Capturing events through still photography is an art form mingling action, emotion, and location into a series of frames that tell the story of what happened.
Done well, one can feel like they attend said event or relive a time fondly remembered in the company of others. Unlike most environmental portraits, events often have many people, doing many things, often in many different locations.
Event Photography should be dynamic — regardless the room.
Tight candid crops from the long lense in a dark corner, combined with tight wide angle frames up close, captures the natural feel of events while interacting in a way that puts you in the room.
Aaron Paquette front and center of Bent Arrow post talk at the 2016 Indigenous Youth Conference.Des Linden and Stephen talk in front of a packed Custom Performance during 2019 NYC Marathon week.Team Brazil celebrates a birth in the 2024 Paralympics during the 2023 PVPA Zonal Championships.
Workshops & Intimate Talks
No venue is too small, dark, or intimate to capture. From cramped quarters in shoe stores, to no-lit basement clubs for late night dance parties, anywhere something good is happening — with good folks — dynamic still event photography retells your events story.
Knowledge keeper Ben Steinhauer and Adam Erasmus hold ceremony at Silver Skate 2023.Mark Templeton at the iconic Startup Edmonton for Creative Mornings back in 2013.Ben Rosario and Scott Fauble reading their 2019 book Inside a Marathon at Run Flagstaff.
Large Indoor / Outdoor Sports and Events
There simply isn’t a stage too big, distance to far, or shot list to demanding for the long lense. Capturing a 360 degree view, both inside and out, event photography captures the grandure of any and all of your cities largest hosted events for all interested parties requiring assets.
The 2016 FISE World Series nearly filled Hawrelak Park in Edmonton.Andre DeGrasse blurs past the packed grandstand during 100m heats at the 2016 Rio Qualifiers.2015 Red Bull Crashed Ice sprawling from the Shaw Center into the Edmonton river valley.A sea of of special Knockaround sunnies line the pool at November Project 2019 in Las Vegas.Anne Tang and Jason P. Lee on stage at The Other Box 2022 hosted by Lazina and Nadim in Edmonton.Shantell Martin headlines a star studded speaker lineup at FITC Toronto 2017.
Race Day from depths of Death Valley to peaks of the Rockies
Whether an underground late night street race scene in New York, the social support system of Skid Row Run Club in LA, or being chased by grizzlies on trails in the Canadian Rockies — ready for the next challenge you distance runners can think up.
Race day is the best day.
Felix climbs Bromka Hill leaving Death Valley behind for TTB at The Speed Project racing LA to Las Vegas.Rob Watson cools off on his way to winning despite a day of carnage at the 2018 BMO Vancouver Marathon.Shawn Lywood’s heads up for lap four of the 2017 Rundle’s Revenge race at the Nordic Centre in Canmore.The women toe that famous Take The Bridge chalk start line under the Willy B in Brooklyn, NYC.J converses with Team Elliot heading home during the 2022 Edmonton Half Marathon.Peter Bromka collapsed post California International Marathon — 2 seconds late.
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