Branding Photography with Kourtney Branagan | Calgary Photographer
What is branding photography? Well…it’s a relatively new kind of content creation. With the rise of social media, people are now finding themselves with the need for images specifically to promote themselves and what they do. To me, it means creating images unique to YOU and your brand. You don’t want your images to look like everyone else’s in your field—you want to STAND OUT and show off who you really are…with a little planning and preparation, we can create lots of images in one session. I know a lot of ‘branding’ photographers want you to subscribe to their services and get sessions monthly, but I really don’t think you need to do that. You need to have goals for your image library and work with your photographer to meet those goals in a way that is the most economical from a time perspective.
Meet Kourtney Branagan…she is a recent branding client of mine and she is running for Calgary City Council in Ward 11!! I fully endorse her because she is organized, smart, and FUN…so full of life and ideas, but also a willing collaborator. In fact, her website is https://www.co11aborate.ca/ !! You might see her out and about on her gorgeous mint bike or at one of the many events she has planned to campaign. If you are in ward 11, I encourage you to get to know her and consider giving her your vote.
For her branding images, we wanted to try to capture the changing seasons at the well known locations around her ward. In 3 different sessions, we managed to create a large library for her to use on her website, social media and in her print materials. We took the time to change her hairstyles and outfits to help give the impression that they were taken over a greater period of time. If you are running for office or if you are just looking to improve your personal brand, I would love to work with you to create your own image library. Here is a small selection of images that I created for Kourtney!
Georgia in the Sunflowers at Paradise Hill Farms
That time Georgia came along to assist on a shoot with me and things ran late so we were able to fit in a little Georgia session. She cut her hair right after this shoot…so this is literally the only time she wore that gorgeous hair tie. Fingers crossed we make it out to the sunflower fields again this summer.
Teen portraits are definitely one of my favourite things to photograph. Just saying.
Simply Portraits | A Family Studio Session
Pets are always welcome in my studio! I know that they are an essential part of your family and they deserve to be in your family portraits—whether they are on location or in studio. After the last 18 months of being your unofficial therapy pets, Let’s get them front and center in your family portraits!
Summer Vacation 2019 | Pughville in Dubrovnik
We had an amazing time in Croatia!! We caught a ferry from Bari, Italy over to Dubrovnik. We decided to book chairs instead of a cabin which was a mistake since we didn’t really get much sleep so we were exhausted on our first day in Dubrovnik. We did stay at the most amazing Airbnb place. A clean, basic apartment with the best hosts we have ever had. They took the time to provide us with a schedule of how we should attack Dubrovnik based on the cruise ship schedule—which was awesome as we truly beat the crowds that way. This is really a magical city with lots to do and see. One of our favourite foreign cities ever. I was sure to try Anthony Bourdain’s favourite black risotto while I was there. It was really good and the squid ink didn’t stain my mouth for too long ;)
Here is the link to our Airbnb which we can’t recommend enough:
https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/26218586?source_impression_id=p3_1625332057_FlnD6ETa7FQQJMzK&guests=1&adults=1
The beaches in Croatia are rocky—just so you know. Good water shoes help with that. It was so hot when we were there that the rocks definitely weren’t enough to keep us away from the water—ha.
