Posted on November 21, 2013
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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
A 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 my son through his first four years on the ice. Lucas loooooved Coach Trevor, and he was an amazing positive coach. He has three boys of his own who are insanely good hockey players – so they spend an awful lot of time in rinks around Winnipeg! I even rented the ice for an hour one night and they put on all the gear for a quick on-ice shoot that I could add to my stock photography portfolio.
Last night at the team photo shoot, Trevor joked and asked if I was going to make him famous – again, I said “Just sign another release, I’ll do my best!”
I did know that one of my stock photos featuring famous Coach Trevor appeared in a Sobeys flyer this winter for the Kraft Hockey Goes On contest…. (Although, I had to dig through the recycling bin and then call a friend to do the same before I could get my hands on a copy of it). But, what I didn’t know was that one of the hundreds of kids that Trevor has coached nominated him in this same contest as one of Canada’s best coaches! Pretty awesome.
The story gets better…. from the info I could collect tonight online, Kraft received 1000 nominations and 3 million votes… And due to the essay from the Cornwall family – Coach Trevor was selected as one of the 20 winners! And Kraft had no idea what he looked like and that he was the handsome hockey coach who appeared in their print ad/website.
So, what do you think? Can a stock photo sway the future?
Screenprint of their website with original photo inserted below. Notice how they changed the jerseys to colours of Kraft!
