Absent due to Major Changes

You may have noticed my absence on this blog as of late. Not only are my fiance and I very busy with our wedding preparations, I am also working on some BIG changes for this blog and in for my business overall. Some of the changes need a fair bit more research before I can announce them, but the changes for the blog should be ready sometime this weekend!! I am super excited to share it all with you and I hope you check in to see what's going on.

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Niagara Falls

I spent the past few days in Southern Ontario for business meetings and at night took the opportunity to visit some of the tourist attractions down there and of course made a stop at Niagara Falls. It was a little cold and windy, but well worth it, in my opinion. I just love how they light the falls at night. I waited around until the lights changed to variations I really liked and I think this version is my favourite.

These are the American Falls. The Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls are normally my favourite, but this night the straight, American ones really caught my eye.

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SOOC Sunday

Despite the current busy schedule that is my life, I have decided to start a new feature here called SOOC Sunday. I will show you the image as I took it (straight out of camera) and then the final image after any alterations I made to it in Photoshop. If the changes are extensive I will also do a quick how-to about the applications I used on the final product. Let me know what you think, the first one will be coming later today.

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Two

I did a pet photography session with my Chris’ new little kitten a couple of weeks ago. Her name is Two and she is adorable! She didn’t sit still for very long, but we managed to get some great shots of her anyway.

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Perfection

Jackson Robert Beach

July 19, 2011
8lbs. 1oz.

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In Progress

I have been working hard on several projects over the last few weeks that I am eager to share with all of you...I just haven't had the time to sit down and get them on here for you to look at.

I have been working on some personal projects, like testing the limits of my new D3s camera to be able to give it a proper review for you to enjoy, as well as some works for new and returning clients. Hopefully this little update and the news that I have updated the photos on the official website (http://www.stephaniebeachphotography.com/) will give you something to look at and think of in the meantime.

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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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Waiting…

I have several ideas for what could be some really interesting portrait shoots. I have the gear to get the quality of shots I want. I have a repertoire of models to use. Unfortunately I do not have the weather I want. I don’t want my models to freeze to death in the coldness that is Ottawa winters so let’s all start thinking warm Spring-like thoughts so I can get moving with my ideas. Okay, we are all in agreement – Spring needs to come now!

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Stephanie Beach Photography

I have incorporated a few changes in the last couple of days and will be continuing to do so over the next little while. The biggest change is the launching of my own website: http://www.stephaniebeachphotography.com/ This blog is linked to from the new site and the home link at the top of this page now links back to the site.
I will also be launching a Facebook page and will let you all know when that is set up and finalized.
And finally, I am in the process of officially starting my photography business. There are just a few final things I need to figure out before that is complete.
So all in all, big steps for me and my photography that I am pretty freaking excited about!

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100 Possibilities: Cast Pooh

In which Pooh becomes a cast member.

This was taken within the Magic Kingdom in Disney World (Florida). This was the Winnie-the-Pooh ride and I just had to take a photo of Pooh in a ride dedicated to himself!!

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100 Possibilities: Fish Pooh

In which Pooh finds a fishy friend.

Poor Fish Jenn has unfortunately passed away. She lived a happy life between the two human Jenns at Chris' work though.

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100 Possibilities: TEM Pooh

In which Pooh tries to help me at work.

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100 Possibilities: Green Pooh

In which Pooh celebrates Earth Day.

This photo was originally taken within Disney's Epcot centre and was supposed to be used for Earth day but I compeltely forgot about it until now.

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Catch Up

As you might be able to tell, I have been playing catch up so far this year. I will likely be doing so for a couple more months as I have a large backlog of photos to finish editing and uploading.
I finished 71% of my 100 Possibilities project and am working on finishing blogging the completed photos and also getting the remaining 29% photographed and edited and hope to finish the project shortly.
The backlog of photos include photos from the Cottage trip and assignment, Quebec City, Florida (and Disney), Thanksgiving, Christmas, DST Christmas Party, Family Picnic, Dave’s Firefighter portraits, Toronto trips, Upper Canada Village Alight at Night trip, Chris’ tattoo photos, remaining portraits from various Algonquin College assignments, updated editing of 2008 England trip, and several walks around parks and greenbelts within Ottawa. I think that is everything though I could be wrong – the list is so long that I might have missed a few things, I am sure I will find them as I complete the list.
As you can see, there is lots to edit and lots to upload and blog --- so I should probably get back to that.

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100 Possibilities: Chain Pooh

In which Pooh finds the chain.

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Lean on Me

I mentioned the other day that I had done a shoot with Dave and his sister Jessica – it was for their parent’s Christmas present and the above photo is possibly my favourite from the day. I am sure there will be more to come from this shoot.

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100 Possibilities: Hole-y Pooh

In which Pooh looks through the hole.

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Wonderful Man

This is actually a shot of Dave from the recent shoot I did with him and his sister. Today is our 7 year anniversary and I just wanted to let the whole world know how much I love him.

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Christmas Kisses

A shot I stole while at the office Christmas party.

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PHO5598: Final Assignment

The final assignment for my Lighting Techniques course was to produce a Magazine Cover. We were allowed to make any sort of magazine we wanted, from wildlife to animal based or even crafting or carpentry. I however, chose to do a Fashion Magazine and am so happy with how it came out. Chris was my model and I was able to use my Bowens 400/400 lighting kit for the first time. Chris and I took the photo using the Bowens kit and then I manipulated the background and text in Photoshop. Slap in a fake UPC and create some clever/interesting article titles (thanks to Chris and Dave for the help there) and you have yourself a magazine cover. This can be found on Flickr as well.

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