Of neon and love

Michelle and Brett Friesen 

Back in the days of living on the colony, weddings were such a happy affair. The drama was all happy drama, the people were there to be merry. 
That's how I felt at Michelle and Brett's wedding. An overarching sense of happiness. A group of friends, family and relatives that all wanted to be there. I couldn't get enough of it. 

The sun was shining all day, having no alternative. Romping around Heritage Park prior to the 6:00 ceremony, we got some dreamy, clean shots and some dramatic ones too. I need to edit a dinosaur behind them all in the photo of them running. 

The venue, being a old car museum was wonderfully eclectic. Nothing like having a real airplane hanging above the guests as they're enjoying the spread of food. The neon too, soo much. 
I wish for more weddings this summer that make me feel this happy, comfortable and energetic. 
Thank you to Michelle and Brett for the merry time. And Brandie Sunley for helping me capture the day. 

And then, of course, there's the photobooth:

Portraits of the Women's Olympic Hockey Team.

The Golden Girls.

Take away the Jersey, Gold Medals, skates and helmet, and the women underneath are beautiful, genuine and marvellous people to photograph. I was hired a day prior to the shoot, and was given creative freedom. I decided to go the route of shooting dark, personal portraits; [my favourite style].

For a long time now I've been enamoured by the photographs of Joey Lawrence. His dark, moody, intimate photos inspire me. In creating these photos I took a page from his look-book. I wasn't going for light, bright and cheery, but rather up close, personal and perhaps a little somber. 

A fun fact, the women here were not photoshopped. That's what they look like in real life.

With that said, enjoy, and share around. 

I can't show 3/4 of the photos I shot as they have the Olympic Jerseys. 

Hayley Wickenheiser: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Hayley Wickenheiser: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Hayley Wickenheiser: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Brianne Jenner: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Marie-Philip Poulin: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Laura Fortino: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Meaghan Mikkelson: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Natalie Spooner: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Natalie Spooner: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Natalie Spooner: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Natalie Spooner: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Meghan Agosta-Marciano: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Meghan Agosta-Marciano: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Catherine Ward: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Catherine Ward: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Catherine Ward: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Catherine Ward: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Caroline Ouellette: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Rebecca Johnston: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Jennifer Wakefield: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Genevieve Lacasse: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Jayna Hefford: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

The gold Medals of Jayna Hefford: Image copyright: Hockeycanada.ca

Most of the photos used an octa-bank and beauty dish as the main light. Both on the same side of the face, unlike the below photo. The beauty dish I set to half power and the octa-bank [fill light] is immediately behind the beauty dish and at a much lower power. 
Most of the photos had a soft-box as a rim light, and spot light on the background. All of the lights are Alienbees. 

Behind The Scenes.

10 photos from the Beakerhead Workshop with Neil Zeller

I'll be part of this year's Beakerhead photography team. And as a lead up to Beakerhead [a science and engineering/arts] festival happening this September, the photography team had a workshop with last year's principal photographer, Neil Zeller. This was more of an explanation of what to expect than a technical photography workshop in itself. 

To see some of my photos from last year, There's a story of Steve and Zoe also published on My Modern Met

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