Olympic thank-you cards from grade1/2 class
Classroom project: Olympic Torch
IndexOn the opening day of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver I volunteered to go into an Elementary school to talk about my Olympic experience and take some photos of a grade 1/2 class with the Olympic Torch.
I downloaded the Olympic Fanfare theme by John Williams and played over the speakers in the classroom as I entered in my white suit and torch.
The kids were wowed, and I felt pretty cool myself. I gave them a few details of the run, but I had more questions for them and I was impressed with their knowledge and interest in the Games.
Then it was on to the photos in the back of the class where I set up a seamless and used a flag provided by the teacher. The kids were really attentive and keen to hold and pose with the torch.
Because of FOIP - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I decided to show only one of the images, but will include some of the priceless thank-you cards from the kids.GH
I downloaded the Olympic Fanfare theme by John Williams and played over the speakers in the classroom as I entered in my white suit and torch.
The kids were wowed, and I felt pretty cool myself. I gave them a few details of the run, but I had more questions for them and I was impressed with their knowledge and interest in the Games.
Then it was on to the photos in the back of the class where I set up a seamless and used a flag provided by the teacher. The kids were really attentive and keen to hold and pose with the torch.
Because of FOIP - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I decided to show only one of the images, but will include some of the priceless thank-you cards from the kids.GH
Hawaiian waterman
I was in Hawaii last week and I was unable to land or find a wedding for that matter.
Apparently destination weddings are down in Hawaii, but way up in Mexico.
On the first day of my trip I met a man on the beach and before we even passed shoulders
I told myself that I had to take his picture. He was a striking local man and a serious surfer too.
The next day I made the introductions and before long we were taking some pictures. He really
wanted to be shot near the catamaran, and I wanted something more simple. As it turns out we both
got the pictures we wanted.
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10 must have wedding photos
The definitive list of photos every wedding photographer should capture for you. 1. Emotion. The day is full of a lot of highs, maybe some lows but for sure some tears, smiles and nervousness on faces of Bride & Groom and family members. Anything can happen on your wedding day and your photographer should be able to equipped and able to record the subtle emotions throughout the day.
2. Preparation for the day. Some of the most touching, or crazy parts of the day are the events leading up to the nuptuals. The guys go golfing, make pancakes or hang out in their boxers all morning while the ladies primp and pose all with their closest friends. Emotions come into play here, see above, so this event is not be missed.
3. Overall shot of location. At some point your photographer should find a suitable place for a photo depicting the whole scene. So often the bridal party or the guests only see a small portion of the scene. Alot of money and time go into selecting the location, so make sure you get a scenic shot of what you paid for.
4. Details. Close-ups, macro, and micro shots of your rings, shoes, place settings, flowers. Small details you spent time and effort on, so you should have a photographic memory of all the thing important to you.
5. Ceremony. This goes without saying, but often the light is lousy where the ceremony is, so make sure your photographer is aware of the ceremony location and is able to supplement the lighting with flashes or strobes if necessary.
6. B&G with the Parents. Something casual, while dancing works great, or the photo booth. I don’t recommend the posing head on, straight line, it’s …..well boring.
7. The party, This is when guests and the wedding party let their guard down. And after all isn’t the night reserved for a celebration?
8. Isolation of couple away from everyone else. I recommend the day before or the day after if time permits, otherwise make sure there is some alone time before the reception.
9. Black &White, the bride is in white, groom often in black, it’s a natural.
10. An image unrelated to the wedding. Something happening outside of the bridal bubble. It could be anything, a scenic, the big blue sky, or raindrops, but an image or two the will make you go ahh.
Portrait of CFL Eskimo Patrick Kabongo | Edmonton Portrait Photographer
Good Wishes
Time stands still this time of year, and we do alot of reflecting on the past year and some hoping for 2010. Well... for all you guys planning on getting down on one knee this festive season for the love of your life, or all you ladies who have already said yes, please keep docweddings in mind.
Waiting game
Last week I spent five evenings at Rexall Place shooting the Canadian Curling Trials.
Curling is not my favourite thing to shoot, but after a few days a rhythm emerges and it becomes a waiting game for the best pictures from a three hour match.
I think this is what sets photographers from docweddings apart from other wedding photographers. Good pictures take time, and waiting for them to happen is part of that.
Too often I see wedding photographers rush people into poses and try to maximize their time with as many mundane photos as possible. I think it is always better to have fewer, but better images.
Curling is not my favourite thing to shoot, but after a few days a rhythm emerges and it becomes a waiting game for the best pictures from a three hour match.
I think this is what sets photographers from docweddings apart from other wedding photographers. Good pictures take time, and waiting for them to happen is part of that.
Too often I see wedding photographers rush people into poses and try to maximize their time with as many mundane photos as possible. I think it is always better to have fewer, but better images.
HOPE for Copenhagen
Edmonton - December 12, 2009 - Montana Wolff Von Selzam holds a candle as other members hold up letters that spell HOPE as Community members, NDP MLA Rachel Notley, Council of Canadians, E-SAGE, Greenpeace on Campus, and the Sierra Club hold a candlelight vigil demonstrating Albertans' concern about people dying from climate change. PHOTO BY JIMMY JEONG for the Edmonton Journal. -48 degrees (with windshield) weather didn’t stop Edmontonians from joining in on a co-ordinated 130-country vigil in hopes of some real action from the Copenhagen talks. I was quite surprised that so many people actually came out for this event. Didn’t they know that the Canadian Curling Trials were underway? Didn’t they know that my poor fingers were turning purple as I tried to squeeze every bit of available light on my Nikon D700 pushing the pixels beyond ISO 2500. Or maybe they just knew that our newspapers are suckers when it comes to candle light vigils. There’s so much symbolism with that lighting of the flame. A shared hope. The Technical Stuff: Shot with my trusty Nikon D700 at ISO 2500 (shot a couple at 3200 and it was still pretty clean) and a 50mm lens at an aperture of 1.4. I wish that Nikon would come out with that 35mm 1.4 already. I love the bokeh (the quality of the out of focus parts of the image) with a 1.4 aperture, but the 50mm focal length is just too tight for my style of bringing the viewer into the setting type of look.
Donate A Tuque or Coat
Meet Marie, Earl and Abenezer (age 22). Earl is from Toronto and has run into some bad luck but he’s described as working homeless. He is trying to make ends meet and save enough to be able to find a home. Marie is from the Yukon. Abenezer has been in Canada for five years and has been living on the streets for the last four years. If you have any winter clothing lying around in your storage, please donate them to a local charity. Or even better, why not make a donation in honour of a friend or family for Christmas. The Technical Stuff: These photos were shot with a Nikon D700, ISO 2500, with a 50mm lens at F1.4 (which is why you get that beautiful shallow depth of field). The catch lights in their eyes show up because I made sure that a brighter part of the sky (deep blue) was behind me and they would have to face that way.
