Schartner Family/Maternity - Calgary Photographer

The Schartner Family... enough said!

Well maybe not, but that's how I feel.  This is only a small part of a family that means the world to me. Matt is the youngest of the three children from Earle (RIP we all Love and miss You!) and Shirley Schartner.  The Schartner's have been a part of my life for years now, so many that I can't count them.  When I was young the two Schartner boys were some of the closest friends of mine, we have many great memories together.  I am happy to say that they still are!  

I had shot Matt and  Larissa's wedding a few years ago in Airdrie. So I was really excited to do the Maternity shots for the newest member of their family! 

I made the drive out to Shirley's house in Airdrie, where I was going to meet them, and set up the ol' mobile studio downstairs.  When I got to my test shot one of my receiver's shorted out on me and wouldn't work at all (happened when they fell in the wind from a previous shoot.) So I got out my other one just to find out I had left it on and the batteries were dead. No problem I always usually carry lots of extras, and that day I would be without a single spare AAA...

A quick trip to Matt's house to get some, ended with us taking them out of the remote and we were on our way!  I re-learned a lesson that day, maybe even two, and I can guarantee that will never happen again!  Not everything turns out the way I want or plan it, but the pictures always come out just as I want them too!

Matt is an aspiring photographer as well, so I was hoping to be able to spend some extra time with him and go over why I was putting my lights where I was and go through figuring out the exposures, but with my battery error and a shoot scheduled for later that evening I was running out of time if I had! Sorry Matt, next time at the newborn shoot!

I am looking so forward to early January when I will get to do the Newborn photos for them and to meet the newest edition to the Schartner Family, a family I consider part of my family! 



Thanks Matt for the batteries and the great session!

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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Christmas Mini Session Part Five - The Zeleny Johnson Family

This couple was referred to me by the always fabulous Jensen Family. The two couples have been friends for years and when the Jensen's had their mini session it was a must for them to get some too. 

Although I had already finished all the mini sessions I had scheduled when they had got a hold of me, it was real hard to turn away a great young couple when I had the time to make some great memories!

They came over one night after dinner and we did a mini session just for them!

The pictures turned out great and we had a great time getting to know each other. 

Thanks for the last minute session guys, I had a fun!

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Christmas (not so mini) Session Part Four - The Lowe Family

Although this wasn't 'actually' a Mini Session it took place right in the middle of all my other mini sessions and took just as long!

The Lowe Family is another local Langdon couple, I met through the Langdon Living website and The Langdon Facebook pages. ( 1, 2 )  They were one of the latest evening family sessions I had done and their daughter was so well behaved for the whole session.  It really was a pleasure to have them over to the studio.

Thanks again for the great session guys!

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Christmas Mini Sessions Part Three - Shelagh and her pups

The third session of my Mini Sessions was a little different than any other session I had done in the past.  As this family of three had a few more legs than normal.

Shelagh brought her dogs to the studio and we had fun trying to get em to stay still for some photos.  Thanks to her friend that came to help because I might not have gotten any pictures if he wasn't there with the treat bag!

A good time and some great pictures!

Christmas Mini Session Part Two - The Oosterbroek Family

The Oosterbroek's have their daughter in my wife's day-home so it really wasn't anything new for me to take photos of her.  What was new, though, was the fact that Mom and Dad were there.  She was an angel as usual at first but when she found her favorite doll, she wanted nothing more than to play with it. 

We had lot of fun and my children even helped us out for a while!

Thanks guys for a great session!

Here are some of the photos from Part Two of my Mini Sessions.

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Christmas Mini Sessions Part One - The Jensen Family

This year I decided to offer some mini sessions for Christmas.  The promo ran smoothly and I had so much fun meeting these families! In the end I had to extend my dates to accommodate a few extra!

Here is part one of those sessions and some of the pictures I captured in it.

First up was the Jensen Family.  I had just recently done their Maternity Photos and Their Newborn session.  When I offered my mini session they couldn't resist a Family Christmas Photo!

Always a pleasure to photograph this family and I hope to get the chance to do it again and again!