cikesphoto – Wedding, Portrait, Event Photography

This past weekend I went up to Queen Elizabeth Park with Annie and Dave  to do an engagement session. They are getting married this coming weekend! Dave grew up around the park, so it holds a lot of good childhood memories. I like that they were both just so relaxed and agreeable…

Me: “Hey, can you guys lay down on the grass here?”

Dave: “Sure, I’m allergic to grass, but why not!”

Saturday is going to be a lot of fun!

I just got back from  a week shooting in Cincinnati and Nashville. Tajci is a singer I wrote about back in March when she came through town to do a concert here in Vancouver. During that visit, we discussed the idea of me going down to Cincinnati to do a photo session with her there.

Well, it actually happened… Over the week, I even got to go to Nashville with her where she recorded a vocal track for an upcoming release. The vocals was recorded and produced by Bryan Lenox, a Grammy award winning producer. If you look closely at the shot of Bryan working in the studio, you can see the Grammy just sitting by the control board, humbly displayed for those who care to notice.

The idea for the multi-day shoot was to capture many facets of Tajci, showing different looks, and different sides of her life and personality. I’ve only begun to go through all the images from the week, and these few are but a peek at what we created together. I may post more at a later time, if there is interest!

A while ago, an old high school buddy called me out of the blue. I had run into him over a year ago (at a funeral, of all places). He remembered that I told him I was a photographer, so when it came time for his family to document this time in history, he asked me to do the honours.

Luka and his wife weren’t sure how I could get nice shots right in their home (as opposed to going to a studio), but that is just the kind of thing I enjoy doing. That is, coming into my client’s environment, where they are really the most comfortable… especially when there are children in the mix. All we did was move a couch and coffee table out of the way, I set up my lights, and voila – instant photo studio!

After shooting a bit indoors, we took the kids down to the park at the end of the block and had some more fun with them. I think we did well!