The Professional Photographers of Canada Atlantic convention is a great place for professional photographers to get together and talk shop. This year we had three  prints accepted into the exhibition! The prints are judged anonymously and the audience is allowed to listen to the judges’ comments as they score the prints. We attend every year, and it’s always a wonderful experience!

Print title: “Night Watch”, Animal Class

Print title: “C.E.O. Re-appointed”, Editorial Class

Print title: “Strength of Love”, Wedding Portrait Class

Every year we attend the Professional Photographers of Canada Atlantic Convention and Competition. As part of the event we get to be a part of the annual shoot out competition. For the second year in a row, I took first place. It was really fun, and our 14 year old model Paxton was really fun to work with. The whole concept is that we are given a non-professional model and 10 minutes. The rules can change from year to year, and the photographers are not given any details beforehand.

Although it was obvious that Paxton was a little quiet by nature, she rocked our session!

It was after taking the Keith’s Brewery Tour that I got to thinking. “This place would make a really cool indoor photography location.” After some investigating, it turns out that it’s no problem to go into the Brewery Market for portrait sessions. Book a session by the end of November to guarantee Christmas delivery!

Here’s a few ambiance images from the Market to get your creative juices flowing:

Do you have any other ideas for cool indoor locations where photography is allowed for free or a small rental fee? Please feel free to comment here or send me an e-mail!

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Here’s a few more photographs from the PPOC-A 2009 Shootout Competition. Thanks again Ghislain for posing for all our photographers all day!

Last weekend we won the 2009 Shootout Competition held at the annual Atlantic convention of the Professional Photographers of Canada.

Every year the rules change and participants are not informed of the details until the day of the session. This year, photographers were given an optional studio setup, a model, and ten minutes to create ten distinct and different photographs (of which one was chosen as best image). Competitors ranged from photography students to 30 year veterans.

I’m used to thinking on my feet, so to do something different, I used the hotel architecture and a blue recycling bag over my studio light to create a moody deep blue image.

The PPOC Atlantic was formed in 1933. The convention took place at the Delta Beausejour hotel in Moncton, New Brunswick.