Barbara's Photo Shoot at Garry Point

While I am updating my blog, I might as well do two? Here is a beautiful photo shoot I did with Barbara at Garry Point, Richmond. It was a beautiful early summer day.

Most people think of summer as beautiful with the blue sky and green grass. Summer afternoons are the most notorious for portrait photography! That is because the angle of the sun casts unflattering shadows on the face, and the light temperature is bluish.

But I found solutions to work around these challenges, and am more than happy with the results of these images.

I just showed Barbara the images yesterday. She loved them too. Thank you Barbara for loving my images. You were great!

Here are some of my favourites. Enjoy!

Barbara

WAVAW Presentation

Last Wed I gave a presentation to WAVAW, Women Against Violence Against Women. I was chatting with Sarah the program coordinator one day, and I volunteered to give a photography seminar to the staff. She jumped at my suggestion, and said she was secretly wishing it.

So there I was, trying to teach a crash course on improving your images with a small digital camera, talking about learning to see light, composition, characteristics of different focal length...

Sarah commented how she realized why changing the contrast or cropping after the image is taken on the computer would actually not improve the image dramatically. She never thought of lighting, composition and angles before she clicked. She also said it was the most useful seminar she had attended for a while. Thank you Sarah for the huge compliments!

It was very delightful to see how the particpants finally understand all the skills and knowledge behind a successful photograph. Having a "nice camera" is definitely part of it--you need the appropriate tool to do any job! But the training and skills can't be replaced by any top equipment.