Cute rating: 10 out of 10

My friend Mandy has one of the cutest nieces EVER. Her name is Em, and she loved to be in front of the camera! It's no surprise why new moms tend to photograph their kids so much. Working at a photography school, I come across a lot of students that got interested in photography after they had kids - mainly because the cuteness of their kids got them shooting so much!
I didn't get into photography because of portraits - at first (believe it or not) I hated taking pictures of people. Which is quite surprising, seeing as the majority of my photography involves portraits now. It wasn't until a portrait shoot I did several years ago with my new DSLR that got me hooked on portrait photography. With the right lens, the right light and the right subject, there's nothing stopping me from shooting for hours! There's something about it that is completely captivating - the subtle looks, the personality, the mood... a person says a lot in terms of emotion and mood, and putting that into a photo is what drives me when doing a portrait shoot.




Posted by f/action member, Gabrielle Touchette.

I remember...

I love my holga camera. It's small, lightweight, made of plastic and easily fits in my purse or backpack. It's the perfect companion for mundane wanderings or impromptu shooting adventures around town. Even though city scenery in early spring can be quite boring, all you need is a Holga to make anything look a little more interesting.

It also reminds me of my teens, when I would carry my little plastic point and shoot camera everywhere. I documented everything: my house, my neighbourhood, my friends, and all the places we went to. It really was boring, I guess you could say. But now, looking back at all my old 4x6 photos (printed at wal-mart and black's no less), I'm forever grateful for immortalizing all those moments from my teens. In the moment they may have seem like any old day that didn't mean much, but the fact that I felt the need to capture every moment with my camera makes me think that I probably knew deep down inside that those moments meant a bit more than we realized.

These photos that I took with my Holga remind me of that. Just plain old life, with nothing that grandiose about it. That's what photography is sometimes, remembering even the littlest unimportant details that often go unrecognized.




Posted by f/action member, Gabrielle Touchette.

Carnival

A day at the Red River Ex proved to be a fun shooting experience; so many colours, so much action! It was a good to have to think and try a whole bunch of different camera settings in order to achieve different looks.

Posted by f/action member Ailsa Dyson