Portait of Jonathan Canlas

I knew when I woke up yesterday that it would be another great day. Turns out, I was right.

Jon Canlas is a pretty big deal. He’s sponsored by Fuji, he publishes his weddings in all the finest wedding publications, and he photographs weddings all over the world. And the amazing thing, is that he’s only 16 years old. Just kidding. He’s older than that.

Yesterday he came to my office and we had a great time talking about why we shoot weddings and what moves us to be photographers. He told me about his process and I told him about mine. (One thing that’s becoming increasing unique about Jon’s route is that he shoots all film). And we talked about the photographers we admire both in the wedding industry and in the commercial world.

I’ve admired Jon’s work for some time now, so it made me so happy to be able to spend a couple hours talking about the craft with someone I respect. Thanks, Jon. I want to have more days like that.

Jonathan Canlas – Photographed in Provo Utah by Justin Hackworth
November 19, 2008 | Filed Under Photographers, Photography, portraits 

Comments

2 Responses to “Portait of Jonathan Canlas”

  1. jonathan canlas on November 19th, 2008 12:35 pm

    um, wow. that image is FANTASTIC…

    seriously, thanks so much for yesterday!

  2. Loni on November 19th, 2008 11:11 pm

    Justin, I’ve heard you talk about Canlas, so how did it happen that he came to your studio? That’s pretty awesome.