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Vanessa came to us for some headshots for her drama and acting portfolio.  As well as the headshots we also got a bunch of other portraits as well and those are the images I’ll post here.

We started out at the new Henotic restaurant in the old fire hall, which is a really cool place for photos.  The decore and ambiance is awesome.  Actually, a few weeks ago we took a wedding party in there for some really funky images and I’ll be blogging those very soon, too.  Our next stop was the Lethbridge Lodge and then we finished up at the top of the Coulees behind the Galt museum just as the un was starting to set (which was my plan).

As well as acting and teaching, Vanessa also does martial arts and she did some awesome kicks and splits, which you can see below.  Vanessa has such a vibrant and fun personality and she was such an easy person to work with.  We wish her all the best with her career and hope to see her on stage or on screen one day. 

We photographed Kristy’s wedding back in 2006 and off and on since then Kristy and I had talked about doing a trash the dress type of session. We finally got a chance to put some of our ideas into action!  I had wanted to do a “bride on a snowboard” image for about a year now and when Kristy said that she owned one and asked if she should bring it with her I leapt at the chance.  The temperature was around zero celsius and Kristy kept warm with a winter jacket and a thermos of coffee in between shots.  She was really brave though, because I was pretty chilly even with a jacket on!  We spent a little while outside and then headed to the Lethbridge Lodge where Kristy changed out of her wedding dress and the shoot morphed into a regular portrait session.

Sharon Ulrich from the Sun Times had just interviewed me about trash the dress sessions and you can read her excellent article by clicking here.

And here are some images from our session:

Do you like live comedy? If you do you’ll love today’s blog contest. Calgary’s very talented and funny comedienne Lori Gibbs is giving away four free tickets to one of her shows at the Comedy Cave and The Laugh Shop. All you have to do is come up with a caption to go with one of her photos below. Just post your captions in the comments at the bottom of this blog post and Lori and I will decide on the winners. I will notify the winners by email, so make sure to leave an email address, too.

Lori was a real blast to take photos of!  She was sweet and funny and she encouraged me to misbehave.  Yes, Lori, I hold you responsible for everything.    She came down for some headshots for her portfolio and we did some fun ones as well as a normal one.  Well, the photo is normal.  Anyway, I’ll leave being funny up to the professionals and post some photos.