The Hardtails

On the night of the Lilac Festival we headed over to Vicious Circle for a pleasurable evening of open Jam. The Jam was followed by an as usual awesome performance by local Rockabilly band, the Hardtails.
Hear them at their myspace page HERE.
Here are a few photos that I took in this low lit environment.
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Lilac Festival

As many Calgarians know, every year Mission area's 4th Street is taken over by the Lilac Festival. The Festival, a wide array of entertainers, vendors, and copious amounts of participants was yet another successful turn out.
Here are some of the highlights from that sunny day on May 31st.
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Mechanic Shoot

At the end of May I photographed a mechanic at work. Here some photos.
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TV on the Radio

On May 28th, I had the privilege of shooting a live show at Macewan Hall in Calgary. The band was the talented 'TV on the Radio' from Brooklyn, New York. Here are a few of the photos from that noteworthy show.
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Listen to their myspace page HERE

The Creativity Book

Quite some time back I stumbled upon this fantastic book. It is entitled ' The Creativity Book' a year's worth of inspiration and guidance. I highly recommend it to anyone that wishes to sharpen up their creativity saw. The author Eric Maisel,a Ph.D, has been coaching people for years on how to uncover that everyday creative person inside of you. Complete with exercises to complete throughout the step by step book, the author comes up with things you'd never think of trying to stir up the inspiration from within.


The Book can be found at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Book-Eric-Maisel/dp/1585420298/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245191543&sr=8-1

My new hiking stick

This post is not entirely astounding, but I thought I'd share my sweet find that I modified with a sander and grinder to create the perfect hiking companion. All that was done to my walking stick was sand down of the branches and smoothing of the top holding spot. Just an exciting summmer foreshadowing of greatness to come in the mountains.
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The Stills Live shoot

As many of you may or may not know, I started working for Beatroute. Beatroute is my favorite monthly local music magazine-distribution in Calgary, Edmonton, banff, Canmore, and Lethbridge with distribution in BC as well. I am contributing as a photographer for live shows. Through this opportunity I am able to select which bands I would like to shoot with chance to write an occasional review every now and then.

My first shoot was for a band from Montreal by the name of The Stills.
At the Juno Awards this year, they won awards for New Group of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year for Oceans Will Rise.
Here are a few photos of the show from May 11th at the Den in Calgary.
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Film Noir Shoot

At the beginning of last month I collaborated with a Videographer friend of mine by the name of Ian Borg. We got together on a Saturday for a Film Noir comic book style stop motion project.
With the much appreciated help of Ken as our model, we were to get the perfect results we were looking for to create pleasing outcome. The results will be a stop motion project which is currently in the works.
Here are the stills with effects applied from that shoot.
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Pinup Photography by Clayton Hansen

"Grable Thighs & Davis Eyes!
Wake up that Pinup Kitten Inside!"

Pinup Photography by Clayton Hansen
(Makeup and Styling by Krista Dee Braithwaite)

Pinup Package 1
- Professional retro inspired hairstyling and makeup application
- Props
- Background/set choices
- 2.5 to 3 hours of shooting time
- 10 professionally retouched1 photos in web and print ready format
- 50 of the best photos will be turned into online2 proofs. You pick the 10 that you’d like me
to retouch. Additional retouched images can be purchased for reasonable pricing.
- Two wardrobe/theme changes3
1 Basic retouching included. Advanced retouching will incur additional charges
2 Proofs shall be viewable online for a period of two weeks
3 Time permitting – 2.5 to 3 hours of shooting

Email info at claytonhansen.com for pricing and booking

Pinup Package 2
- Professional retro inspired hairstyling and makeup application
- Props
- Background/set choices
- 1 to 1.5 hours of shooting time
- 5 professionally retouched1 photos in web and print ready format
- 25 of the best photos will be turned into online2 proofs. You pick the 10 that you’d like me
to retouch. Additional retouched images can be purchased for reasonable pricing.
- One wardrobe/theme change
1 Basic retouching included. Advanced retouching will incur additional charges
2 Proofs shall be viewable online for a period of two weeks

Email info at claytonhansen.com for pricing and booking

We offer
- Pose coaching
- Nostalgic soundtrack
- Free online consultation

Sample work can be seen at the following links:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claytonjhansen/sets/72157617309723069/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claytonjhansen/sets/72157615044373403/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claytonjhansen/sets/72157611437955144/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claytonjhansen/sets/72157611438020744/

Cupcake themed Pinup Shoot!

April 12.09

My latest photography endeavor consisted of a cupcake themed pinup shoot. Katlyn came in all the way from Kamloops, BC to bless us with her stunning blue eyes! Here are a few from that shoot
(Special thanks to Krista Braitwaite for Makeup and Styling)

Promotional Head Shots for Makeup Artist

Another shoot I did back in February was Promotional Head Shots for Makeup Artist.
Her name is Kathleen and she wanted strictly head shots to promote herself in a professional matter, so I rose to the occasion.

Fashion/Glamour Shoot with Megan

Alright, So back in February 22nd I did a shoot with the lovely Miss Megan. I did sort of an androgyny(attributes of man and woman) sort of fashion-glam shoot. It was a location shoot and I think the photos turned out wonderful.
(Special thanks to Krista Braitwaite for Makeup and Styling)

Dojo Workhorse Promo Shoot

Of the many photography updates lately, here is one of them.

Back on March 4th I did a promo shoot with a band named Dojo Workhorse. They are a side project of a better known local band by the name of The Dudes. Anyway, they invited me to come to the house that they jam at and shoot a few practice pics and group shots. I also made a few collages of the photos as well. Here is how those pics turned out.