Portfolio Frenzy!!

Hello Readers/Viewers, 

So it's been a while since I've had a chance to blog for pleasure! The last few posts have been assignment related! School has been so crazy, but I'm taking a time-out to post some shots from my latest shoots!

Most of my time developing my portfolio has been spent on shooting fashion as that is my Major, but I also have to squeeze in time for some normal portraits!! For school purposes, my portfolio has to be made up of 30 images, 20 of which will be my major - fashion - and 10 will be my other chosen genre - portraiture.

I've pretty much completed the fashion shots for my portfolio, just a couple more final shots needed and so I have the next couple of weeks to put together 10 awesome portraits!

Last week I took some photos of my lovely boyfriend, Liam. Here are some of my faves that I will be selecting from, for my port:

To add to that, today I had a great shoot with the lovely Jessica Kmiec - an awesome Make-up artist that I worked with on a recent Fashion shoot! She's so photogenic and was a joy to photograph! It was a really fun morning and the weather was just gorgeous!

Here are some of my faves of Jessica (and man, there were a tonne of great shots to choose from!):

And finally, I shot some fashion work with Akos, one of the gorgeous models from Swish Productions Modeling Agency in Winnipeg. She needed some black and white images in particular for her book, as did I, so we focused on getting some black and white shots in the studio. After we'd done that, we went outside and took a few colour shots while the weather was so nice! Here are a few of my faves:

So, that's that for now! I have another exciting creative planned with Akos next weekend, and I'm shooting another gorgeous Swish model on Wednesday afternoon, so watch this space for more Fashion updates!

As well as that, more portrait sessions scheduled, so watch this space for more updates on how everything's coming along!

Until next time...

Katy

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Out of this world!!

So I haven't blogged in a while, so thought I'd share some recent work with you.

I can't say this was my favourite assignment (sorry Sarah!), and my ideas were lacking! I found it really hard to come up with ideas to create 'Space' images. I think, however, that I managed to pull off some good work, despite the creative block! 

I've been working hard all day on these 3 images, and I know there are some areas that can be improved (my PS skills are still developing, so don't be too critical on my errors please! Lol. Photo-manipulation isn't quite my thing!)

In order to achieve the final results on the following images, I began by photographing 3 different things, then I used PS to manipulate the images to create a 'Space' effect.

Let me know your thoughts! :o)

Katy

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People and Pets :o)

Hey People,

So sorry my blog entry's are few and far between lately! My life is so hectic these days that I rarely have time to sit down and blog!

Right now I'm not feeling so well, so I've had to rain check on going out for the evening and I've been chilling at home in the warm instead! 

In order to try and keep some sanity, whilst at home, depressed about not being able to go out on the town, I've been playing around with the studio lights that I've borrowed from school. 

This evening my dog has been the only willing person to 'model' for me haha, but I did manage to rope my mum and dad in for a few shots too!

Here are my 2 fave shots! 

Not bad for a studio light beginner, I'd say! Makes me want my own lighting kit coz I know I'm gonna miss it when I don't have it at home! lol.

Anyway, hope to do some more shooting with the lights over the weekend, so i'll keep you posted :o)

Katy

xxx

Dorothy!

'Dorothy' is a series of images I've been working on for a Creative Imaging assignment.

The brief was basically that I had to produce a body of work that had a narrative - a beginning, middle and end. It had to be at least 5 images and it could be anything I liked! Fiction, non-fiction, a recreation of a story... anything!

I chose to base my work on 'The Wizard of Oz'! I have a HUGE love for anything related to the 'Wizard of Oz' so I had a lot of fun shooting this and a lot of ideas! 

It was challenging trying to work in the freezing winnipeg winter temperatures and Janine was a TROOPER modeling for me in the 'outdoors' images! I faced a few challenges and limitations while shooting, so I would love to attempt this series again sometimes, maybe in a warmer month! lol! 

Overall, my version of the story is based on the character of Dorothy, as opposed to being a recreation of the whole story. I wanted to represent Dorothy's experience with the 'witch' alone, and in this instance didn't include the 'scarecrow', 'tin man' or 'cowardly lion' characters. Again, this was due to time, weather and model limitations! I really hope I can work on this series again in order to work on these shots as well.... so watch this space!!!

The Storm

The Wicked Witch is Dead

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Hello My Pretty

Trapped

Dorothy Escapes

Ding Dong the Witch is Dead!

