Nova Scotia based Photographer & Designer.

Video Blog : Final thoughts on school.

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:41:35 -0400

Hemlock Ravine Shoot.

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:31:00 -0400

Two other photographers from my class and I decided that since May is our portfolio month, that we were going to do something where we could work with new people and get some new prints for our portfolios. Every week we will be meeting up with a total of 6 models (sometimes more!) and doing quick 30 minute mini sessions.

This is the first of the series. We did it at Hemlock Ravine. A gorgeous park with a heart shaped pond off the Bedford Highway. :)

^ Stephanie Curnew

^ Stephanie’s adorable laugh.

^ Little Amber freezing. All wrapped up in her brother’s legs. Adorable!

^ One of her many hilarious faces.

^ Lindsay Mackenzie.

^ Lindsay by the river.

^ I think this one is my favourite of her. :)

Chelsea & Marc!

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:43:00 -0400

We have been trying to get out to shoot FOREVER. They wanted to do a couples shoot outside in the snow and, well, we had almost no snow this winter. But we finally had schedules that let us meet up and here we are. :) This couple.. is amazing. They are the coolest people I’ve met in a long time. You can expect to see a LOT more work with these two over this summer. We have a ton of plans and some cool spots picked out. Can’t wait!! :)

This day in Musquodoboit.

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:01:00 -0400

The 1st and 2nd year photo classes headed to Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia for the day to shoot the town for a tourism book. Here’s some of my shots from the day. :)

^ Samee looking amazing as she always does.

^ Ryan looking handsome in Marney’s barn.

^ “Other” Kayla posing at the highschool near a huge window.

^ Each of us had to have a portrait taken of ourselves to go in the book next to our name. I thinkkkk this is the one I’m going to hand in for it. It’s also funny because out of our group of 5 Ryan was the only one not wearing a right shirt. Hehe.

^ One of the handsome guys at the station. He’s also a photographer!

^ Mr Buster Brown. Marney’s barn dog. Super happy lovable pup.

^ Some of Marney’s horses. They’re all super old gentleman and ladies. <3

^ Art teacher at the local highschool.

^ Another gentleman from the station.

^ Being shown some old guys that worked the station way back when.

^ Flowers sprouting their way up!

^ Horses are just so photogenic. I could photograph a horse for hours and never run out of ideas. I have so much love for them.

^ One of the local girls in art class. She was so shy, but I’m glad she cooperated! Haha. :)

^ Some saddles up in the tack shop.

^ The shot of this cat took so much effort. I had climbed up onto a huge pile of hay bales and Buster Brown came up with me and was all in my face licking me while I was lying down trying to get a shot of the cat. Silly pup haha.

^ I didn’t take this image here, my friend Ryan Singler did. I just really wanted to show this to everyone.

I don’t know this horse’s name, I had just met him. We stopped at a random house and were shooting this lady’s (Marney) property and horses. I left the group of people and slipped under a fence and met this fella. I guess he’s over 30 years old. He let me braid his hair and followed me around a little bit then laid down beside me so I sat with him. We stayed like this for about 20 minutes without anyone bothering us. Ryan just happened to run back to the car to grab a lens and grabbed this shot right before the horses decided to get back up. Definitely going to treasure this moment forever. <3

Self Portrait #9.

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:18:00 -0400

I had so much homework to do today, that I quite literally just stared at it. Then found every reason possible not to do it. I cleaned my room. Did laundry. Took a shower. Painted my nails. Then covered myself in make-up and took photos. Then I ran out of stuff to do and finally did it.

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Self Portrait #8.

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:00:00 -0400

Inspired by this song :

20 years together.

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:36:34 -0400

My Stepdad and my Maja after our fleamarketing adventure this morning. :)

Pais.

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:54:00 -0400

Paisley, named after Brad Paisley, just looked so adorable on my bed the other day, all worried and such. This dog wasn’t supposed to live more than a few months and now look at him about 4 years later. Healthy. Happy. Adorable. A concerned man. We’re so lucky.

Magazine mock-up assignment.

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:26:00 -0400

Our latest assignment was to shoot an image for the magazine cover of our choice. Naturally I left this one until last minute as I had no idea what I wanted to do.

I finally decided that I wanted to shoot something with horses so I contacted the stables I’ve been riding at since I was super young to see if it was okay to come borrow a horse or two for an hour. :)

It may not look like it but Jenn was FREEZING. She was literally shivering. The next issue was that Bandit was covered in mud. So 3 of us had to brush her down. Even after that she still looked like she just rolled around in a dust pile. Next was that I was missing a cord to one of my lights I had with me so I could only use 1 light. And let me tell you… barns are dark. They are hard to light. Horses don’t really stay still for long before they move their heads.

When I got home to look through my stuff I had ghosting from a low shutter speed trying to get ambient light, Jenn would be really well lit and Bandit would be black as night. Jenn’s face would be blown out and Bandit would be lit really nice. Jenn had a nice face, and Bandit looked half asleep. It was a process FOR sure. But worth it. :) I know Bandit looks sleepy in this photo but I really liked Jenn’s pose and how the lighting came out.

Gear : Nikon D700, 50mm F/2.8, Bowens Light Kit.
Location : Boulderwood Stables, MT. Uniake.

A day in my life.

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:44:00 -0400

I gave myself a mini photo project today! To shoot my day. Except I think I picked one of the most boring days possible this week haha. Sorry about that! :)

Started off about 9am. Somebody staring me down.

Hop on the ‘net to check les emails.

Make a post about doing this so that I would have to stick with it.

Making my breaky.

Mmm powdery goodness.

Still in great company with my supervisor watching over me.

All ready to nom.

More sooking.

It is really hard to take a picture of yourself working out hahaha. Fail.

Fresh outta the shower!

Brushing the chompers.

Drowning myself in perfume.

I seriously cannot get rid of him. But he’s so cute.

Tried like 10 times to get it in focus. Gave up. Finally done getting ready.

Mocking up magazines in class for an assignment.

Creeping my future husband.

Look at all my texts from all my friends. Not. Haha. I’m lame :(

My day got lame so I looked to other people for inspiration. Found my step daddio and chased him around the house. Was not impressed.

He finally gave in and ignored me. Then decided to show me a photo of him from grade 10 that he found online. Hahaha.

Then I went to the gym. Ran 3.24 miles. Sweated off 50 pounds. Ate some salad and pasta. And I’ve been being a very boring person ever since doing homework and this.

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