The Wedding of Shar Fontaine & Dwayne Gillies was held in the gazebo in the garden outside of the Ranche restaurant in Fish Creek Park (Calgary, Alberta) on June 13, 2010. Photography by Calgary Wedding Photographer Sean Phillips.
These images are from a fun-filled collaborative session with several dogs that Virginia McCullough from Pet ViTails arranged to have available for me. Pet ViTails is a professional pet care service and they would be happy to help you with dog walking, behavior correction, and medication administration for your pets. Virginia and I got together to create some portfolio images for both of our businesses. We did two sessions the same day. The first session was outside and involved 3 wonderfully happy and excited dogs. They were very excited to be together and did more running and playing than posing for the camera. We did manage to sneak in a few posed shots as well, but most of the images from this session were much more active than my normal sessions! The second session was a studio session with a beautiful yellow lab. He was much calmer than the other dogs and was relatively happy to relax in the studio setting and watch while I worked. Many thanks to Virginia from Pet ViTails for arranging to get the dogs for both of these sessions and for managing the talent while I made the images! Thanks also to the owners of the dogs for allowing us to use the services of their animal friends!
This months desktop background wallpaper image comes from the Calgary Zoo. I created this image while visiting the new conservatory. The conservatory has been totally rebuilt and is a wonderful place to visit. There are many different interesting plants, butterflies, and other insects all over the place and it is very easy to get up close to them to observe and to create beautiful images of them. Download To install the images as your desktop background, simply click on the link below depending on the file resolution you would like to use, then right-click on the larger image and select “Set as Desktop Background...â€. Enjoy.
Here are a few more photos from my session with Portrait of Danielle and her Violin from a couple of weeks ago. I had a really hard time choosing between all the images that I made. This was such a fun session and I think the images speak for themselves...
I had a really fun studio portrait session recently with a family friend. Danielle has always been a real sweetheart and when her mother asked if we could do some portraits while she played the violin I immediately agreed. I've known for a long time that she has been taking music lessons, but I had no idea just how much she loves to play. I was amazed by how good she is and I really enjoyed hearing her play. There are so many cliches about kids learning to play the violin and what they sound like, but none of those apply here. Danielle is truly talented and her music made the session go by very quickly. I'm really looking forward to another opportunity to make some images of Danielle and her violin. We have tentatively agreed to do another session very soon, but the next one will be outside instead of in the studio. Hopefully the Calgary weather will cooperate and we can make it happen soon! Stay tuned for more images...