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We’re Dan and Kat!

Photography has been part of both our lives since our high school days. Endless days in the dark room, journeys on the streets of Vancouver, our cameras an extension of our body always glued to our face. Our love affair with the art of photography led us to meet in the Photo-Imaging Program at Langara College in Vancouver. And the rest is a photographers DREAM!

We love each other ridiculously… yeah, a lot… and our devotion to each other has allowed for us to be the best business partners in the world. We are photographers, and this gift from God has allowed us to be part of so many celebrations of other people’s love for each other. We tear up at ceremonies, it’s such a beautiful thing we get to take part in!

Everyday we strive to be better than yesterday. We want to push the limits, yet remain grounded. Our goal is to continuously provide highly refined and creative imagery for our clients while trying not to be TOO serious about it! Cause we’re fun too…. not-so-serious…. c’mon

Monthly Archives: May 2010

May 31 2010

Jen & Bryan: Engagement Session in Yaletown

We FINALLY got together with Jen and Bryan after rescheduling numerous times due to weather and each of our busy schedules! It was great to see them again since we met last fall, and it was super fun to hang out with them in Yaletown last Sunday! Shout outs to our super assistant Ali, and our friend and intern for a day Chris who shot some video! Enjoy!Dan and I had scouted areas around Yaletown about and hour and a half before the session started, and by the time we did start at 6:30pm, we had lost our sun!! Bah! But that’s ok, we were inspired and challenged to make changes to our plans and it turned out great!!Some natural shots by me….And lit ones by Dan! Love how we work together!So here’s an example of being super spontaneous! We stumbled upon an empty pool hall and take advantage of it! The manager was kind enough let us in for half price to do some shots! Good job Dan! Rim lighting is always a winner!! Right after this shot, we headed down to the Yaletown Canada Line Statio n to try and do some cool blurred/motion shots with the train, but we were quickly kicked out for not having shooting permission. Oh well, better ask for forgiveness than for permission!Again when we scouted before the session, we came across this really REALLY cool light fixture/lamp store, but they closed before we started our e-session! That’s ok, we used the window of the store front instead!Sexy sexy! Getting into some night time shots…We discovered this really neat…thing…not really sure what is it, but nonetheless, we knew exactly what we were going to do!
Thanks for a sweet e-session, it was great to get to know you guys, and thanks for being troopers and doing everything we threw at you! We look forward to seeing you this September!!

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Peace,

K&D

Tagged: Back Lighting, Canada Line, Engagement session, Pool Hall, Rim Lighting, Yaletown

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May 31 2010

Deanna & Jason: E-Session in Gastown and Coal Harbour

Dan and I had so much fun hanging out with Deanna and Jason last Sunday for their engagement session. We met at the Steam Clock in Gastown, and spent some time through back alleys and hidden areas. They’re super nice and have a great sense of humor, we got along so well with them. We’re looking forward to their wedding in late August! Enjoy!Love the depth of field in this shot!Dan’s angle with flash! Nice lighting babe!Dan and I scouted out a few locations just before meeting up with the two lovebirds, and found this cool hallway with these awesome tiles in the lobby area of an apartment building! A shout out to Andie, the young lady who let us in!Just love the intimacy in this photo. We found this awesome corridor that had windows which gave us some cool reflections!It was a gray day, so we created our own sun to get this cool shadow effect. Love how just one eye is lit!We were setting up to do a casual walking shot and sent Deanna and Jason across the street from Gassy Jack to walk towards us. However, they were held up by this sightseeing bus! The bus driver got out and started talking to them and everyone in the bus started waving! It was pretty funny!We snuck into this cool little cafe called Brioche that Dan knew about to do a few shots, and then headed to Coal Harbour for some outdoorsy photos! Gray says are often ideal for shooting, and one of the reasons is that usually there are some great clouds in the sky. Love the scenic view of the North Shore behind them! One last outfit change for the last few shots…they are SO CUTE!! They came out in their matching shirts and matching shoes for some casual and fun photos…Hi-YA! This last location was a must to hit up; a simple parking lot with literally a hole in the wall. With good lighting and a fun couple, anything is possible!

We had so much fun with Deanna and Jason, we spent almost 3 hours with them! If we didn’t have a meeting shortly after their session, I’m pretty sure we would have kept going! Save it for the wedding day!

Thanks for a great time guys, see you in August!

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K&D

Tagged: Brioche, Coal Harbor, Engagement session, Gassy Jack, Gastown, Parking Lot, Reflection, Ring, Vancouver Sightseeing bus

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May 12 2010

Harmony & Nicky: Sweet E-Session in Richmond

So Dan and I were REALLY excited to shoot Harmony and Nicky’s engagement session last weekend. We scouted some wicked areas in Richmond, and we were pumped for their session. Once we were done, we were even MORE excited to see the images! We knew we had some amazing things, because Harmony and Nicky are an amazing couple! They’re so kind and nice, cute and sweet, GOOD lookin’ and fun! We had such a great time hanging out with them, we kind of lost track of time and the session went on for over three hours!

A shout out to Rachel who was the super assistant of the day! Thanks for going to all ends to create some good lighting for us…including falling into a deep hole full of water and getting your entire left leg wet!

Here are some favs of the day, enjoy!

So here we Nicky braved the swamps and went in with bare feet! Harmony and the rest of us had boots, though Rachel and I managed to get very wet…soggy feet!

It was super to work with Harmony and Nicky, they barely needed any direction, they are such naturals in front of the camera! Everywhere we went there were great spots to shoot. Love tall grass!Kinda looks like we’re in a dry desert…love the landscape here, I think this is my new favorite spot!So peaceful and romantic…Gosh they look so good!An outfit change and balloons! Great idea, and LOVE your dress Harmony, they have pockets! So cute! She bought it on Etsy!I wasn’t quite sure what Dan’s vision was when he got on top of this dumpster thing, and had Rachel and I hold these balloons precisely in place….but I gotta say…good job babe, I love it!Gotta say, just love my 28 f/1.4 lens…such a beauty!So when we scouted, we found these awesome abandoned tractor trailer frame things. LOVE these shots!We discovered this work site, which was empty as we were there after hours. Whoo hoo! Thank you Harmony and Nicky for a GREAT shoot! We had a blast with you! Thanks Rachel for helping us out, we couldn’t have done it without you! I don’t know why my mouth is hanging wide open….