vancouver fashion and portrait photography

In June 2009 Static Photography had the amazing photographic opportunity to travel to the city of Shanghai in China. Photographer Kris Krüg was shooting photographs of the Shanghai's underground arts and technology scenes for a book he was working on with Christine Lu called Chinameme Volume 1: Shanghai. This trip coincided with the Geeks on a Plane East Asia 2009 tour, which included events such as TEDx Shanghai and Barcamp Shanghai. Geeks on a Plane is heading back to East Asia for a 2010 tour this spring!

So Static Photography has been very busy since we got back from Shanghai, China. We were in Shanghai for two weeks with a schedule booked very full! Kris was shooting photos for his book Chinameme Vol. 1 Shanghai which he is co-authoring with Christine Lu. While in China Kris also spoke at TEDxShanghai and attended BarcampShanghai , which he helped start back in 2006. We also attended Shanghai's and China's first ever Gay Pride Celebration , a Ghostface Killah concert that was promoted by Splitworks Production as well as a few other events. We met new friends, shots hundreds of photos and explored many parts of the 25 million person city, under the burgeoning heat of Shanghai's summer.

We at Static Photography have been very grateful and happy to have had so many people and organizations supporting us along the way. One of our awesome overall supporters of our work and an active film sponsor is Specialty Color Services, a photo lab in Santa Barbara, California.

After an initial merger of two parent companies Specialty Photo Lab and Color Services in 2005, Specialty Color Services combined the specialty knowledge of their black and white film background and their expanding knowledge on the upcoming digital future to create a really powerful and innovative photography lab.

Static Photography is heading to Shanghai , China next week to make photographs for a book we're working on with Christine Lu . The book will be a collage of the vibrant and alternative side of Shanghai's emerging new culture and will feature photography by Kris Krüg alongside the words of Christine and others. Published under Creative Commons license, the book titled ChinaMeme Vol. 1: Shanghai will be available online later year and the large hardcover print edition will be on hand in time for the World Expo Fair in Shanghai next year.

Judy Inc. is a national Canadian talent rep agency specializing in the representation of all the amazing creative people who contribute to the behind the scenes of any creative project.

From fashion wardrobe stylists to hair and makeup artists , product styling and room setting , food styling and location scouting , Judy Inc.'s impressive 120 person talent roster speaks for itself.

Judy Inc.'s flagship Toronto office opened its doors on June 1st, 1999 with the hopes and goals of standing out from other talent rep agencies. They groomed their talent roster to promote professional services from an international selection of creative individuals.

They officially expanded their presence to the West Coast by opening up their Vancouver office on August 1, 2008. With offices in both Toronto and Vancouver, a roster that represents talent in Montreal and an international presence, Judy Inc. is building momentum.

They are able to fulfill specialty talent niches in major markets such as Toronto, Vancouver, New York, LA, Paris and Asia.

It was very exciting for Static Photography to announce last year around this time of Judy Inc. planned expansion over to the West Coast. The most exciting part of this announcement was the Vancouver representation of Kris as one of two location scouts for the talent agency. Kris is able to resource his extensive network of relationships and knowledge of awesome photography locations which makes him an very valuable and insightful location scout.

So this week has been full of exciting news for Static Photography! We got the confirmation that we are going to Shanghai, China June 11-22 to work on a book called "China Influence" with Christine Lu. We will be shooting portraits of innovative thinkers and business leaders in China and Christine will be writing about them.

The book will be distributed free online that under a Creative Commons license as well as in other traditional formats.

In November we had the opportunity to travel to Beijing, China to photograph China Fashion Week 2007 at the Beijing Hotel . Static photographer Kris Krug was on hand for 7 runway shows over the course of three days. Above are a couple of our favorite photos from the weeks events. You can find many others over at kk+'s Flickr account . Look for posts and photographs here from each designer's show at China Fashion Week coming soon. :)