Think Outside the Box Photography Workshop
I just wrapped up a workshop called Think Outside the Box that was offered by Shannon Brunner Photography here in Saskatoon. The workshop ran for eight weeks giving us a look into her studio, how she envisions her work, and as the title implies, how to think outside of the box. Each week Shannon would bring in models for us to work with, but one bonus class took us outside of her studio setting.
We all piled into her vehicle and she took us to the University of Saskatchewan which offers some great interior locations for shoots. We had three models for the day giving us the opportunity to work with each of them in different locations. Most of my time was spent with Janae so I though I would share some of the gorgeous shots of her.
You can see more of Janae here.
One Bad Son Unplugged Concert at Loft 420
Saskatoon rockers One Bad Son recently played an unplugged concert in an intimate setting at Loft 420. Around fifty guests had the pleasure to see these up-and-comers perform an acoustical set of their original music. The evening was a night to showcase other artists from the community with their paintings hanging on the walls, giving everyone a chance to view their work while listening to the sounds of One Bad Son. In fact I even came away with one of the pieces that now hangs in my home office.
Once again I was the official photographer for the evening and you can see the rest of the shots in this gallery.
Saskatoon Photo Walk
I’ve recently been reading about Photo Walks occurring in cities around North America and after a bit of Googling I couldn’t seem to find any upcoming walks taking place in the Saskatoon area. This seemed to spark the bright idea of organizing one myself. For those of you who don’t know what a Photo Walk is, it’s a pretty simple concept.
A group of photographers walk along a predetermined route in their city and use this as an opportunity to take pictures along the way. The walk usually ends at some restaurant or pub where the group discusses their Photo Walk experience over some food and spirits. It is a great way to meet other photo enthusiasts in your community, and is an opportunity for people to learn from each other.
All skill levels are welcome on a Photo Walk ranging from a pro with an $8,000 SLR to a person with a mild interest in photography that only has a disposable camera. The idea is to just go out and have fun while taking pictures in your city.
I haven’t officially started to organize the Saskatoon Photo Walk so I would like to get an idea as to how many people would be interested in taking part. I am thinking about holding it on a Saturday afternoon in May sometime around 4pm. We would walk for a couple hours and then grab a bite to eat. If you are interested or have any suggestions, please send me a message through my contact form or leave a comment on this post.
President Murray Park at Night
Last week Saskatoon got a decent amount of snow leaving treacherous driving conditions, but great photo opportunities. The temperature was quite mild on Tuesday night so I went out to take some night shots at President Murray Park near the University of Saskatchewan. I typically do not take landscape type shots, let alone at night so I was looking forward to playing around.
On my drive to the park I unfortunately got rear-ended thanks to the extremely icy streets. This could have ended up ruining my plans for the evening, but I took comfort in knowing that no one was hurt, and that I wasn’t at fault so I continued along my way to the park. I spent about an hour walking around taking various shots only making use of available light. Despite the terrible start to the evening I think I ended up finishing on a high note with some beautiful shots of Murray Park at night.
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Concrete Wave Ad Shoot for DangerDynamite!
Back in early December I met with Frank Collins, founder of the Saskatoon web design company DangerDynamite!. He had twelve months of advertisement space to fill in the popular skateboarding print magazine Concrete Wave so he was looking at getting some shots for that purpose. Since it was a skate magazine he wanted to make the advertisement relevant to the readership, but there was a bit of a problem since Saskatoon was in the dead of winter.
Frank and I discussed some concepts, and he thought the idea of capturing “skateboarding in the off-season in Saskatchewan” would capture what he was going for. We scheduled a shoot so that we could make his deadline, but our luck was terrible – we were in the middle of a major cold spell when the date finally rolled around.
We had no choice so we decided to go for it. We made our way to the Lions Riverside Skatepark despite the bitterly cold -35 degrees celsius temperature and got through the photo-shoot as quickly as possible. We wrapped things up and headed back to our vehicles. After saying good-bye to Frank I was feeling a little uncomfortable that we had rushed through the shots. I decided to go back out and fire off a few more frames just to be sure.
You can see the Concrete Wave Advertisement Shoot gallery here. The latest issue of the magazine has started running the ads featuring the photos shot by Naidu Photography, so be sure to check it out at your favourite bookstore.
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