• Memoirs :: Infused Studios’ Visual Journal

    Memoirs :: Infused Studios’ Visual Journal

    Canmore Wedding Photographers

    We’re delighted to be back home to capture Erika’s and Christopher’s rustic Canmore Wedding. Absolute fun hanging out with your crew and staying warm with team huddles (plus blankets).

    Much love,

    ~A+R

  • Leaving Las Vegas

    Hey All,

    After 9 action packed days at WPPI, Rina and I decided to chillax by spending some quality time together and walking The Strip. 18 of the world’s largest 25 hotels are located on this street in Las Vegas and it’s certainly changed since the last time my parents brought me here back in the days of Circus Circus.

    Haha being photographers and all, we thought we’d blend in with the tourists and whip out our cameras to snap a few shots of the night scene. Despite the glamour in the photos, a local taxi driver told us that business is dire compared to last year as the global recession is hitting them hard. We noticed it at the McClellan Las Vegas Airport as traffic seems to have died down.  Good for us as we can walk the Strip a lot faster this time around!  =)

    New York New York2009-las-vegas-1001The Fountains of Bellagio – Rina and I can sit here all night and enjoy the water performance every 15min. =)2009-las-vegas-1002Paris Hotel & Bally’s – Last year’s WPPI Convention venue2009-las-vegas-1003Bellagio (Lobby) – A vibrant display of glass sculptures2009-las-vegas-1004Bellagio (Botanical Gardens) – Theme: Chinese Zodiac – Year of the Ox2009-las-vegas-1005The Venetian (Hotel Lobby)2009-las-vegas-10062009-las-vegas-1007The Venetian (Tao) – Asian Fusion Restaurant…haha…reminds me of “Kai” in Edmonton2009-las-vegas-1008

    Love my Canon EF-S 10-22mm lens!! (Rina’s already giving me the “L” on her forehead). It’s by far my favourite lens to use in Las Vegas because of the sheer scale of everything. Can’t wait to be back home and share our trip with our family and friends!

    Ciao peeps!

    ~A

  • [IS] takes home WPPI 2009 International Competition Awards

    We’re back from our 2nd annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas!! Wow!! What a week it’s been for us! So much has happened, we don’t even know where to begin! We made some great friends (even some folks down in Calgary!) and to our surprise even took home a 3rd Place Award and 5 Accolade of Excellence Awards for the International WPPI Print and Album Competition.

    This is our first time entering in any photography competition. This year there were over 2900 print entries from over 35 different countries. We entered into the competition with full intention of receiving constructive feedback from world-class photographers in the industry. To tell you the truth, we still feel surreal from this whole experience. =P

    Just to put this into perspective, the annual WPPI Competition is like the World Cup of Soccer…The Oscars…The Grammy’s of Photography!!! Never did we expect to receive such honours from our peers in such little time since we started our business less than a year ago.

    We’d like to thank all our friends, family, clients and our mentors…Tina Chang, Eleanor Lazare, Louise Asselstine, and Roberto Valenzuela for helping us get this far.

    So without further ado, here are our award winning entries:

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    Title: Creation of Audrey
    Award: 3rd Place Award, Accolade of Excellence – Premier Categorycreation-of-audrey

    Title: Light under the Bridge
    Award: Accolade of Excellence – Premier Categorylight-under-the-bridge

    Title: Elevator Romance
    Award: Accolades of Excellence – Bride and Groom : Wedding Categoryelevator-romance

    Title: Concrete Love
    Award: Accolade of Excellence – Engagement Categoryconcrete-love

    We also received an Accolade of Excellence award for our wedding album in the multi-shooter category.
    Please feel free to check it out on our Facebook.

  • [IS] at 2009 WPPI – Jerry Ghionis Workshops

    We’re thrilled to attend Jerry Ghionis’ 2 day plus classes who has revolutionary to our creativity and the way we run our little studio. I’m sure many fellow photographers reading this know who he is, but just to put him into perspective, Jerry Ghionis is THE Michelangelo of modern wedding photography!!! Not only is he an AMAZING educator but also he kept us laughing the entire time. We love EDUTAINMENT!! His phenomenal work has consistently won countless awards in the last decade! Here are some pics from his workshop for your eye candy….

    Straight out of the camera without PS adjustments. Jerry’s eye for lighting is out of this world!2009-jerry-ghionis-workshop-1001