Dave and Janine in Kelowna

(a real candid.. i love this image, dress is dirty, shes power walking, no need to be waited on hand and foot by bridesmaides... I just love it.) 

Here are a  few images from Dave and Janine's wedding in Kelowna BC. The Okanogan in BC is a fantastic place to get married. Although temperature can get to above +30 and the light can often be hard. However locations are plentiful.

We shot at some gardens, as well as the Pyramid Winery and at the Docks of the Eldorado Hotel.  

I had alot to fun shooting the wedding and the trip overall was just a blast.

I really like the photograph at the top of the blog. Its a real candid. I mean unposed pure "photojournalism" When I mean un posed, I was leaving the location and Janine was just walking back to the reception. I had absolutely no control over light or location... I just simply documented the scene. Thats real photojournalism. Its rare that this works because of the loss of control over the situation. Most photographer and rightfully so, control the scene somewhat... they tell you where to go in order to control the scene. Then they may allow you to do what you want in that area, but they are controlling it. Its rare but when a shooter gets a pure clean documentary image that makes the day all worth it. This specific photograph is not the "cleanest" photo but I just feel it captured Janine as I know her.   

(dave and janine walking down the asile after the ceremony!)

(big kiss, 400mm lens)

Enjoy!

C

Brilliant Clients in Edmonton!

Again sorry for not posting more of my weddings.. I really need to... yikes,

This summer has been rolling along pretty good from the Commercial side. Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel is running for a 3rd term and he asked me to photograph new campaign images for him, Avenue Magazine had me photograph CFL quarterback Rickey Ray which was also alot of fun. And reciently I worked in Vancouver for Samsung and Saskatoon for PotAsh Corp.   

I have quite enjoyed shooting weddings over the weekends. I am personally at a point in my career, that I can choose who I want to work with. Its a nice position to be in for both me and my wedding clients.

Many shooters do not want to shoot weddings, but to be honest if you have good clients, and are allowed to do exactly what you want, weddings are a really nice break from the face paced, pressure filled world of commercial and editorial photography

So here is a posting of a few images from Sam and Sareena's wedding.

Our formals were shot at the ledge grounds (which is a really nice place to shoot) and then a series at the highlands golf course.

A lot of photographers seem to think you have to shoot in an beat down alleyor somewhere super unique to provide unique photographs. For my shooting style I couldnt disagree more. My shooting style is pretty tight, which means I focus primarily on the couple, so location for me is really not all that important.

A big trend amongst Edmonton wedding photographers is to shoot wide, showing off their locations. That's cool, but its not for me.

Most of my commercial work is shot with a telephoto lens. I like to fill the frame, make the situations intimate and make my viewers really feel that the image is "full".  This approach has severd me well, so naturally I don't change my style when it comes to weddings.

We had great weather, and they did such a fantastic job, no stress and alot of fun.