There's No Place Like Home

Goodbye 2009...Hello 2010

DT13.2 Blogging Non-School Related Photos

So Christmas break is over and what a great break it has been!! After a crazy few months of photography school I think I got to the point where I needed a break! Not that the photography stopped of course... oh no, lots of assignments have kept me busy in that department! 

But asides from all the assignment shooting, what else have I been up to you ask?! Well, I'll tell you... not a lot! lol! 

I genuinely have been just taking it easy and chilling out at home a lot of the time (oh, when I haven't been at work earning some cash!). 

I haven't been a complete hermit however, and I have dragged out into the cold, blistering Winnipeg weather a few times. 

The first couple of images I'd like to share with you are from a shoot that I done with my sister and her boyfriend, (who has been over from England visiting). Now, my sister wanted some cute/cool couple shots of them, so off we trotted to The Forks where we wandered around, played in the snow and I, as usual, snapped away! Here are 2 of my favourite couple shots:

Harriet and Stuart

Harriet and Stuart

Another snow day that I endured, was with my family and some family friends, tobogganing down a hill!! Now, I was so busy shooting, I only went down the hill once myself, however, I was having great fun watching everyone else! My dad in particular was hilarious, suddenly he was 10 years old and sliding face first on his belly on the sled down the hill! haha! Next thing I knew, someone else was jumping on his back and 2 of them were sliding face first down the snowy hill! The other highlight of the day, again presented to me by my dad, was when he tried to push my sister down the hill, but managed to get his foot caught on the rope of the sled and he tripped backwards and landed on his back in a heap on the floor! I actually think I almost peed myself with laughter whilst trying to get an 'in focus' shot of the event! haha! dont worry though, I didn't pee myself! lol! Anyway, it was a right laugh and here are some of my fave shots from the day:

Tammy about to push my dad face first down the hill in a race again Shawn on the yellow sled.

My Mum and Dad, in fits of laughter might I add!

My Dad on the floor after he fell over haha - is it mean to laugh?!! 

The main event of the holidays... CHRISTMAS DAY itself!! 

My Christmas day was spent at home with the family, there were 7 of us in total, Me, my boyfriend Liam, Mum, Dad, Sister Harriet, Sister's boyfriend Stuart and Catherine, a Chinese student who is living with us in a 'home-stay' while she is studying at the U of M. It was Catherine's first ever Christmas, as they don't celebrate it in China so it was good fun being able to exchange gifts with her and enjoy a delicious christmas dinner with her! Hopefully she enjoyed it as much as my family and I did! Here are some of my shots from Christmas Day:

Our lovely Christmas tree

The Family (plus Catherine) - (L-R Dad, Harriet, Stuart, Catherine, Me, Liam, Mum)

I set this up then put on the self timer and had to run around the table without slipping over on the wooden floor to get to my seat before the photo was taken!! A Challenge!!

My yummy Christmas Dinner, Starter course - Prawn Cocktail! - I don't know if this is something that's eaten in Canada, but its my starter every year!!

Oh and finally, how could I almost forget; at the beginning of the break, myself, Laura and Janine went out shooting together. We got in the car and basically just drove, looking for things to shoot. It was typical though that it was like -40degrees with windchill the day we went out! I swear I almost died! We were all wrapped up in our snow suits, basically we looked like we were about to go snowboarding down a mountain! BUT even being wrapped up it was STILL cold!! We were jumping out of the car, taking a few shots, then running back into the car to warm up! Crazy times, but kinda fun still! Here are a couple of shots from our little adventure!:

Laura freezing her backside off setting up her shot!

Janine Posing on the car

All in all, I had great break! I didn't go away anywhere or do much really, but I had fun with my family, regained some energy that I'd burnt during the last few months and worked hard on assignments. All in all, a nice end to 2009!

Welcome, 2010!!!

xxx

Fashion Fun!

Hello People,

So for an assignment last week, I had to take 40 shots of one subject, in one particular place. The other catch - I had to shoot at just 50mm, so I had to move myself around my subject in order to get my shots, as opposed to zooming in and out! Yay for my shiny new 50mm f/1.8 lens! I could put it to good use for this assignment!

I decided to have some fun with this assignment and do my favourite type of photography - portraiture - so I got Laura all dressed up and chose my Piano room as the place to shoot. I love the natural afternoon lighting that comes through the window into that room so it was perfect! I am so pleased with the shots and think that they are some of my best portraits yet - simple, yet stunning! Of course I couldn't have got such great shots without such a great model! Laura looked gorgeous and thus, so did the shots! Thanks Laura! 

Anyway, let me know what you think of my work... as always, I love to get feedback so I can keep improving!

Katy

xxx