Calgary Family Photography

Family Portrait Session

I was honored to be invited to create some family and individual portraits for some old friends. They asked me for studio style portraits of their youngest child to match some images they already had of their older child, and also some indoor and outdoor portraits of the entire family. I have a portable studio (including backdrops and lighting gear) that I can set up anywhere, so we turned their living room into a photography studio! I made portraits of both of the children individually and with their parents, and then the whole family together against a black background. The black background is very dramatic images and I really love black and white images created against it. After finishing up inside we went outside to take advantage of a beautiful fall day in Calgary. They live in a prime location adjacent to a very scenic "green" space. I have to put green in quotes because, although the session was completed in early September, the fall colors had already fully arrived. The weather was fantastic and the scenery was perfect to make some lovely fall portraits of the family! I love doing this kind of session where there's lots of variety and the images are all very different. It was a very fun session and it was great hang out with my friends! On a related note... Fast forward only a couple of weeks later to today and the fall colors are already peaking. If you're thinking about getting some fall portraits made this year I would really recommend that you book your session soon. The nice weather is supposed to hold for a little while longer, but the leaves will only stay on the trees [...]

2010-09-29T23:41:24-06:00By |Lifestyle, Studio|

Another Greeting Card Example

I've been working on some images from a recent family portrait session, and also creating some new Christmas Card designs at the same time. It was a natural fit to test some of the images from the portrait session with the new greeting card design. I liked it so much I just had to show it off. What do you think? This was such fun session and I have lots of images to go through. I'm very excited by lots of them and it's been very hard to pick my favorites! For more information about purchasing greeting cards, please see my recent Photo Greeting Card Product Showcase post.

2010-09-20T23:12:13-06:00By |Product|

High Energy Portrait Session with Miss B

I had a great session with Miss B at Prince's Island Park. B is an amazing little girl who never stops moving. She has boundless energy and loves to run and play. It was all I could do to focus her energy in a direction that I could use. Actually getting her to stop moving was virtually impossible. It made for some really fantastic (and very spontaneous) images. Thanks to B for letting me intrude on her playtime! Client access to the password protected galleries from this session is now available in the client area.

2010-09-28T18:07:08-06:00By |Lifestyle|

Kieran’s 7th Birthday Party

When you mix a child's birthday party with some action sports you usually get one crazy group of people! How can you not get excited when you see kids having fun? I love to photograph sports and action and so this event was lots of fun to cover. I've actually been to Altadore Gymnastics club many times to watch and photograph my own children taking lessons, so I had a pretty good idea of some of the shots that I wanted to make. The kids didn't have to do anything fancy for me either, they just had to be themselves. I even got to have some of the ice cream cake afterwards! Congratulations to Kieran for turning another year older!

2014-04-01T23:01:59-06:00By |Birthday|

Agnew Family Reunion

I was invited to attend a party that, although billed as a 60th Birthday Party, was as much a family reunion for the extended family as it was to celebrate the birthday. The family has always been extremely close and they barely need a reason to have a party. As a result it was a large group; somewhere around 50 people! It was a beautiful day at an old farm property in rural Ontario, which made for a beautiful backdrop for the party. Everyone had a great time catching up, eating great food, and playing games. One special part of the day that I really enjoyed watching was when trees were planted in the names of all of the young children in the family. The trees were marked with the children's names so that they can find them when they return to visit in the future. It was a really neat idea and I'm sure that everyone will remember it for a long time. Here are a few of my favorite images from the event:

2014-04-01T23:05:58-06:00By |Reunion|