Feb 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
I spent most of yesterday framing and all of this morning setting up my Made in China photo series at La Galerie in St. Boniface College. I’m glad it’s done and I’m super happy with how it turned out! A big thanks to my friend Melissa Finch who coordinated the exhibit and helped me hang the frames. (you might remember Melissa from this wedding)
You might also remember these photos if you were at my last Cre8ery exhibit in June of 2010… even if you’ve already seen them, you should still go check it out at the Collège’s art gallery. They’re printed and framed in a different format than at the Cre8ery’s show, and they are also for sale, if you’re interested in adding a splash of colour to your walls.
Some people have asked if these are painted or air-brushed… nope, these are digital photographs of my wardrobe: clothing made in China. I raided my closet to see how many things I owned were actually made in China, and turns out, a lot! (cheap, disposable, mass-produced clothing, of course). I wanted to shed some light on the fact that we are generally oblivious to where our clothing is made, how much it actually cost, and how much of it we have because it’s being made at such low prices. Do we really need all this clothes? Do I?? Well, probably not! In fact, do we really need everything else that we buy, accumulate and amass?
It was an interesting concept: this idea of over-consumption, mass-production, cheap things for sale in our local stores, so readily available. It’s something that I don’t spend enough time thinking about, so I decided to put my Made in China clothing to a new use: works of art. I gathered my clothing on my coffee table, placed them in different formations, and photographed it abstractly. The result? Some pretty colourful photos that seem to dance, and move and pop out of their frames. I love it.
Check it out at the Collège Universitaire de St-Boniface, 200 de la Cathédrale Avenue (right behind the St. Boniface Cathedral). Enter by the Aulneau Street side door, take a left, and the gallery is right there. The doors are open 8am to 8pm 7 days a week and the exhibit will be on until the end of March.
Melissa helping me hang all the frames.
Frames waiting to be hung.
Feb 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
The life of the photographer mom continues… I just can’t help it! If you have THIS cute of a baby at home every day, you can’t help but take a million pictures of the little peanut!!! Today I needed to take some baby-toes pictures for another side project, so while I was at it, I went a little further with it… and continued to pose my daughter and take many more shots than intended! Tomorrow she will be 8 weeks old. Time flies. She’s my favourite little person!
I also made a sketched frame triptych with some of these photos which appear in my 52-week photo & art project over at my photographic art blog. Check it out!
Feb 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Élise received a lovely gift from a family friend this weekend: a beautifully hand-made headband! This gorgeous creation was made by Brigitte Guénette of Mouton Blond. Élise loved her little headband and I had fun taking photos of her, as usual. Check out more of Brigitte’s gorgeous handcrafted knits over at her facebook page.
Feb 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Shortly after Christmas, Melissa & Steve’s gorgeous leather wedding album arrived at my doorstep. It was pretty exciting to cut open the packaging and lift this beautiful (but very heavy!) album from the UPS box. WOW. What a way to preserve and present their photos from their beach wedding! I was even more thrilled to give it to them – this is something they’ll keep for years and years to come. I couldn’t be happier with the result! After several years of trying out different book companies, I finally settled on two of my favourite ones because of their durability, exquisite print quality, cover options and substantial size & weight. This is no cheapo coffee table book with flimsy pages printed at a discount photo lab. This is a true fine art album. And lucky for my wedding clients – all my 2011 and 2012 wedding packages include a credit towards one of these beautiful albums!
The specs:
10 ” x 14 ” horizontal
40 pages (20 spreads that measure almost 2.5 feet wide when open! quite impressive when you hold it in your lap!)
Black “fragment” leather cover
Decorative cover & box made from recycled materials
Mmmmm gorgeous! To see Melissa & Steve’s wedding photos from their Dominican wedding, click here!
Feb 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
Two years ago my husband and I bought a beautiful 98 year old character home with lots and lots of white walls. Being a photographer, you’d think I’d have tons of photos up on the walls – but no! It actually took being pregnant, and now having a newborn baby to finally start putting framed photos up on our walls. So now I have a few photos up, and of course, half of them are of my cute little Élise. I’m so glad I finally got around to doing this!
….and thank you to my wonderful little Élise, who now, finally, at 6 weeks of age, falls asleep more easily on her own and lets me do things like update my blog! (this is her hanging out on the floor of my office while I posted these photos on my blog)
