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Calgary Stoney Trail Ring Road – Mike’s JDM 1993 Toyota Supra

April 22nd, 2009

Before I started doing photography for a living I owned a small business called Custom Auto here in Calgary.  We mostly sold performance parts and accessories for import cars.  We also had a side business importing JDM (Japanese Domestic Manufacturer) cars from various auction houses in Japan.  I used my contacts there to help my [...]
 

Before I started doing photography for a living I owned a small business called Custom Auto here in Calgary.  We mostly sold performance parts and accessories for import cars.  We also had a side business importing JDM (Japanese Domestic Manufacturer) cars from various auction houses in Japan.  I used my contacts there to help my good friend, Mike, get his dream sports car.  We were bored yesterday so I thought it was a good time to go shoot the car since he put his new rims on.  We headed out by our house where the Stoney Trail ring road is being done.  We had a lot of rubber neckers watching us of course.  Here are a few from our shoot.

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1993 jdm toyota supra calgary

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Interview by Photography & Design Blog and random musings…

April 3rd, 2009

Hi everyone. Valerie at Photography and Design Blog asked me if I was interested in doing an interview for her website. Of course I obliged!!  Make sure you checked out. I’m sitting here in Edmonton getting ready for a busy weekend. On the way up, I stopped in Red Deer to see Erin & Paul, [...]
 

Hi everyone. Valerie at Photography and Design Blog asked me if I was interested in doing an interview for her website. Of course I obliged!!  Make sure you checked out.

I’m sitting here in Edmonton getting ready for a busy weekend. On the way up, I stopped in Red Deer to see Erin & Paul, who’s wedding I am shooting in May. Erin had to go back to work after a quick chat, so Paul and I went scouting around Red Deer for some potential locations for their wedding day photography. I definitely saw a lot that I liked and I got so many ideas running through my head.  It was also very nice to get to know Paul a little better.

Tomorrow I will be meeting with 2 more couples and after that I am off to shoot Helen and Davide’s engagement session. We will be shooting in Edmonton’s downtown, so that should be a lot of fun and a new challenge for me.  Sunday I will be meeting Kim and Ryan for the first time. They booked me over the phone not too long ago, so I am excited to meet them. We be shooting their wedding photos in the Banff Area this summer.  Should be HOT!

Thanks to everyone who has emailed about the workshop.  I have had a lot of interest and I am so excited that it might fill.  I have 5 people pretty much locked in, so if you want to get in on this, don’t procrastinate too long.  $375 holds your spot for the workshop.

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Toronto Wedding Photography Workshop – Calgary Wedding Photographer

March 17th, 2009

So I had a great time coming out to Dave and Charlotte‘s workshop and getting to know 7 photographers.  The flight from Calgary to Toronto didn’t come without any bumps though.  Westjet lost my bag, but that’s the risk when you fly standby.  Westjet promptly delivered it the next morning and made things right for [...]
 

So I had a great time coming out to Dave and Charlotte‘s workshop and getting to know 7 photographers.  The flight from Calgary to Toronto didn’t come without any bumps though.  Westjet lost my bag, but that’s the risk when you fly standby.  Westjet promptly delivered it the next morning and made things right for me with a nice credit.  I love Westjet, so it was easy to forgive them.  This was the first time ever I had ever lost my bag flying in my whole life.  The feeling sure sucked, but I was pretty confident I would have it back.

Our models for the day were Erin and Angela who were married about 6 months ago.  Of course D+C shot their wedding.  Angela seemed more than happy to get back in her wedding dress to have more photos.  Angela looked stunning as did our 2 other models.  Alana and Vlada.  Alana is new on the scene and this was great opportunity for her to build her portfolio.  She looked great in our wedding dress and was a trooper all day.  We also had professional russian model Vlada.  Vlada is in a league of her own when we did our bridal fashion shoot.  Her posing, look and attitude is what you would expect from a professional model whose resume includes L’Oreal, Diesel, Pure, Coors Light and the Venetian Hotel to name a few.  Without further ado, here are the images.

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calgary wedding bridal fashion photographer

calgary wedding bridal fashion photographer

calgary wedding bridal fashion photographer

calgary wedding bridal fashion photographer

calgary wedding bridal fashion photographer

calgary wedding bridal fashion photographer

calgary wedding bridal fashion photographer

calgary wedding bridal fashion photographer

calgary wedding bridal fashion photographer

calgary wedding bridal fashion photographer

calgary wedding bridal fashion photographer

calgary wedding bridal fashion photographer

calgary wedding bridal fashion photographer

calgary wedding bridal fashion photographer

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Bludomain interviews yours truly: Johnny Tran

March 17th, 2009

As some of you may or may not know, my website was created by a company in the U.S. called Bludomain.  Over the weekend, they asked me for a quick interview and of course I obliged.  You can see the interview here on their blog.  It was really fun answering a few questions and letting [...]
 

As some of you may or may not know, my website was created by a company in the U.S. called Bludomain.  Over the weekend, they asked me for a quick interview and of course I obliged.  You can see the interview here on their blog.  It was really fun answering a few questions and letting some of you know more about my personal side.

