Published on April 20, 2010
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Not only had I been working in my basement, part of it was spent on designing a wedding album for an amazing couple. This was my first experience dealing with Kiss and I must say I’m quite impressed with the results. The leather quality is awesome, printing is accurate (if your monitor is calibrated) and the paper quality is fantastic. I’m thrilled and can’t wait to deliver them.
Kiss Wedding Book, 12inch with brown leather
Dealing with Kiss has been really simple, even if it was the first one I created with this particular company. Their moto is “The World’s Simplest Book Company”, sure there are others out there that may be similar but… it still ain’t a Kiss Book.
Everything was super easy, uploading, preview of the book before printing and submit and that’s all you have to worry about. Once it was uploaded to their site the next day it was already printing and the day after it was binding time. If it would not have been for shipping/customs , it would’ve been here in about 3-4 days max.
The only downer was the brokerage/customs fees I had to pay. This is something I had not thought about initially and in our area UPS can be a pain since they don’t cover this area so it’s a subcontracted to another company. It then becomes harder to track your parcel or even get the hand on it.
It might appear as if I was in hibernation mode all winter but in fact, I wasn’t. I’ve somewhat became a handyman for most winter doing plumbing, flooring etc… to make room for the new member of the family, see : http://blog.micael.ca/archives/267.
There are times were you need to prioritize things you wouldn’t feel like doing vs. things you would want to do, like shooting. Aside from shooting for various clients, it was barely possible to find the time to do my own photography. If I had an hour or so to spare, me and my wife would go out for dinner or relax, and to be clear, this is something I enjoy. I mean, shooting is my passion but love comes first.
Last year, around the same period I had spent part of the day in an old abandoned house, see : http://blog.micael.ca/archives/203
The house was able to withstand another cold icy Canadian winter so I venture once more, this time with a model. I need to give credit to my mom who kindly made the remark that it would be a good location for a photo shoot. Never before I had shot a model in such a decrepit house.
Those were all shot with one flash off-camera with a shoot thru umbrella about 2-3 feet away from the model. Here are a few from the photo shoot.
Shot thru broken glass window.
Last week we had an activity at work and we had the luxury to choose where we wanted to go, my pick was easy, a walk at Daily Point. It’s been almost two months since my last “personal” shooting but I have an excuse, we are currently renovating the house so it has kept me pretty busy but my motivation towards photography is always there are times in your like were need to find your priority. Initially, our only intention was to renovation one room in the basement to move my office downstairs so we could make room for the baby but after all that brainstorming we thought we’d be better of re-doing the whole basement which I’m working on at the moment.
My little walk at Daily Point was great, after all a snowstorm aftermath always make great pictures, plus the light conditions were great around diner time with warm low light filtering thru the tall trees with little branches peaking out of the snow enjoying the last glimpse of light while they still can.
On a side note, I’d like to thank those who visit my blog, when this blog was created 2 years ago I barely had 60 viewers per month. This has since changed and the traffic has impressively increased over those two years has the average is up to 456 unique visitor per month. Thanks again for viewing/reading/commenting on my blog, it’s greatly appreciated.
It is scary enough to think bright colored leaves are now turning to brown and with the blowing wind it’s just a question of time before the trees become denuded of their beautiful foliage. The month of November is somewhat interesting but it often takes you more to get you out of bed, November has a monochromatic feel and vibrant colors are absent other than the few red bow and Christmas wreaths hanging here and there. It may feel to some people a bit depressing at time but there is always something interesting to play with when you carefully take the time to explore and play.
Denuded Trees
Listening to songs by Tricot Machine on my way to the Acadian Village, I must say it was a bit disappointed to be in such a great venue with gusting wind and pouring rain. That’s why you should never think about scenarios on how you would like things to happen or where to shoot in order to get the desired shot. There was one thing I was hoping for and that was the cooperation of the bride and groom. I must say thew both blew me away with their open mind and willingness to do or try things.
Some might give the photographer full credit for the image created, to me I might have taken the shot but after all it’s the people in the shot that make it look stunning. Even if you have all you can imagine to create a stellar shot, if your model don’t cooperate it will be hard to accomplish such image. Thanks for this wonderful day and here’s few images.
