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Portrait Photo Shoot with Coultish Model Lori

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I had the pleasure of meeting up with local model Lori of Coultish Models here in Uplands today. Very calm and easy wander through the park looking for good light, nice shade and awesome backdrops. We found a little of each even with the noon day soon bearing down on us. I think I’ll have to remember to bring water on my future summer shoots. Many thanks to Lori for shooting and fingers crossed that we got some shots for her portfolio.

Camera Equipment Used

Sony A6000
Sony 50mm 1.8

Sigma 30mm 1.4

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.

My Instagram account is:

@timothywestcom

Here are a few of the photos I took:

Portrait Photo Shoot with Coultish Model Spencer

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I spent an hour in the afternoon with Spencer to help build up his portfolio. We had such good time walking through downtown Victoria BC, looking for interesting spots to shoot. We started near the coffee shop and realizing that he had several potential outfits I asked him to start with a simple black outfit and placed him against a brick wall in the shade. Then he did a quick change and found another interesting wall. He changed again and we went off to find a location near the waterfront. Spencer was fabulous, interested and very professional. We shot on the docks and then ended on the top of a garage where he spotted a tall wall. He suggested he jump up and I took photographs of him against the city skyline and blue skies. So much fun 🙂

Camera Equipment Used

Sony A6000
Sony 50mm 1.8

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.

Spencer has an Instagram account here:

@spencer_godwin

My Instagram account is:

@timothywestcom

Here are a few of the photos I took:

Portrait Photo Shoot with Coultish Model Jenna– Behind the Scenes Model Photography in Victoria BC

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Had the pleasure of shooting with the enthusiastic Jenna yesterday. She was a lot of fun to work with and kept up easily with my quick pace of changing locations and moving through poses so quickly. She was fabulous. We managed to cross over from one side of Victoria to the other in search of interesting locations and fabulous light and think we found some good spots. Jenna had a fabulous idea for posing in the alley so we tried that and it was amazing. (see below her flipping her hair down and adjusting her heels in the Fan Tam Alleyway). Super happy with the shoot. 🙂

Camera Equipment Used

Sony A6000
Sony 50mm 1.8

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.

Jenna has an Instagram account here:

@jennakitemodel

My Instagram account is:

@timothywestcom

Here are a few of the photos I took:

Portrait Photo Shoot with Model Tanya – Behind the Scenes Model Photography Video

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Had a fabulous shoot this evening with Tanya, just as the sun went down. The rain was a bit too strong for our original location choice but I remembered the gazebo at Government House and so I took the opportunity to practice using leading lines,  framing and finished up practicing my close up shots. I think we got some good shots for her portfolio. Let me know what you think.

Camera Equipment Used

Sony A6000
Sigma 30mm 1.4 Contemporary
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.

Tanya has an Instagram account here:

@tanyagarneau

My Instagram account is:

@timothywestcom

Here are a few of the photos I took:

Location Location Location : Hunting out locations for filming and photography close to Victoria BC

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Today’s photography Vlog is a little bit different. I find it’s really important to get out and about and scope out locations for potential photography and filming locations. Come with me today when I visit three locations that I’ve never visited before.

The first location is a side called Merridale Cidery & Distillery

This looks like a really lovely location to do some portrait type photography. It has a beautiful Orchard ponds and Rolling Meadows.
The second location that I chose to visit is in abandoned church near Duncan called Stone Butter Church. What an amazing location to do a photoshoot. You may recall Alicia a model I photographed recently and I noticed in her portfolio that she had done a shoot in this same location. Really an interesting location for photography and I think will inspire me to come up with an idea.
The last location Villa Eyrie Resort was an interesting location to visit but a bust for potential photography I thought. But who knows perhaps something will come to me the views were really quite special.

ABOUT ME

My name is Timothy West and I am a videographer and photographer living on beautiful Vancouver Island in the glorious city of Victoria. I love doing portrait, runway, landscapes and sea life photography. Super enthusiastic about island living.

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