Knopp Family - Chestermere Family Photographer

This is the Knopp Family.  They have been working for some time now as they have built this house with their own hands and are sooo close to being finished.  I must say they are doing a great job and everything looked amazing. 

I myself can not imagine taking on a task like that, as I like to 'start' big projects but occasionally wonder why I started such a thing in the first place.  But when all is done I am always glad that I started, and I know these guys will be very excited once they are finally finished and all moved in. 

We did this shoot as fast as possible on a very windy day in Chestermere, once again the wind would wreak havoc on my umbrellas and stands and force me to have to buy new ones, but sometimes I don't mind shopping for Photography gear..

Congrats on such an amazing feat guys and thanks for being 7th in line in my Blog Marathon!

Enjoy.

Hot Air Balloon Ride - Calgary Photographer

Last Sunday my wife and I finally had the chance to use my first year wedding gift, which is from 3
years ago.  Jenn had purchased a Sundance Hot Air Balloon ride for us to use, but when we got to our scheduled fly date Jenn was pregnant with our third child, Cameron, and low and behold they don't fly pregnant women.

So we said we would reschedule... when I finally stopped procrastinating and made the reservations they were all booked up and we couldn't fly at the time we wanted to. So there we had to book in for the following year but at least we had a date set!

August 14th came a few short days after we got back from an epic 30th birthday week in Las Vegas (thanks hunny!) and we were off at a ridiculous time in the morning to go flying.

Were we worried? Nah maybe a little.  Were we excited? yes a lot! Was it amazing? HELL YEAH.
Its was a crazy thing just floating around up there checking everything out, a crazy feeling of awesomeness and nervousness that I would love to do all over again.  I highly recommend going on a balloon ride the next time you want to try something different.

And here are bunch of photos after what ends up being a lot of words!

Make sure the fire works!

They use two big fans to inflate the balloon almost all the way...

 Here Dale starts to add the heat!

As Dale adds the heat it stands up and we gotta run and climb on in!

The view right after take off. You can see the van and truck in the lower right.

I CAN SEE MY HOUSE FROM HERE!  That's the car in the front and the newly shingled roof that looks like it may be two colors...

Langdon and Mead lake.

At one point we were VERY close to landing but changed our minds when we realized it was an 

Alf-alfa Field.  We "dusted" the crop with the bottom of the basket for about 20 feet.

In the end we landed safely and helped pack everything up so we could head to Chestermere.

Once in chestermere we had a Champagne Toast as it is a old French tradition...9:30am and drinking, I think we thought we were back in Vegas!

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Levi is awesome - Airdrie Children Photographer

Here is a little man that was such a pleasure to photograph he almost made it... dare I say it...easy!

I used a simple set up in their living room and matched the same lighting I had used when I photographed his brother at Bright Explorations Preschool.  That blog post can be seen here.

Levi was a natural in front of the camera. He hammed it up when I needed him to and he was relaxed when I needed that as well. We played, we laughed and we talked. I found out he was really loved his blanket...so why not have a picture with it...he likes to show off his tummy, so we gotta make sure we get that... he also is quite the artist so at the end of the session I let him color on my backdrop and even invited his brother in on the action for a few photos. 

I think those are the things that as a parent you don't want to forget, because when they go off to college you may want to remember those little pieces of their personality past.

It was a fun session with a great family.  I am very thankful to have been invited into their home to capture this little mans personality.

Thanks for looking and Enjoy!

With this post I am going to continue to try something new...

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The Oliver Family - Calgary Family Photographer



The Oliver's took part in an offer that I had designed for City of Calgary employees only.  Where they get a great deal for being part of what helps our City run smoothly.  I met with them early and decided that instead of arranging for them to come to Langdon to my studio that we could do at their house...not a problem at all!
I had invaded set up my studio in their kitchen and proceeded to take some family photos of the 5 of them. It had been a few years since they had any family photos taken, like most families, so I made sure to get a ton of good ones.

Here a few of my favourite from the session!

A huge thanks for letting me re-arrange your house so I could get my lights where I wanted them, for the laughs and good times!

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