Blake Auer Wedding January 2016
It was a privilege to have the opportunity to attend the wedding of Christina and Bill last weekend. Taking advantage of the wedding promotion I ran before Christmas they were very accommodating of hosting a professional photographer at their intimate at-home wedding. It was a beautiful wedding, some of the photos are included below:
Rings ready for the big moment...
And a beautiful dress waiting for the beautiful bride...
As she shows us below:
And again as she was so happy during the ceremony:
United for the first time:
And dad and daughter as the night began to wind down.
Maui 2016
Hello MPP Fans!
Jetted off the last week to Maui for some location work. We've got Big Island Hawaii, Oahu and Maui represented here along with local tour companies Discover Hawaii Tours, Blue Water Rafting, Pacific Whale Foundation and The Frogman.
The full image set can be found HERE
Some highlights are below:
On Maui, the Haleakala Crater is a prime spot for astrophotography. The crater in the foreground and peaks in the background provide a nice contrast line to a lateral view of the Milky Way, tinted orange by the breaking dawn at 5:30am in the morning.
January is the middle of Whale Season and this breaching male Humpback put on an impressive show for us on the Frogman whale watch tour.
One of the longest running and most popular tours on the island of Maui is the Bluewater Rafting company. Their specialty is touring the volcanic rock formations off of Maui's Southwest Kanaio coast. One of the highlights of this tour is the hollow lava tubes that form pressure caves and create these great action shots, complemented above by a mist rainbow.
I don't recommend this, but if you are brave enough to bring your DSLR on the usually very wet Bluewater rafting company you can get some incredible shots. The RIBs the company runs on is much smaller than the other company's catamarans and tour boats, giving you a much closer to the water perspective that allows shots like this whale fluke with a reflection on the surface of the ocean.
The Te Au Moana Luau held at the Marriott hotel and resort in Wailea features a Tonga fire-dancer, pictured above. Stopping down the aperture and extending the exposure to 1/5 sec gives these great colorful streaks of the fire. A full 8-10 images from this are found in the gallery linked above.
The active Kīlauea volcano (Big Island Hawaii), shown above, made for some impressive fireworks. This was the highlight of the Discover Hawaii Tours Maui to Big Island tour day.
This long-exposure shot caught a sea turtle sleeping on Ho'okipa Beach. The bright half-moon made for some good contrast in the waves and led to an artistic movement noise in the background.
007 in Lethbridge
Met up with the very talented Ashleigh for a Girls of James Bond inspired photo shoot over the weekend. Ashleigh was a great sport and we got some great shots. The full gallery can be found here:
http://www.morelandprojects.ca/p916953384
Some of my favorites shots are below:
Ashleigh rocks a Devil in the Red Dress look toting her trusty Walther - a girl's REAL best friend.
Ashleigh's silhouette is ready to star in an opening video, probably to a power rock ballad or somesuch.
From the concrete to tropical jungle, Ashleigh's licensed to kill no matter where she goes.
I don't know where Ashleigh stores her gun in this outfit, and I dare you to ask!
Lethbridge Hurricanes vs. Hitmen Jan 2, 2016
Latest Lethbridge Hurricanes update!
Highlights below, full set at the gallery linked here:
http://www.morelandprojects.ca/p808623786
ZooLights 2015
Hey All,
Decided to head on over to the Calgary Zoo for Zoolights in 2015. Great job to the Zoo this year for expanding their activity zones and providing vendors and things to do beyond the lights themselves. Some highlights from the night are below, and a link to the full gallery:
http://www.morelandprojects.ca/p225989580