"In Studio" with the Shandruks

I had an outdoor shoot planned with my friends the Shandruks, but mother nature had other plans, replacing the sun and fall colours with icy winds and a dreary sky threatening to snow (which it did). Not ideal for family portraits. Fortunately, the family happened to be right at the beginning of a basement renovation, meaning their basement was essentially a big empty studio. I brought along a white backdrop and we did the shoot there, with, I think, some fun results. Among my favourite aspects of this shoot was that the space was so open, the kids could burn off energy in one area of the basement, then come to the 'studio' refreshed. Check out a few of the pics:

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Rebecca, Nick, and the girls

Spent a wonderful, sunny afternoon with this wonderful, sunny family a few weeks ago at Baker Park. Family sessions should always be scheduled around what's best for the littlest member, to optimize moods and energy all around, so that meant shooting mid-afternoon when the sun was pretty powerful. No trouble, though: we just sought out shady backdrops and balanced the intense ambient light with some off-camera flash.

I'm really pleased with how these images came out; there's a lot of personality and joy in this family, and they were game to bring it out for the camera throughout the shoot. Check it out:

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The Cramptons

Holy moley am I behind on blogging! Fall portrait season means my computer time is pretty much all taken up by post-processing, gallery making, and such, but now I've found a few minutes to share a shoot with you.

And what a shoot it was! The Crampton family are some of my favourite people on earth, and so it was a pleasure to do family portraits with them once again. The girls are great fun, pretty much always on the verge of laughing; this time they were joined by the newest member of the family, little Everett.

We headed out to Baker Park one afternoon last month, and got some great, lighthearted shots. Here are a few:

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The Mighty Murray Family

This family portrait session with Robin, Ryan, and Hudson Murray was pretty much the most fun one I've ever had the pleasure of doing: wall-to-wall laughter and goofiness led to some really lighthearted, warm, and natural feeling portraits. Huddy's not even a year old but was a total champ during the almost two hours of picture taking. Check out a few favourites:

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Quick Corporate Portraits

Last weekend, I did a quick corporate portrait shoot at one of the newer buildings on the University of Calgary campus. I've shot at this particular building before, and love the variety of background options available at one location. Melanie was super relaxed in front of the camera, and arrived ready to shoot; in less than 30 minutes we were able to capture some great portraits:

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