Etablished in Sherbrooke 20 years ago, the appeal and the quality of Marc Bailey's studio reside in his personalized service. Everything in the studio invites the client to a pleasant and friendly experience which creates an original and personalized portrait.


The secret of the personnalized service offered by Marc Bailey's studio holds to the photographer's devotion to his work. Marc creates every portrait himself with his assistant and personnally prints every image in his laboratory. In-house retouching, laminating and framing complete the full service.
Marc Bailey's studio sets are recognized for their originality and their classical beauty. Created by the photographer himself, the sets are versatile and produce unique and personalized portraits. Moreover, these sets allow the creation of stylished and charming images which pass the test of time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Versatile, the Studio works with traditionnal film photography and the newest digital technologies to offer you the most creative images possible. This new technology permits us to offer you a unique portrait which has no limits in creativity and imagination.


 



 

Photographer for over 20 years, Marc has been recognized by the quality of his work and his contribution to the profession through the professionnal associations and the numerous prizes that he was awarded in Quebec and Canada.

His talent has been many times rewarded. In 1987, he received the highest distinction in photography in Quebec : the title of Maître Photographe Agréé given by the CMPQ (Corporation des Maîtres Photographes du Québec). Enthousastic competitor at the national level, Marc was awarded in 1983 the title of Master of Photographic Arts by the PPOC (Professionnal Photographers of Canada).

Since then, he has not stopped accumulating the honours.

At the beginning of 2001, Marc had the exceptionnal honour to receive the title of « Maître Photographe Émérite ». This same year the PPOC awarded him the Best Wedding Portrait in Canada.

In 2003, his work « Our Wedding in Windmill Valley » received the Fuji's Master Trophy, the Kodak Gallery Award and a Loan Collection in Canada from PPOC. Also in 2003, another of his photography was chosen as the Best Woman Portrait in Quebec.

Marc is also recognize at the International level as weel. In 1990, one of Marc Bailey's images received the honour of being presented in the renowed internationnal exhibition Profesionnal Photographers Showcase at Epcot Center, Walt Disney World, in Florida. This exhibition which represents some of the best photography in the world is located in the Kodak Pavillon: A Journey into Imagination.

Being an original and humorist speaker, Marc has been invited, for many years now, to give lectures provincially, nationally and internationally. Namely, in 1996 the GNPP (Groupement National des Photographes de France) invited Marc and his wife Diane to give a lecture in Martinique. In August 2000, Marc was a major speaker at the PPOC national convention in Laval. In April 2001, Marc and Diane gave a presentation to the members of the Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba corporations of profesionnal photographers during their annual convention which was held in Saskatoon. 2002 and 2003 brought Marc and Diane to British Columbia, Ontario and the Maritime provinces as juge in the print competition and as key speaker.

In 1997, Marc had the honour to receive the « PPOC Provincial citation for Service » award for service to the profession. And recently, in 2001, the CMPQ awarded him the Gold Service to the profession Medal for his contribution to the advancement of photography in Quebec.

Since 1989, Marc teaches the art of photography at Champlain Regional College.





A true ray of light in the Studio, Diane is Marc's wife and also the studio coordinator. Her competence in the organization and custumer service has raised the studio to a unique, personnal and friendly level while maintaining a good quality/price ratio.

Well recognized and respected in the photographic community, Diane is regularly invited to give lectures to photographers across Canada.

Born communicator, she published many articles in professionnal photographic magazines.

 

 

After she had give Diane and Marc the most beautiful gift of all : a charming grand son, Jessica overjoyed them by finally joining their studio.

Bacchelor in Fine and Visual Arts from UQAM, Jessica will bring special creativity and a all new savoir-faire in the shift towards digital photography that the studio has recently made.

Her principle tasks will be to do almost everything thanks to her numerous artistics talents !

 

 

 

For many years now, Linda is our accountant and financial advisor at our studio. She is very generous of her time to assure our success. Linda is Marc's number one ennemy because she is the one who slows down his compulsive urge to buy digital « toys ».

 

Christiane is our technical support for our digital studio that she has emplanted in 2003.

While completing her Master degree in Philosophy at Université de Montréal, she has coneived our website and still is our webmaster.

Kiki brings innovation and avant-garde to our studio.

 

What a challenge it was !

Thank you for letting me participate in this adventure of swaping film and chemistry for pixels.

I had a ball spending time with you two dinosaurs.

This short incursion in the « prehistoric » world taught me many things about digital photography, but also that our work becomes prosperous when we do what we like the most.



Here are few suggestions :

- Mom, you will loose a few files and make some mistakes, but remember that in life if you don't make mistakes, you don't learn anything.

- Daddy, don't forget that Fred, Al & Cie, don't enjoy making you mad: computers do things for CAUSES and NOT FOR REASONS...

- One thing is clear : the day will come when something will go haywire. I am as sure that this will happen just as certainly as the sun will one day stop burning. That day, if the sun is still shinning, just go outside and take a long walk.

- Don't forget that your grandson has a bad tendency to push every button he sees (and that's include the on/off switch of computers and emergency battery...)


As for me, I am returning to my philosophy books in the compagny of Georges (that's the name I gave to the computer that you offered me) and I know everything will go well because you had confidence in me and that's my turn now.

Thanks for loving me so much,

You little girl,

Christiane « kiki » Bailey