Kristian Bogner is a master photographer, director, filmmaker, speaker and ambassador for Nikon Canada, Broncolor, Lowepro and Manfrotto. Awarded 2018 International Photographer of the Year and 3-time International Commercial Photographer of the Year with the Master Photographers International Association, 2020 World Photographic Cup Bronze Medal, 4-time Commercial Photographer of the Year for Canada and the prestigious Yousuf Karsh lifetime achievement award with the Professional Photographers of Canada Association, among many other awards for his work.

Bogner has a proud 80 year heritage in photography, starting with his grandfather,
a master photographer in Germany, and one of Leica’s top ambassadors, followed
by his father and mother who are also master photographers. 

Kristian literally grew up into the world of photography and has a proud heritage. This year marks the 80th Anniversary of Bogner Photography which started with his master photographer grandfather in Germany, who was one of Leica’s top ambassadors. Kristian’s father, Matthias, learned photography from Nikolai and took over the family business capturing commercial, industrial and portraits and got his Canadian Master of Photographic Arts.  Eventually his mother, Audrey, also both became one of the first women Canadian Master Photographers, specializing in weddings and portraits.  

By 8 years old Kristian was assisting with photography at weddings, at 10 he did his first commercial and aerial shoots and by 16 he bought a Nikon F100 with lenses and started his own successful photography business. As Kristian continued his career, he was eager to leave film and the traditional darkroom behind and shot slide film and scanned his images with the Nikon LS-2000 slide scanner.  He was first on the list for a Nikon D1X as his first digital camera and never looked back, pushing the limits of digital and using Nikon cameras exclusively throughout his career.

Kristian has worked as an art director on several Billion dollar projects across North America and has a deep experience working with some of the top agencies in the world.  

He has expanded his photographic capabilities over the years to director and filmmaker as well and has the latest in gimbals, sound, drones and lighting to handle any production.  You can see some of these capabilities on his Rwanda project and other motion projects on this website.

Contact Kristian directly to discuss your project and see how he can help take your marketing to the next level.