The Impact of COVID-19 Across Our Services
Update from Gilmour Photography on the Impact of COVID-19 on our services.
LMNO Foothills Home Lottery Mansion
The 2018 Foothills Lottery Home mansion is an amazing waterfront home in Mahogany. We worked with LMNO to create the marketing photography for the print and electronic campaigns. Some lucky person got to win this magnificent mansion home built for the Foothills Home Lottery. I might be a tad jealous… In case you needed another reason …
Centex Editorial Photoshoot
Centex Editorial assignment – Portrait of Shafiq Bhura, shot for C-store Magazine. The editorial included portraits and architectural photography of one Centex location in Calgary.
Herald / Harbinger Art Installation
I recently completed a project working with Benjamin Rubin from the New School at Parsons School of Design, and Jer Thorp, Co-Founder of The Office for Creative Research. The goal was to capture a new public art installation located at Brookfield Place in Calgary. The artwork incorporates a collection of data feeds to illustrate the …
Addressing Your Photography Fears (Part 3)
Addressing Your Photography Fears In this digital era, photography is everywhere and an essential part of life with the rise of social media. But, if you don’t like getting you picture taken or have other fears of photography, the thought of a professional photo-shoot can feel like the scariest thing in the world. Most people …
Your Photo Shoot Questions Answered
Your Photo Shoot Questions Answered So, you’ve decided on your perfect photographer for a photo-shoot and you’ve chosen Gilmour Photography (great choice by the way). You’re ready to book your photoshoot and we’re so excited to work with you – but you have photo shoot questions you need answered: What is your starting rate? We …
Choosing a Photographer: What You Need to Know (Part 1)
Choosing a Photographer: What You Need to Know Doing a simple Google search is one way to look for a photographer, but how do you decide which photographer to choose based on the hundreds of studios and portfolios that come up? It’s a daunting task, and that’s why I created this guide to make the …
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Photographing the World’s Best Football Stadium
What’s it like photographing the world’s newest football stadium? Let me tell you… Photographing a brand new professional football and soccer stadium is no easy task. The Mosaic Stadium is home to the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders professional football team. We landed the gig after B+H did a review of architectural photographers in Western Canada and …
Recommended Photography Gear
Everyone asks if I shoot Canon or Nikon. There is a lot more to a photo shoot than that. This is a partial list of the photography gear we use in the studio and on location. Full disclosure, we use every one of these products because we like them and they get the job …
Terms of Use: FAQS
TERMS OF USE & FAQS: Terms of Use are a set of rules and guidelines that a user must agree to in order to use your website or mobile app. It acts as a legal contract between you (the company) who has the website or mobile app and the user who access your website and …
Corporate Portraits 101
CORPORATE PORTRAITS AND BUSINESS HEADSHOTS Corporate portraits are an integral part of creating your personal brand and telling your business’ story. Gilmour Photography also offers a comprehensive corporate portrait service. Portraits are created at your office, in the field or in the studio using professional equipment and techniques. Represent yourself in the best possible light …
Photography Insurance, Are You Covered?
Photography Business & Equipment Insurance When it comes to insurance to cover your photography equipment and photography business there are several options available. Not all options are created equally so it pays to ask a lot of questions when you research the insurance options available in your market. To help you out I’ve created a …
It’s Contest Time!
Gilmour Photography is having a contest to win a FREE 2-hour photo session including professional hair and makeup styling (a value of over $600)! Contest Rules: Go to the Facebook Contest Post In the comments section of the post, write a description or post a video explaining why you should be selected as a winner. …
Personal Branding – The Power of You
Personal branding photographs are content – and an extremely versatile form of content at that. One of my personal favourite photo shoots was with Sylvia Groves. Sylvia had just launched a new business, Governance Studio, and needed marketing material to promote her services. Specifically, she needed portraits to showcase herself: a highly talented and skilled …
Personal Branding Photography – Tell Your Story
Personal Branding Photography Who is the person you want to showcase behind your brand? That is the ultimate question that I ask my clients when planning a personal branding shoot. Your online identity or brand is defined by all the online information that exists about you, including photographs of yourself. Knowing what is out there …
B & W Photo Essay: The Italians
B & W Photo Essay From An Italian Dinner Party This photo essay celebrates Italian lifestyle. I grew up with Italians and I’ve always loved being around them. I love how they fill their lives with art, design, music and wonder. I love how they share the experience of life. In these photos I tried to …
TEDx Calgary Portraits of Annika Odegard
Portraits of Canadian Idol singer Annika Odegard taken at TEDx Calgary.
Tabasco Vs. Tabasco – You Pick The Winner
How We Got Into This Hot Mess Find out what happened when I teamed up with Art Director, Judith Aldama, to make advertising photography for Tabasco sauce. We met at a coffee shop to brainstorm and sketch ideas. One of our goals for the shoot was to create product photography that could be extracted from the …
Advertising Photography for SeisWare
Behind the Scenes with SeisWare The Call We got a call from Jonathan at SAW Communications asking if we’d like to do a rock star photo shoot at Hotel Arts for a SeisWare advertising campaign. Rock star shoot at a hotel with great food, “Hell Yeah!” The Layouts Jonathan sent a rough sketch of the layouts, In The …
Photo Retouching and Photo Illustration
Photo Retouching What is included in a photo retouching order? Photo retouching includes swapping eyes and heads, braces removal, blemish removal, slimming, swapping skies, adding or eliminating subjects to an image, changing the colour of a product, lens correction and many other types of post-production editing. How much does it cost to retouch an image? …