A Pooh Update

So as you probably noticed, I didn’t complete the 100 Possibilities Project (aka Project 100) that I was working on. I had initially wanted to finish it before the end of 2010 and then gave myself another two months which would have resulted in completing it in about 1 year, but that didn’t happen either. As it is a personal project, it tends to get pushed back as other projects require my immediate attention. I have approximately 30 photos left in the series and I have ideas for the majority of them. I hope to get working on it again shortly and also to get caught up with posting them here on the blog but I believe they are up to date in the Flickr set if you want to take a look at where we are now.

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PHO5598: Assignment 5

I had been looking forward to the fifth assignment since the beginning of the course: Portraits. We had to shoo the same subject in the five different types of basic lighting  (broad, loop/short, butterfly, Rembrandt and split). Kate was my subject and she did a marvellous job. I am really happy with how the shots came out.

The above images are the five I submitted for the actual assignment, but I finished others and plan on doing even more in the next little while. Check it out on Flickr.

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Motivation Monday - Kirsty Mitchell

I haven't done one of these for a while now and that is partly because I haven't had the time to sit down and write about someone (and their work), but also because I haven't been looking at too many other photographers' work lately. That being said, there is one UK-based photographer I have been following for quite some time now and I find her work to be absolutely amazing. I show Kirsty Mitchell's Flickr site and now her website to people in the office whenever she releases a new photo and I honestly can't get enough of her work. It is so original, creative and breathtakingly beautiful. Her work has gotten many new ideas flowing through my head like no one else recently. Warholian.com just finished a fantastic interview with her and I feel that is pretty much sums up everything I would want to say here so I strongly suggest you check it out and then give her work a look too. So amazing!!

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Rave Reviews

I have been getting tons of rave reviews for the photos I took while at Nico and Alison's wedding back in July. I haven't quite been able to finish all of the photos I would like so there are still more to come (shortly) but what is done can be found on my Flickr account.
To be honest, I am pretty pleased with how the photos came out and even the bride and groom have mentioned how much they like them. I have even seen some interest from friends/co-workers about shooting other weddings so even perhaps it is something I should start seriously considering.

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Flickr Organization

This weekend I finally got around to doing something I had been planning and intending to do for quite some time now: organizing my Flickr sets and collections.
I have broken them down into 9 basic collections;

• Algonquin College

• Animal Photography

• Event Photography

• Nature Photography

• Personal Projects

• Portraiture

• Travel Photography

• Wedding Photography

• Miscellaneous
Each one of these is broken into sub-collections and sets that are pretty self-explanatory. These are basically the areas I am going to be focusing on/taking normally throughout my daily life.
Check out the new setup and let me know what you think.

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Flickr

I created a Flickr account the other day and have since started uploading some of my images to it. I think this will be the best way for me to share larger numbers of photos at one time (eg. Holiday photos of family and friends). I will let you know when I post a large group of photos there both here and on my regular/daily blog, for those of you who only visit one but might still be interested. They are of course, edited to some degree as well as signed and resized. If you are ever interested in any of my photos, just let me know and I will gladly discuss whatever it is you want to discuss.

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