Here in Calgary, we have a local radio station called Vibe98.5 which plays  top 40 hit music.  The station is one of the biggest, if not the most popular in the area.

Currently they are holding a contest called Calgary’s Cutest Kid Contest.  Wuzzat gotta do with photography?  A few months ago I had the privilege of photographing the adorably handsome Lincoln.  Recently I just found out that Lincoln has made the top 20 cutest kids of Calgary!  How exciting is that!  This list was pared down from an initial entrant list of over 5000!!  So while I’m not trying to sway your vote, I’m gonna do my best to convince you to vote for Lincoln – he’s #8 on the list.  G’head, give’m a vote!  His parents and I would appreciate it.  And why wouldn’t you vote for him?  He’s ridiculously cute!  #8 – that’s the magic number.  Coincidentally, in the Chinese culture, the #8 is the luckiest number.  When spoken, it sounds like the word “luck”. So there you go, I’ve given you some cultural love, now go and give Linc some love! The pictures below were taken when he was only 2 weeks old.

Normally I include a short commentary on all my couples before we get to the pictures, but I know Eden has been waiting with excited curiosity to see the photos from their engagement session.  Her excitement is like a 7 year old girl waiting for her first pony ride.  His excitement is knowing that he gets to spend his life with this gorgeous girl.  So here you go Eden and Dan, your engagement session for all your (facebook) friends to see.  I’m really looking forward to your wedding later this year!

Keepin’ his eyez on the prize

Seriously…stunning right?

Oftentimes while I’m editing a session, I go back and forth between the edits I’ve made.  I can’t make up my mind what looks better!  Does this look too contrasty? Did I dodge the face too much? Did I burn the face too much?  Should this be a black and white image?  Should I even be editing this image or should I just leave it on the cutting room floor?!!?

So having said that, I’ve re-edited the sneak peek photo that I did for Eden and Dan and this is what I came up with:

Compare this new edit with the previous version here:

Which do you prefer?  I have a pretty good idea which way I’m leaning (for now anyways).  Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Terence

A sneak peak from Eden & Dan’s engagement session this past weekend part of which was done at the Belmont Diner in Marda Loop.