MagnaSona Photography | Edmonton Wedding Photographer

For wedding photographers, things usually slow down a bit during the frosty winter months in Edmonton. We have a chance to work on our websites (or build completely new ones), try out new gear for the upcoming season, and meet with wonderful engaged couples to plan out their big day photography-wise. This winter has been a bit different though, while we are still going about all the things we normally do before spring hits, I have also been spending a few weekends standing on a big slab of ice, getting shots of ice racing for the NASCC (Northern Alberta Sports Car Club). We can assure you, this is a far cry from wedding photography!

Here are some pics from two of these photo shoots;

I found myself a fantastic corner to get some good power sliding shots and here is a couple great examples

The driver of this car really put on a show coming into corner one. Maybe not the best way to win a race, but it makes for some great shots!

This car was bumped, causing it to go completely sideways down the entire front straight. He managed to keep it together all the way to turn one!

There was plenty of excitement at both events and as the day went on, the drivers started taking more chances through the corners, which led to some spectacular (but non life threatening) crashes!

It’s always great to be asked to photograph something that’s maybe outside of my usual “comfort zone”, and this definitely falls into that category! And hey, if we ever have to photograph the wedding of two race car drivers… we’ll be prepared :-) Keep an eye out for more racing events being covered by MagnaSona Photography throughout the year.

MagnaSona likes to change up from the regular routine of wedding photography and get out in the middle of the action. One thing we can say for sure is that we have never had a photo shoot quite like this one! Steve (the bike owner) had just recently finished building his custom Harley Davidson basically from the ground up, and he wanted to get some nice portrait style shots to document and show off his work of art (which is what it really is). So the day started off nice and early in a local Edmonton grassy park that was really great for some posed shots and to get a few detail shots of all the custom parts that make up the bike.

One of the parts of the bike I liked the most was the fuel gauge, because it’s not where you think it might be. Take a look at the two chrome circles on either sides of the gas tank, one of them is the actual fuel cap that pops up and out of the way, but the second chrome circle becomes translucent when the bike is turned on and it shows a lighted blue digital fuel gauge right where you swore it was solid metal. Pretty cool.

I had a bit of fun with this pic in Photoshop.

After getting a few pictures in the park, it was time for the main event of the day… the truck shots. Steve had pre-scouted a back country road where we would get all the “action shots”, so along with a videographer (who was also getting in the back of the chase truck) we headed out to the country. Very soon I found myself leaning over a tailgate of a small pickup truck going highway speeds, attempting to get some smooth shots of Steve roaring down the road. Here’s some pics that I liked from the session.

Here’s a shot of the truck we were riding in the back of. If you look close you can see Steve driving down the main road.

This one has a very cinematic look, which I really like.

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Everything went really great, we managed to get some fantastic shots and Steve was awesome to work with. Before this shoot I had never done anything quite like this, but I would definitely do it again!