I’ve been keeping busy with my photography which has been really enjoyable – I’ve been just loving my gakkenflex and caught Lily is a cute yawn that I just had to share! (This is a photograph of a negative which is why it looks a bit strange.)

Details of this project to follow. I’m also warming up the Holgas for some intensive photo sessions for this year’s Holgapalooza! I can’t wait!

So recently, I’ve been talking a lot about all my favorite toy camera/lo-fi online hangouts and supplies so I thought I would give a quick run down of two of my faves.

The background, over a year ago my aunt Kate showed me something she got from a photographer friend of her’s for a Holga contest, Holgapalooza. She knew that was really into my Holga and thought I might be interested in entering – she was right! This introduction to the contest got me interested in Light Leaks magazine and helped me find the toy camera community.

I probably visit the Toy Camera website and forums at least once a day – it’s the best crowd I’ve found in terms of people willing to help and offer advice. There is always examples of what people are doing and images to see and commentary about the latest and greatest toy and lo-fi cameras out there. The website does reviews of cameras, article on photographers and galleries. Recently, I’ve gotten some great advice about Japan and comments on my first Gakkenflex images in the forums. When I started the traveling toy camera project I went to everyone and said, who’s in and what camera should we use? And over 25 people have signed up so far.

Light Leaks magazine is awesome! (And, no, I’m not just saying that!) I love the reviews, how-tos and seeing the amazing images submitted by the Light Leaks community. The greatest edition to Light Leaks has been the shop - a Canadian run camera, film and accessories shop. With affordable, fast and reliable shipping and $2 film, my dreams have come true! It’s also wonderful to be able to support a local company and independent magazine. Preview Issue 17 of Light Leaks here!

For those of us who live in Ottawa, we’ve probably all heard in the news about the apartment building fire in the Glebe. It was shocking and sad to hear about all the people who were displaced. Today I happened to be nearby and got to see the destruction.

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So my New Year started off and running! I’ve got lots of projects on the go and I’m really excited about them.

This past weekend I had the opportunity to make some flowers for an event – corsages and boutonnieres. It was fun working with flowers again and I was really happy with the results (Wordless Wednesday this week).

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Christmas eve mass was beautiful this year with a winter wonderland theme. It was so great to spend time with my family and friends. I was very lucky to receive some great toy and lofi cameras for Christmas including a build it myself stereo pinhole camera.

The weekend was really icy and wet – here is our Smart covered in ice.

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Friday night I enjoyed a night out to see So You Think You Can Dance Canada.  I really enjoyed taking a few snaps to remember the show by…here is a sampling:

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So while I’m away by myself I thought I would FINALLY do some light painting – this is my first, pretty terrible attempt. However the technique was good but composition was bad. I especially like that you can see my socks!

I’ve been interested in light painting, also known as light writing and light graffiti, for a while and kept meaning to try it out but this was rekindled with a notice for a light painting workshop in London UK – which unfortunately I won’t be able to attend but thanks to some tips from the workshop organizer I’ve been able to start my experimenting.

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London is always fun with lots to see and do! Here are a few shots of graffiti and more!

There is always plenty of graffiti to see which I always LOVE!

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So our second day in Rome has been going great – we’ve been walking since around 9:30AM this morning and are finally back at the hotel for a rest before supper. My computer is telling me that I took 897 photos today and that’s not including the ones that my mum and husband took – oh my!

But I wanted to conclude our first day in Rome.

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