I was at Espy Experience yesterday in the neighborhood of Inglewood photographing some models as they were getting fitted for a clothing auction that is taking place later this week. The auction, which is happening this Thursday at a Twitter fundraising event known as a Twestival, is being held here in Calgary on March 24th where clothing from Espy will be auctioned to guests. Instead of a silent auction, guests will bid on the clothing right off of the models during the event.
Garth Johnson and Patrick Lor were also there shooting on behalf of Fotolia, and with help from Megan Szanik (owner of Espy), Ashley Barber (stylist and MUA), and Laura Wettstein (Fotolia), we set up two shooting locations inside the store using Westcott Spiderlites. I generally shoot with strobes, so using the continuous lighting of the Spiderlites was a new experience for me. I had to shoot a bit higher ISO, but we all managed to create some great images with help from our Creative Director and store basset hound, Bruce. Ok, he mostly just slept and occasionally had a look around at what we were doing, but he just looked so damn cute!
I’ll be at the event this coming Thursday grabbing more photos, so get your ticket and come down, walk the red carpet, and say hello. For more information on the YYCTwestival, visit their website, calgary.twestival.com.
Espy Experience on Twitter – @espyexperience
Calgary Twestival on Twitter – @yyctwestival
Hi Ian… great to meet you at Espy on Monday. On behalf of the yycTwestival committee, thank you so much for your contribution to the photoshoot! Amazing shots! Mar.24th event at Firwater will be an amazing event – look forward to seeing you there. 
