Confused By This Film

I recently got my hands on this old film camera. It is the Pentax Spotmatic F, circa 1973 -76. It’s got a very popular (even today) SMC Takumar 50mm 1.4 lens on it, so I was very excited to use it. When I got home I loaded up some old film I had laying around. …

Calgary Canada, Skyline

I shot this photo of the Calgary skyline lastnight. I showed up a little early and ended up having to wait close to 2 hours for the shot haha. I’m happy with the outcome though. The photo is a 5 frame HDR. Camera: 5Dii & 50mm 1.8 MK1 – Settings: 30sec 5 frames // f14 …

The Birthday Girl

I did a shoot the other day for a lovely woman and her daughter. The little girls second birthday was coming up and her mom wanted to get some photos for the occasion. These are a few of the ones I liked best πŸ™‚ Happy Birthday πŸ˜‰

Self Portrait

The mood to shoot a photo struck me this evening, but I had no one to shoot. So I decided I would shoot a self portrait. For this shot I used a Canon 5D mark iii & 50L with one flash set up to camera left. The flash was a Canon 550EX Speedlite shot through …

The Worlds Saddest Playground Toys

I was out with the family today and ended up at this park. It was there I came across the worlds 2 saddest playground toys. Upon arriving my 2 year old son ran over to these old spring loaded riding Duck & Frog’s. He took one look at the frog and said “He’s sad” haha. …

Shooting More Real Estate

In my day job I shoot real estate photography and am the Creative Director for a real estate company here in Calgary, Canada. I shoot all their photos, videos and take care of the social media side of things. When I was living in the Pacific North West I was shooting weddings full time and …

These Calgary Musicians

The other night I went out to a local hip hop night to interview someone for my People of Calgary Blog. I stuck around and shot a few photos after the interview and thought I’d share a few of the pictures here πŸ™‚ If you would like to see a few more stop by here. …

My 5D Mark iii & 1D Mark iiN

A lot of people get hung up on having the latest and greatest of gear in the hopes that the camera will make them a better photographer. This does have a little bit of truth to it, but as far as camera bodies go, I don’t believe that truth carries much weight. Lenses is a …

From My Phone

I love taking pictures with my phone, just as I am sure many of you do too. Since I am taking so many pictures with my phone on a daily basis, I thought why not share some of them with you guys here. Sure you don’t get the image quality that you would get using …