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Back from Toronto

March 16th, 2009

This weekend was great.  I just got back into Calgary from Toronto after guest speaking at a wedding photography workshop with Dave & Charlotte.  There were 7 student photographers and it was my first time speaking in front of people talking about some things that have helped me with my business.  After that we went [...]
 

This weekend was great.  I just got back into Calgary from Toronto after guest speaking at a wedding photography workshop with Dave & Charlotte.  There were 7 student photographers and it was my first time speaking in front of people talking about some things that have helped me with my business.  After that we went around and shot inside Berkeley Church with 4 of our models.  It was such an amazing feeling knowing that I was able to teach and inspire our student photographers.  I know they came away with much more knowledge to help them with their endeavors.  Thank you all so much for attending.  I will post photos of our shoot tomorrow.  My experience at this workshop should help me with setting up my own one day soon either here in Calgary or somewhere else.  So stay tuned for that.
Dave and I also took time out to check out the old Kodak building which has now been abandoned.  It was one of the most eeriest things I have done in a while, but it was fantastic.  We got some great photos in there and I will post those very soon as well.  We liked it so much we tried to setup a trash the dress and a editorial fashion shoot inside, but our model cancelled the same morning.  Its too bad she cancelled because we would have done some crazy stuff for her portfolio, and it would have helped ours as well.  I have no doubt I will go back to Toronto sometime this year and do a shoot there.  Gotta get there before it’s torn down.

That’s all for now.  I will blog photos from the workshop tomorrow.

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JT Images is now on Twitter / Facebook Fan page.

March 5th, 2009

I am on Twitter now for those who want to stalk me even more haha.  Like facebook wasn’t enough, right?  For those who want to see my Facebook page or become a fan, I am accepting new fans .  Seriously though, I would like to see how fast it would take to get to 300 [...]
 

I am on Twitter now for those who want to stalk me even more haha.  Like facebook wasn’t enough, right?  For those who want to see my Facebook page or become a fan, I am accepting new fans ;) .  Seriously though, I would like to see how fast it would take to get to 300 fans.  I didn’t even think 100 fans were possible before, but now the goal is 300 (just like my favorite movie)!  Here’s the Facebook fan page.

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JT Images Newsletter launching this week

February 6th, 2009

My brand new monthly newsletter is launching this week.  It will only be monthly, so don’t worry, I won’t fill your inbox with a bunch of crap..  You can sign up for the newsletter right on our blog.
 

My brand new monthly newsletter is launching this week.  It will only be monthly, so don’t worry, I won’t fill your inbox with a bunch of crap..  You can sign up for the newsletter right on our blog.

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Look what came in the mail! | DWF Wedding Photographer of the Year

January 30th, 2009

Door bell rings…. the dogs howl… some weird dude at the door…. oh it’s Fedex.  Did I order something from B&H that I forgot about?  Maybe it’s for Michelle.  Oh, it’s for me, I see….  What could this be???  It’s got some weight to it….  lo and behold!!! JT Images
 

Door bell rings…. the dogs howl… some weird dude at the door…. oh it’s Fedex.  Did I order something from B&H that I forgot about?  Maybe it’s for Michelle.  Oh, it’s for me, I see….  What could this be???  It’s got some weight to it….  lo and behold!!!

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Jonas gets his first haircut!

January 29th, 2009

Jonas hit another milestone yesterday.  He got his first every real haircut.  I say real because when he was about 5 months old, I buzzed his hair with some clippers to get his messy hair evened up.  Since then, he has not had his haircut and he’s 16 months old now!  Ok, so finally I [...]
 

Jonas hit another milestone yesterday.  He got his first every real haircut.  I say real because when he was about 5 months old, I buzzed his hair with some clippers to get his messy hair evened up.  Since then, he has not had his haircut and he’s 16 months old now!  Ok, so finally I decided, he really needed a haircut.  I didn’t know how he was going to react, but usually he’s a pretty chillin kid.  Every thing was going well, until the hair dresser sprayed his hair and that when he started to cry.  But all in all, he was a trooper and his haircut looks great.  He looks like a little boy now….. but even more bratty!

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The song on my website is…..

January 25th, 2009

I have had many emails asking me who sings the song that is on my website.  The song is called “Can’t Love You Enough” by Beth Champion Mason.  I purchased the song from Triplescoop music, so that I could use it royalty free.  However, you do not need to purchase it from there if you [...]

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I have had many emails asking me who sings the song that is on my website.  The song is called “Can’t Love You Enough” by Beth Champion Mason.  I purchased the song from Triplescoop music, so that I could use it royalty free.  However, you do not need to purchase it from there if you only want it for your personal collection.  You can go straight to her website and purchase the mp3 there for 0.99 cents.  I had to purchase mine for $60.00 USD, so that all you wonderful brides and fans can get that loving feeling inside when you view my galleries, hehe.  I am currently looking for another song to add to the site’s jukebox, but I haven’t found that jerks at the heart just yet.  If anyone has any recommendations, please do let me know.  Of course, it would have to be obtained through a royalty free website.

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