What Inspires You? Pt. 3
In the past I’ve written a few posts asking the question, “what inspires you?” It’s been quite awhile since I did an inspiration post so once I saw this video on YouTube of Ken Block doing his 5th installment of his Gymkhana series I was, let’s just say, QUITE inspired. Now granted, a race car […]
Is It Possible to Fake a Professional Photographer?
The brilliant guys at DigitalRevTV did an interesting experiment. They took a non-photographer and showed him the ropes for a week and put him up against a real professional photographer. They tried to find out if someone could spot the fake. It’s an interesting point that they make. Fancy gear and expensive equipment doesn’t make […]
Leah & Nick Engagement Teaser Shot
I met Leah & Nick last year and totally hit it off with them. I also met Leah’s mother who is adorable. I can’t wait for their wedding in September. Here’s a teaser shot of their engagement session from Fish Creek park in Calgary. It started pouring rain a few hours before the photo shoot. […]
Instant Art Featured on Anne Wright Photography Blog / Father’s Day Gift Ideas
I was happy to see that Anne Wright a talented and wonderful photographer in Calgary blogged about Father’s Day emergency gift ideas. With it being only one full day left for Father’s Day if you haven’t gotten your dad anything yet she has some really unique ideas that won’t break the bank. One of the […]
West Coast Part 3 / Seattle, Coffee Central of the Pacific
Published by: Mabuhay Calgary February 2011, 5th Edition Volume II Copyright: Mabuhay Calgary West Coast Part 3 / Seattle, Coffee Central of the Pacific – Article and Photos by: Jeff Cruz In order to get to Seattle we boarded a United States ferry in Syndey, BC, which is just outside of Victoria. The ferry was […]
Annie Leibovitz at Work / I’ll Bet You’ll Enjoy This Book
Part of the reason why I love photography so much is it allows me to express my vision and emotions into a single image. Finding out what other photographers love and are passionate about makes me a better photographer. Annie Leibovitz’s book entitled: Annie Liebovitz at Work is an amazing read. My friend Noel who […]
Best Superbowl Commercial of 2012
What makes a Superbowl commercial? You have to be witty, funny, concise, smart and evoke emotion all within about a minute. Not unlike a photograph you have one chance to get your viewers to see your story and feel what you are feeling. The emotion that you get out of watching this commercial is something […]
Best of Superbowl Commercials 2012
Every year we tune in to one of the biggest sporting events in team sports. The big Superbowl game. If you’re like me then you’re not watching the big game because you want to see who ranks supreme in football but commercials. The commercials are teeming with superstar actors and sometimes production budgets bigger than […]
What Inspires You? Pt. 2
It’s been awhile since I wrote a blog post about inspiration. I thought it was about time I talked about it again. This time the theme is inspiration to keep going and moving on. Last week I was fortunate enough to meet one of my inspirations and heros. Zack Arias, an editorial and commercial photographer […]
A Month in Review / March 2011
Wow… time seems to fly doesn’t it? It just feels like yesterday when I got back from Vegas and the WPPI convention where I learned so much from other industry leading professionals. The picture above is from my trip last year to Arizona and Utah with my good friends Chris and Chris (yes, a couple […]
Legaci Interview / Discovered by Justin Bieber
When Anne Claire Danan called me up one day and asked if I wanted to help her cover a story on Legaci I have to admit I was like, “who?!?”. We’ve all been there at one point or another. When someone you know helps you lead the way to new experiences. After saying yes I […]
iPhone Photography / Instant Gratification With Instagram
My New iPhone 4 For those of you who follow me on Twitter or on Facebook you probably already know that I finally gave in and got an iPhone 4. I’ve been a loyal Nokia user since cell phones had LED lights and you had to push *4 on the keypad to see how much […]
Viva Las WPPI 2011 / Meeting Rodney Lough Jr.
This was my first year at WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International). For those of you who might not know what it’s about read on. If you’re well versed in what WPPI is all about then read on anyways to hear what I thought of it. I did the trade show and a few platform […]
Rising Edge Christmas Party / Red Carpet Booth
Rising Edge Technologies and Rising Edge Engineering had their company Christmas party in November. I thought I’d post a few pictures from the Red Carpet booth that my good friend George Cox took care of while I was doing the portrait booth. Great job Geroge! And thanks to Rising Edge Technologies and Rising Edge Engineering […]
What Inspires You? Pt. 1
This is my first post in what hopes to be a long and perhaps never ending segment on inspiration. Sometimes we lose track of what inspires us to create. I know that I’m guilty of this quite often. We are too busy trying to pay the bills, get to work on time, driving the kids […]
Tina & Dave / Das Wedding
Boy what a hectic summer! One of my favourite weddings of this year (heck they’re all my favourite!) was back in July. Looking back I remember how hot the day began. It must have been 20 DegC at 10am. We arrived at Dave’s to be greeted with a row of Volkswagens. As you’ll see throughout […]
Help-Portrait Calgary / Dec. 4th, 2010
When I went to Escalate Live back in May of this year one of the speakers was celebrity and commercial photographer Jeremy Cowart. The conference was jam packed with eight industry leading professionals. I hoped to learn a lot and I did (I’ll talk more about Escalate Live on another post). Help-Portrait is an idea that […]
Jiao & Robert / Wedding
Jiao and Robert live in Vancouver but decided to get married in Calgary where a lot of their family and friends live. The day started out with some morning coffee for the guys thanks to Alek, one of the trusted groomsmen. As Robert continued to work on his car he was continuously reminded that he […]
Leah Cronkite / Lifestyle Fitness Shoot
As a photographer the most weight I’m lifting these days is my Nikon with a 70-200mm lens attached. Not quite the workout that Leah Cronkite sees on a daily basis. Leah is a fitness model in Calgary. I had the fortunate opportunity to test with her. At the same time I was able to try […]
Khubsurat / Citytv Breakfast Television
Shaila and Domingo had asked me to do some stills during a morning taping of the Breakfast Show on Citytv. I barely got up at 5:30am to catch the filming around 7am. Being up till 1am the night before didn’t help matters so forgive me if this post cuts off short or if you were one of […]
Jiao & Robert / Engagement
I had such a great time with Jiao and Robert that cold chilly Saturday. Jiao, a doctor and Robert, a teacher have awesome personalities that came alive in the images. There were so many that I liked that I had trouble choosing which ones to show you! Now living in Vancouver they flew to Calgary […]
Calgary Public Library / Branding Book
I was fortunate enough to work with the Calgary Public Library (CPL) marketing team on a wonderful marketing campaign. The marketing team at the CPL was a lot of fun to work with. They had great a great campaign on branding people of the CPL. The two day shoot was interesting and I got to play […]
Hello Cyberworld! / First Post!
Hey everyone. This is my very first blog posting. I plan to do this as much as I can. So stay tuned for more content. In the meantime while the site is still being tested feel free to check out my portfolio. Just click the yellow “portfolio” button on the top right of the screen. […]
