Lethbridge Portrait & Wedding Photography & Design by Tanya Plonka

On Sunday I joined a few photographer friends to go to Calgary to go to [b]ecker‘s workshop at the U of C. We spent the entire day listening to his thoughts on all aspects of what he does – working with clients, how he runs his business, how he manages his photos, and how he has built his image/brand. The day was worth tenfold what we were charged to be there; I came out with so many great ideas and totally inspired! I’m so glad I was able to go to this.

p.s. The cowboy hat was a gift from the organizer to welcome him to Calgary :)

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Pilot Speed (formerly Pilate) recently returned to Lethbridge to play at Henotic and played an absolutely breathtaking show, as they always do. The crowd was unfortunately small, but completely wrapped up in the gorgeous music these guys made. I usually forget how great their music is until I hear them live, and then I get really addicted to them for a few weeks after. This is another band you should definitely check out! Read more here »

Between having the flu and being super busy, I’ve been pretty neglectful of this blog lately! These photos are from waaaaay back in September, so you can expect a few more concert posts on the way.

Anyhow, these guys are called Zeus, and they are really cool! You should check them out! Read more here »

I’m a little late on posting these, but last month I did some band shots for the JPS Trio. I wanted to include in this post that they were filming a video at Henotic tonight, but sadly it was canceled due to one member catching “that thing that’s going around.” Ugh oh!
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Today’s blog will be something a little different. Earlier this week I photographed my co-worker Lori and her son Luka, catching the tail-end of the autumn colors here in Lethbridge. Since Lori is a writer, she asked if she could write a guest blog, and I couldn’t resist! (I’m also glad I don’t have to write it because my finger is bandaged from a cut and it is very difficult to type properly!)

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It’s not Black and White Read more here »

Another autumn session! Tarryn and I have had a terrible time booking her family’s session; every time we’d pick a day, it would snow! Today we finally lucked out and had a beautiful warm afternoon to work with. Along with her husband Matt and their cute little guy Wyatt we took a stroll through the river bottom (by stroll I mean running after Wyatt) and took photos along the way. In usual 2 year old fashion, Wyatt wasn’t very pleased with us a little bit into the shoot, so I had to switch to paparazzi-shooting him :)

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