Artistic Spotlight - Brandie Wedderburn

Brandie is a 16-year-old photographer who has been taking photos since she was eight. She likes taking photos of her friends and uses a variety of cameras including a Nikon D3000, D5100, Olympus Stylus Zoom 140, and sometimes disposables. When asked about the editing process she states, "For film I don't [edit the photos] because it already provides this extraordinary quality. For digital, yes, I have to go through and sometimes adjust the contrast or exposure. If I don't like how it turns out then my last resort is black and white. I mean you can never go wrong with black and white."

When asked about photographers who inspire her, Brandie talks about Mario Testino, Tamara Lichtenstien, Lukasz Wierzbowski, and Olivia Bee. At the moment she's trying to create a stop motion video about "youth" before the year ends. To check out more of Brandie's photos you can visit her flickr by clicking here.

OPEN CASTING CALL

If you dream of becoming a model, this could be your chance to be discovered!

Our friends at Models International is looking for Ottawa's next top model!

MIM has become the number one agency in the city to book locally, and with an expanding list of international clients, they are currently looking for kids, teens and adults to fill the demand. The MIM team can provide you with the skills you need to create a successful career in modeling! See if you have what it takes to be a star!

 
MIM’s Director, Sophie Beaudion, along with fellow booking agents will be present at the audition to evaluate your potential.

You will receive a call back if the agency feels that you have what it takes to join their successful roster.

Please dress in body conscious clothing, and girls bring heels. You will be asked to introduced yourself and to walk the runway.

The casting call will be held this Saturday, November 26th, 2011 at 1:00pm at the MIM loft (359 Bank Street suite 201)

Do It Yourself Deco - Mason Jar Plants

This one is pretty self explanatory. Picked up some old mason jars from my moms, bought some ivy, and planted away. The glass is great as well because you get to watch them grow in all directions. Very pretty for my windows.

To the Streets - Summer

Though it's fall, some things are always in style.

Artistic Spotlight - Kitty Gallannaugh

Kitty, a 21 year old portrait and fashion photographer from London, England, began photography early on. As she states, "Part of me has forever been photographing, as a kid I would just casually photograph everything I saw whether it was through the car window, my socks or my family. By 13 I got into digital photography and taught myself how to edit with Photoshop; that was the beginning of my obsession." Kitty always edits her photos. As she states, "Without editing I feel they're too "vulnerable"-- they haven't the artist's final trademark stamp put on them. I try to do as little editing as possible and spend the longest time setting up each shot to ensure I won't have too much to enhance/change. I only ever touch the colours, either muting or brightening certain areas. The contrast is always fiddled with and I occassionally will change the lighting if I feel it isn't completely "right". Otherwise, I don't do anything overly fancy." At the moment you can pick up a free curve for photoshop on her website in order to emulate her look.

To take her shots she uses her Canon 5D Mark II and finds herself inspired by the works of Tim Walker, Annie Leibovitz and Sally Mann. When asked about her current projects she states, " usually keep them very secret but don't see any harm in hinting towards them! I'm working on a couple of new series - something to bring back the sleepy summery feeling and something to capture the wild youth." We look forward to it! To check out more of Kitty's work click here.

Weekend Photos

Food for Hair

Bad hair day huh? Hair loss, dull and unruly? Well, that's surely troubling for us ladies. We gotta find the solution ASAP so it won't affect our appearance and damaging our mood in the end. One of the way, is by adding nutrition to our hair using food that we ate?

Food? How come?

Well, find out more about it here..