My name is Allan Cole Roberts, but 99.9% of the time, I'm refered to as Cole. Photography is something I have always been involved with, and that is due mostly to my mother, April. She's a heck of a photographer and is the one who planted the bug in my ear to pursue it as a profession.
People are my favourite muses, and I primarily do portrait photography. Along with this, I do weddings and commercial photography.
I am based out of Vancouver although I am a travel nut and don't mind taking jobs on that invovle hitting the road. My partner for projects is Jakob Granqvist, so if you book me for anything, then you'll get the both of us snapping away pictures. He looks like Brad Pitt, so he's a good guy to have along.
Equipment-wise, I'm a Nikon fan. Outside of photography, I'm a hockey fella' who had an interesting junior career and was suitcased all over the place. After hockey, I completed a masters degree in business over in Sweden, which is where I met my lovely girlfriend Therese (whom I coaxed over to Vancouver from her hometown of Söderhamn, Sweden).
Jakob and I were cruising around West Vancouver taking pictures for the Faces of the Games project and while walking along, I spotted this little sucker (mind the pun). Just thought seeing it placed like this on a random trail in the woods was kind of interesting, so voilá, we have liftoff and it’s on the photoblog.
I think I’m going to start making postcards just for the hell of it. I’d buy this one. Not sure where I’d send it but I’d buy it!
Call me old fashioned, but portrait shoots where people are wearing sunglasses are lame. I like seeing peoples eyes in the pictures, and it’s up to the photographer to make those eyes POP in pictures. So sunglasses sort of kill that challenge in a way.
So I decided to make an entire post with Therese wearing her sunglasses, just for the hell of it. These are 13 different pictures taken from our little walk today. She’s usually much happier then this – but I asked her not to smile 
Say *CHEESE* Therese!
[ Oh - and the seventh and twelfth ones down are my favourite - if you have one I'd love to read your comment on which one it is! ]
Feel free to make a comment to make up for my lack of typing here. Just don’t feel like it today, but I thought this picture looked pretty cool.
You’re on Twitter and Facebook all day. Maybe you’re also using other social media sites. Whether you like it or not, Social Media is a big part of the online communication these days. Heck, it’s a big part of any kind of communication so presence is absolutely crucial.
And nine times out of ten, your first impression online starts with your photo.
So why not pimp your Social Media sites? Why not make them look professional? Because people interested in you or your business will most definitely scout you out online and check out what sort of image you present.
So, for $300, Nordica Photography is offering a combination of Professional Photography and Social Media Design.
What you get is an outdoor photo shoot and a custom designed Twitter background. And you’ll get professional photos that are optimized for your social media sites. We’ll even throw in a pro looking gravatar.
You can read more about our Social Media Package over at the Nordica Photography site.
by Cole
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