Colin Way Photographer

Through the Plexi Glass

Scratches, light reflections and uncomfortable poses... all challenges when trying to shoot below a model and under a one inch piece of plexi glass... not to mention supoorting a model and an extremely heavy piece of plexi 6 feet off the ground without crushing myself and expensive camera gear!

I recently shot this perspective for 2 applications, Avenue Magazine's May style issue and personal work for the Studio's "Muse" show.  I wanted to show a different perspective playing off a previous idea of "resting places". The goal in both instances was to make the model look at ease in the pose but also to make the viewer take a second look at what was going on.

Here are a few from the Avenue shoot followed by the Muse show shots. Special thanks to Carl Abad (Styling Avenue), Alicja Wilkosz (HMU Avenue), Teslin Ward (HMU MUSE), Anders Knudsen (AD Avenue), Hannah (Avenue - Mode Models), and Marlo (Muse - iModel).

 

MUSE SHOW

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And a couple behind the scene shots of the precarious sets 

 

FFWD Spring Shoot and Behind the Scenes Video

A preview of FFWD's Spring fashion shoot. Stylng by Leah Van Loon, HMU by Teslin Ward. Check out the rest of the shots here.

Here's a nice little behind the scenes video of our recent shoot for FFWD at The Uptown Screen and Stage. Thanks to Tieren Green for shooting and putting together the vid.

 

On a side note - the Uptown and it's building is on the verge of no longer existing in Calgary. It is currently closed but it would be a shame if one of Calgary's only Art Deco Buildings is torn down along with this amazing theatre. Help SAVE it here.

 

 

Clint Malarchuk in Sportsnet magazine

What a great oportunity it was to meet and photograph this man for Sportsnet Magazine. His story is inspiring, heartbreaking and is like no other. It is told beautifully by Dan Robson at Sportsnet and you can read it here. I highly recommend taking the time to read it. 

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Blood Lines

A couple of months ago I got an assignment to photograph "wild" horses out in Oyen Alberta for an Alberta Venture feature story. My immediate reaction was excitement and one of intrigue as I could imagine beautiful blurry images of horses running around, stallions rearing up, old time cowboys taming wild breeds... my next thought was I better read the story first and see what this is about before I get carried away! The story was nothing but the opposite of the romantic vision I had. "Blood Lines: Alberta's horse breeders are learning the hard way what happens when supply outstrips demand" was the title and lead-in to the article. Reading further I discovered that horses in Alberta aren't just for riding and that a good majority are sent off to slaughter for horse meat... "horse what?" News to me...China, France and Japan all consume horse meat as a regular part of their diet... not judging but unfortunately the breeding industry in Alberta is in such a bad state that top quality horses are being sent to slaughter for little or no cost if just to get out of the game... If you want to get a better idea of what I'm talking about click here.

So how do you approach a photo story of a beautiful creature with that in the back of your mind? Do I go literal and show start to finish what a horse in Alberta goes through? the breeders plight? or maybe the dark side of the slaughter horse?... I went back to my initial romantic vision and went in trying to capture that iconic image of blurry running horses... not as easy to get as I thought! (The below video can attest to that) While the images don't spell out what the story is about I do think they create interest and I also like the 2 extremes it creates when you read the story along side the images.

Regardless, what an amazing experience it was to be this close and to photograph these semi wild horses. 

Special thanks to Chris Wedman for doing a little behind the scenes video and to Arnold Mckee for being our guide. Also to the Alberta Venture team and Kim Larson for assigning this.

 

 

 

 

WE ARE HAVING A PHOTO SHOW!

Myself and studio partners Jason Eng, Greg Gerla and Wilkosz & Way are having a group show this Wednesday the 15th to Saturday the 18th.  

Our opening night party is Weds the 15th at 8pm - It's going to be a gooder! Lots of new work, music by Greg Wilpert, drinks and good people.  Hope to see you there!

Special thanks to Lisa Turner Design for doing the awesome series of show posters and visuals for the show.

For more info see the FaceBook invite here: https://www.facebook.com/events/305435696170605/

 

  

Published: Canadian House & Home

Late last summer I worked with Canadian House & Home and Senior Editor Meg Crossely to photograph the amazing work of Designer Nam Dang-Mitchell. This is the third time Nam has been featured in the magazine in almost as many months. I've been shooting interiors for some time now and it is always a pleasure shooting with Nam as her spaces are so well considered and creative. I will be putting a new 'Interiors' section on my website soon - stay tuned.

 

  

 

 

Chinook Centre Xmas Campaign

 I'd like to be able to say this is a pic of me as an entuhusiastic kid magically knowing how to operate a Hassleblad... at least the shutter button anyway, but this little guy was actually one of our willing and patient models who had to sit still with a box on his head for a few hours! In between shots he was more interested in this "toy" than the others we had on set.

The box was for in fact wrapped as a present and was for this years Chinook Centre Christmas Campaign. The concept and final shots were to look something like this:

I was asked by Art Director Erin Belton from Trigger Communications to take this on and to really make these pop, the presents were key and they had to look believable - not some random photoshopped on box. I was excited about this project because it was an opportunity to build sets, props and flex some creative muscle. After a lot of planning, sourcing, back and forth, help from the multi talented Luke Moillet and many trips to home depot, the building began. 

Meanwhile our talented stylist Lindsay Sutton was doing her best to test and build multiple sized boxes for our range of models - we even had one for the teddy bear. I don't think her test subjects were as amused as we were though:

The shoot consisted of 3 executions and all shot on the same day. The ads went in local newspaper, magazines, web and billboard. Thanks to our models, our stylist Lindsay Sutton, assistant Luke Moillet, Trigger, Chinook Centre and Art Director Erin Belton. Here are the final executions:

 

Erik Guay Covers for Up! and Audi Mag

 Erik Guay is one of Canada's premier World Cup Downhill Racers and has won numerous World Cup and international races alike. No doubt Erik is getting some media attention especially with the new race season just starting. I was asked to shoot Erik for Westjets Up! magazine and Audi Magazine.

The Audi shoot was shot at the Germaine Hotel in Calgary and Up! in Montreal at the top of Mount Royal. Thanks to Carl Abad (styling) and Teslin Ward (HMU) on the Audi shoot as well as Lisa Turner for her help on the Up! shoot.

Here are some shots from both:

Kelly Oxford

Back in February of this year I got a fun assignment photographing Kelly Oxford for some various media materials. For those of you who don't know (I'm sure there aren't many) Kelly writes a hilarious blog, was named by TIME as one of 140 best twitter feeds, is writing at least one book and is working on a new sitcom for CBS. Needless to say she is one busy person. 

The shots were initially to be run in Grazia Magazine in the UK but somehow ended up in Cosmo Australia of all places... only 1 image and only as a 3 x 3 inch image! Oh well. Regardless we ended up shooting for the day and came away with some great images. Kelly was great to work with, I also had the pleasure of meeting and photographing her kids who were awesome and definitely have Kelly's great sense of humour. Special thanks to Leah Van Loon for styling and Hed Kandi Salon for hair and makeup.

Here are a few favourites:

 

NEW WORK: KONZUK

Recently shot for Konzuk and the new collection 'Sway' which just came out. Local jewellery designer Karen Konzuk does amazing work and it was a pleasure to work again with her and Dwayne Dobson from Combine. Thanks to model Kim Noseworthy and our hair and makeup artist Teslin Ward.