of my most popular creations, and Minh Ly (I@minhly-model.bsky.social) was in the studio recently to model it as part of a series I am working featuring this outfit.

#photography #modelphotography #studiophotographer #studiolighting #chainmaille #artfashion #fashionart
An asian woman with long dark hair seen partially in profile facing camera left, one hand at her hip and the other raised to the top of her chest. Hair partially covers her face, but her mouth, nose, and one eye are visible. Here eye and mouth a closed and her head is tilted slightly back.
September 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Behind-the-scenes video from a recent tape body-art session and photoshoot with Ottawa-area model Brianna Aiken.

#ModelPhotography #FashionPhotography #BodyArt #BodyTape #BodyTapeArt #BodyTapeArtist #TapeBodyArt #ArtFashion #FashionArt #video #BehindTheScenes #BehindTheScenesVideo
August 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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It took a year to coordinate a time, but Brianna Aiken (IG: @bri.jeep) and I were finally able to do a #tapeBodyArt set with colours selected to match their jeep.

#modelphotography #fashionphotography #bodyart #artfashion #fashionart #tapebodyart #bodytape #bodytapeartist #jeep
Two images showing the front and back of a tape body art design featuring a mix of black acrylic tape and purple metallic tape. The left view is a front view of a woman with long blond hair leaning on the side of a jeep while standing, legs crossed at the knees, one hand on hip and the other resting on the jeep with their hand in their hair. The right image is a back view of the woman standing on a gravel road, hands in their hair, legs crossed at the knee.
August 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Front and back views of a tape body-art design with @lucyartmodel.bsky.social‬. I last tried doing this tape micro-bikini design about 10 years ago.

#modelphotography #fashionphotography #bodyart #artfashion #fashionart #tapebodyart #bodytape #bodytapeart #bodytapeartist #bikini #swimwear
Two side-by-side images of a woman with long brown hair wearing a micro-bikini made from electrical tape. The left image is a from view with the woman posed against a tree trunk, arms crossed overhead and eyes closed, hear falling over one shoulder. The right is a back view with the woman kneeling in the water as they look back over their shoulder, eyes closed and head tilted slightly down with her hair falling down her back.
July 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Another kitten for the timeline. #kitten #cat #CatsOfBluesky
A fawn cat sleeping on a towel with a hand in front.
July 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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A kitten for the timeliness #kitten #cat #CatsOfBluesky
A brown kitten sleeping on a blanket.
July 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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A #Kittiwake on the cliffs of Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve off Placentia Bay in #Newfoundland. #Seabirds #Nature #NaturePhotography #Travel #TravelPhotography #BirdPhotography #Canada
A seabird with white head, yellow beak, grey body, and black wing-tips sitting on dark grey-brown rocks, looking to camera left, its back to the viewer. The seabird is seen from slightly above.
July 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Abstract imagery from the Argentia ferry the morning of our arrival in #Newfoundland. #Travel #Ferry
Abstract shape consisting of a broad-and-slanted white surface surmounted by a deep blue shape curved past the edge of the white shape.
July 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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A Common #Murre on the cliffs of Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve off Placentia Bay in #Newfoundland. #Seabirds #Nature #NaturePhotography #Travel #TravelPhotography #BirdPhotography #Canada
A seabird with a black head sitting on a rock surrounded by grass, the background grey with fog. The bird has its head turned to look to camera right.
July 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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A Northern #Gannet on the cliffs of Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve off Placentia Bay in #Newfoundland, shot using my new 150-600mm lens. #Seabirds #Nature #NaturePhotography #Travel #TravelPhotography #BirdPhotography #Canada
A white seabird, a gannet, with yellow-gold head, black eye markings, and black wingtips in flight, wings extended, as it flies toward the viewer, another gannet visible flying in the distance to camera left. At the bottom of the image is a collection of other gannets sitting on their nesting spot. The background is grey with thick fog.
July 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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A #razorbill on the cliffs of Cape St. Mary's Ecological Preserve off Placentia Bay in Newfoundland. One of many shots I will be posting from our recent trip to #Newfoundland. #Travel #Seabirds #Photography #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography
A seabird with a black head and back, and white chest, sitting on, and slightly behind, a rock covered in golden lichen, looking straight a the viewer. There is a white band along its wings, across its eyes, and down the sides of its bill. The background is a foggy grey.
June 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I finally picked up a drone, specifically a DJI Mini 4 Pro with the RC 2 controller and extra batteries. Looking forward to learning drone photography and videography. Does anyone else following me in Ottawa have a drone? If so, what type?
Overhead image of a DJI Mini 4 Pro drone, 2 spare batteries in the charger case, and a DJI RC 2 controller with a shoulder strap and case cover.
June 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Digital projection from a 2014 photoshoot. Hard to believe I've been doing projected-image shoots for more than a decade.

#photography #modelPhotography #studioPhotoshoot #studioPhotographer #studioLighting #digitalProjection #projectedImage #impliedNude #artNude #nudeArt #fineArtNude
A woman with a visible tattoo on her back, framed to show half her back and head turned to show her face in profile, illuminated by a geometric pattern that frames her face and torso.
May 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Testing a new post-processing method for #blacklight images. Model Anastasiia(IG: @berlina_____) is modelling the #chainmaille #bikini made with UV-reactive rings.

#ottawa #photography #modelPhotography #studioPhotoshoot #studioPhotographer #studioLighting #swimsuit #swimwear #maille #chainmail
A woman in a green glowing bikini and sunglasses faces the camera, looking that the viewer over the top of the their glasses. Their left hand crosses their torso to rest on their right waist, the elbow of their right arm resting on their left hand, their right hand raised with wrist bent inward to allow a finger to touch their lips.
May 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Testing out my new Sigma 150-600mm with a contribution to the #BlueSkyArtShow on this week's theme of #green. Seems to perform well with an APS-C (crop) sensor to get the 1.6 magnification factor.

#photography #nature #naturephotography #eastcoastkin #ottawa #chipmunk #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A chipmunk is seen from the back to camera left sitting in green grass, head turned to look to camera right.
May 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Another image from a recent photoshoot with
@curlyandblond.bsky.social.

#fineartphotography #artphotography #photoshoot #modelphotography #modelphotoshoot #studiophotoshoot #studiophotographer #studiolighting #artnude #nudeart #fineartnude #fineartphotography
A nude woman on a pile pillows, raised on one knee while the other leg is being raised, one arm covering her chest and the other across her waist, looking downward and to camera right.
May 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Here is something from a recent photoshoot with @curlyandblond.bsky.social.

#fineartphotography #artphotography #photoshoot #modelphotography #modelphotoshoot #studiophotoshoot #studiophotographer #studiolighting #artnude #nudeart #fineartnude #fineartphotography
A naked woman sits on the floor, facing away from the camera and positioned in the upper-right portion of the image, wrapped in a net that trails across the frame, an expanse of empty hardware floor in the foreground.
May 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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A #blacklight #chainmaille #bikini modelled by Geneviève Dupuis (IG: @g_dupuis_ ), made with aluminum and UV-reactive EPDM rings.

#ottawa #photography #modelPhotography #studioPhotoshoot #studioPhotographer #studioLighting #swimsuit #swimwear #blacklightPhotography #maille #chainmail
A model in green sunglasses, green lipstick, and a green chainmaille bikini, all glowing under UV light. The model has one hand on their head and their other hand pulling up one side of the bikini bottom. Her skin appears blue under the blacklight.
April 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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A tape body art piece I created for Geneviève Dupuis (IG: @g_dupuis_ ) to test a #blacklight tape that was similar to athletic tape.

#photography #modelPhotography #blacklightPhotography #studioLighting #artFashion #fashionArt #bodyArt #tapeBodyArt #bodyTape #bodyTapeArt
Long-haired woman in red lipstick in multicoloured body tape, seen from the back with their head turned to show their face in profile. One leg is up and a hand is on their hip. The woman appears blue as she is illuminated by blacklight. Long-haired woman in red lipstick in multicoloured body tape, seen from the from the front, hands to their head to ruffle their hair, a smile on their face. The woman appears blue as she is illuminated by blacklight.
April 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Looks like this week's theme is #blacklight, which works well for #BlueSkyMonday. This one is from a 2018 #photoshoot with model Kari (IG: @ah.chooo).

#photographer #modelPhotography #modelPhotoshoot #conceptualPhotography #blacklightPhotography #EastCoastKin
A woman in long white gloves with hands covering her face with head tilted forward, illuminated by blacklight giving the gloves and hair a blue glow.
April 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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#Blacklight #photoshoot from 2018 with model Sparrow (IG: @gingersparrow) for the #dream theme of the #blueskyArtShow #photographersOfBluesky

#canada #ottawa #photographer #modelPhotography #conceptualPhotography #blacklightPhotography
A woman draped in glowing white cloth against a black background, head tilted down. Her skin appears blue in the UV light illuminating the scene.
April 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Digitally-projected images from 2016 photoshoot with model Christine (IG: @frozen_neptune).

#photography #modelPhotography #conceptualPhotography #bodyart #lightArt #digitalProjection #projectedImage #projectedImagePhotography #studio #studioPhotoshoot #studioPhotography #studioLighting
Woman in a white dress against a white backdrop onto which a colourful spiral is projected. The woman is posed with one arm raised to curve toward the centre of the spiral.
April 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM