Photography, The Lancet and Instagram

 As a portrait photographer every once in a while you actually get an opportunity that you can not believe comes your way. For Me it was in January when a past client recommended me to work on a project that was looking for a photographer to document the focus on Indigenous Health and Wellness in Northern BC. Honestly at first when the people at The Lancet (a prestigious Medical Journal in Oxford England) looked at my website to see if I was a fit for them there was doubt. So I asked them to check my Instagram thread and with that I was offered the job of producing 10 images to show case Indigenous Peoples who are working within the medical  system as physicians,social workers,elders to help improve  health and wellness.
There was alot of coordinating of schedules in a short amount of time as we had to get everyone to answer 3 questions about their job and for me to figure out from those answers where was the best place to take those images. Thanks to Nadine Caron and her husband and daughter (and yes the family dog!)  for the fun shoot we did for the Lancet. Nadine and Patrick are both physicians who I met when their daughter was a baby and came to me for a newborn session. Nadine was the one who put my name forward to the people at the Lancet and I am so grateful that it meant we got to work together again.

Here is the link to the article and photos
http://www.thelancet.com/gallery/lancet/canada



: ‘Reprinted from The Lancet, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30468-9, Palmer, Picturing health: health advocates for Indigenous communities in British Columbia, Canada, Copyright (2018), with permission from Elsevier’

Modern Love..Video

Lots of fun was had when we created this session for our clients .

So to help you think of what you can give him or her ..we made a little

video for you.

Watch for more videos as we would love to photograph you .

Time to drop a hint a BIG hint by giving a session to the one you love

and that can be for yourself too btw.

Call us at 564-3033

or email phil@phughesphotography.ca

Its less than 2 weeks till Christmas!! Yikes.

Hope we see you in 2015.

Christmas Ideas.....looking for one??

Sharing these before and after pics is one of the most popular blogs we get feedback on.
This gal came to us for a gift for her groom to be for her wedding in Sept. Now that the wedding is behind us
I can share these with you.He was thrilled to receive them and she was super happy with his response!! 
We sent Our Client to have Her hair and makeup done by Analise of Pinups Punks & Pretty Things Hair Lounge.  (250) 960-9305 if you are looking for an awesome stylist/makeup artist.
 
She was really happy with how it looked that she wanted to repeat the look for her wedding!
Keeping her images private of course is our promise so unless you know this gal this is all you will see. We have makeup and hair included in our sessions for your glamor or Boudoir session.So
keep us in mind ....Christmas is coming! You will need to book NOW though to have it ready on time to slip under the pillow!!

Young and Old....Sisters forever

I have to tell you that yesterday's session was a really lovely opportunity to photograph Sisters..at different stages of life.Jaylene  one of the co-owners of Chinook Yoga ( where I go for Yoga in PG ) brought her Mom and Aunt over for a photo session and her 3 gorgeous daughters and their family Dog Kodi. It was a chance for them to see their Grandma in a "new light",one where she radiated beside her sister. We did lots of pics with the girls both the young ones and the more "mature" ones. Jane is seated and beside her is her sister Mary ( Jaylene's Mom).They immigrated to Canada over 50 years ago and though one lives here in PG and the other in Victoria they are extremely close to each other.You can see the love they have for each other. Now the granddaughters of Mary had lots of energy in the beginning but as the afternoon went on they came to the end of it..which really makes the bottom image great as they quickly went into a position they found themselves and I just refined it a bit.And look at Kodi he is an older dog..but as Jaylene said he looks 3!! See even dogs love us! Thanks for coming out and being such great people to work with.
Hair and Makeup for Mary  and Jane was by Christina at Razors Edge and Makeup with Theresa also at Razor's Edge ...who have moved to their new location behind Starbucks and the Bank of Montreal on 15th and Central. Great job Christina and Theresa as always!!

A Marilyn Moment

Our Silent Auction Gal Julia made it this week.

She was so much fun and gorgeous on our Private Suite Set.We both just loved the look she has in this 

one and has that Marilyn Monroe look of being "caught" between poses. I think her husband is going to love it just as much.

Boudor Winner from our Weight Watchers Draw Dec 24,2011

She kept saying she was in a dream..but Fern woke long enough to enjoy her win from our draw on Christmas Eve to have her hair styled by Renate at La Tienda.Then off to Heather at Les Beaux Visage for her makeup then to us for her session which was done today! Even to the choosing her images Fern was having a hard time this was all happening to her - now she is walking on a cloud and you can certainly see why! Yes it really is her in both images.Honest.