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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 photoshoot can feel like the scariest thing in the world. Most people …
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 process of choosing a commercial photographer less stressful …
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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 …
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 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 researching the insurance options available in your market. To help you out I’ve created a list …
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 photographs are content – and an extremely versatile form of content at that. One of my personal favourite personal branding 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 …
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 …
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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 …
Portraits of Canadian Idol singer Annika Odegard taken at TEDx Calgary.
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 …
Olympian, inspirational speaker and author, Silken Laumann, headlines Lend An Ear Breakfast Join us and our keynote speaker, World Champion, Olympic medalist and author, Silken Laumann The Distress Centre Calgary provides invaluable support to Calgary during the good and the bad times. They are always there for us whether it’s a flood, a snow storm, …
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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 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? …
PR PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC LUGE TEAM Just months before the 2014 Olympics, the Canadian Olympic Luge Team lost their major sponsor. They needed to boost their image quickly. They needed imagery that showcased the team and put them in the spotlight. During a 1 day photo shoot at the Winsport training centre we …
7 Easy Ways To Secure Cameras, Lights and Photography Equipment 1. Hide It Ignoring a potential problem can be expensive, such as the theft of your camera equipment. If you’re passionate about your photography, then you should be just as passionate, and proactive, about protecting your photography equipment in your home or studio location, and making …
Architectural Photography Video See the video Luxury living builder, O2 Developments of Calgary builds exquisitely crafted custom homes on inner city lots. We have been creating their architectural photography for a couple of years. For this house we leveraged all of the clients social media channels by adding the architectural photography to a video. We experimented by …
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Mustaches Optional, Savings Are Guaranteed. Our Movember Event Is A Win-Win: Save 10% On a Photo Shoot And We’ll Donate 10% to Movember. Gilmour Photography www.brettgilmour.com
Business Portrait Sessions We can shoot in our Calgary photo studio or on location at your office/work site. Choose a background that suits your company branding; white, black, grey, and many other colours. Your work or office environment can also be the background, as in the two business portraits below. We’ll help you get over …
