Website teaser... Calgary Wedding and Portrait Photographer

For a while now I have been working on a new Website with a good friend and want to share the home page as a little teaser of the changes that are coming...just trying to finish up some galleries and final touches!

I have used my same logo but changed my color scheme (if you can call it a color..) and layout completely.

Here is a screenshot of the old/current home page...

and here is what the New Home page will be...

If you have any comments please leave 'em below!

25 things...

Inspired by another local Calgary Children photographer Brandy Anderson, I have created a list of 25 things you may know and may not know about me. Some are slightly embarrassing now ( #1 ) and others are just some things about me.. I hope you enjoy the read and encourage you to make your own list!

#1 - I skipped out on Halloween one year for a New Kids on The Block Concert.. (There I said it!)So did Jenn although back then we had no idea we would be together. She probably thought she would end up with Mark Wahlberg.

#2 - I eat the same breakfast for weeks on end...

#3 - ...I rotate between Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Maple and Brown Sugar, and Eggo's with Peanut Butter and Honey.

#4 - I have 4 tattoos and I want sleeves.

#5 - I got one of them when I was 17 at my neighbours house!

#6 - I have three children under 6 and I am 28.

#7 - I am a huge MMA fan.. sometimes when I watch it I get goose bumps.

#8 - I have a large Hot Wheels collection.

#9 - I watch The Biggest Loser with my wife religiously.

#10 - I secretly wish I had Trainer Bob Harper body...

#11 - I also watch the Bachelor/ette with her.

#12 - My favorite song is 'Dream On' by Aerosmith.

#13 - I have a bunch of Grey hairs not too many but enough to make me concious about it. It's also thinning up there.

#14 - All my three children have names that start with 'C' and have 7 letters each. Clayton Cassidy and Cameron. They can be seen here.

#15 - My favourite movie is The Hangover and I didn't like Avatar.

#16 - I grew up as a skateboarder/snowboarder and I have a mini ramp in my back yard.

#17 - I dislocated my shoulder on said mini ramp and I haven't used it once this year, I am a little scared.

#18 - I broke my arm at C.O.P. snowboarding last year. I don't remember anything from it until I was in the hospital.

#19 - I went to 6 different Grade schools, including 1 in Airdrie, and only 1 High School.

#20 - I like a Nickel Back Song...Burn it to the ground.. that's hard to admit..

#21 - I have a minivan and couldn't imagine not having one now.

#22 - I don't like mushrooms, and they grow in my yard like crazy. They drive me insane.

#23 - I don't like cutting corners and dislike having to fix things after someone has...

#24 - I am a licensed Journeyman Partsman by Trade.

#25 - I have never been Happier!

Thanks for reading..and I encourage you to leave yours in the comments or on your Blog!

Preschool Photo Shoot- Calgary and area Children Photographer

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of shooting photographing some preschool kids in my town of Langdon. I had a blast working with them and it seemed like they all had a good time too. I was able to get them all on the preschools tire swing, which is in the basement. I put up my white seamless paper for my background behind it and let the fun begin.

First I did some head shots and a few of them sitting mostly just some standard portraits.

Then I would say " Do you want to have some fun?" I pulled down the tire swing and watched their eyes pop out of their heads.

I am really glad I thought of using the tire swing as it gave me an opportunity to take some photos that not too many others have the chance to do.

We also did some grad shots for the children that would be moving onto Kindergarten next year. I used the same setup with the white paper but turned off the lights on the background and adjusted the main lights for a different look. Here's a couple where we were goofing around!

I had a great time with these children and look forward to doing this all again next year!

Behind The Scenes From Drumheller - Calgary Photographer

I have been way behind in updating the Blog, but I do have a bunch of posts ready to go. Here is one out of my back log! Enjoy..



A few weeks ago a group of photographers went to Drumheller for an off camera lighting workshop. (Original Post Here)
I said I would post a few of the setups, the resulting images and some of the details of the shots for you to see.

Here they are!

Setup 1:

Camera details: Canon 40D, Manual, 200th Sec at F5, ISO 100, 34mm with a 24-70mm 2.8L

Lighting Details: One AB800 at 1/8 power triggered Via Pocket Wizards, Powered by a Vegabond II
Resulting Image 1:

Setup 2:
Camera Details: Canon 40D, Manual 1/160th at F7.1, ISO 100, 48mm with a 24-70mm F2.8L

Lighting Details: Vivitar 285HV Through an umbrella, Triggered Via Radio Poppers using TTL.

Resulting Image 2:

Setup 3:
Camera Details: Canon 40D, Manual, 1/160th Sec at F9, ISO 100, 62mm with 24-70 F2.8L.
Lighting Details: One AB800 at about 1/8 power Through a shoot through Umbrella, Triggered via Pocket Wizards Powered by a Vegabond II.

Resulting Image 3:

Hope you enjoyed these Behind the Scenes Shots and all the information.

(Just so you know the first image in this post was shot at 1/50th sec. at F10 Iso 200. One Vivitar 285 in a Lastolite Ezybox.)

Thanks for looking and feel free to leave a comment anytime!

KITTENS - Calgary Photographer

About 4 weeks ago our cat, Bella, had a litter of five healthy kittens. We have decided to not keep any of them as we have Bella, her brother Nixon, and Cheeky our Hamster.

The other day I had done another couple of photoshoots and while I had the white seamless up I had to get a few snaps of these cute little kittens.
Here they are, and for the record the Adult orange cat is Nixon and the Orange and white one with Nixon is already spoken for...

Leave a comment or send me an email at info@immaculatephoto.ca if you are interested in any of them.

My world's been turned upside down! - Calgary Children Photographer

I was chilling at home with my boys, Clayton and Cameron, while Cassidy was out for her Dance class and Jenn had went for a run. Clayton and I were setting up my lights and doing a few test shots for an upcoming shoot. I took some of Clayton and he took a few of me. After some funny test ones I got the idea to do these pictures...when Cassidy got home I had to do one of her too! Now I just have to go to the park so I can get one of Jenn and I!


Thanks for looking and feel free to leave a comment!

Off Camera Flash Workshop

On Saturday the 17th of April Kurtis organized a Lighting Workshop for a small group of local photographers. 7 photogs, including myself, headed out to Drumheller with 2 beautiful models to hone our skills with big strobes and play around with small flashes. Kurtis put together a few setups for us to play with and we all had fun tweaking them to our style. I had a great time going to these killer locations and came away with some awesome pictures. It was the perfect way to step out of my comfort zone and try something a little different.

Enjoy!

It was a great day of shooting and I cannot wait for Round 2. Thanks again to Kurtis at Spin Drift Photography for setting this up for us.

I will be posting some behind the scenes with some Strobist info soon so come back to check that out too.