PRESIDENT, PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER

Mark Hughes is a Professional Photographer and was formerly a Professional Forensic Engineer by trade. He is an accredited Photographer through the Professional Photographers of Canada. Mark is a versatile and award-winning photographer.

Mark primarily specializes in portraits of pets and people but is also an accomplished landscape and travel photographer. Mark specializes in capturing the moments that make memories. The core values that drive his work are:

Trust is Paramount

People Matter

Make Beautiful Images

Mark has a wide range of experience over many years having been commissioned for: weddings, events, food, corporate sessions and landscapes. Mark has sold his work through exhibitions, and stock photography services and has been commissioned for specific prints of his work. Operating with a small studio, Mark’s skill and versatility allows him to undertake a wide range of photographic commissions.

Mark has photographed hundreds of dogs and cats as a volunteer photographer for the Greater Edmonton Animal Rescue Society and the Edmonton Humane Society. Mark’s images have been used for adoption profiles as well as marketing and promotional materials. Mark regularly contributes articles on photography to the website Digital Photography School, one of the largest photography resource sites on the internet.

PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER

David has lived in Edmonton, Alberta since 1952. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alberta in 1972. In January 2011, David obtained accreditation in the scenic category with the Professional Photographers of Canada.

Although David’s focus is landscape photography (classic pictorial and abstract), he is also exploring using photography as contemporary art in the context of documentary photography. His goal is to create innovative and thought-provoking images about the issues surrounding the physical and cultural use of land in protected and semi-protected areas. David has held several successful showings and self-published one book, Wainwrights’ Coast to Coast Trail. His prints can also be found in small galleries thought Edmonton.

In 2015 David started teaching landscape photography at the Burwell School of Photography and he continues to do so. He is also a sought-after image adjudicator and lecturer. As of March 2020, David will also be teaching and leading tours for Focus on Photography.

David spends much of his time photographing in and around Edmonton, Jasper, Banff and Northern Alberta. He is committed to Ethical Photography and strictly follows the principles of Leave No Trace. David invites you to visit his website which has a link to his personal Code of Ethics. www.buzzeophotography.com 

BUSINESS MANAGER

Shannon Dickie is the Business Manager for FocusOnPhotography, Mark Hughes Photography, and FureverPhotos. Shannon keeps things rolling with website development and maintenance, gallery design, inventory management, customer support and curriculum development. Shannon enjoys the creative outlet the studio brings and assisting Mark with his business.

Shannon also runs her own business as a Human Resources Consultant that supports businesses from employee handbooks to recruitment to policy manuals and everything in between. Shannon graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta and has completed a Human Resources Certificate at Grant MacEwan University.