Calgary Wedding Photographer: Not Enough Hours in a Day

Oh I miss blogging! I have gotten so used to share my life and passion with you all that I have been feeling deprived of it. The past few weeks have been very busy and it seems like life is speeding way too much..:) Can you give your life a speeding ticket, I wonder? hmm....I was busy shooting, editing, designing albums (I just got samples in today so I'm very excited to share it with you! Art Yochim and I have also been busy planning the most amazing workshop for local phoographers - Dane Sanders will be in Calgary teaching to a group of lucky photographers next Wednesday and Thursday. There's still a chance for you to jump on the train and not miss your chance to learn from the one of the best in the wedding photography business!

Lots and lots of posts are yet to go up on the blog and I promise I will get around to them. :) The photos below are of the gorgeous Irina Anderson who was kind enough to come out and help me on a few of my boudoir shoots from the past weekend. She's amazing, really! A fantastic hair stylist and such a stunning beauty herself! Please show her some love and leave a comment.

Calgary Wedding Photographer: Off Camera Lighting Workshop in Drumheller

Last Saturday I had a great chance to go out to Drumheller with 6 other photographers and 2 beautiful models to practice off camera lighting techniques. I.HAD.SO.MUCH.FUN!!!! We had a blast shooting, chatting, laughing, trying out new ideas and stepping out of the box. I tend to go with the safe choice but last weekend I learnt that the safest choice is not always the best - you have to challenge yourself!! I am very happy with the results and I think I managed to achieve 2 different looks for our models - more edgy for Jessie and more subtle for Magda. The girls were so much fun to work with! what do you think?? I know some of my readers are photographer so I'll be posting some behind the scenes shots within the next few days just for you guys..:)

Calgary Wedding Photographer: Casting Call for a Vanity Fair Style Shoot

I've been thinking a lot about my photography lately and want to add a little something to my portfolio. I have a few ideas that I would L O V E to try out and on that note I'm looking for 3 STYLISH and RELIABLE couples for a Vanity Fair style photoshoot on June 12th-Jun13th later in the day. The exact time will be communicated to the chosen couples. Preferrably 1 couple should be caucasian, 1 asian and 1 african-american. You have to be easy going and be natural in front of the camera. :) You will get a disk with 10-15 photos and a free 8x10.

Email me at lanaphotography@gmail.com with your photos and a story about your relationship.

Please share the invite with your friends!! :)

Calgary Wedding Photographer: A Spontaneous Trip to WEM

So today we went to WEM (West Edmonton Mall - the biggest mall in North America for those who don't know :) , totally spontaneous, not planned at all. Just decided in the morning that we want to drive 3 hours to swim in the gigantic pool with waves and slide from a couple of crazy slides (Tim even went on his own!! which scared me A LOT until I saw the look of absolute fun and joy on the kid's face as he flew into my arms from those waterslides). lol :) Btw I'm a chicken and I never lay down when I go down a slide - tooooo scared of speed! I always sit and gradually make my way down. haha :)) And still somehow end up with cuts and bruises. How is that even possible?! Anyway after a 3 hour swim we stopped at Starbucks, had a little coffee and Tim had milk there. What was in that milk that made him dance like that?? :)) haha:) jk He obviously had some tunes going in his head and we had a blast watching him perform. :)

check out the video of Tim dancing (the whole video was shot with Canon 7D, I want to try and play with it more):