Having a baby model to my disposal 24 hours a day makes me a really happy photographer! Élise was at it again yesterday, being super cute with her curious eyes and big smiles. I can’t get enough of her cuteness, and it’s really hard to hold back taking pictures! I took 272 photos in 11 minutes. Whew! By the end, her face had “I’m done” written all over it. She loves the camera, but knows when it’s too much. 🙂 I love that crazy kid.
I’ve been working on an alternative portrait photography art project for several months now, and my photos are finally up at the cre8ery gallery! I’m part of a photographic art collective here in Winnipeg, and about once a year we do a group photo exhibit. For this exhibit, I created a series of 52 images consisting of unconventional portraits. I had a ton of fun shooting & editing the images, and a challenging time actually putting up the photos at the gallery (involving 18 screens, 208 magnets, fishing line & duct tape!), but I’m glad it’s finally up and on display! The opening reception was last Thursday, but the show runs until May 3rd (free admission). You should venture down to the Exchange District and see the show while the weather’s so nice!
The show is at the cre8ery gallery: 125 Adelaide Street (near Red River College in the Exchange District). For more info, click here.
Opening reception on Thursday night. (thanks to everyone who stopped by throughout the night!)
A lot of work is put into putting up a photo exhibit! Here are a few behind the scene photos from our afternoon at the cre8ery, the day before the big opening night:
Measuring, leveling, hammering, hanging… lots of work! (thanks Jordan)
Ailsa framing her photos as volunteers helped with the hanging.
My daughter, enjoying the photo exhibit with her Papa.
This little bundle of joy was born on her due date… go figure! I think it’s something like less than 5% of babies are actually born on their due dates. Little LĂ©onie is super cute, and maybe I’m a little biased because she’s also my very first niece and Élise’s cousin. She was born a week ago, and I had the pleasure of taking a few pictures of her while she was still at the hospital, being only 24 hours old. Such a little cutie! She also breaks some other “normals” by being super tiny (less than 6 lbs!) but we’re all happy that she is perfectly healthy. Here are a few photos, along with her happy parents, ma tante Rachel, mon oncle Chad and MĂ©mère & PĂ©père Touchette. You may remember this pregnant belly? We’re happy to finally meet her! Watch out LĂ©onie, you might be the second most photographed baby in the world! (after Élise, of course)
Love,
ma tante Gab
When awesome photo opportunities come my way, it’s very very hard to pass them up. Especially when I found out that Paul does fire spinning. WHAT?! YES I want to shoot that! We took a few weeks to plan the shoot and Monday night was finally THE night. We set up at 3 different outdoor locations in the Exchange District and had a blast doing this shoot. Thanks to Paul for volunteering his time, talent and mini chemistry lab (notice the red & green fire!), thanks to Jocelyne for connecting me with Paul, and thanks to Chad for holding my camera gear.
Enjoy!
Here’s a sneak peek from a super fun fire spinning photo shoot on Monday night in downtown Winnipeg. I have lots more to post, but I’m just too swamped with my photo exhibit opening in only 1 day!
Here is the amazing Paul Mann. Can you believe he’s only been doing this since last September? He’s pretty good!
