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Wedding – Bradford & Liza

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:13:04 +0000

On June 26th, 2010, Bradford and Liza were joined in marriage in Okotoks, Alberta. They were blessed with a day that couldn’t be more gorgeous, and as they are both gorgeous people (inside especially!), of course only gorgeous images could be made! I am so honoured to be have been chosen to spend the day with you two, and I’m so happy for you! God bless you both as you begin your life together, He has plans bigger than either of you know!

Mark

Many thanks to the awesome Brittany Esther of Brittany Esther Photography for helping me out that day, and running the Photobooth! Stay tuned for the fun shots from that!

Can you believe that her mother made her dress? She is amazing!

I love the white tux in this shot:)

And they are great dancers too! It was a fun night!

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Wedding Polaroids – Bradford & Liza

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:39:00 +0000

2 weeks ago I had the privilege of taking part in Bradford & Liza’s wedding, and watching these two join together in Holy Matrimony. It was a gorgeous day, not too hot, not too cold, and a perfectly blue sky with a few clouds.

I took a lot more shots than these few, but these ones are a little different. These little ditty’s are Polaroids – remember those? The cameras/film are making a resurgence, and I am lucky enough to be the owner of three different polaroid cameras. The prints aren’t your regular prints either, they have more tones and they are actually textured!

This shot is taken with the Polaroid Blue film. Pretty sweet, eh?

Another blue shot – their first kiss as husband and wife!

This one is my favourite – it’s on Chocolate film!

Engaged & In Love: Dustin & Tracy

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:54:17 +0000

Over the past few months of wedding planning I have had the privilege of getting to know Dustin & Tracy, and it has been a blast to get to know these two! We share a lot in common, and I can’t WAIT for the wedding – the engagement shoot was almost too much fun already!

I hope that you guys enjoy these shots – it was soo hard to choose just these few, and like I said already, I can’t wait to do it again, this time in dresses & tuxes! (you, not me lol!)

Blessings,

Mark

This shot was lucky enough to grace the cover of the wedding invitations – so cool!

I think this last photo simply shows the joyful anticipation of marriage:)

52photo # 16 – Jason

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 05:54:06 +0000

Hey everyone

Just wanted to post another shot to let you know that this challenge is still in progress!

This is one of my best friends, Jason.

Enjoy,

Mark

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52photo #15 – Angelina

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 06:32:13 +0000

Continuing on with the family theme I have going, as I was visiting my sister at college we were walking to a restaurant for supper and we stumbled this awesome little lighting situation! The sun was getting lower in the sky, and it was reflecting off of a garage with a big white door on the front – a 20 foot reflector if you might! It was aligning perfectly with this tree in the background, so I asked Angelina to pose for me and I was able to get the shot that I wanted. I think Angelina did great!

Taken with my 5D and 50mm 1.8 lens – all natural light.

Enjoy!

Mark

52photo #14 – Clare

admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:58:54 +0000

It’s been a few weeks (too many in fact) since I’ve updated my 52photo project. I’ve been falling a little bit behind with all of the busyness that is happening around me, but I am here to say that I am working on getting caught up!

This past week I went on vacation to Chicago to meet my new neice, and I had lots of time to shoot. I brought along the simplest of setups – just my trusty Canon 5D and a 50mm 1.8 lens. It was nice and light to carry, and a lot of fun!

When I pulled up this shot though, I knew that I was going to be changing some gear in the near future - I love prime lenses!

This is my first neice, Clare! We had a good time playing on her swing, going to the park, and also to the zoo! I think I need to go and visit more often!

Blessings,

Mark

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True Love – Evangeline

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:56:08 +0000

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of doing some shots for a this family, and to get to know them a little bit better! Mike & Leanne are very active members of my church, so it was nice to be able to actually meet them in their home, and to get to know them and see what daily life is like for their family of now 5 – too bad one son was away! Mike & Leanne we’ll have to do this again some time, it was soo much fun!

Mike & Leanne have such a great relationship with their children. You can tell just by the way they interact with their children and the love they shower on them – just like their Father showers on them.

I hope you guys enjoy these images and treasure them for a long time to come!

Blessings,

Mark

Really? Is it possible to make a baby any cuter than this little girl?

Mike & Nate like to play a little game called “chase”. It’s pretty simple, Mike basically chases Nate around, catches him, and tickles away until his gails of laughter echo throughout the house. Then they start again:)

You can also definetly tell they have big dreams for each and everyone of their children.

52photo #13 – Helen

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:39:24 +0000

This week I found a gorgeous new model, and I couldn’t resist taking more than 1 shot of her!

Actually I think I am going to go away from just doing 1 shot, not that I am backing down from the challenge, but I am finding that I am not learning as much as I could be if I can play around with different setups and try different things.

Anyways, technical setup was my 5D with 100mm macro lens, a 580EX II on a 42 inch shoot through umbrella to my right as my main light, and a 50 inch white reflector on my left to act as a fill. I also had another 580 EX II to act as a rim light behind my model.

Blessings,

Mark

52photo #12 – Me!

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:40:14 +0000

I know this is late, but better late than never, right?

This week I got some new flash triggers for my camera, and so on Good Friday I decided to play around and shoot myself. Not gonna lie, I definetly could not do this one in a single shot (self potraits are very hard!), so after about 200 shots I ended up with this one. If you ever decide to shoot self portraits, here is a hint: teach yourself to smile first:)

My technical setup was a Canon 1D Mark IV camera with an 85mm 1.2L lens (amazing lens btw – kudos Canon!). For lighting I was going for a butterfly lighting setup (with a single umbrella directly above the camera), but I modified it a bit and for this shot I had a reflector in front of me, and I have 2 Canon 580 EX II speedlites firing into the white side of the reflector. If you have any comments on how I could have improved the lighting, please let me know!

I hope you like it, please don’t be too harsh and hurt my feelings!

Blessings,

Mark

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52photo #11 – Justice Cafe

admin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 01:14:08 +0000

I’ll update with a writeup later – for now check out this shot, and read about the cause here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=204699750932&ref=ts&v=info