Edmonton Commercial Photographer Photographs Coal Miners in Alberta

For those who know my work, its pretty obvious that I prefer black and white photographs over color.

So when a client allows me to photograph industrial works in black and white I am like a kid in a candy store. Why? Because any photographer or designer will tell you that colors evoke emotions, by using or manipulating certain colors we can lead your eyes, cause you to think a certain way, even indirectly lead you to prejudge the image you are looking at.

So I feel that by removing the color, I am in fact removing a distraction, there by leaving the viewer with an image in its most basic form. I inadvertently force you to really look at the image. Im not leading you with a color scheme, over saturated colors or any other color trick, but forcing you to really see what I have presented to you in the image.

I feel my work as a whole should be classified as dignified portraits, and thus this should reveal an inner strength of my subject, and black and white work allows me to do this in the most basic form.

Here are a few photographs I shot of coal mining for the Canadian industrial archives. I am proud of this series.
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Shooting for my Agency Book

In fashion photography Helmut Newton said, “If you find a beautiful woman %90 of your photograph is complete. ” Now I’m primarily an editorial and commercial photographer so for me when I am shooting fashion this quote reigns true. Here are a few photographs of a new talent Jill Scott. We shot these for some new work for my agency book… Jill herself is not represented by any agency at the time of this blog, but I don’t think it will be long before she is…

Enjoy!
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Kermet The Frog

I’m a student of photography. Pretty much I buy photography collection books every week.

Yesterday I was reading a Yousuf Karsh book. You see Karsh was a Canadian photographer who took several famous photographs; Winston Churchill without a cigar, Albert Einstein among others he took the one of Jim Henson with Kermit the Frog on his shoulder…

While reading the Karsh book in my office I looked up at my toy display collection and saw my scale replica of Kermit. Something dawned on me…A lot of people ask “Whom in history would I like to photograph?” Jim Henson is always at the top of my list.
I thought what the hell… So pulled down Kermit and we went to the studio.

It may not have been be the full duo of Henson and Kermit, but I thought to myself hey I’m at least shooting %50 of it.

Oh yeah Kermit was really cool to work with, he didn’t complain, he remained super still… over all an excellent subject – Its not easy being green.

Remember don’t take life too seriously.

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