Stories and events related to commercial photography, advertising, marketing and inspiration.
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 …
Do I Deliver RAW Photographs to Clients? Do I ever deliver RAW or unprocessed images to a client? In the 15 years I’ve been shooting digital, only a few clients have ever asked me for the RAW or unprocessed photographs. As an artist, I generally get hired to deliver a specific look, and post-production plays …
So You Want To Be A Professional Photographer Your neighbor picked up a new Nikon D5300 for Christmas, and a few months later has a blog and Facebook page and is running Business Portraits “Get the DVD for $100” promo. How did they get started in professional photoghraphy? Every day we see this happen. As …
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Photo Shoot For Charity A behind-the-scenes look at the super hero photo shoot for the 2014 calendar being sold to raise funds for Brown Bagging It For Calgary Kids. The 2 day shoot involved 22 models, 3 photo assistants and 1 stylist working at a Calgary photo studio. The most difficult shot required suspending a model …
Behance Portfolio Reviews Illustrators, graphic designers, film makers, producers, creative directors and photographers in Calgary gathered at Gilmour Photography Studio May 15th with Behance Portfolio Reviews to connect, share work and get feedback on their portfolios. Why Meet For Portfolio Reviews? The creative world wants and needs more feedback. It’s the only way our work gets …
#YYCBurgerWeek Photos from YYC Burger Week 2013 in Calgary Alberta Mmmmm….burgers. My most delicious photo shoot to date! If these photos from burger week don’t make your mouth water, I don’t know what will!
As a client, do your homework and invest in a commercial photographer that has the experience to create consistent quality images. Discuss your photography goals, as well as what you can expect to receive as an outcome from the shoot.
