Saskatoon Photography-Nicole & Jayesh Teaser
We had to reschedule Nicole and Jayesh’s engagement shoot twice due to rainy weather. Tonight however worked out perfectly. Here’s a photo from this evening’s activities to give you a little taste.
Saskatoon Photography-Michelle and Travis Portraits
Travis was an administrator for a health region in Saskatchewan and Michelle was one of the nurses. A little over a year ago their paths crossed, and the next thing you know they were spending a lot of time together. I was lucky enough to spend an evening with these two in downtown Saskatoon where we were able to just let loose and take some fun photos. The shoot was scheduled a couple weeks in advance, but the weather in Saskatoon was filled with rain, and rain, and more rain. I wasn’t sure if we would have to reschedule our Friday night shoot, but the three of us lucked out and we had a gorgeous night.
Here are some of my favourite photographs from the evening. Be sure to watch the high definition slideshow at the end to get a look at even more of the night. Enjoy.
One Bad Son Unplugged Concert at Loft 420
Saskatoon rockers One Bad Son recently played an unplugged concert in an intimate setting at Loft 420. Around fifty guests had the pleasure to see these up-and-comers perform an acoustical set of their original music. The evening was a night to showcase other artists from the community with their paintings hanging on the walls, giving everyone a chance to view their work while listening to the sounds of One Bad Son. In fact I even came away with one of the pieces that now hangs in my home office.
Once again I was the official photographer for the evening and you can see the rest of the shots in this gallery.
Concrete Wave Ad Shoot for DangerDynamite!
Back in early December I met with Frank Collins, founder of the Saskatoon web design company DangerDynamite!. He had twelve months of advertisement space to fill in the popular skateboarding print magazine Concrete Wave so he was looking at getting some shots for that purpose. Since it was a skate magazine he wanted to make the advertisement relevant to the readership, but there was a bit of a problem since Saskatoon was in the dead of winter.
Frank and I discussed some concepts, and he thought the idea of capturing “skateboarding in the off-season in Saskatchewan” would capture what he was going for. We scheduled a shoot so that we could make his deadline, but our luck was terrible – we were in the middle of a major cold spell when the date finally rolled around.
We had no choice so we decided to go for it. We made our way to the Lions Riverside Skatepark despite the bitterly cold -35 degrees celsius temperature and got through the photo-shoot as quickly as possible. We wrapped things up and headed back to our vehicles. After saying good-bye to Frank I was feeling a little uncomfortable that we had rushed through the shots. I decided to go back out and fire off a few more frames just to be sure.
You can see the Concrete Wave Advertisement Shoot gallery here. The latest issue of the magazine has started running the ads featuring the photos shot by Naidu Photography, so be sure to check it out at your favourite bookstore.
Stephen Maguire Private Concert at Loft 420
On December 3rd, 2010 Stephen Maguire played a private concert at Loft 420 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Belfast, Northern Ireland native played an acoustical set for an intimate crowd, covering a number of songs from his upcoming album Irish Soul. During his Saskatchewan tour Stephen accompanied five-time Grammy award winner B.J. Thomas. He is also looking forward to an upcoming performance at the 2010 Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival, opening for another Grammy award winner Nanci Griffith.
Naidu Photography was graced with the opportunity to document this event, capturing shots of Stephen’s gripping performance, and an audience enjoying every moment of it. Stephen liked the shots so much that one of them now graces the main page of his official website.
You can see the Stephen Maguire Private Concert at Loft 420 gallery here.
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