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Shanley & Tam | Marriott River Cree | Edmonton Wedding Photographers

September 1st, 2010

Shanley & Tam got married back in July and had their wedding at the Marriott River Cree Hotel and Casino, just outside Edmonton.  They have finally seen their wedding photos and now we can share it everyone.  The wedding started out with the tradition Chinese tea ceremony at both Shanley and Tam’s respective parents’ homes, [...]
 

Shanley & Tam got married back in July and had their wedding at the Marriott River Cree Hotel and Casino, just outside Edmonton.  They have finally seen their wedding photos and now we can share it everyone.  The wedding started out with the tradition Chinese tea ceremony at both Shanley and Tam’s respective parents’ homes, as they both donned the traditional Chinese wedding clothing.  After that we headed to St. Charles Catholic church, located at the edge of north Edmonton, for the wedding ceremony.  The church was huge and wide open.  The ceremony was nice and before you knew it, it was time to sign the documents.  When the ceremony was completed, we headed to an industrial area near the church to do their creative portraits.  We found a very cool area and also had a business owner there graciously offered us the use of his warehouse.  We had no problems with that and took that offer immediately.  On this day we got to work with our good friends Ryan & Luke from Imago Weddings again, so we had to share S&T to make sure we both got what we needed.

When the shoot was all done, we had the reception to look forward to.  We all had a feeling these guys were going to throw a big party!  And they sure did.  When we walked into the room, it was beautifully filled with Tiffany blue every where.  The room was the result of the hard work of Renee Chan and her crew from Get Wed.  They did a fantastic job.  The reception opened with a high energy Chinese Lion Dance.  That got the party started!  The Calgary Photo Booth, Hoot Booth, made it’s first official appearance and it was a huge hit all night with people waiting in line to use it.  The photos from the Hoot Booth gallery says it all!  The speeches were filled with laughter, lots of crying and excellent toasts!  After the speeches, Shanley sang a beautiful Chinese song to her father that tugged many heart strings.  The rest of the night was an awesome celebration with friends and family.

Ryan and I are so honored to be part of your amazing union.  Thanks for having us at your wedding and giving us the important job of capturing it all for you guys.  Shanley you were absolutely gorgeous and so easy to photograph.  Tam, you are just a stud and you know it!  I want to be there to help break your bad luck on the Bow River, so don’t forget, we have to get out soon!  Congratulations again S&T!

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Shanley & Tam | Sneak Peek | Edmonton Wedding Photographers

August 2nd, 2010

Here is an overdue sneak peek of Shanley and Tam’s wedding from July 10th at the River Cree Hotel and Casino in Edmonton.  Stay tuned for their full post later this month!
 

Here is an overdue sneak peek of Shanley and Tam’s wedding from July 10th at the River Cree Hotel and Casino in Edmonton.  Stay tuned for their full post later this month!

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Introducing Shanley & Tam | Calgary Engagement Photos

June 18th, 2010

Shanley and Tam came to me last year and told me about their big plans for their wedding at the River Cree Inn and Casino just outside Edmonton. I have never shot a wedding there, but I have been there before and it is pretty sweet. Shanley and Tam told me they both just got [...]
 

Shanley and Tam came to me last year and told me about their big plans for their wedding at the River Cree Inn and Casino just outside Edmonton. I have never shot a wedding there, but I have been there before and it is pretty sweet. Shanley and Tam told me they both just got into fly fishing during dinner before we went to a Flames game. Little did they know I would go off and talk about it the rest of the night! Some of you may or may not know, but I am a huge fly fishing fanatic. I promised them I would take them to a few of my favourite spots along the Bow this summer and we did! Tam was quite itching to catch a “hawg” but it wasn’t meant to be that night. We’ll have to try again soon!

During our e-session I really saw the connection they had with each other. These 2 look really good together and I can’t wait for their big day. It should be one heck of a night! So without further ado, here are Shanley and Tam.

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Albums, albums, albums!

