Now they have a new claim to fame and have joined an elite group of Delux Burger Celebrity Chefs with their Fire & Ice Chicken Club burger. It’s a 60z blackened chicken breast with melted applewood cheddar, double smoked bacon, peppercorn ranch, lettuce, and tomatoes on wholegrain flatbread. Jamie and Craig have chosen to support Special Olympics Alberta with their burger and $1 from every burger sold during the month of February will be donated to Special Olympics Alberta. Stop by either location of Delux Burger during the month of February.

I, like many Canadians cheered Jamie and her partner David on as they went for Gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. I was fortunate to meet Jamie a few years ago when she was a judge for the Dancing for the Kids competition which we’ve had the pleasure of photographing for the past couple of years. I had also met Craig during the Oilers heyday but never imagined back then that I would be photographing both of them one day. That’s why I love photography so much – you never know what each day will hold and it’s opened up so many great opportunities for me that wouldn’t have otherwise had thanks in part to my camera.

Here are a few photos from our session together:

Here are a few photographs from our shoot at Delux Burger in West Edmonton Mall.

Kari and Jason are the co-hosts of the Wake Up Show on Up 99.3 which can be heard every weekday morning. Their burger is appropriately named the ‘Wake Up’ burger and features a 60z Heritage Angus beef patty, breakfast sausage, Canadian bacon, orange cheddar, chipotle ketchup, lettuce, and tomatoes on a fresh baked bun. $1 from every burger sold will support the Christmas Bureau and this burger is only on the menu for the month of December.

Readers of my blog may recognize Kari from last year when she participated in the Dancing for the Kids event which we photographed in support of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Edmonton. Kari was also a former Delux Burger Celebrity back in November of 2009 and her husband Ryan Jespersen of Breakfast Television was the very first Celebrity Chef when the campaign launched in July of 2009.

We had a lot of fun during our shoot and Jason did everything he could to make Kari laugh and gross her out at the same time. Here are a few photographs from our shoot at Delux Burger in West Edmonton Mall.

Kikki’s burger is called the Seriously Sassy Sirloin Burger. It features a 7 oz.  sirloin patty, red wine & blackberry compote, crumbled stilton, carmelized onions, butter lettuce, and a fresh baked bun. Kathleen has chosen to support the CaliCan Rescue Foundation, a non-profit organization that aims to find loving homes for puppies and dogs. $1 from each burger sold will go directly to CaliCan. Stop by either location of Delux Burger throughout the month of November to enjoy her fabulous creation and support a fantastic cause. If you don’t then you don’t love puppies and dogs.

Here are a couple photos from our photoshoot at Delux Burger in West Edmonton Mall along with the in-store promotional piece for the campaign.

I met up with Buck at the Delux Burger location in West Edmonton Mall for his photoshoot and he was very excited to have had his burger selected as the winning entry. Buck had a great smile and a lot of character in his face which I wanted to make sure I captured in the photograph. I lit this with two 580 EXII speedlights. One was used as a main light with a shoot through umbrella and the second one was placed to camera right to provide a bit of a rim light to separate him from the background. I also selected a fairly shallow depth of field to soften the background and reduce any distractions. Here are a couple of photos from our shoot along with the final ad copy:

For the month of September, cows across the province can breathe a sigh of relief as their burger – ‘The Rob & Audie Bison Big Bite Burger’, features a 7oz Bison sirloin patty. This delicious cut of meat is topped with grilled portabella mushrooms, melted mozzarella, sun dried tomato mayo, and all the groceries on a fresh baked bun. In keeping with helping out great causes, $1 from every burger sold will go towards the Make-A-Wish Northern Alberta Canada.

Here are a few photographs from our shoot at West Edmonton Mall along with the ad copy that will be used for the campaign.

Jacqueline’s burger is appropriately named the ‘Jack’ Burger and features a 7oz Alberta beef patty, Monterey Jack cheese, double-smoked bacon, banana peppers, Jack Daniels BBQ sauce, chipotle mayo, and lettuce on a whole wheat bun. Drop by either location of Delux Burger during the month of August to enjoy her delicious burger and $1 from each burger sold will go to support the Valley Zoo Development Society.

Here are a few photographs from our photoshoot together at the Delux Burger location in West Edmonton Mall.

Leila and Jason were naturals in front of the camera and this was the first shoot that I got to bust out my Vagabond Mini Lithium battery pack and bring my full strobes on location. It was also nice seeing Jason’s new baby named Kane and Jason’s wife Schoena who I had photographed back in 2008 at the Dancing for the Kids event. For this particular series of photographs, I was shooting from out in the mall back into the restaurant and didn’t have room to setup the full strobe so I setup a couple of 580 EXIIs and triggered them with PocketWizards. Here are a few photographs from our shoot along with a sample of the finished POS product that will be used in-store.

We setup again at the West Edmonton Mall location for Tina’s photo shoot and decided since she works for Corby Distilleries, we would try to incorporate the wine rack near the bar into the background. For this photo shoot I was able to light Tina using my new Firefly octagon softbox which is a lightweight and portable softbox that you can use with a small flash unit. It’s a great portable solution that is quick and easy to setup and allows you to work fast in tight locations while still providing beautiful soft light similar to what you’d get working with a full size studio strobe and traditional softbox. Here are a few photographs from our shoot.