Posted on January 8, 2012
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Pixart Photography & Design- Serendipity…. The Stock Photo That Predicted the Future November 22, 2013A good stock photo tells a story, evokes an emotion, conveys a message. But can it predict the future? I ran into one of my models last night when I arrived at Terry Sawchuk Arena to take photos of the River East Royals 11A1 hockey team. I’ve known Coach Trevor for many years now, he coached […]Pixart
- Ballet Dreams – Winnipeg Dance School Photography November 1, 2013Every little girl dreams one day becoming a ballerina and if she is lucky she will discover how life transforming dance can be. New poster available up to size 16×20 or as 5×7 greeting cards. (I can remove or change the text if desired.)Pixart
- Dance Like No One is Watching – Winnipeg Dance School Photography April 22, 2013Scanning through over 900 photos from a photography session with the performing dance teams at Rising Star Academy of Arts in Winnipeg yesterday, one shot taken late in the afternoon made me break out laughing. I know these girls and they are – well… a lot of fun! This shot was just too silly not […]Pixart
- Winnipeg Lifestyle Photography September 23, 2012When a friend called to ask for a “school photo” session with her daughter, I asked if she would like a traditional studio session or an “urban grunge” experience. We decided to hit the streets of Winnipeg, starting in Transcona and finishing at Kildonan Park. We did have specific locations in mind but hit the […]Pixart
- East St. Paul Soccer Photos May 8, 2012It’s that time of year…. rain, soccer and mosquitos! I am getting everything in order to shoot the East St. Paul Soccer League again this year. As soon as I recieve this year’s master schedule I will send coaches information packages and their date for confirmation. A couple teams have already contacted me and […]Pixart
- Grey Cup 2013 April 13, 2012My nephew is one of those crazy Saskatchewan Roughrider fans. He was surprised to spot his photo when viewing this clip that was posted on the Rider’s home page the other day. Taylor poses for stock photos with me from time to time, and we were out driving before sunset one night when I asked him to run […]Pixart
- How Photographers Really Spend their Time March 24, 2012I just read a great blog at ISPWP and I am so relieved that I am not the only photographer who isn’t living like a rock star. Although I don’t shoot weddings, my time parallels the photographers polled in the story. I spend an enormous amount of time in post-production, coordinating print work and day-to-day dutites. […]Pixart
- Tutorial – Light Painting March 19, 2012I thought I would share this oldie tutorial from 2008 that I wrote on my stock photography blog at Microstockjunction. You won’t find many light painted photos in microstock, (honestly, microstock doesn’t have much of an artistic side, does it!) but it is certainly a creative and beautiful method of lighting. I first heard of this technique […]Pixart
- 2012 Winnipeg Sports Team Photos January 9, 2012Ah, it’s been a lovely Christmas break – albeit a little long! I guess I was kidding myself with my long list of items I wanted to achieve before the 2nd half of the winter team photo season: 2011 financials, finishing this website, editing my backlog of stockphotos and submitting them to my distributors – […]Pixart
- Joining the Modern Era December 6, 2011Do you find this website a little empty? As it happens, my old website hosting was from the age of the dinosaur and Godaddy informed me that they would no longer support it – so here I am, building a new site from scratch. That’s why you see so many empty pages. I hope to […]Pixart
- Serendipity…. The Stock Photo That Predicted the Future November 22, 2013
Ah, it’s been a lovely Christmas break – albeit a little long! I guess I was kidding myself with my long list of items I wanted to achieve before the 2nd half of the winter team photo season: 2011 financials, finishing this website, editing my backlog of stockphotos and submitting them to my distributors – just to name a few. Good intentions aside, it is almost impossible to get any real work done when the kids are home from school. Tomorrow is the happy day I send the kids back to their teachers and I get back to the office. Small orders are scheduled to come back from the lab this week and I’ve had a couple calls from hockey teams looking for team photos.
Although the new year has barely begun, can you believe only 8 weeks remain in the regular hockey and ringette season? If your team hasn’t booked photos yet, it’s time to check your practice schedule! (Hot tip: The ambient light is best in East St. Paul Arena!) It’s also not too early to order gifts for your coaches, players and sponsors as some custom items take a couple weeks to manufacture.