April 15th, 2010

This past week I had 4 awesome albums arrive from Finao and I had to take some photos to show all of you.  One album was Sowon and Dean’s whose wedding I did the photography for in Edmonton.  Another album has been shipped off to Amsterdam in the Netherlands for Jillian and Rob who had [...]
 

This past week I had 4 awesome albums arrive from Finao and I had to take some photos to show all of you.  One album was Sowon and Dean’s whose wedding I did the photography for in Edmonton.  Another album has been shipped off to Amsterdam in the Netherlands for Jillian and Rob who had their destination wedding in beautiful Banff.  I took drive around Calgary and hand delivered Crystal and Ali’s and Jenn and Khang’s wedding album to them personally.  There’s nothing better than when a couple sees their finished album for the first time.  These albums are the end product of all the hard work we put into the photography.  From the minute the client meets me for a consultation, I show them and tell them how important an album is and how it will last a life time.  Sometimes it’s hard for people to imagine or understand what I mean, until they see their own album in their hands.  That’s when they realized the money they invested into me becomes priceless.

With so many cover options that I can offer with Finao, every wedding album is unique.  Every couple chooses different covers and leathers that fit their style and leave the design to me!

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JT Images brings home 2 Accolades of Excellence from WPPI.

March 12th, 2010

I am back from WPPI in Las Vegas after 7 long days, which is about 3 days too long for Las Vegas. My body is tired from all the parties we went to, but like last year, it was an awesome experience. This year I met even more photographers and made more friends from all [...]
 

I am back from WPPI in Las Vegas after 7 long days, which is about 3 days too long for Las Vegas. My body is tired from all the parties we went to, but like last year, it was an awesome experience. This year I met even more photographers and made more friends from all over the world. I am so lucky to be able to do what I do and have the experiences I do. There was quite a large contingent of Calgary Photographers in Vegas this year. At last count I think there were at least 20 of us down there that I know of. I love how our community is so tight knit and we all support each other to the fullest. We may be “competitors”, but we are all friends as well.

I learned even more this year about the art of wedding photography and can’t wait to implement all this for all my couples in Calgary, Edmonton and Banff. My 2010 couples are in for a real treat and I can’t wait to see what this year brings. I will be looking out for opportunities to create some amazing images this year, so be prepared brides and grooms!

As most of you faithful blog readers know, I entered 8 images into the WPPI Annual Awards of Excellence print competition. Of the 8 I entered, 2 of them scored an accolade of excellence. A few other scored only 1 or 2 points from being awarded an accolade. The 2 that did score hung in the gallery next to hundreds of some the most inspiring and most incredible images created in 2009, by some of the best photographers in the world. I was more than honored to be there along side them. Without further ado, here are the 2 images that are now award winning images.

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JT Images Best of 2009 | Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer and Banff Wedding Photography

February 17th, 2010

2009 was an amazing year personally for me and for JT Images.  We had the honour of photographing 21 weddings and also did 2 trash the dress and a day after wedding session.  We shot weddings in Calgary, Edmonton, Banff and Red Deer.  Somewhere in there I also did 15 engagement sessions.  On top of [...]
 

2009 was an amazing year personally for me and for JT Images.  We had the honour of photographing 21 weddings and also did 2 trash the dress and a day after wedding session.  We shot weddings in Calgary, Edmonton, Banff and Red Deer.  Somewhere in there I also did 15 engagement sessions.  On top of that, I hosted my own “Just to Inspire” wedding photography workshop for the first time ever, here in Calgary.  All of this wouldn’t have been possible without the support of my family and friends, and especially Ryan, who assisted me on 95% of the weddings.  Muchos gracias, mi amigo!

My biggest thanks goes out to all my wonderful and amazing clients.  I am truly honoured to have been chosen to photograph such an important event in your lives and to be a part of it.  I really hope you will cherish all the wonderful images we made together, for all eternity.  I know I will!

