Fish Eye Fun!

So for christmas I got a Lomo fish eye camera and I've had so much fun playing around with it!  It's a very simple point and shoot film camera with a fixed fish eye lens.  No focus, no fancy buttons just press down the shutter when you see something cool!  :)  I laugh a lot when I’m shooting with this camera ‘cause I know that something funny will turn out on my film. Anyway, I thought that I should share with you some of my favorite’s from the last couple of rolls.

Movie Reviews...

We'll it took me a little while to get the popcorn out of my teeth but I think I got it all now. So I guess it's time for the reviews...Let's start with the last one that I saw which was "Born into Brothels”. I was really looking forward to see this movie, I had heard a lot about it and had been told that it was intense and amazing. It did not disappoint! Zana Briski, a photographer and Ross Kauffman, videographer, document the lives of a group of children living in a brothel in the red light district of Calcutta, India. Zana teaches the children photography and gives them each a camera to have. I love that you can see the kids taking pictures on the street in the video and then see the photo right after that scene. This was shot to give the viewer perspective on their lives, it gives them a voice. These kids are natural artists! I really love Avijit’s photo at the beach with the sand pale of water being dumped out. You can see the other children playing in the water in the background. This movie is heart breaking and so inspiring. Zana’s photo class was a success and she now has and organization called ‘Kids with Camera’s’. No one should have to live in such despair. Everyone has to see this movie! You should also check out the kid’s gallery , their work is pretty amazing! Two huge thumbs up!

Ok so that was on wednesday morning. My tuesday movie experience wasn’t quite as serious. My morning began by watching “O Brother, where art thou” a comedy based on Homers “The Odyssey”, where three escaped convicts embark on an adventure to find hidden treasure in the 1930’s. The three (George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson) of course find many twists and turns (and hair gel) along the way. The sepia toned picture really added to this movie. The digital process used created a very dusty, dirty south that is unique to other films set in this time. I give this one two thumbs up!

Last, but not lease, the tuesday afternoon movie, “Pecker” with Edward Furlong and Christina Ricci. I have to say my favorite line in this movie was when Pecker (Furlong) was running down the street after his true love Shelley (Ricci) and he yells out “Shelly! I love you more than Kodak!” Haha, it still makes me laugh. This movie is about a young artist who sees art in everyday life, thus making his family, friends, and neighbours the subject of his photos. A New York art dealer falls head over heels for his photography and offers him a show in a gallery in New York. This turns his and his families lives up-side-down! He tries to rectify the problem while trying to come up with more art! Will there be a happy ending?...I’ll let you find out :) This one gets one and a half thumbs up and one LOL.

Yesterday I had the pleasure of working with Chloe, Matt and Laura shooting portraits for one of my assignments. I had such a great time working with them! Laura was my assistant for most of the time, holding my fill for me (yay Laura!) and did a great job doing so. I really love working with natural light and background as much as possible, so we found some nice light in the Klassen’s house and went to town. We had some wardrobe changes and tried out different locations in the house. One thing I do wish for though is to grow a few more inches or maybe a foot, so that I don’t need to carry a bench around with me everywhere I go...or maybe I should just wear some really big heels?...na, I’ll carry the bench. You’d think I’d be used to being short already but I tend to surprise myself often. Anyway...here are my pick’s of the bunch...



Thanks guys, it was so much fun working with you!!

Oh the cuteness...

Yestarday we celebrated my nieces 2nd birthday and I have to say that she is the cutest two year old ever!! I love using my 50mm to get the speeds that I need to capture her actions and gestures. Two year olds move pretty fast! so adorable...
Happy Birthday Annika :)

So this week I’ve been working on shots that I could practice my edgy editing on in Lr. While I was in my back lane looking for something interesting to take pictures of I noticed a small little puddle under my car port and water was dripping into it from the eaves trough above. This little puddle captivated me for two hours! I couldn’t stop taking pictures of it!! I think this one is my favorite.

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I edited them all, some more than others. I like the natural looking water but of course boosting the colour and contrast is fun to play with.

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