Under the covered bridge
At the Gas Station
For at least a year now I had mark October 9th on my calendar, it was Isabelle and Rémi wedding day, a couple I met for the first time while chatting over an espresso at the Mosaique Café Galerie Boutique in Moncton, we had a great time and not long after I was booked. The venue was at the Memramcook Resort, and exactly four years ago I was at the same location with my wife on our honeymoon road trip, we had visited Monument Lefebvre National Historic Site of Canada on a raining day. There’s no need to say I had been praying for “No Rain” for that day and true enough… we only witness a few water drop, one for which I was able to capture.
Water Drop ripple
It was one of my busiest weekend has I had 2 weddings back to back, after the wedding at the Memramcook Resort I left for Moncton where I “tried” to get some sleep and be in shape for the next day. “Please Note : If you really want to sleep well in Moncton, make sure your room isn’t facing Main St.”
Published on October 18, 2009
in Misc.
Tout deux, moi et ma femme voulions annoncer de façon original à nos parents qu’il serait bientôt grands-parents, je dois dire que j’ai cherché sur la toile à trouver une idée original que nous aurions pus utiliser mais en vain. Nous avons donc pensé à notre propre idée! Mes parents étais déjà en route pour nous rendre visite alors nous avons pensé d’y écrire dans notre cours un petit mot avec des crayons Crayola, couramment utilisé par les enfants et parfois… les grands. Cela m’a prit environ 5min à écrire et attiré bien des curieux et en a fait rire plus d’un, surtout mes parents qui étaient fou de joie lorsqu’ils ont lus la nouvelle. D’ici la, je croit le temps ne passera pas assez vite.
Published on October 12, 2009
in Misc.
Autumn is my favorite season of all, there is always a cool breeze, huge cummulus clouds and when it’s not overcast, stunning light conditions. When the light peaks thru the clouds back lighting the colored leaves still hanging on, it gives an amazing show not everyone is able to witness. Most places I visited this year had yellow colored leaves mostly because it was land of the White Birch, sometime you could spot the contrasting bright red of a great Canadian Maple. The fallen leaves will again decompose and it will be the beginning of a new cycle for new life. This shot might seem like a water reflection but in autumn with the constant wind it would be almost impossible to get a calm body of water. To get the desired shot I’ve used a low shutter speed of 1/25th at F16 using the multiple exposure Nikon camera has, this was 3 shots panning up.
Autumn Reflection, Daily Point Reserve
Published on September 21, 2009
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Yep, a photo tree, even with an explanation or a drawing to show my friends it wasn’t hard to see they were still confused. Before anyone would start thinking I was crazy with my ideas I put a plan into action, on the weekend I went to seek for old wood left by the sea. It wasn’t an easy task has I had to find a tree trunk with roots that could be stable enough and about four rustic log with an about 5 to 6 inch in diameter, everything had to fit in our 2 door Cavalier. After searching for about an hour I had found all I needed and more to go forward with my Photo Tree project.
Where have I gotten the idea? Nowhere, a brainstorm of ideas to better display my work at the Chal-Baie Artisans Boutique was initial reason of all this. This project would’ve never came to life if it wasn’t for my wife for all her time getting the 4×6 ready, my dad for is chainsaw, my friend Daniel for his chainsaw skills and drill bits and Yves for his electric drill. It’s now almost done, there’s a few things to tweak here and there but you will get the idea.
Photo Tree made with old wood log / Original idea by Micaël Savoie
Last weekend I shoot Mikael and Melissa’s Wedding in Campbellton, what a great time I had shooting. They were so cooperative and open minded with the ideas I shared with them, that always makes things easier. I also have to mention Sylvain and Rémi who gave me a hand on several occasion holding up the reflector since it was a bright warm sunny day. Melissa and Mikael, I wish you all the best and thanks again for this wonderful day.
Here’s a sneak peak of a few shots I’ve came across while downloading the few hundred shots taken on 12/09/2009.
The bride
And Groom
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