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.

It was shocking to see – what would I do if suddenly everything I owned was gone? I have no idea. Read the rest of this entry »

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Growing up I was surrounded by cameras and photographers. I joke sometimes that there is a picture for everyday of my life growing up – but really every important event in my life is recorded by photographs. My mum, more recently, has been making us special books of photos she has taken from the time we were born until now – birthdays, vacations, Christmas etc…they hold precious memories of our family, family members past and present and love.

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A few months ago I asked if any of my friends if they were interested in having pictures taken and my friend, GC, said he would be getting a tattoo done in June and would I like to photograph that. I said, “sure.” So last week I did my first tattoo shoot – it was really cool and I got some interesting shots of the tattoo process. Warning: some people may find tattoo photographs to be of a graphic nature. Read the rest of this entry »

For several years I have been frequenting a graffiti wall in Ottawa to document the wall and the amazing art that is there. The wall is located in a park at the corner of Bronson and Slater. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week I had to opportunity to do some photos for an event at the NAC. I was really excited about the chance to do some photography for the afternoon of a beautiful day. It was a really wonderful event complete with a RCMP officer singing O Canada and traditional First Nations singers opening the event and singing while dancers danced.

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So last night I enjoyed my cake decorating class a lot because we have started working with gum paste which I think will be very helpful in my ability to sculpt and decorate my cakes. Read the rest of this entry »

So tonight I worked on framing some photographs. I had a bunch of photographs printed – holga prints, spring photos for about the house and some of the prints I want to put in the show I’m going to have some work in later this month. (The photos on the right piled up). I also have more that I want to get hard-mounted but didn’t drop off yet.

It was really fun and I definitely want to get some more images printed and framed!