Newsome Photography

Description

Bret grew up in a home surrounded by fine art and he showed an avid interest at an early age. As a teenager he started painting in watercolours and oils. He went on to study Fine Art at Ontario College of Art and Design. Bret was accepted into the Florence, Italy program and spent his third year there. Through studying the great masters' works of art and photography he developed a keen eye for composition and design and applied it to photography.
As a perfectionist, Bret does all his own printing by hand completely controlling the process and producing fibre based gelatine silver prints. Taking the procedures a step further, he selenium tones all his prints making the blacks richer and ensuring they will last for generations. He is also one the few photographers in Toronto who is still primarily using film. Bret has been featured on television on City Line TV and also with Lynnette Jennings. He won first prize for his work in an international photography contest. Bret's photography has been used in number of published works and his portraits are on display at numerous locations in Toronto. Bret is actively involved with fundraising for local schools and a number of children's charitable organizations. Bret is married with three children so is at ease with babies and young children as well as adults. He has a playful approach to children and shoots approximately twice as much film at a sitting as most photographers. Bret has a love of the outdoors so cottage photography is a natural. Bret's portraits hang in many prominent homes in Ontario, New Jersey, Texas, California, London and Singapore.