About – new

Monday, Oct-28-2024 > moved a small wood building next to my residence – that will now serve as a small shooting Studio – for doing tabletop setups. The focus is on producing creative conceptual imagery and photo-illustrations. Also built another shed that holds all the props.

Nikon and BlackMagicDesign camera equipment are used – to caption Stills and Motion Footage.

My computer room contains the main working monitor – an ASUS PA32UCG-K 1600 nit unit, along with another ASUS monitor and the third for the scopes. There’s also a BMD Editing Keyboard and Color Grading Mini Panel.

The yellow arrow points to my home base → Calgary Alberta Canada.

I made this map of the world – when I lived on Davie Street in Vancouver – back in the early 1980’s.

Currently live on a farm, near the Millarville RaceTrack. About 20 km SW from the southern end of the city…

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Ken Cooper self-portrait, done in Vancouver BC

Here’s a list of photographers – who made an impact on my career >

Robin Perry (1917-2005)

Mr Perry was a renowned American photographer with a studio in Connecticut and was the author of nine books and hundreds of articles on flying and photography. Attended his color workshop in the fall of 1979.

Walter Petrigo (1932-2011)

Walter Petrigo was a master Canadian photographer whose achievements have won acclaim and distinction throughout the world. “Petrigo’s Alberta” book – is the result of many feelings and moods of a photographer and of Alberta itself.

Ozzie Sweet (1918-2013)

Ozzie Sweet was an iconic American photographer whose signature style of photographic illustration was actually in the creating of the perfect image. Purchased his AV production of “How I Sold 1700 Magazine Covers“.

Burt Stern (1929-2013)

An American advertising photographer. Have his book from Petersen Publishing.

Ben Rose (1926-1980)

An American photographer. Was intrigued with his camera work using motion.

Pete Turner (1934-2017)

A renowned American photographer. Have his book and visited his studio in New York.

When possible, I produce stock footage – for the Calgary based > Dissolve Stock agency.

There’s a link in the SideBar…

However, my main source of income for the past several years – is doing handyman contract work…

First video production: 1080x720p mp4
Runtime: 28 min, 25 sec
Client: Bankers Petroleum – Calgary, Alberta
Event: 1st Annual BBQ
Date: Aug-17-2013
Location: an acreage near the village of De Winton, Alberta (south of Calgary)
Status: Off-line.

Location footage shot in British Columbia and Alberta (Western Canada).

Editing and Grading: DaVinci Resolve
Runtime: 4 min, 23 sec
Background sound track: Cowboy Coffee
Licensed from: SmartSound.com
Posted on YouTube: Aug-12-2019

This link opens a new window on YouTube > ShowReel – Location footage