Once I finished the last wedding of the season, I couldn’t wait to get started on my yearbook and this slide show.  My book hasn’t arrived yet, but when it does, I’ll be sure to share that with you all.  But for now, here are the images that made it in the book in a slide show presentation.  It was hard to narrow it down to 140 images, out the tens of thousands that I shot last year, but I did it.  Well, what are you waiting for???  Hit play!

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2009 was amazing! 2010 is shaping up to be even better.

January 4th, 2010

I have been told I need to blog more often, and basically I agree.  I don’t blog as often as I want to, because, well…. my writing sucks and sometimes I just don’t know what to write about that pertains to my work.  But I know it’s going to be good for my rank on [...]
 

I have been told I need to blog more often, and basically I agree.  I don’t blog as often as I want to, because, well…. my writing sucks and sometimes I just don’t know what to write about that pertains to my work.  But I know it’s going to be good for my rank on google and also to keep my faithful followers and fans interested in me.  I have tried to keep this blog strictly for photos and weddings, but I am finding a lot of photographers also use their blog as an extension of themselves.  Talking about everything and anything.  This year I will make an effort to blog as much as I can even if I don’t have wedding photos to share.  I might share with you some cool things I have found on the internet or even some cool iPhone apps.  You might even hear me rant about hockey, we’ll see I guess.  Also, please ignore my frequent incorrect spelling and grammar.  It’s not that I can’t spell or have bad grammar.  It’s just that sometimes I type so fast and proof read even faster that I miss things.

2009 was an amazing year for JT Images and we got to photograph so many beautiful weddings in Calgary, Edmonton and Banff.  I am happy that it is over, because I have been dying to design a year book of my favorite shots from 2009.  This book could end up being 200 pages since I am going to want to include so much.  It will be an awesome book that I can’t wait to share with clients who come see me.  I also would love to make a few copies of this book and give away a few as prizes for my faithful fans out there.  Is this something you guys would like to see?  Please do tell me!  I’ll think of a contest we can do.

So to ring in the new year, I have updated the galleries on the main wedding website.  If you go look in “their stories” you will see 5 brand new stories.  All the stories are some of my favorites from 2009.  The formula is still the same.  I love showing full weddings so that potential clients (maybe you) the consistency of our coverage.  I don’t want to just show you some of my best shots like everyone else.  Anyone who photographs a ton of weddings will always have some nice shots.  I am giving you a look at most of my shots throughout the whole day.  I hope you enjoy them, it was hard to just pick 5 new stories to share when I could have shared about 20!

There… 2 blog posts in one day!  :)

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WPPI convention and the Awards of Excellence

January 4th, 2010

It’s almost that time of year again for the annual WPPI Convention.  For those who don’t know, WPPI is the largest organization of wedding and portrait photographers.  Members are from all 6 inhabited continents.  Almost all of my good wedding photographer friends, here in Calgary, are members.  Last year was the first time Ryan and [...]
 

It’s almost that time of year again for the annual WPPI Convention.  For those who don’t know, WPPI is the largest organization of wedding and portrait photographers.  Members are from all 6 inhabited continents.  Almost all of my good wedding photographer friends, here in Calgary, are members.  Last year was the first time Ryan and I had attended this convention.  We were both blown away at the size and met so many awesome photographers.  One of the things that really interested me was the print competition.  Competition are something I always strive to enter in.  The only way to measure yourself and to go up against the best in the industry.

I really wanted to enter some prints last year, but I didn’t have a sniff about what the judges look for, or even how to make a nice print.  I learned a print competition is a completely different ball game than entering a digital image file.  I sat in the judging room for hours each day, watching the judges talk about about each print that went up.  I learned when it comes to WPPI’s award of excellence print competition, it matters what inks, paper and mattes you use.  Some of the detail in the prints that scored high were amazing.  I needed mine to look like that.

My good friend Wei, at photobolic, helped me this year printing my 8 entries.  Wei won a few accolades last year, so he knows what he is doing.  One of the toughest things to do was to choose which images to enter and in which categories.  I shot literally thousands of images this year and many of them I love dearly.  But I had to really narrow it down, as it is not cheap to enter these things.  Plus, I only wanted to showcase my BEST.  After much deliberation, I picked 8 images I felt had the best chance according to what I saw last year and the criteria.

