The idea started innocently enough as a group of fellow photographers began discussing a photo shoot done for a European triathalon team. What would it take to do something similar in Southern Alberta? Has anyone shot under water before? How do you light it? What are the challenges?

Then a few of us turned the idea into reality. Through luck, networking, and a bit of old fashioned elbow grease – we’ve received permission to use the diving windows this Sunday to coordinate what I belive will be Lethbridge’s largest photographer collaboration of the year. One of the photographers shoots fashion, and was able to have a local designer create two unique peices just for this event. My old business partner has his SCUBA certification, so we will be able to work at longer intervals.

The local paper is ready to cover it, I’m itching to post some of the early frames right from the shoot location. Now if only we could convince a recent bride to trash the dress in the pool!

Stay tuned, big things are coming, look for sample frames early next week.

The idea started innocently enough as a group of fellow photographers began discussing a photo shoot done for a European triathalon team. What would it take to do something similar in Southern Alberta? Has anyone shot under water before? How do you light it? What are the challenges?

Then a few of us turned the idea into reality. Through luck, networking, and a bit of old fashioned elbow grease – we’ve received permission to use the diving windows this Sunday to coordinate what I belive will be Lethbridge’s largest photographer collaboration of the year. One of the photographers shoots fashion, and was able to have a local designer create two unique peices just for this event. My old business partner has his SCUBA certification, so we will be able to work at longer intervals.

The local paper is ready to cover it, I’m itching to post some of the early frames right from the shoot location. Now if only we could convince a recent bride to trash the dress in the pool!

Stay tuned, big things are coming, look for sample frames early next week.

This time ’round I spent two days with 12 other shooters from various areas of B.C. learning long exposure, high dynamic range (HDR), extended dynamic range (XDR), panoramics, street shooting, studio lighting, ambient lighting, working with models and post processing workflow. As you can imagine, the pace was intense – my crew from Alberta turned up the heat by scheduling model shoots into the evening to augment the day’s training.

I can’t recommend the training from VPW enough. I’ve grown tired of the usual “learn to use your Christmas Camera” or “basic composition” workshops found in Calgary and Southern Alberta. Once you conquer the intial learning curve of photography, you need to work with professionals who understand exactly how to extend the craft into another tool supporting your creativity. VPW does just that.

Here are a few shots from the workshop, I’ve not retouched these frames yet – so consider them raw.

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