The Hanging

It's been a long time coming but it's finally done. Made In China is officially hung! Started at 6:30 p.m. and ended at 1:00 a.m. :0 time really flys when you have stuff to do.

Be sure to come and check out the show, by far this is one of the best student exhibition set ups of these trips I've seen so far. A lot of interesting framing, mounting, and images. This is not your average exhibit to say the least.

I'll be posting photos and video of the opening reception later this week in the meantime here are a few images from location during set-up :)

Metal Prints

Alana Hanging & Ashley Sitting

p.s did I mention I got voluntold as one of the MC's for the night? Oh here go hell come :)

Ni Hao, Peachy Pie

Hello Hello!

As usual it's been a while, been very busy for some reason at this time of the year a lot of work ends up coming my way at once so today will be a quick post.

In China related news,

Check out the newest edition of PhotoNews magazine for a article about our trip and the other events the Creative Photography program has in store!

If you can't get your had a hard copy check it out online by clicking this link - Photo News - Made In China

Also be sure to check us out on the official CONTACT Photography website as well as in the magazine. 

Scotiabank CONTACT Website

And now for non China related news and to make my tittle of this post make a bit more sense, is a screen shot of a recent Peach & Blueberry cake from a few days ago. 

So Long 

The China Experience Pt.3

Part 3 of my random behind the scenes videos of our experience in China. The gallery show is getting closer and work is slowly coming together, just need to get all my images printed & framed by April 19 :o, so soon!

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"Made In China" Gallery

The time is here the announcement of our gallery show!

The name of our show has finally been decided along with the date for the opening reception!

Join us on May 3, 2012 for the opening reception of "Made in China" a collective body of work by twenty-two photographers documenting their trip to China during May of 2011.


Bellow are two different versions of our email mail out.

Hope to see you all there if your in Toronto!

The China Experience Pt.1

Started making a series of videos last night using various footage I captured during a recent trip to China, sorry for the poor quality was using different cameras throughout and didn't have a hdslr on me :( Think I'll purchase a D7000 or something in the future for use purely for video. I find video with travel is a good thing helps with explaining to family and friends the experience of a trip and the dynamic. I actually didn't realize I had so much footage until last night with clips still on my phones I think I rounded maybe 2hrs of clips here and there needless to say I'm going to need to clear my laptop soon.

Presenting part one of unknown amounts:

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Ni Hao, Canada I've Returned ^_^

I have returned!! From where you might ask? China of course! Forgot to post about that didn't I? Mah bad (story about "mah bad" later)
So why in gods name was I in China? Remember how I went to France last year with my college? Pretty much the same thing but with all 2nd years so like a grad trip and with Professor Fox (ryan our chinese/british accent Shakespeare loving tour guide dubbed him, we just call him neil lol)
So yeah we were down there for 18days from May 4th-21st and it was 18days of greatness and a place I will surely travel too again on my own time minus tour guides so I can shoot on my own pace :)
Lot's to tell, so much seen I don't even know where to start. One major thing was we slept on the Great Wall of China and when I say sleep I don't mean on the bottom in one of the camping sites I mean legit climbed up and slept on those rocks waiting for sunrise and yes we peed on the great wall how many ppl can say that? XP There was also Kayaking, Biking, Rock Climbing, Boat Cruises, Monkey Brains in soup, rain rain and more rain, heat heat and more heat, perverted old men, and lots more. Stories of the trip will slowly come out along with corresponding pictures to help tell the story more in the mean time here some snaps to pass the time .Peace!!

P.s Steven Smith I am obsessed with you.....
P.s.s In 2012 me and the 21 other photographers I traveled with will be holding a gallery showing in May during Torontos Contact Photography Festival, look foreword to it!

Professor Fox chilling on the Great Wall

Resting at a bar after lunch with the bartender Terry

Ashley from popgoestheflash

My lovely roommate Danielle 

Me and Ashley after waking up on the great wall 

This guy started writing on some of our arms,

some said soemthing along the lines of

"I have a boyfriend, dont kiss me"

and

"I want a rich husband"

lol needless to say those that had it got stopped a lot lol

We went to a school in Yongsho to teach middle school children to use Olympus cameras.

This is Samuel; me, ashley, and amanda were working with. He was so cute and shy!

In our 2012 gallery showing photos that the children took will also be on display ^_^

Rock climbing in Yongsho

Dave!! Ni Haaaaaao =P

Alana & Chantal

It's funny but in China we all got stopped at least 10 times a day to have our picture taken with locals took some time to get used to too say the least lol

My day to take group picture on the 2nd last day in Shanghai

and lastly a photography I took while we were in Guilin (I think)? Glad I woke up early and decided to go out, as you can tell it was pretty foggy.

Zoom?

        Assignment for Commercial class shoot a toy car in studio then photoshop it into a background of your choosing. Clearly I haven't done the second part yet but I enjoy showing my process with this stuff. Still need to do post production on the car it self: colour, dust, perspective etc. 

 Really should've had some black cards cut out to fit the car form probably. Live & Learn

Used a Mamiya camera for this assignment get better focus with them then using the Hassablads we have. 

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Can I buy you a drink?

Assignment for commercial photography course. 

Was a interesting day I broke my 2nd glass while drying it, so this took a lot of extra Photoshop and still needs more T_T




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Revisited

It's always interesting revisiting images you've taken previously to gain a new perspective on it. More coming soon.

Publication

Just a quick update, exams are done glad their finally over with now I can rest easy (yeah right got to work on my portfolio). Now on too other great news, remember that little trip I took to France in May with Humber? We'll it's been featured in a new E-magazine (Photo Zoom) along with two of my photographs and a link to my blog as well as interviews from the two instructors that went on the trip Cathy Bidini and David Scott check it out below.

Photo Zoom Magazine-Link

Recognize the top left image?

Sick, exams, and tons of images.

        The Toronto weather has caught up to me and pretty quickly this year. I find my self stealing my younger brothers sweaters just to keep warm; my nose burns so much I want summer back :( Coming to the end of semester 3 here at Humber almost time for Christmas 16days! which means I can sleep and no more assignments! I'll finally have time to kick back sleep till 4pm and work on personal projects. Speaking of Humber and assignments here's one of the lastests ones recently edited for my commercial photography class of an electronic.