Tag: Northwest Territory Photography

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Landel Family | Yellowknife Family Photography

“Sourire”, Marie would say in soft spoken French to her beautiful little girl Camille, “Smile for Stephanie”.

I had met Marie-Eve on a photo walk a few weeks prior and instantly fell in love with her soft and inviting personality. The wife and mother to a precious little family.

I found so much joy in photographing them in this beautiful summer bloom that Yellowknife is in. Thank you for the opportunity to showcase your family.

Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.

When the formal photos were over Camille was beaming about the cupcake Mommy and Daddy had promised her. “Gateau?” she politely asked in French. 

Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family, Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family,  Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family,  Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family,  Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
Landel Family,  Yellowknife Family Photography, Northwest Territories, 2014.
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Spring Awakened | Yellowknife Fine Art Photography

The beauty of Yellowknife is found in its rolling hills; painted with a warm cinnamon hued brush and evergreen trees perched atop monolithic rock formations. Upon moving to Yellowknife I joked about the constant state of white, how I had become color-blind in the constant winter slumber. As the sun melted away the blankets of snow I saw the true character of the landscape and I was instantly inspired. 

Sadetlo is a beautiful Yellowknife model; and when I asked her to join me on an impromptu photo shoot capitalizing on the beauty of nature she was excited to play with the vision I had. Nature and the human form combine in this series of images, influenced by the setting sun and moody clouds, this session centered on the Awakening of Spring shows the initial thaw of a cold world coming back to life.

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Shawn & Denika | Yellowknife Engagement Photography

Yellowknife is a curious place, especially for a BC grown girl like myself. I’ve heard at least 80% of the year is winter, which isn’t the worst thing in the world when you love the clean crisp shade of white lying like a blanket over everything (that is until your fingers freeze even with gloves). There are roads made of Ice, Skies full of Aurora, and a community that is much more like a family then anything I have yet to experience. In fact I had made some amazing friendships through a photography page for the NWT long before I moved here. One of those photographers was a man named Lee Sacrey.

Lee’s niece was in preparation of her wedding when she went to her uncle for council for her wedding photographer. After multiple people sent their portfolio’s in I was blessed to be contacted by Denika, the excitement in her voice was akin to my own as the wedding was just around the corner for Ian and myself.

When Denika and Shawn asked me to be their wedding photographer I counted it as an honor, they are my first Bride and Groom North of 60 and I cant wait to tell their story.

Here are just some of my favorite pictures from their Engagement Session yesterday. We had to fight strong winds and harsh light, but I couldn’t be more in love with the result.

The “soon to be” Mr. and Mrs. Brennan!

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Long John Jamboree | Yellowknife Event Photography

The Long John Jamboree. From intricate ice sculptures to the Snow Kings Ice Castle you cant walk a foot without experiencing the culture and personality of Yellowknife and its residents!

For those with a sweet tooth there is the “sugar shack” where you can experience the tradition of maple sugar melted down and laid upon a bed of snow. Simply roll your popsicle stick while it is still soft and it gradually hardens into a hard candy to enjoy for hours. I may or may not have chipped my tooth on this sugar goodness.

The weekend consisted of me volunteering for Great Slave Helicopters rides. There was a flurry of families, friends, and students signing their forms and going through safety briefings and patiently waiting in warmed tents for their ride in a helicopter.

And then I went up!

Photographed below was a birds eye view of the Jamboree

The famous mine that has since been closed down looked amazing from up in the sky.

After my helicopter ride I wandered around the newly finished sculptures. Varying from a merman, a sci-fi cowboy (at least that’s what I thought it was) and a stunning winter stag, I was in awe of the sheer detail.

I knew I had to venture over to the ice castle, as it is destroyed after the festival. It was an awesome display of architecture using snow and ice.

The Snow King himself took the stage to recite a poem he had wrote, about underwear, Long John underwear to be exact.

The Ice castle is complete with its own closed in court yard, with a Snow King statue and a ice slide for both young and old.

I knew I was surrounded by Canadian nostalgia when I was walking back to the Jamboree tents, I heard children’s laughter erupt from an outdoor ice rink. 

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Laine Moore | Yellowknife Portrait Photography

After much anticipation to shoot in sub-zero temperatures, here is one of my first teaser images from a session with my new co-worker Laine Moore. We braved -20 degrees and fell knee deep in snow a couple times. Thank you again Laine for braving the cold to amuse me and my photographers itch, as I had been dying to get out and take pictures again.

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Playing with Portraiture | Personal Photography

When you’re married to a fellow photographer, your idea of down time is watching photography tutorials. Just the other day we sat down and watched a video about a lighting technique using the “inverse square law”. After the video was over, we were inspired to test out our new knowledge. I chose to light Ian from the left and proceeded to place a slave 480EXii flash behind him, directed at the wall, essentially creating a great grey gradient on what normally is a stark white wall. 

Ian chose to place me far from the white background with one key light overhead, and a rim light to my left, because he chose to move me away from the wall and expose for my face, it in turn made the white wall appear more like a dark grey/brown. I’m very proud of the result we both came out with. Now to find a model to test this out further.

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Dancing Aurora | Yellowknife landscape photography

After a 2 month long hiatus from my photography, I am finally settled in to my new home. Yellowknife is well known for their Northern Lights, and though I have visited multiple times, this was my very first view of the dancing lights.

This image was taken at 11:30 at night on the frozen ice road on Prosperous Lake, Northwest Territories; at -35 degrees Celsius.

This new year will be a time of learning, self discovery, and diving into multiple new outlets of photography. Follow me this year and discover the beauty of the Great White North.