'I adore working with Dave. He's such an awesome photographer to work with and a truly sweet guy. I always feel at ease and each shoot we do has its own theme. We try different things and hopefully people enjoy the images we create as we had fun creating them.'
My love of visually celebrating holidays goes back to the early days of FH. At that time, it was difficult to find original holiday images, especially for Canada Day. Thankfully, over the years, several photographers, from Chris Teel to Briancan Photography and Dave from Immortal Form have shot original Canadiana themed visuals to help celebrate July 1st.
Dave's work has certainly not only become a favorite to feature, but an integral part of FH's Canada Day traditions. I've previously featured Dave's work celebrating the day with Ethan, (HERE:) and Matt, (HERE:) This year's shoot with silver fox Mark was planned and created exclusively for today's visual festivities.
I love how Dave and Mark incorporated both the theme and the official Canadian colors. I especially loved the inclusion of the Moose crossing sign. Those who live on in the Eastern Canadian provinces are used to seeing the signs, as well as trying to avoid the largest member of the deer family, when traveling the highways.
Dave shares that Mark is one of the big reasons he loves and enjoys his work so much. Dave's worked with a lot of models over the years, but some, like with Mark, leads to a friendship forming and changes your life together. Plus, with Mark's incredible face and rock hard physique, you get to create amazing images as well!
'Mark is a delight to work with. He's hard working and keeps himself in excellent shape. I've been very lucky in doing photography to meet some wonderful people and that's not only true in Mark's case but he's also become a great friend. This was our fourth or fifth shoot together and we did it specially to produce images for Canada Day on FH. We had a ball! '
Dave was one of the first photographers that Mark worked with, and was part of the reason he both began, and continues to model. Their creative relationship was instant, and quickly led to a strong friendship. They've continued to work together multiple times and Mark shares that it's always a positive experience working and collaborating with Dave
'I have to say that Dave was a lot of the reason I started doing modelling. A year and a half ago he had asked me to model for him and I said yes. I remember arriving and being very nervous but after a few minutes talking with Dave I was very at ease. We did the shoot and I remember going home with a huge smile on my face and the most positive feeling. The rest as they say is history. '
For this shoot, Dave planned a bit of a Canada Day surprise. Mark had wanted to do an indoor studio shoot so he and Dave arranged a time and date. When Mark arrived at the studio, Dave surprised him by adding the Canada Day theme into the themes they were shooting. Mark was thrilled. Although Dave had brought the Canadian Flag and some other themed props, even with notice, Mark was prepared with his red and white jock straps!
I'm proud to be a Canadian and Canada Day is an opportunity to celebrate our country. It's also a time to acknowledge that we have a lot of work still to do and that to solve our issues we have to come together from a place of understanding and mutual respect. Happy Canada Day! 🍁🇨🇦🍁
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