Friday, October 15, 2010

sneak peek

Michelle has become a friend since I've started my current job about a year ago. This past weekend, Remi, Michelle's sweetheart of 3.5 years, proposed to her! Here is her sweet engagement story. 

Michelle already had a photo session scheduled with her friend and photographer, David prior to her engagement. When I mentioned to her last week that I am working on building my portfolio, she asked me to come along! It was very gracious of her and David. I had a great time and as a first shoot, learned some valuable stuff. David and I have a similar approach to photography, so it was great to see him in action! You can check out his website here.

Without further ado, here is a sneak peek at the engagement session! hope you like it, and feel free to drop a comment/email.

Leaves honey?

I don't think so!

ahhh!
:)

Sunday, October 3, 2010

never let me go

Every year, for 2 weeks, Toronto is abuzz with movie screenings and celebrity sightings. This year tiff celebrated 35 years of great cinema! And, it was my first time going. 


We watched two movies, Little Sister and Never Let Me Go. Little Sister is a re-telling of the Cinderella story with a Chinese origin. It was sweet and lovely with beautiful cinematography. Never Let Me Go, on the other hand, was the reason that I went to the festival this year. It is based on a novel by acclaimed English author Kazuo Ishiguro, which I read over 4 years ago and is one of my favourite books. I thought the movie was great. I felt that the director and the actors conveyed the essentials of, or the soul of, the novel into the movie. This kept the story in its original form, even though the movie is much shorter.


The movie's main star, Carey Mulligan, along with co-start Andrew Garfield attended the screening. The author, who is said to have liked how the movie turned out, was also present. 


A few photos from the movie screening.


Cast and director of Little Sister

The beautiful and talented Carey Mulligan arriving at the screening

posing for the media and fans

Q&A after the screening. The author is 3rd from the right



Andrew Garfield, who played Tommy in the film





Monday, September 27, 2010

on the wall

First picture post. A while ago we decided to put up a wall collage of photos behind our sofa. After about 2 weeks of scouting and buying picture frames, posting 4 x 6 prints on the wall for positioning and 2 hours of putting nails on the wall and positioning, we're done! Our very first wall collage. 

Here is a look at each of the individual photos




street of athens

in paris

hanging out in the park

sunset in sorrento, italy

avignon

la tour eiffel


grand canal at night

lakeside

the louvre

damien rice concert

santorini


venice

alley in venice
Here is the final collage.