After we printed the images, I got them matted at the Paul Kuhn gallery in downtown Calgary.  When I picked them up I had the biggest smile on my face that I could not wipe off.  I am very happy with my decision with the 8 images.  I sent them off to WPPI on the weekend and the next time I will see them, it will be in the judging room.  At least I hope to catch my print being judged, as it could happen at any time.  I know you are probably sitting there saying, well let’s see the images you chose.  I decided for now, I will not reveal the images until after WPPI for I don’t want to jinx anything and show my competitors what I entered.  All the images have been featured here on the blog, if you are wondering.  Of course I will let you all know how it goes.

The convention is held March 4th – 11th in Las Vegas.  For those who are going, see you there.  I can’t wait to catch up with some friends from all over the world!

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Sowon & Dean 10.10.09. | Fantasyland Hotel Wedding in Edmonton

October 24th, 2009

Sowon & Dean were one of the few couples I booked this year over the phone.  Anytime I can book a couple over the phone, its a really flattering experience.  Sowon did say she was pretty much sold as soon as she found my website.  When I did finally meet, Sowon  & Dean in Edmonton, [...]
 

Sowon & Dean were one of the few couples I booked this year over the phone.  Anytime I can book a couple over the phone, its a really flattering experience.  Sowon did say she was pretty much sold as soon as she found my website.  When I did finally meet, Sowon  & Dean in Edmonton, I felt that we were going to work very well together.  It sure turned out that way!  I had never photographed a wedding at the Fantasyland Hotel in West Edmonton Mall before, so I was really looking forward to it.  Since their ceremony and reception was at one venue, we had a lot of time to create photos for them.  We pretty much shot in and around West Edmonton Mall and got some great images of this gorgeous couple.

Thanks for having me come up from Calgary to cover your big day.  I wish you both the best.  I look forward to seeing you both again next time I am in town.

 

 

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Jody & Ben | Edmonton Wedding Photography

August 10th, 2009

This past July, I photographed my friends Jody & Ben’s wedding in Edmonton.  I have known J&B for almost 4 years now and we’ve been good friends ever since.  J&B have been together for 13 years so it was only a matter of time before they got married.  I’ve been looking forward to this wedding [...]
 

This past July, I photographed my friends Jody & Ben’s wedding in Edmonton.  I have known J&B for almost 4 years now and we’ve been good friends ever since.  J&B have been together for 13 years so it was only a matter of time before they got married.  I’ve been looking forward to this wedding since last year when they got engaged.  It was only my second Edmonton wedding photography coverage this year.  Ryan drove up from Calgary to cover Jody and her bridesmaids at Chrome Spa and Salon on the northside in the morning.  I still don’t know how Ryan was able to get up at 7am and drive the QE for 2.5 hours.  When I was done covering the boys at the best man’s home, I went to Jody’s sister’s home where she was getting ready.  I got there before Jody did and when she came home I was in shock.  I could not believe how gorgeous Jody looked!  And she wasn’t even in her dress yet.  The night before when were having drinks at Brewsters, Jody tried to explain how her dress looked and how the veil and dress was detailed with stunning Swarovski crystals.  I couldn’t wait to see her in her dress and when she came out I was not disappointed.  I couldn’t wait to start shooting!  After the bridal prep shots, we went over the chapel where the ceremony was.  But it was after that when we had all our fun creating photos. We stayed around the Mirage Banquet Hall where the reception was taking place.  We got lots of good stuff and they were troopers posing for photos in 33 degree heat.  It was so worth it!!  I did a same day slide show for J&B and here are some photos that were done for the slide show.  There are lots more, but these are the best of the best.   Enjoy.  And congrats again to you guys.  You both are awesome, I love you guys and I wish nothing but the best for you guys.

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