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About Sean Phillips

Headshot and Commercial Photographer based in Calgary, Alberta. We work on-location or in-studio and we provide photography services to our clients when, where, and how they need it. We specialize in creating great business portraits for small business owners and corporate executives.
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Andrew Lin | Better Business Portrait

Although the fall portrait season is in full swing, I still have some of my "normal" work going on at the same time. I had a great session that I wanted to share. Andrew is a Real Estate Broker with RE/MAX House of Real Estate in Calgary. He needed a business portrait for use on his marketing materials and social media accounts. He knew exactly the type of shot that he wanted, right down to the arrangement of the studio lighting for the portrait! This is very different from most of my portrait sessions. My clients typically don't know what they want or need and they are very open to suggestion. I always ask a few questions to make sure that I understand how and where the images will be used, and how many images the client wants. With that information I can suggest some appropriate clothing, backdrop color, and poses. But when the client knows what they want I'm happy to work with them to create a specific look and feel. In this case Andrew found another image in my portfolio that he liked and I was able to recreate the lighting from the previous session. It worked out really well and before Andrew left he had picked the image he wanted and I was able to get the final product out to him before the end of the day. Smooth! You can learn more about the our Business Portrait packages or book a session at the following link: Calgary Headshots and Business Portraits

2011-09-28T14:13:18-06:00By |Business|

Chinook Outriders Motorcycle Club Photoshoot Redux

Last weekend I got together with the Ladies of the Chinook Outriders Motorcycle Club (the Calgary chapter of the Women in the Wind) for another photoshoot. Long time readers may remember that I created individual and group portraits for the same club last summer. We got some great results last year and they wanted to do it all over again this year. It has been a tough thing to schedule, but we finally managed to pull it off this past weekend. Last year the shoot was done at Fish Creek Park and the images all had trees with bright green leaves in the background. The images looked great but we wanted to do something a little different this year. We chose an industrial location and used the loading dock and red brick walls of the old Molson Brewery in Inglewood (more recently the West Key Storage building) as a backdrop. I really wanted to give them something striking and different and the industrial location helped with that. You will see from the following example images that I processed many of the images to really play up the grungy location that we used. Thanks again to all the members of the club that came out. It was great to meet all the new people who weren't at the portrait session last year, and very flattering that so many come back for a second year. I had lots of fun and I'm already cooking up some new ideas for the next one! All of the images have been uploaded to the Client Area of the website. Prints, digital files, and many other products (including our new line of Framed Prints) can all be ordered directly from the [...]

2016-02-28T15:38:55-07:00By |Event Photography|

Check out our Facebook Page

If you haven't seen it yet you should definitely come on over to the Riverwood Photography Page on Facebook. I post all the latest news and updates about the sessions I'm doing and the clients I'm working with, and I also post lots of sneak peek images from many photography sessions. Sometimes it takes awhile to get all the images from a session posted to the client area, but as I'm editing if I find something really fun or cool I will often post it just to give me friends and clients a little taste of what's coming. Please check out the page over at https://www.facebook.com/RiverwoodPhotography. Don't forget to click "Like"!

2011-09-24T22:58:39-06:00By |Admin|

Product Showcase – Framed Prints

Framed Prints I have previously mentioned some of the framing options that I have available through an arrangement with Time Frames Custom Picture Framing. These frames are still available and I highly recommend them to all my portrait clients. Please ask if you would like to see samples of the mouldings or the mats. Or better yet call Karen and make an appointment. She can help you choose a custom design that will go perfect with your print! For those of you that have asked about additional ready-to-order choices I have recently added another line of really great frames. These come fully assembled with acrylic (aka plexiglass) and hanging hardware, are available in a variety of sizes and colors, and include your choice of mat color. Sizes and Options You can choose from 2” Black, Cherry, Bronze and Iron mouldings, 1-1/4” White and Onyx mouldings, and 2-3/4” Toffee Crunch or Rum Raisin mouldings. All frames are available in 11x14, 10x20 (Panoramic), 12x18, 16x16, 16x20, and 20x24 sizes. There are seven mat color options, including Double White, Black, Blue, Brown, Cream, Dark Green, and Light Green. All mats are acid free and archival. Mats are available with a variety of opening sizes for each frame size. Multi-opening mats are also available upon request. I have samples of all of the mouldings and mats available if you would like to see or feel them! Availability Framed prints are available for select galleries in the client area of the website now, and will gradually be rolled out to the remaining galleries shortly. If you do not see them in your gallery please ask about pricing and I would be happy to help you out. As with all print [...]

2011-09-19T17:00:30-06:00By |Product|