Mack Kalish — freelance photographer, Toronto. Esports, events and portrait photography.
THE ONE
HOLDING THE CAMERA
I run the whole operation solo — shooting, editing, delivery, the business side, all of it. Days are Lightroom and Photoshop; off-hours are gaming, anime, and comics, which is exactly why my portfolio is full of esports arenas and why this site looks like a Persona menu.
- BASEToronto · YYZ
- WEAPONMirrorless + fast glass
- SPECIALTYEsports · Events
- SUPPORT SKILLBuilds his own apps
EVERY GIG IS A
DIFFERENT MASK
P.01
Esports
VCT Toronto, GOML, Red Bull Tetris, the Canadian Game Awards. Stage lights, clutch moments, the crowd losing it — my home turf.
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P.02
Events
Award shows, engagements, mitzvahs, birthdays, corporate nights. Coverage that reads like a story, not a shot list.
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P.03
Portraits
People, as themselves.
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P.04
Sports
Motion, frozen at the peak.
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P.05
Product & Food
Clean, hungry-making light.
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P.06
Digital / In-Game
Shot entirely inside video games. Same eye, same composition instincts — a different world to point the lens at.
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P.07
Real Estate & Spaces
Resorts, interiors, architecture — rooms that make you want to book the trip.
Full galleries live at mack.camera.
WHEN I'M NOT
SHOOTING
The camera pays the bills, but I build my own tools too. When Lightroom or an off-the-shelf app doesn't do what I need, I make the thing.
Kalendar
A frosted-glass taskbar calendar for Windows, wrapped in a real installer. Because I wanted my calendar where my eyes already were.
Shoot Day Companion
Call sheet, shot checklist, and live moment logger for event shoots. AI shot ideas, schedule-photo import, Live Activity, iCloud sync. On my phone via TestFlight.
Mack Cull
A Lightroom Classic plugin that scores, flags, and de-dupes a shoot, then spits out a coverage report. Built for my own culling speed.
SITES I'VE
BUILT
Hand-written HTML, CSS and JavaScript. No Squarespace, no Wix, no page builder, no marketplace template. Design and build, both mine.
Fratelli's Salon
fratellissalon.comA Thornhill salon moved off Wix. Mobile-first, live open/closed status, per-stylist booking links.
William Klein
william-klein.caA broker site built to get found and to make starting a quote easy. Seven pages plus a 404.
Pro Beauty Care
professionalbeautycare.caBenefits, insurance and education for the beauty industry. Shipped three weeks early.
CURRENTLY
WATCHING & READING
Updated whenever the rotation changes.
TAKE
YOUR SHOT
Got an event, a launch, a tournament, a face that needs a frame? Send the request. I answer fast and I show up ready.