Tonight I was trying to think of what to do for a self portrait, you know just throw something together because self portraits are easy right. Well I could not really come up with anything on the spot and was felling a little bit silly and wanted to just shoot something fast, just on a … [Read more…]
I recently got the Pocket Wizard Flex TT5 and Mini TT1 and was messing around in a parkade with Kris. He thought it would be cool to pretend he was launching a ball of light from his hands. Both of these images were lit with a single Canon 580 EXII attached directly to a Pocket … [Read more…]
Today was the day of Buffy Goodman’s Wedding Photography Workshop. From the day I found out about it I was so excited, I think her work is fabulous, you totally have to check it out! It was an awesome workshop I learned so much and met some terrific people. There was lots of discussion and … [Read more…]
I am finally getting back into the swing of things after a hectic holiday season. Lots of family and friends visiting, which is great and I am very thankful for. Of course it is nice to get back to “normal” though. Regularly scheduled programming if you will. For Christmas this year Angela wanted to get … [Read more…]
We wanted to send out actual Christmas Cards this year so we planned ahead to shoot them and then have lots of time to put everything together and get them printed. Who knew that it would take 2 days of shooting to get the amout of “co-operation” we needed from our kids! I created the … [Read more…]
Back in early October I had the opportunity to photograph Jayelle and Justin’s wedding alongside the lovely and talented Shannon Gaucher. The wedding ceremony took place in Sherwood Park and the reception was at the Snow Valley Ski Club. While everyone was waiting for the ceremony to begin I caught one of the flower girls … [Read more…]
In October I had the pleasure of meeting the Hofstra family and photographing Addison. Addison was a real trooper and pretty much let us take as many photos as we wanted. She has such big gorgeous eyes! A couple classic black and whites Of course we played Addison out after a while and it was … [Read more…]
It’s been a hectic October and I am just starting to get caught up. I should have a wedding post soon as well as a couple other portrait sessions to share but for now I will leave you with some pet portraits. Dogs to be specific. Back in August I was out walking Kosmo and … [Read more…]
This is Kosmo. He is my amazing dog and walking partner. Kosmo was adopted from the Edmonton Humane Society 5 years ago when he was just 6 weeks old. Our walks are not all about fire hydrants… he lets me stop to smell the flowers too! An added bonus of having nightly walks is some … [Read more…]
Tethered shooting is when you have your camera connected to a computer so that the images appear on screen as they are captured. I was fooling around and Brandon decided he had to check out what I was doing with the computer, he loves to work. I shot the first frame while he was checking … [Read more…]