Kealan's Blog

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

My new baby

I finally grew up and got myself a new digital camera. I wanted to get one that would last me a while and something that wasn't just a nice camera but actually a really good camera. Kendal offered me her old camera if I wanted to pay to get it fixed, but after I played with her replacement camera...I couldn't take it. I ended up getting her replacement camera: a Canon 60D! It's so pretty, I love it! Yesterday I went out and took some photos with it and had so much fun. It's nice to have a nice camera who's photos can be seen right away. I still love film and will keep taking cameras with my Pentax but it's nice to have two options for cameras.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Working on my portfolio

Since I just got back a large number of photos I decided to finalize my model portfolio. I decided that it might be a good idea to get a portfolio together to take over the the design school and try to get some work by talking to their stylists and models. I put together 20 photos of different models that I thought would go over well with a crowd from the design school. I tried to get a nice mix of photos together: high fashion, candid, nudes, different lighting... It was difficult to narrow it down to 20 photos but I think I did a good job of picking the best ones. I printed them out on A4 paper (because I was told that they would fit the portfolio books nicely). I ended up getting a much larger book and will have to tape the photos in. All in all they all look really nice printed out in a large format.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Finally Using my Photo Studio

It has been a while since I have posted here, but this does not mean that I have not been taking photos. A few weeks ago Kendal went to a study to do some photos that she wanted to do. She had a coupon for a private photo shooting that she had to book a few months ago. She wanted to do a Josephine Baker shot. They had a make up artist but no one to do her hair, which she ended up doing by herself. In the end she was only allowed to pick one photo that she liked and they will have it touched up and printed and given to her in a few weeks. Since she could only keep one we decided to do an impromptu photo shot at my place so that we could take advantage of her hair and make up. Last we a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to join her for a midnight walk around Paris to take photos. Having it been a while since I took photos of Paris at night I decide to join and see what we could get. Turns out she didn't really want to take photos of Paris but more wanted me to take photos of her. I wish she had told me this before hand so that I would have been able to load faster film into my camera as well as bringing some b&w film. We got a few good photos but it was too dark to do anything that I really liked. Shortly after that I was able to use the photo studio that I've been working at for the first time with Kendal very quickly before I had to go to work. That first day we were rushed and got a few but not many, and most of which we used Kendal's Cannon 60D. We went back and did a few more using a different Cannon camera as well as my 100 & 3200 Ilford film. We got some that we both really liked from the Cannon and just recently picked up the film. Loved them.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Photos from Cannes & the 14th

I got my photos back from Cannes, the 14th as well as the fete de la musique the other day. While taking them I wasn't too sure about how I felt about them. When I got them back there were actually some that I really liked and others that I was just ok with. There was one of them that I could really like but there was someone's head in the way. All in all I think that my roles were well used. I liked both the black and white and the color ones.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Bastille Day!

Woke up early and went to see the parade in the morning to see what might be interesting to take photos of. It was a little difficult because there were so many people and not really anything that I wanted to photograph. There were a few photos that I took but I'm not expecting too much from. That night I went to see the fireworks after work, I finished late and could not make it to the Champs de Mars and thought I would take this as an opportunity to see them from a different angle. I started at the Louvre but could not see very well and started moving down towards Place de Concord. I think that I got some good photos all up and down the river but we will see. I used Kodak 400vc and Ilford B&W 3200. the light gauge on the B&W camera was acting funny so I'm not sure if they will come out.

I dropped off the film today, including the trip to Cannes.
Will get them back Monday

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Cannes

Last week I took a trip down to Cannes for the weekend, because I have never been there and also because I felt that I had to leave Paris for a few days. I brought my camera with me and too a few pictures, but not many. We'll see how they turn out. I still have the photos from the Fete de la Musique to get developed as well.

Crossroads photo contest

Congratulations! You have won Honorable Mention in Crossroads Trading Co.’s 18th Annual Fashion Photo Contest™. This year we received over 1500 entries and your photograph was judged by our panel to be one of the best fashion photographs of the entries submitted. Given the large number of excellent photos we received, you are to be commended on your superior work.

That's about all I need to say no?