#407 The pirates and portraits

Posted on January 17, 2010 by admin

Aargh! Shiver me timbers.

We started the first winter session of Natural Light Portraits last week. A second session starts Wednesday.

One of our ProProgram students captured, erm, me looking like, erm, a pirate at the practical session on Saturday and took the liberty to have some fun with the photo in post production.

Hagen says:

“Yesterday we had the main shoot portion of the Natural Lights workshop. One of the nooks I was photographing in had a great background. And Harry naturally cruised in to bestow some much needed wisdom 🙂

Anyway, with his mug, I instantly thought of pirates! I don’t need to explain why.”

Erm, thanks Hagen, I think!!:

Portrait workshop ottawa

#402 New Workshop – Innerscapes with Lee Kraamer!

Posted on January 7, 2010 by admin

We are excited to have Lee Kraemer coming to lead her Innerscapes Photo Workshop at HarryNowell.com.

Lee Kraemer is a psychotherapist, writer and photographer, in private practice in Toronto.

Lee developed her Innerscapes Workshops with the intention of providing participants with the opportunity to actively explore, experience and develop their creativity.

Lee Kraemer - Innerscapes Photo Workshop

Join Lee on an exploration of your creative process and an opportunity to learn about yourself and your photos:

May 14, 15, 16, 2010
central Ottawa, Ontario
$375 + applicable taxes

Innerscapes Photo Workshop with Lee Kraemer

#399 Pond Hockey photos

Posted on January 3, 2010 by admin

There was a New Year’s pond hockey tournament in Chelsea Qc. I went to take some photos for an upcoming proposal.

Below are a few samples of the fun including some past photo students! Featured below is a graduate from the Pro Hockey Photography Workshop and one new ProProgram student. Photo students are everywhere!

How Canadian is this!?:

Chelsea Pond Hockey Tournamnet

Chelsea Pond Hockey Tournament

Chelsea Pond HockeyTournament

Chelsea Pond Hockey Tornament

Chelsea Pond Hockey Tournament

Chelsea Pond Hockey Tornament

#398 Sport Photos 2009

Posted on December 28, 2009 by admin

2009 Sport highlights blog Quiz!!!

Answer as many of the following questions as you can by email. Win some fame! Answers coming soon!

1. Who is this female XCOttawa skier – placed 4th at the Eastern Canadians?

Hint: Check February’s blog posts

XCOttawa.com

2. What classic ski event was this veteran skier enjoying?

Hint: Check February’s blog posts

What ski event?!

3. Who is this Olympian – seen training at Ottawa’s Pumphouse in downtown Ottawa?

Hint: Check March’s blog posts

Who is this Olympic athlete?!

4. Who is this man – winner of the National Capital half marathon 2009?

Hint: Check May’s blog posts

Who is this half marathon champion?

5. Who is this woman – winner of the National Capital half marathon 2009?

Hint: Check May’s blog posts

Who is this half marathon winner?!

6. Who is this prominent whitewater paddler – top result at Worlds = 3rd?!

Hint: Check May’s blog posts

Who is this prominent whitewater paddler?!

7. Who are these prominent ex-world cup / Olympian biathletes?

Hint: Check August’s blog posts

Who are these superstars?!

8. Who is this famous flatwater paddler (and fine artist)?

Hint: Check August’s blog posts

Who is this paddler/artist?

9. What was this event near Ottawa?

Hint: Check August’s blog posts

What was this event?!

Good luck!

Harry

#393 – Creatives Networking hits the ice!

Posted on December 17, 2009 by admin

I’ve never seen so many creative people chasing a ball.

Two and a half years ago I started a networking group for people working full time in creative fields. We have 165 members with 10 to 25 people attending per month. The mix of people changes depending on the month’s topic.

Last night we had the annual seasonal social – a time to burn off steam and have some fun with others in creative fields. It was a casual evening of outdoor bonfire and broomball fun followed by festive treats.

We had a good turnout despite the cool (erm, cold) temperatures and oft misperceived ‘distant’ Chelsea backyard location.

Some attendees:

Paul Mason – cartoonist
Mike Beedell – photographer
David Chernushenko – filmmaker
Becky Mason – watercolour painter
Christine Denis – photographer
Andrew Alexander – photographer
Amy – actor
Jamie Findlay – fiction writer
Roberta Gal – graphic designer
John Ovcacik – acrylic painter

Robert Arnold – fine art painter
Jessie Parker – photographer

Harry Nowell – photographer

It was a hoot! See some photos donated by Mike Beedell and Jessie P.

Jessie (using my point and shoot):

JessieParker.ca

From MikeBeedellPhoto.ca:

MikeBeedellPhoto.ca

Very, very fun!

#387 The dogs

Posted on December 8, 2009 by admin

We photographed dogs on the weekend at the Aylner SPCA. It’s fun, furry and for a good cause!

We had visits from ferociously flapping tails and shy dogs recovering from nasty puppy mill experiences. We loved them all. This year I had the assistance of Nathalie, one of our ProPrgrammers who was gaining shadowing experience.

Nat shot a few portraits this week. Next week she will be lead photographer at the Aylmer SPCA’s Santa Photo Fundraiser. Check Nat’s blog for her take on last Saturday’s event.

Santa and friend:

Santa and friend

Nathalie in action:

Nat Madore in action

#385 Cycling in the city

Posted on December 2, 2009 by admin

Recently a reader sent me links to fabulous photo based websites devoted to bike commuting in Copenhagen, Denmark.

If you like bikes, urban photography, bike commuting you’ll enjoy Mikael Colville-Andersen’s CopenhagenCycleChic.com, Copenhagenize.com and his City of Cyclist’s video.

Thanks, Joel, for the tip!

In the early days of this business our main focus was stock, stock, stock and I shot lots of motion, sports imagery – like the city bike commuter, below.

Stock photography is the niche whereby people shoot imagery without specific buyers in mind, usually letting agencies find the sales. Below is a cross processed photo from our early days. I acted as model and photographer – yep that’s me on the bike:

Stock bike photo - Ottawa

#384 On the blogs

Posted on December 1, 2009 by admin

Our ProProgram students are developing nicely. Below are a few of their blogs highlighting their recent successes. Check them out:

Lou

Nathalie

Scott

Other ProProgrammers have websites close to completion. Stay tuned…

Lou

Nathalie

Scott

Check them out!

#383 Grannies Reminder

Posted on November 30, 2009 by admin

Remember our Kilimanjaro Grannies photo assignment and their book launch announcement?

Well the book launches on Tuesday! And it’s for a good cause. Details:

Tuesday, December 1st
Ottawa Public Library
120 Metcalfe Street
starting at 7 pm
Gisele - a Kilimanjaro Granny

#382 Assignment Spotlight

Posted on November 27, 2009 by admin

I just handed in an assignment for Westboro Academy in Ottawa. The school is in need of some promotional photography. Most of the existing photos on their site were donated by volunteers. They wanted better and up to date photos suitable to attract students!

I had worked, photographically, with the school’s Headmaster for years while she taught at a private school near Montebello, Quebec.

Westboro needed many photos, quickly and on budget. I proposed a plan of action and spent a day shooting to meet their goals. They loved the results. They will be rebuilding their web site in the months ahead.

Below is an excerpt – in the interests of privacy we are limited as to what can be posted!

Assignment Spotlight

Assignment Spotlight