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Derks Formals and Menswear commissioned Dong, Jonathan, and I to shoot Bridal Fantasy, one of the biggest bridal shows in western Canada on January 22nd. Two nearly-identical one-hour fashion shows ran while over two hundred exhibitors pitched their wares to couples-to-be. A complete gallery of photos taken from the event can be viewed here. Here are a few of my favourite photos selected from those which I shot.

I love the dress (available at Sposabella) but much beyond liking what I see I can't make much of a comment. The model, however, was in university when I was and was at a private function which I was commissioned to photograph Q4 2005. She is a friend of Manchi.

Children's bridal fashions.

Menswear by Derks. Coincidentally, this model attended my junior high.

A few pieces of confetti to go with the small wedding party. This photo was converted from RAW using a custom profile compiled for my specific camera to the ProphotoRGB colour space and was used for my subjective test of Carousel's Kodak RP30 photographic printer. I used it to test the blues.

Cakes by Janna. Every detail down to the last flower petal is hand crafted and edible.

Derks' display artist's favourite creation for the show. Some of my printing is featured in the top right corner . . . I was told that this printing would be draped and viewable from both sides. Had I known it was going to be backed with an opaque surface I would have recommended a more standard material, not my polyester weather-resistant mesh.

Shoot commissioned by Linette, Eastglen Composite High School drama teacher and Rapid Fire Theatre improvisor.

A possible candidate for the poster.

Linette had to supervise a social studies final exam. The actual shot took no more than ten minutes and we all got a little bored . . . so we kept shooting.

This shot gives you an idea of how the scene was lit. Foreground was popped with a Plume Wafer 140 soft box with thin baffle and a Lighttools 50degree soft egg crate driven by a Balcar Iris 3200W/s head on a Balcar AQ Pack battery-powered flash generator. Ian set a few sets of gels to add colour and texture to the backdrop. A single spotlight from above hotspotted the car. Yup, that's a barbell weight at the end of the boom . . . it does the trick.