2019 has been a good year for shooting stranger portraits As many of you know who follow me on social media, one of my favourite things to photograph are strangers. I love to stop random people on the Streets of Calgary and ask to take their portraits. One of the main reasons I love doing this is that it provides…
I stopped and asked Wayland if he minded me taking his photo after spotting him on a street corner singing Christmas songs. Now despite being down on his luck he was really getting into the Christmas spirit and he told me that his friend had given him the sparkly hat that morning. Wayland went on to say that wearing the…
Perina was standing by the Bay on the corner waiting for her friend Marcia who she was going to lunch with when we met. It was something they did whenever they could make time. Now Perina was a real live wire and we chatted for ages, she told me about her time at ballet school, her time as a struggling…
The great thing about street photography is that you often come across scenes that make you smile. Christmas time is always a great time to be downtime and you’ll often catch the office workers out and about all dressed up. Today was no different and I was lucky enough to catch Santa out with his one legged Elf
When temperatures plummet in Canada we just breakout the city fire pits, put up our feet and just chill until spring. Caught this awesome scene along Calgary’s Stephen Ave. This fire pit is just one of many stretched out along Stephen Ave and make a great spot to hang out with friends and listen to the live music that’s currently…
Photographing a stranger is something that is intimidating to a lot of photographers, and that’s completely understandable. After all we are injecting ourselves into another persons life, and they might or might not be willing to let us photograph them. We might get turned down or forced to be in an awkward situation. But, this struggle is something that is really fascinating because in…