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. …
Tag Archives: Calgary
Sprinkler Fun
Yesterday my son had a little fun playing in the sprinkler that was set up behind our house in the park. Here are a few fun shots of him playing π
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 π Happy Birthday π
Lara Presber – Calgary Fashion Designer
Originally posted on The People of Calgary:
Last week I was kicking around twitter looking for Calgary fashion designers and I came across Lara’s profile. I followed her and we exchanged a few messages regarding her work and my photography. It wasn’t long before the idea to have her on this blog entered my mind.…
Holly – These Kids Love Holly Days
Originally posted on The People of Calgary:
Today’s post was a rather easy one for me to get together. 3 days out of the week my 2 boys (Joshua & Cameron) spend their days at a day home that Holly runs. Last weekend we had Holly and her son over to hour house for dinner…
DJ Jimmi Riggz – Calgary Turntablist
Originally posted on The People of Calgary:
I met Greg (aka Jimmi Riggz) at the 10@10 hip hop night I went to last month. After Greg’s set was over he made is way over to the bar and my table wasn’t far off. So I jumped up started to chat with him and told him…
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 π 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 …