I had to pace myself at the Savour Food and Wine Festival's Imbibe event! So many unique cocktails, designed by Nova Scotia's best mixologists, made for a fun evening.
I had a great time at Podcamp Halifax again this year, I always do! It was my fifth time photographing the event. It's fun to see so many new faces and to catch up with friends I see every year. It's a busy day full of conversations about social media, blogging, web design... anything internet related. We have so much creative and technical talent here in Halifax!
Having a professional makeup artist on site when I photograph headshots makes such a big difference in the quality of my final images. Angela Hix is one of favorite local makeup artists. I personally prefer to keep makeup clean and simple to highlight the best features of each client. I do the same with posing and lighting to capture each individual in a way that best suits their unique personalities. Plus, it just feels great to get dolled up for a photoshoot! Angela and I teamed up for some profile photographs last week and I love the results!
I loved the Quiet Parade and Acres and Acres show at St. George's Round Church this past weekend. What a stunning venue for a concert! I'm more into the sit-down-and-listen kind of shows lately and was excited to capture a few shots of this beautiful space. If you ever get the chance to go, it's a unique Halifax music experience.
Yesterday I met up with the HPXers to shoot headshots before the Halifax Pop Explosion festival and digital conference next week. This crew is working super hard to bring a fantastic festival to our city, be sure to check it out! I'll be photographing the digital conference, come say hello if you are there too! Looking forward to it!
Yesterday was a busy day in Halifax! We had the perfect sunny fall day to explore the city on foot and visit many of I Love Local HFX's City Harvest participants. I teamed up with the Halifax Food Bloggers to take advantage of all the amazing back-door take-outs offered in celebration of City Harvest. The food was amazing!
I absolutely love doing engagement photography sessions with my couples before their big wedding day. It gives us a chance to hang out, get to know each other and have some fun taking photos! Sue and Doug had some great suggestions for our Halifax waterfront engagement session and I was excited to collaborate with them on creative ideas. I feel really lucky to be working with two local artists; Sue is an amazing dancer and choreographer and Doug is a talented percussionist and musician.
One of my favorite projects this year: the I Love Local HFX brochure highlighting Halifax's best independent shops and restaurants. I Love Local HFX is a group of community-minded businesses that are committed to supporting each other and making Halifax a vibrant place to shop, eat and live. I'm thrilled to have been a part of the creative team bringing this new brochure together.
Lately I have been focusing more on bringing together two of my passions... photography and food. I have been following local food bloggers here in Halifax and one of my favorites is Kelly Neil. Her photographs of food have inspired me to be more involved in local food culture and I was thrilled that she was willing to give me a behind-the-scenes peek of the preparation and styling that goes into food photography.
I first met the Zed Events Family (what I like to call them) about five years ago when I first got into event photography here in Halifax. They are a tight team of passionate and creative event planners that I am always thrilled to work with. Every event I attend is beautifully designed, professionally planned and a lot of fun to photograph.
I had a great time exploring the city and visiting local businesses last Saturday for I Love Local Halifax's Open City event. I made my way from the old Farmers' Market, to the Hydrostone and back again to the NSCAD Port Campus for the Artist for a Day event taking in as much as I could along the way!
