COVID -19 Update:  Shine Photo has temporarily closed our studio and market locations but we have opened a NEW ONLINE STORE for our beautiful art sessions, classes and sale items!

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NEW! Online Store

Quickly view and order our online Art Sessions, Modeling Classes, Sales and e-Gift Cards! New items added weekly. SHOP NOW.

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Newborn & Child Art Sessions

We create a beautiful piece of art  using a photo you take at home under our direction. New designs added weekly.  Shop all our designs in our Online Store.  VISIT NOW

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Wedding & Elopement

Inspired Weddings by Shine Photo offers intimate all-inclusive ceremony options at a price you can afford. Everything is included for $2500.00. Flexible dates and times!  Learn more  inspiredweddings.ca

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Studio & Location Sessions

Our regular sessions are on hold right now, but will start again when the world is healthy. Pre-reserve your session at 30% off the regular price!  Purchase your session in our store.  Limited time only!  Coming April 25th.

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Volume

Volume team and individual portraits for all league sports, dance, cheer and and schools in our studio or on location. Temporarily on hold. Stay well!

April News & Updates from the Studio:

  • ‘Pop-Up Weddings‘ learn more at our new site, inspiredweddings.ca   A great way to have your wedding without waiting for years!
  • MODELING INTENSIVES ARE GOING ONLINE! Register now for next week’s programs. Find Out More …
  • COVID Artwork Sessions.  NEW!  You take the photo of your child and we create the art.  New themes every week. Find out More on our FB Page! (New Information Page Coming to this website this week!)
  • E-GIFT CARD SALE!   For a limited time, receive 19% off your gift card of $50.00 or more.   Gift cards can be used towards any new purchase at Shine Photo including session fees and most products (outstanding account balances and pop up weddings are excluded.)   Stock up now for all your fall family and Christmas needs!
Call 807 631 5162 for details or to discuss your photography needs.

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COVID ARTWORK SESSIONS

You take the photo and we take it from there!

No need to miss out on those beautiful professional images.  Just because you can’t come in for a session doesn’t mean you have to do without beautiful art!  At Shine Photo we create One-Of-A-King show stoppers using an image that you take of your child or pet, artwork created by some of the most talented individuals on the planet and our own industrial application of photoshop skills.

DETAILS:

  • Newborn, Dance, Everyday AWESOME and Pet Artworks are now available.
  • Available designs are announced on our Facebook Page weekly.
  • Register using the Schedule Session link in our main navigation.  Once registered we will contact you with your upload link and photo instructions for your choice of image. Payment by CC by phone or by e-transfer only. Payment must be made within 4 hours of registration.
  • First come First Serve. Limited spaces are available due to the labour intensity of these images.
  • Gift Cards are accepted towards purchase.
  • Each session includes: 1 digital, low resolution ‘shareable image’, 1 -8×10 image OR 2 5×7 images and and $10.00 e-gift card redeemable towards future purchases.  (e-gift cards cannot be used on outstanding account balances.)
  • Need more prints? Wall Canvas?  Beautiful large prints with exquisite frames?  We’ve got that too!  All on sale during the COVID crisis.
  • Thank you for supporting our small business!  Stay well – Stay Strong!

Did you know that Shine Photo runs comprehensive modelling programs for ages 8-20 all year long?

NEW!  Adult Modeling Classes.  Six week sessions with a fashion show! Call for details

AMBASSADOR MODEL TEAM

Designed to provide local high school students and graduates to age 20 with an empowering opportunity to belong to an exclusive, community minded group of young people who train as models, complete volunteer hours and have fun with multiple photo sessions.  We encourage you to become positive, and self confident about the way you look while telling your story through multiple workshops and photo shoots! We expect this program to resume Fall 2020. In the meantime, check out the online modeling classes!  LEARN MORE.

