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Discovering Canada

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Turning Pro

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Tourism photography for established pros who enjoy it and are good at it can reap huge financial rewards. The same holds true for an established amateur or newly turned professional. This is one of my absolute favourite types of photography for many reasons: It’s probably the most challenging, it definitely makes a photographer utilize every skill in the bag technically and, lastly, it transcends photography to include psychology and interpersonal skills. Whenever I come from a successful shoot, of course I’m happy with the results, but if I pull off a great tourism shoot I’m nothing short of thrilled. This type of photography takes every trick in the book to be able to make it believable and natural — from lighting, both ambient and artificial fill, to probably the most important factor, body language and posing. The biggest mistake photographers can make in the execution of this type of work is for the viewer to see it as make believe or what I like to call “cheese.” Here’s what you need to do to leave the cheese at home....

By Kelly Funk
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BIO

From very early on, Kelly Funk has made the environment a large part of his life. That love has since been blended into his professional photographic career to form a unique, fresh perspective and high-end product.

One of Kelly’s primary strengths in his work is his diversity of skills. With experience ranging from large commercial clients, advertising and tourism agencies, sports, wildlife and stock work, his technique is transferred from one application to another with an ‘out of the box’ approach that clients are drawn to. Great care and attention are paid to those clients to create the best possible result, by listening intently to their vision and working as a team to bring those visions to life.

A lifelong resident of BC, Kelly’s images have garnered him with National awards and praise from his fellow photographers. His commercial client list is extensive and his images have appeared in such publications as Canadian Geographic, BC Outdoors, Outside and Equinox magazines. He is currently the ‘Turning Pro’ Columnist and feature writer for ‘Outdoor Photography Canada Magazine’, Canada’s first Outdoor photography publication.

Understanding that one person cannot stand alone, Kelly has taken pride in associating himself with top professionals in the industry, in such capacities as: Producers, graphic- designers, publishers, editors and printers. With strong industry associates and Kelly’s relentless passion for photography, a high quality end product will always be priority one.

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