35mm - Big City, Small Town Feel

You might be able to consider the following pictures as part of the Small Town - Night Series or you might just consider them as some photos that have their own category, you decide. I finally got around to developing some film that I have been dying to see. Some of these shots were taken back in the Fall of 2010, either September, October or November, I really have no idea when it was. It was a day that my girlfriend took me apple picking, something I had not done since a field-trip in kindergarten. I only took a few photos that day,  as I needed to help with carrying the giant bag of apples. We went apple picking at a farm out in the country (that makes sense I guess) called Pingle's and then also checked out the store-front that they had at the farm. It was a great day, and we were eating and baking with apples for the next few weeks!

The other photos in the post (this is where it is more like the Small Town/Night pics) are from downtown Toronto, in the Distillery District. Back in December there was a Christmas Market (apparently something more common in Europe?). It was a lot of fun, and we ended up going twice. There were vendors on the streets selling mostly home made food, pies, cakes and other treats. Along with the outside set-ups, all of the stores in the area were open extended hours, there were also many art-galleries open to walk through and enjoy. Santa also made the appearance for some photos with kids. There were carollers, clowns and lots of jolly people. I took more photos here because we went twice. Since it was at night I really had no idea what I was going to come home with, and since it was on 35mm film, it made it even more of a guessing game. Overall I am pretty happy with some of the shots that I got.

Enjoy!

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Night-Time Series Part 2

This is the second part of an on-going series of photos that are of small towns, or places with small town feels to them, taken at night (see the first post here). There is something totally different about going out late at night, to take pictures. Often times a tripod is required as well as long exposures. When you hit the shutter button with a long exposure, for myself anyways, I am not sure exactly what is going to show up at the end of the exposure. It's not like taking portraits, covering events or shooting sports. It is a slower process and I think that's why I am enjoying it so much. I get to think through exactly what I am doing, before I do it, or while I picture is being taken. So far, the times that I have gone out for this series, I have been out for quite a while (a few hours) but taken only a handful of photos (only 21 photos in total this last time). Since this is something I am just getting into, it is a lot of experimenting and trial and error.

When I headed out for this trip, the plan was to photograph a local firehall that I have driven by many times at night, each time noticing the bright contrast of the lighting of the building against the dark woods all around. I wanted to try to capture this erie feeling. It was a little past midnight when I went, so the roads were pretty much deserted in this area, but it was also a rainy night. The snow was melting, it wasn't the most pleasant of conditions. Anyways I came out with a few shots that I like. The last photo in this post is from the following day when we went on a hike to a set of waterfalls, I didn't especially like any of the shots I took there, but this one turned out alright.

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Amy and Mike + 1 (Maternity Photos)

This past weekend I had the opportunity to take some photos and Amy and Mike. Amy is pregnant and is due in February. They wanted me to take these pictures so that they can look back and remember this time in their lives. They also didn't have engagement photos done before their wedding, so this was another chance for them to have some photos taken together. When I do a shoot like this, I really try to bring out the love between the couple or family. I want to catch them being natural and comfortable with each other in front of me. Hopefully this shows through in my photographs.

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SU Sportz Promo Video #1

I am currently working on a series of videos for SU Sportz (you may remember a previous post about them, here). This video is to be sent out to potential partners of SU Sportz' summer camps. The idea is to send it out to a pastor/church, to get them involved in hosting a camp.

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Jay and Leah - Wedding Photo Time Lapse

This is a video of every picture that I took at Jay and Leah's wedding.

Cinco De Mayo - Liberty University Selah Yearbook release party 2010

Christmas Extended

Despite the fact that the holiday season has ended, I have decided to share a few pictures from the Santa Claus parade that I attended back in November. Considering the parade was in November, it wasn't too cold and there wasn't any snow on the ground. It was the first night-time parade that I have ever attended and I wanted to take some good pictures. I chose a spot near where the local news station was broadcasting from, because they had their huge video lights set-up and I thought they might add some additional light as well as some more interest to my photos. I hope you enjoy the pics!

Here is a video from the night.




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