MODEL TRAINING PROGRAM

A fun and informative weekly training program that runs on Monday evenings from 5:30 – 7:00 pm in 10 week sessions. Classes are limited in size and each features a different aspect of model training in a wide range of topics including posing and expression, hair, nail and health care, nutrition, runway walks and turns, camera confidence, internet safety and fashion. Students will participate in a minimum of 4 photo sessions per term and will build a digital app showcasing their journey.  We expect this program to resume Fall 2020. In the meantime, check out the online modeling classes!  LEARN MORE.

MODEL BOOT CAMP

A full day training program designed for our younger models in training, aged 8-11.  Our boot camp is loaded with age appropriate model training in a wide range of topics including catalogue posing and expression, hair, nail and health care, nutrition,  camera confidence, internet safety and creative fashion. Students will participate in a photo sessions per session and  each will receive a complimentary 8×10 retouched image of their choice along with a group photo. We expect this program to resume Fall 2020. In the meantime, check out the online modeling classes! LEARN MORE.

NEW!  Adult Modeling Classes.  Six week sessions with a fashion show! Call for details – 807 631 5162

Learn More

Shine Photo is an imaginative, full service photography studio offering high-style, moderately priced, and exceptionally creative images. We view ourselves as partners with our customers, our employees, our community and our environment. We aim to become a nationally recognized brand name, capitalizing on the visual nature of the human experience. Our goal is moderate growth and annual profitability through the offering of an exceptional product.

We believe that timeless photo art begins with a clean image ripe with strong emotional impact. Such images stand the test of time on their own without any additional enhancements. As Photoshop professionals however, we edit, enhance and combine these images to create imaginative art that brings out the ‘you’ as you dream yourself to be, both now and in the future. Wall art created in this manner will also stand the test of time, allows the subject to truly ‘shine’ and creates an heirloom product that you’ll be proud to hand down to future generations.

Shine Photo is built on a business model where philanthropy, embedded in social innovation, is at the heart of our daily activities. What is social innovation? It is any idea that can be put into practice for the public good. With society facing unprecedented economic, environmental, social and cultural challenges, these ideas are the key to turning challenges into opportunities that benefit our community. We believe that through the partnering of nonprofits, for-profits, and the public at large, the framework is created for the implementation of these ideas.

Our Thunder Bay studio is located in an up-cycled classroom in the Old Crawford Street School, located at the corner of West Francis and Crawford Ave in Thunder Bay. At Shine Photo’s studio you’ll find change rooms, salon stations and all the ‘little’ things you need to make your creation session more comfortable. Refreshments are also provided and it’s our goal to make you feel completely at ease from the moment  you arrive. We have an extensive prop and costume closet, loaded with vintage and brand new items. We’re always scouting for new props so that your images will stay fresh!

Shine Photo has several local locations to serve you. Now you can also join us on Saturday mornings between 8 am and 1 pm and Wednesdays from 3:30 – 6:30 pm at the Thunder Bay Country Market. The market is located in the Dove Building on the CLE grounds. Here we bring you a fresh new approach to photography conducting mini sessions, including special Limited Editions for children on an intermittent basis. Check our FACEBOOK page tab for an update on scheduled events at the market. A portion of many of our market session fees are set aside for charity. Watch for Fotos for Food events in October and December. The market is also where all our portraits orders can be picked up during market hours. Stop in for your photos a coffee and maybe take home an artisan pie!

At Shine Photo, we are happy to travel. Many families and high school seniors request that their sessions take place in meaningful locations locally. Please feel free to call us to discuss location options. We also travel to clubs, sports studios and groups to create individual photos, team photos, albums, yearbooks and specialty products such as bag tags, bookmarks and trading cards. Having an event? Ask about our Print on Location set up.

At our farm, located a short 5 minute drive past White Water Golf Course,  we have 16 acres of beautifully groomed pastures to suit almost every outdoor photo need. Areas on our farm include old fences, barn board buildings, a barn, a loft, a tire swing, birch tree stands, tall grasses,  winding paths, breezy fields and tree farm- like forests. The perfect all-in-one location for your next family photo or grad shoot!