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Yoga Model in Victoria BC Photo Shoot

August 15, 2017 by TRWPhoto-99 Leave a Comment

Every week I get the awesome privilege of shooting YouTube videos for my lovely wife Melissa, doing photo shoots for her, her channels and sponsors and I just love doing it. Here’s a quick video from today’s shoot out in Uplands at Cattle Point. Fabulous weather (no wind) and the temperature was perfect.

Camera Equipment Used

Sony A6000
Sigma 1.4 30mm
Sony 1.8 50mm

I do hope you enjoy the video and if the response is positive will continue to do some behind the scenes videos of my model photo shoots.

Melissa has an Instagram account here:

@drmelissawest

My Instagram account is:

@timothywestcom

Here are a couple of the photos I took

Photo shoot with Model Actor Writer and Fitness Expert Tiffany

August 13, 2017 by TRWPhoto-99 Leave a Comment

Today was a blast as I got to do a photo shoot with Tiffany a Victoria area Model who happens to be an actor writer and fitness expert too. She brought with her three outfits and an amazing amount of energy and lots of smiles. It was a pleasure to work with her. We met up for a hot drink at Discovery Coffee and reviewed her look board and ideas for the shoot and then went out to a few spots in the downtown core of Victoria and took lots of photos. I’m so pleased with the three looks and the locations we chose to shoot in as I think they complimented the outfits and her. A big thank you to Tiffany for being such a professional. It was a pleasure to work with her. Make sure to follow her on Instagram 🙂

Tiffany has an Instagram account here:

@tiffanysarahmentenko

My Instagram account is:

@timothywestcom

Here are a few of the photos I took:

Park photo shoot with with Charles Stuart International Model Tanya

August 11, 2017 by TRWPhoto-99 Leave a Comment

Upon my return from a family camping trip I was greeted with a lovely photo shoot with the talented Tanya. Recently being invited to join Charles Stuart International Modelling Agency, Tanya has been busy adding to her portfolio. Today it was a more casual shoot in the park, where we looked for interesting foliage to adorn her.

All the ideas for shooting were hers as she had spent the time making a look book for the shoot. I do so love it when models help with the look of the shoot. It makes it a little bit easier for me but more importantly I can see what the model/client is looking for in the photos. Look books share insights into what they like, colours, styles and location wise and I just love it. They can be super easy to do, just use Pinterest or Instagram and share individual photos with me or even boards like Tanya did.

Getting back to today’s shoot, it was perfect for what we had planned, Victoria BCs, Beaconhill Park was the go to choice for shooting as the grounds are phenomenally rich with beautiful flowers and plants.

Tanya has an Instagram account here:

@tanyagarneau

My Instagram account is:

@timothywestcom

Here are a few of the photos I took:

Charles Stuart International Model Madeleine in Coffee Shop and a Retro Car

August 6, 2017 by TRWPhoto-99 Leave a Comment

I met up with Madeleine today to do a photography shoot inspired by one of my other photo shoots with Julia. You’ll remember Julia as we did the shoot with the milkshakes and more recently a shoot in the long grasses of Beaconhill Park. Thank you Julia.

Madeleine brought with her three outfits and after a brief review of a look board we dove into the shoot. I had spoken with Allen of Union Pacific Coffee about shooting in his amazing coffee shop, if you haven’t been fix that, and he was super kind and helpful. Thanks to him we had a fabulous venue for shooting and so I will link to his website here: and below you’ll find their Instagram. As I mentioned Madeleine was super well prepared. She was fluid and effortless in her posing and showed patience and style in all the shots. As with all my recent shoots with the models of Victoria it proved difficult for me to narrow down the best ones but will upload lots to the webpage gallery.

Following the photography at Union Pacific I mentioned that I had seen an old car located just down the street and suggested we take a few photos beside it. It turned out to be an old Nissan and it was beautiful. Madeleine was super at posing beside this little beauty. I do hope you enjoy the photos and short video and a big thank you to Madeleine.

Camera Equipment Used

Sony A6000
Sigma 30mm 1.4 Contemporary

Madeleine has an Instagram account here:

@madeleinecorwin

Union Pacific Coffee Instagram account here:

@unionpacificcoffeeco

My Instagram account is:

@timothywestcom

Here are a few of the photos I took:

Traditional and Experimental Photography with Tristan

August 5, 2017 by TRWPhoto-99 Leave a Comment

Met up with Tristan for a photo shoot for his online social media presence and thoroughly enjoyed myself. 🙂 Tristan is also an avid photographer and after taking some natural light shots for him on our walk through Victoria he shared some example shots on Instagram. The first required a flash and black background and the second a tripod and a neutral density filter. The first shot was simple to do but not easy in a noon day soon but I think we managed to pull it off 🙂 The second shot was something I hadn’t tried before which is to slow the shutter down enough to blur pedestrians passing by but still keep the model (Tristan) exposed properly and in focus (so he couldn’t move). As I mentioned a bit of experimental photography but we tried and think we got a couple of interesting shots for his social media channels.

Camera Equipment Used

Sony A6000
Sigma 30mm 1.4
Sony 50mm 1.8
Neutral Density Filter

Tristan has an Instagram account here:

@tristan.abbs

My Instagram account is:

@timothywestcom