I've done the necessary reading of the terms and accepted them. I've submitted my photo to be considered.
This is the photo they chose for the short-list:
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Schmap: Toronto Photo Short-list
I received a message in my Flickr mail today letting me know that one of my photos has been put on the short-list of photos for possible inclusion in the Schmap Toronto Guide. The new guide will be published late April 2009.
I've done the necessary reading of the terms and accepted them. I've submitted my photo to be considered.
This is the photo they chose for the short-list:
I've done the necessary reading of the terms and accepted them. I've submitted my photo to be considered.
This is the photo they chose for the short-list:
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Wedding: Heather & Andrew, September 27, 2008
I'm going back in time for this post to September 2008: Heather and Andrew's wedding day.
This is a wedding where I played more than one role. I was a bridesmaid and also an unofficial photographer of the day.
Heather and Andrew had a photographer as part of their wedding package with the Blackforest Inn, but she was only to be photographing their day from noon until 7pm. As the girls were going to be getting their hair and makeup done early in the morning and then getting ready at Heather & Andrew's house, I stepped up with the D60 and took some photos of the "getting ready" portion of the day and also some reception photos after the photographer had gone.
It was a very fun day. We took a Brentwood Livery limo to get our hair and makeup done at Frenzi, a salon in uptown Waterloo.
After the salon, we went back to the house to get ourselves and the bride ready.
I took some photos of her dress before handing the camera off to my husband, who would be taking photos of the groom and the guys getting ready.
I continued to photograph with my point and shoot Nikon L5 (convenient to hold in a small purse).
At the reception, I decided to get a couple of more creative shots. Heather and Andrew always bring "monster cookies" with them when they travel. They take photos of them wherever they go, so I figured they needed a good photo of them at their wedding:
And finally, the obligatory ring shot:
All in all, it was a wonderful day and a great experience.
This is a wedding where I played more than one role. I was a bridesmaid and also an unofficial photographer of the day.
Heather and Andrew had a photographer as part of their wedding package with the Blackforest Inn, but she was only to be photographing their day from noon until 7pm. As the girls were going to be getting their hair and makeup done early in the morning and then getting ready at Heather & Andrew's house, I stepped up with the D60 and took some photos of the "getting ready" portion of the day and also some reception photos after the photographer had gone.
It was a very fun day. We took a Brentwood Livery limo to get our hair and makeup done at Frenzi, a salon in uptown Waterloo.
After the salon, we went back to the house to get ourselves and the bride ready.
I took some photos of her dress before handing the camera off to my husband, who would be taking photos of the groom and the guys getting ready.
I continued to photograph with my point and shoot Nikon L5 (convenient to hold in a small purse).
At the reception, I decided to get a couple of more creative shots. Heather and Andrew always bring "monster cookies" with them when they travel. They take photos of them wherever they go, so I figured they needed a good photo of them at their wedding:
And finally, the obligatory ring shot:
All in all, it was a wonderful day and a great experience.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Brass Mantis
About a month ago, Ryan (my husband) and I were invited to a live music show at a local bar called The Circus Room. We packed up a couple of DSLRs (D60 and D40), a flash, 2 lenses (18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 and 50mm f/1.8) and headed out to shoot in possibly the worst conditions avaialable.
The bar was dark (as most bars are), the stage area was very small and contained by walls that were covered in different coloured paints and random decorative items such as a guitar that kept interfering with good shots. They also used fog.
The guitar on the wall:
There was some luck to be had with the downstairs having more conisistently coloured walls, so I did some headshots down there before the show started.
The last of the above photos was actually shot next to the stage after the show.
In a way, I'm glad that we had a chance to shoot in such non-ideal conditions. It gave us some great experience working with very little and still coming up with some good shots. I was contacted for some prints of some of the photos of this show and yesterday delivered the finished product. They were quite happy with them and have actually mentioned possibly using us for photography in the future.
Here are some of my performance shots:
If you would like to see more of my photos from this show, just click on any of the photos in this post. You will be brought to the photo on Flickr where you can easily view my Brass Mantis set.
The bar was dark (as most bars are), the stage area was very small and contained by walls that were covered in different coloured paints and random decorative items such as a guitar that kept interfering with good shots. They also used fog.
The guitar on the wall:
There was some luck to be had with the downstairs having more conisistently coloured walls, so I did some headshots down there before the show started.
The last of the above photos was actually shot next to the stage after the show.
In a way, I'm glad that we had a chance to shoot in such non-ideal conditions. It gave us some great experience working with very little and still coming up with some good shots. I was contacted for some prints of some of the photos of this show and yesterday delivered the finished product. They were quite happy with them and have actually mentioned possibly using us for photography in the future.
Here are some of my performance shots:
If you would like to see more of my photos from this show, just click on any of the photos in this post. You will be brought to the photo on Flickr where you can easily view my Brass Mantis set.
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