Team Canada Cheerleading

So the International Cheer Union's World Championships is done and I am exhausted! This was an amazing experience to be able to document the teams progression throughout their preparation for this competition. Both teams put in an extraordinary amount of blood, sweat and tears over the last week and I hope that comes through in the pictures I have taken. I have endeavoured to not just take the pretty pictures of the successes but to also document the hardships and failures that were overcome by these teams. In the end Team Canada placed 4th in the all-girl division and 7th in the co-ed division which was a respectable placing considering the fierce competition in these divisions from around the world. I would like to thank all of the athletes, coaches and support staff for letting me take all of the pictures I did. 

By the Numbers

Here is a breakdown of what goes into covering an event like this.

DSLR Camera Bodies: 1 
DSLR Camera Lenses: 4 
Camera Batteries: 3
Memory Cards: 2
GoPro: 1
Pictures Taken: 14,000
Videos: 150
Hard Drive Space: 60 Gb

Check Out the Pictures

You can find the pictures from 2014 and past years here:

http://www.markderry.com/Sports/Team-Canada

I have also posted pictures on the following social media sites:

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Brittani and Brandon Just Got Engaged!

Another COLD engagement shoot, this time in Banff! Brittani and Brandon were wonderful to work with, we even stopped for hot chocolate in the middle of our shoot. Can't get much more romantic than skating in Banff as the sun sets.

Lake Louise Engagement

Ashley and I were lucky enough to photograph the newly engaged David and Jillian. The shoot was in Lake Louise and it was very cold out that day. I was dressed in full snowboarding gear and some how I managed to talk them into taking off their jackets for some of these shots. They are a beautiful couple as you can see and we are very happy for them! Oh and the pictures are EPIC!!!!

Wedding Photos by the Lake

Here are some shots from a beautiful intimate summer wedding. I was so honoured to be able to shoot it and the pictures turned out stunningly! Click on the pictures to see more from the wedding!

Last Winter Shoot

It was a beautiful snowy day, and we got out into the snow for a beautiful shoot. Check out the rest of the pictures here: http://www.markderry.com/Portfolio/Ashley-Derry/

A puppy named Tank

This puppy's name is Tank, a very appropriate name, he is owned by two friends of mine Petra and Corey and has so much energy he was very difficult to shoot. I found myself crawling around on the floor just trying to get a shot lined up only to see him bound away to someplace else. That being said we did get a few good shots.

Beyond Beautiful

An amazing shoot yesterday, Kacie Rainey (Makeup artist extraordinaire) and I colabrated to do this shot of my beautiful wife Ashley. There will be many more that will follow in future posts.

First Photo Shoot With My New Camera

So I just picked up a brand new Canon 5D mk III. This is a beautiful camera! They have updated everything so that it is a completely new camera. I can usually pick up a new camera and just play with it till I can get it to do what I want but with this I have been reading the manual for most of the new features to figure out how to work it. Here is some picture from my first shoot with the beautiful Cherie.

Janea

This was a great picture from a colorabation I did with a good friend Kacie Rainey, check her out here www.facebook.com/kacie.rainey

More like this at www.markderry.com/portfolio/portraits

Elise and Her Puppy

The lovely Elise and Stevie.

Team Canada Does It Again!

Some of my pictures from Team Canada were featured in this fantastic video! Ace is the guy that put it all together and he did a fantastic job! Check out his YouTube channel.

If you want to see more of the pictures go here.

Tattooed Flexibility

Sierra and I got together to do these amazing yoga pictures highlighting her tattoos.