Hallowe'en

Happy Halloween, everyone!

On Thursday, I completed my part of our class's collaborative mosaic we are making for a kindergarten class in Toronto. It is a large work of Ontario birds and fish. I was lucky enough to get a segment with almost a whole bird! I had so much fun working on it and can't wait to see how the final mosaic will look! Here is a picture of my piece:

Paul was able to visit me this past weekend and we went to a Halloween Party at my friend's house downtown. It was good to see her and we had a lot of fun! On Saturday, we both did some school work, went on a photo adventure at a gorgeous park, and went out for a delicious sushi dinner. On Sunday, we went to a local church, and then we parted and finished up our school work for the week! It was a fast, but very fun weekend!

Photo Blog

I started this blog as a way to share my art with the world, but it very quickly turned into more of a personal blog. I have been toying with the idea of creating a second blog, dedicated to sharing my photography.

On October first, I launched this wordpress blog that will do just that. I kept it "secret" for a while to see if I would be able to keep it up. So far, so good!

I have it linked in the sidebar with my iStock portfolio link, and I have it in my "Favourite Blogs" section as well, so you can easily see when there is a new post. I encourage you all to check it out! Feedback and comments are always welcome :)

Surprise Weekend

On my first post in October, I commented that I couldn't wait to see what surprises October had in store for me. I made sure I specifically used this word, because of an even that Emma and I started planning in August— a Surprise Party to celebrate our parents' 25th Anniversary. We had it planned so that our parents had no idea we would even be home that weekend, so seeing us, and everyone else (including our family from Ignace!) was a complete surprise. I will never forget the look on their faces when they saw us!

Planning an event 3 hours from where Emma and I live entailed a lot of hard work and stress, but with the help of friends and family, we were able to pull everything together to create an almost seamless event. We had such a great time celebrating with our closest family and friends. I wish the visiting never had to end!

I wasn't able to take my camera home, so I will share some pictures my dad's friend took.

Anniversary

Congratulations on 25 years of marriage to the most amazing couple I know. I love you guys so much and you are truly an inspiration to all. :)

Print: Boot Camp

Our first Project in my Print Media was called "Boot Camp." We are silkscreening all term, and the focus of the assignment was to get us used to the process. We had to choose subject matter that involved 4 layers, and make 50 prints in total that were completely unique. My subject was a salt shaker, and this is what it looked like:

Then, since I had to have 49 different prints, I experimented with colouring, layering, transparent ink and composition. I had a lot of fun with this project and learned so much about silkscreening while doing so! Here are a few more prints I made:

Thanksgiving Weekend

This weekend, I went home for Thanksgiving. It was very nice because for a long time my sister and I were debating whether or not to actually go home, but eventually the driving situation worked out, and Paul offered to visit me Friday morning, and then we waited for Emma to arrive on the GO Train and we went home from there. Unfortunately, at the exact time we headed out to pick up Emma, there was a major accident that closed the QEW highway and all the traffic was diverted onto the street we were going to. The drive to pick up Emma turned out to be almost two hours longer than it should have been in the first place!

It was such a relief to finally be home! On Saturday, we did some work around the house, and I started printing photo note cards for the art show and sale this fall. I was able to make 60 in total, mostly winter and Christmas themed, since the show starts in late November. Then I went to Paul's mom's house to celebrate her birthday and Thanksgiving with some of his family and relatives.

Sunday morning consisted of church, a delicious breakfast-lunch, and a photo-adventure drive to enjoy the amazing weather! I have a "Super Real" photo assignment coming up where we have to use photomerge and HDR. I was able to get some good ones with the beautiful fall colours. When we went home, the delicious turkey was ready and we helped make dinner. I also made some Annual Events Calendars for the show, but they required a lot of printing and work, so I made 14 in total.

I had a great weekend home! On Monday, we had the long drive back to Mississauga. On the way, we stopped for lunch at a small picnic area area right beside a beautiful lake.

Now that my fun is over, it's back to the books to study for those darn midterms!

Photo: Double Bind

Our first photography project this year was called the "Double Bind" and focused on binaries and dualities. For my take on the project, I decided to explore both by taking two pictures at the same time and in the same place, but it opposite directions. I used my camera and my dad's camera to take them. I had so much fun with it that I ended up with almost twenty pairings. Here are my favourites all together before I printed them: