Jessica + Kirsten True Friends - Lethbridge Portrait Photography

Kirsten was visiting Jessica in town before moving to another city for more school. They thought this would be the perfect time to really capture the simplicity and fun of just enjoying each others company and being the great buds that they are. It was a short, but very fun session. Lots of laughing, tree climbing, jungle gyming (new phrase) and lady bugs! Some of my favourites below! Enjoy.

~Bryan








It started to rain near the end of the session, but we still had some fun with it. Then we jumped in the car to go to Coco Pazzo's, a lovely Italian Restaurant in Lethbridge. A must try :)

Jordy - Bryan Cooper Lethbridge Senior Portrait Photographer

I met up with Jordy a couple of weeks ago to shoot some photographs to celebrate his graduation from highschool! I was thrilled to capture him looking his best so his family can look back at him passing this great milestone. I'm sure he will do great things in the future. Here's a few snippets I wanted to share (top one is my favourite).










Contact me at bryancooperphotography@gmail.com if you want to commemorate a big achievement like this one.


~Bryan
http://www.bryancooper.ca

Joel and Amy - Bryan Cooper Lethbridge Portrait Photographer

Here's a small collection of some shots from the beginning of December, when things were much less brown melty snow everywhere. Enjoy.



My personal favourite (below)



copyright Bryan Cooper 2010
http://www.bryancooper.ca

365 days of photography - a letter to myself

You've seen many 365 day photography challenges, journals, etc. in the past. Always thought they were a cool idea, but lamented at the notion of maybe having to settle for a "boring" image or not getting anything at all if you were to helm one of these things.
I'm taking a leap. It's going to be a journey. It's what I want and what you need in our life right now.
More so than ever I've been considering the future in photography. I've been grinding out all the details of doing this for a living, but before I've even started, I've found myself hitting a common pitfall of photographers. I've forgotten to go out there and shoot.
As a reminder: it's about exploration and excitement and growth. Sometimes it's going to be about needing to find something special out there, or maybe making something ordinary, special. Sometimes it will mean just photographing something, even if typically my mind doesn't actually care about it. These are the things I want out of this.
So, to those others out there, feel free to join me by partaking in one yourself or in simply following along with the photoblog. This will be my year. Seeing the year through the lens, and counter-intuitively seeing the world, maybe for the first time.
Sincerely, Bryan Cooper

Scott and Kelsey's Engagement!

Congratulations to this wonderful couple and I wish you all the best for your future. Full set found on flickr here

Cheech's Headshots

My friend's going to school in Edmonton for theater and needed some interesting headshots for work. A mix of simple headshots and some different. Full shoot found on flickr here

Radium retreat

A little over a week ago I went with my girlfriend, Jessica to Radium Hot Springs in British Columbia for a retreat to celebrate being together for 1 year! We took some photos together in the nice scenery. First photoshoot of ourselves since my Jaw surgery in June. Yay!

Photos from the last couple months

I know I haven't updated this blog as often as of recent so here's a misc group of some of the things I've been experiencing through photography. Enjoy.

Reagan and Scamp

I was hanging out with my friend Reagan the other day and we decided to shoot some photos of her and her bunny, Scamp. Nothing too fancy. Just done in her backyard.

Sonya Photoshoot

A one-on-one shoot with my friend Sonya.