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Commercial Photographer in Edmonton

Made to run.

  • Colin Mochrie in a palm-print shirt, eyes wide, against grey — commercial portrait by Ryan Parker
  • A woman in a houndstooth coat and white sunglasses against gold
  • Ryan Jespersen, host of Real Talk, under a navy-to-green wash — commercial portrait by Ryan Parker
  • Campaign photography: a nurse in navy scrubs, a face shield and a red stethoscope, arms crossed against deep blue

There’s a reason you’re here

You’re briefing a campaign?

You’re briefing a campaign, selling a season before it’s rehearsed, launching the brand, trying to stop the scroll.

briefing a campaign

Whichever it is, the picture has to work where it lands.

After headshots instead? — see business headshots.

A woman in a houndstooth coat and white sunglasses against goldA nurse rim-lit in a blue isolation gown, face shield and mask, arms crossedThree cricket players in team blue with bats, cut out on white
A woman in a houndstooth coat and white sunglasses against gold
A nurse rim-lit in a blue isolation gown, face shield and mask, arms crossed
Three cricket players in team blue with bats, cut out on white

It has to stop someone walking past.

A man in a grey jacket and red pocket square against blueA woman in a leopard-print coat, arms open, against redA woman in a bright print top and beads, pointing, against violet

It has to hold a campaign together.

A nurse in black scrubs with white piping, against deep blueA nurse in a blue isolation gown, face shield and mask, arms crossed, against deep blueA nurse in indigo scrubs, arms crossed, against deep blueA nurse in magenta scrubs, arms crossed, against deep blueA nurse in navy scrubs and blue gloves, face shield and mask, a red stethoscope at her neckA nurse in navy scrubs with a red stethoscope, arms crossed, against deep blue

It has to fit wherever it runs. The bus shelter, the banner, the feed, the page beside the copy.

A cricket player with his bat over his shoulder and helmet in handThree people together in branded hoodiesA woman standing on a running blade, hands in her pocketsThe same woman seated, the blade out in front of herA man in a maroon sweatshirt, hands in his pocketsA woman in a dark quarter-zip against whiteA woman in a printed tee, hands togetherA man in a red zip jacket
Colin Mochrie leaning into a circle of white light on grey, for Colin Mochrie LiveFive performers leaning together against a background split blue and pinkA dancer stretched along the floor on grey, one knee drawn up, her pointe shoe to the floor and her head bowed over itA bearded performer mid-shout, red light raking one side of his face
Colin Mochrie leaning into a circle of white light on grey, for Colin Mochrie Live
Five performers leaning together against a background split blue and pink
A dancer stretched along the floor on grey, one knee drawn up, her pointe shoe to the floor and her head bowed over it
A bearded performer mid-shout, red light raking one side of his face

A season sells on one picture.

So the frame has to tell the whole story.

Magazine covers and features? See editorial portraits →

Where it ran

Out in the world.

A photograph for a campaign is finished when it is on the wall, not when it leaves the studio. A season of posters for Teatro Live! at the Varscona — The Cottage, Popcorn Falls, The Glittering Heart and Emma. Shumka’s Nutcracker at the Jubilee. Campaign artwork for SIX the Musical. The face of Real Talk, Alberta’s most listened-to talk show — the portrait it was cut from is on its own page.

Commercial photography in Edmonton — FAQs

Nine questions for Ryan.

01

What does commercial photography cost in Edmonton?

It is quoted per project, not per hour or per head. The quote covers the shoot itself and the licence for how the images will be used — where they run, for how long, and in what markets. A single portrait for one print ad and a campaign running nationally for two years are different numbers for the same day of shooting, which is why there is no rate card on this page.

02

Do you shoot advertising and brand campaigns?

Yes — brand and campaign photography for Edmonton businesses and the agencies that work with them: a founder against their own wall, a maker in their workshop, a whole campaign’s worth of frames, shot for the formats they have to fill — the wide banner, the square for the feed, the portrait that runs beside the copy. Recent work includes Canadian Blood Services, Infinity Healthcare, the United Nurses of Alberta, Roasti Coffee and Sam Uhlick Pottery. For individuals building their own brand, see content and influencer photography.

03

Can you work to a creative brief or with an art director?

Yes. Most campaign work arrives with direction on tone, layout and how the image has to function in the ad, and that direction is part of the process rather than a constraint on it.

04

Do you photograph theatre and dance companies?

Yes — production, cast and promotional photography for theatre and dance companies, the Citadel Theatre, Theatre Network, Teatro La Quindicina, Rapid Fire Theatre, the Freewill Shakespeare Festival, Ballet Edmonton and Shumka Dance among them. Twenty years as a professional actor is the reason this work goes quickly: I know what a tech rehearsal costs a company, and I know what a performer needs in order to give you something. For artists and bands, see musician portraits.

05

Do you shoot on location or in studio?

Both. There is a studio in south central Edmonton for controlled setups, and much of this work is made in the subject’s own environment — a shop, a stage, a workshop — because that is where the story is.

06

Do you travel for assignments?

Yes — on location across Alberta including Calgary as a matter of course, and further afield for the right assignment. Get in touch with the dates and location.

07

Who have you photographed for?

Commissions have come from Mirvish Productions, the Citadel Theatre, Theatre Network, Teatro La Quindicina, Rapid Fire Theatre and the Freewill Shakespeare Festival; from Ballet Edmonton and Shumka Dance; from Edify, Avenue and Leap magazines; from CBC Edmonton and Global News; and from TD Bank, the University of Alberta, the City of Edmonton, Canadian Blood Services, the United Nurses of Alberta, the Edmonton Community Foundation and the Edmonton Arts Council.

08

Has the work been recognized?

Yes — named one of Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2017, voted Edmonton’s Best Photographer in Vue Weekly’s 2018 Best of Edmonton Awards, and nominated for a 2025 Alberta Magazine Publishers Association award for portraiture.

09

Is this the same photographer who shoots the headshots?

Same photographer, same studio. The headshot side of this site and the commercial work here are one business — everything is Ryan Parker.

Send the brief, the deadline and where the images need to run.

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