Valken V-Cam Paintball Gear Shoot, February 22nd, 2011

       Paintball is a sport which is very near and dear to me. Earlier in 2011, I organized a rag-tag group of guys to try and form a team when Valken Paintball had a shout out for teams hunting for sponsorship. There wasn't much that Valken wanted in return for helping teams out, but one by one, I took my team mates out into the woods to model the gear, shoot it, and send Valken the results. The photos were quite well received by our sponsor and their fans on Facebook. I had been shooting for a good while up until this point, but it wasn't until February when I really began to understand the full workings of SLR cameras and begin to make them  do what I needed them to.

Archie, Sheila, and West, August 11th, 2011

       I owed a friend of mine, Courtenay, some pet photos of the family dogs. I'm not sure exactly why I owed her these ones but I seem to recall part of the reason being that I wasn't proud enough of some of the ones I'd taken the previous winter. We went up to a small lake off of Heffley Creek road one sunny August day and I began snapping away. After the lake we returned to her place to shoot the dogs weaving through some poles so she could analyze the dogs' foot placement during agility trials. Including the weave trial shots, (a few trials taken in bursts of 6 shots per second) I delivered 139 pictures to Courtenay two days after the shoot. Courtenay also blogs about her agility training and animals she fosters on cpetrescue.blogspot.com, and photos I snap of her animals and some animals living at local shelters occasionally appear there.

The little one has a tendency to wander off wherever she please unless
 there was a leash dangling behind her

Pet owners are kind great. They know the poses they want
and how long their furry companions can tolerate being
this close to eachother

We were going for a product shot
of the collar in this one

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       Hey there! Welcome to the shooting gallery. My name is Kris Gunderson and this blog is my way of providing you, my prospective customers, with a sample of the sort of photography I can to deliver to meet your needs. I'm located in Kamloops B.C. and at the time of posting this, am only just setting out to try my hand at supporting myself with photography. My motivations to start this small business do no stem solely from a desire for monetary gain however. Shooting for fun is something which has been becoming increasingly difficult for me. Without an assignment, or a particular objective in mind, I tend to have more difficulty getting the creative juices flowing. My large-black-box-with-buttons and I excel when there are expectations which need to be met. Meeting and exceeding those expectations is where the real thrill in photography comes for me. Having shared this information, I hope to hear from you soon to negotiate pricing and schedule a session!