So to recap the last month and a half, I have continued on with my Old and New project. I have been interviewed by the Downtown BRZ and Shaw Cable TV. I have lots of interest from the local businesses downtown in Lethbridge. The Mocha Cabana have graciously given me a space on their wall for have 6 prints rom this project. From this project I have grown my interests further with history and joined / became a member and part of the board of directors with the Lethbridge Historical Society. I am really excited venture down this road. With my love of this project it's a great way to spread the joy of the project we well as work on the general awareness of our local history.
Matt Gillin told me a should be on Twitter and Instagram so I hopped on those two trains. I tell you what a blast learning those two programs. At the time I could not think of a cool name and though "man I can't believe I am on Twitter, how the heck do you work this" So name name on Twitter is @BlackLameWood and on Instagram and I @myworldphoto. So as I was connecting to all these apps, and had a heck of a time going from one to the other and then I I wanted to post on one I had to post on another. I left like when I had a cell phone and a separate iPod and then another device. So I searched and found an app called Hootsuite. It's an all in one app which syncs everything and you can post on both Facebook and Twitter at the same time. But hey that is enough about that.
I ventured into the realm of fashion photography, with a local company called Candie Co. It was such an amazing opportunity to be accepted and given the chance to be able to photograph with Candie Co. I am so excited for the work Matt Gillin, owner of Candie Co, has given me. It's was also a great way for me to learn the aspects of studio photography and actually edit to the clients specifications. I was surprised how many times I had to resend an image as I was working with someone else's vision of the shot. Already Candie Co, has opened my eyes to endless creative possibilities.
To close off the month and into December I was taking a breather from my "real" job and was able to spend a time with my son and family as well as schedule another Candie Co photo shoot, before heading to the Dominican Republic. While down there I was max relax and ended up photographing everything in site. Since photographing for Candie Co, I was able to borrow some product and bring it with me down for a possible beach shoot. I was able to convince Amy Leffingwell, of Grand Prairie, Alberta, to get her model on and spend an hour on the beach in front of the camera. She did a stellar job and I can't wait to sit down and edit them. I also the opportunity to photography my fiancé's friend's wedding. First time I have ever photographed I beach wedding before. I tell you its was interesting, I had a tough time nailing the light and was forced to make things a little underexposed do to the harshness of the light from the sand and the sky. But after reviewing the images and editing a few they will be just fine.
So now that I am all caught up, I welcome the rest of December, with a few more shoots planned and a ton of editing from the trip. This all should wrap up 2012 as one of my busiest and productive years yet.
