#691 Ottawa

This summer I’ve been working on an assignment to cover the Ottawa Rowing Club for a fine magazine. It’s been a fun assignment – my only grumble was that rowers usually start their days at ‘far-too-early‘ o’clock… while I don’t enjoy early mornings I’ll do anything for a good photo.

Many visits, many good people and many motor boat rides chasing sleek, rowing shells have produced a body of work that will come out next spring or early summer. Stay tuned. I’ll keep you posted.

Ottawa Rowing Club

Ottawa Rowing Club

In other news, Canadian Geographic posted a piece featuring three Ottawa photographers – Tony Fouhse, David Trattles and Remi Theriault – written by Ottawa Magazine‘s Sarah Brown.

In it she says “In May, [David Trattles] held a show of portraits taken in communities across Canada as well as in India. Unfortunately, it was a one-night affair in a studio that packed in around 50 lucky souls.” Our Ottawa Studio Works hosted the lucky souls who got to see Dave’s show.

David Trattles at Ottawa Studio Works photo studio

David Trattles's photo exhibition at Ottawa Studio Works

All three photographers deserve a shout-out for their works.

#690 Do-It-Yourself Portraits – Review

Last week we had a visit from Andrea Tomkins and family – Andrea writes the popular blog – A Peek Inside the Fishbowl.

She brought her whole family, including Piper the dog, to try her hand at the Do-It-Yourself Portraits at our photo studio in central Ottawa.

DIY Portraits?

Yep, pretty easy actually. Bring your people and friendly dogs to our well equipped studio in central Ottawa, plug in your camera (or one of our rentals) to the preset studio lights and start clicking. By the end of the hour session you walk away with a memory card of memories and family portraits.

Book your session in time for Christmas card season – Just contact us. November and December dates will be posted soon.

After their session Andrea sent a note and some photos:

Thank you! This was a great experience. I’m pleased with how the photos turned out and was really happy with the whole process from start to finish.

And her DIY portraits? Well judge for yourself. (Ahem, we think she did very well!!):

DIY Portraits - Photo Studio - Ottawa

Andrea Tomkins' DIY Portraits - Photo Studio - Ottawa

Andrea Tomkins' DIY Portraits - Photo Studio - Ottawa

Andrea Tomkins' DIY Portraits - Photo Studio - Ottawa

Andrea Tomkins' DIY Portraits - Photo Studio - Ottawa

Andrea Tomkins' DIY Portraits - Photo Studio - Ottawa

#689 Ottawa Farm Photo Safari

About a week ago we hosted the semi annual photo farm safari.

Ottawa Farm Photo Safari

Ottawa Farm Photo Safari

We had near perfect weather and many smiles as we started with a warm up challenge and proposed tougher tests for those that wanted them. A big thanks to the Canada Agriculture Museum for making this safari possible!

Canada Agriculture Museum

Canada Agriculture Museum

Some photos from the safari are featured on this blog post. A big thanks to all the participants.

© Julie K - Ottawa Farm Photo Safari

© Julie K - Ottawa Farm Photo Safari

On the safari I learned of a very fun website from Debra – ShutterSisters.com is well worth a visit!

“ShutterSisters?”

Yep. They say ‘… the collaborative photo blog that welcomes all women with a passion for photography from experts to amateurs alike. We are so glad to have you here.

© Cheryl K. - Ottawa Farm Photo Safari

© Cheryl K. - Ottawa Farm Photo Safari