Lethbridge Weddings & Portrait Photography by Tanya Plonka

I met up with Bert, his wife Geraldine, and their five beautiful children for his University of Lethbridge convocation photos immediately after his graduation ceremony finished. Bert’s family was buzzing with excitement over his accomplishment, and his sisters were so excited they couldn’t stop hugging him! To celebrate his achievement, we wandered around the U of L campus that afternoon for family portraits. It was such a beautiful day, though that’s not the kind of day you want to be wearing a heavy black robe ;)

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Corlin is a young, up and coming musician in Lethbridge and needed some portraits to use with his recordings. We set out downtown to get some creative head shots and brought along a keyboard as a prop. Corlin totally nailed these photos! :)

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I can’t believe how much he’s grown up! I first met Jarred for his family photos around 6 years ago, and now that he’s graduating high school, he’s gotten a little older! Jarred has become quite the model and was so photogenic I barely had to do any directing for his photos. His mom made sure to keep some distance from the photo shoot so she wouldn’t cry too much ;)

We started out our session in Galt Gardens on a beautiful, warm evening, then headed over to Casa for some indoor grad photos. The blues in Jarred’s suit (and socks) looked so great with all of our locations.

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I was originally contacted by Ray’s granddaughter who was looking for photos to celebrate a VERY special occasion: her grandfather’s 100th birthday! Ray is obviously an amazing man, and there’s no way you can tell his age by looking at him. He’s still so sharp and able! He may not have been keen on the original idea, but once we got out to the Galt Museum he was a wonderful model! (more…)

I was pretty excited when Steven came to me with the idea he had for photos to send to his family overseas – he wanted to do an old style, film noir shoot. I love my job! I had recently picked up some new lighting equipment and this was the perfect time to really put it to the test. Steven was an exceptional model, despite his claims that he didn’t know what to do and felt silly. I guess it makes a difference when you put a suit on someone! (more…)

After opening for Grady, The Motorleague came back into Lethbridge a few days later for a show at the Slice. That afternoon we got together to take some new promo photos now that they have a new bassist. (more…)