"cake." | Toronto Videographer & Photographer

Ever wonder how you can combine a still image with a video? Time & Stillness was the theme of the first project from my Hybrid Photography class - where we learn how to use the dSLR as a video tool as well as being an image capturing tool. We looked at many videos to come up with a tableau of our own. In this case, I wanted to play with the idea of cake and that it is used in the typical ritual of birthdays and celebrations.

"The work plays with the absence and presence of a celebration.

The photograph is a picture of the cake itself lit up. The in-action capture of the sparkler and the candles, create a portrait of the cake in its entirety. The everlasting of the celebration is captured in the photograph. However, the video represents the celebration from beginning to the end. The image and the video help to convey a celebration or ritual shared between two people who are absent and present.

The two mediums play off one another in that the image represents an ever-lasting celebration that has no end.  Moreover, the video is a performance of the ritual.  The cake’s candles are blown out, then taken apart, and finally eaten. The stillness becomes the timeless piece. The image depicts an endless celebration, one that takes place everyday in society. On the other hand, the timepiece plays a sequence, a story with a beginning and an end.  To conclude, I feel that both mediums work well with one another as they both speak to the same subject matter but in different and effective ways."

Oct 1'13 -  "cake." - A new project from my Hybrid Photography class this year.
Oct 1'13 - "cake." - A new project from my Hybrid Photography class this year.

Tea in the garden | Vancouver Food Photography

It's always a favourite of mine in the summer: tea time. Whether you're inside enjoying a cuppa or outside on a terrace, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, it's always time for tea. Here are some photos from my last afternoon spent in Vancouver this past summer. We were lucky to have tea on a beautiful veranda of very good friends of ours. It was delightful to say the least. IMG_6746-1

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Homemade Food Photos | Vancouver Food Photography

This past summer I worked for Daniela Ciuffa Photography. I learned the basics of lighting, from shooting in studio to shooting natural light. Moreover, I learned a lot about portrait photography, food photography and wedding photography. After three months of working with the fabulous Daniela, I can officially say that I gained lots of experience in the field of photography and cannot wait to put everything I have learned into my last year of uni. We spent a sunny afternoon shooting delicious homemade food on our patio with food photographer Martin Szabo who is amazing at what he does. My dad made a lot of his favourites (suckling pig belly) and mum her desserts and infamous pizza. The photos speak truly for the food. Everything looked and tasted delicious!IMG_6311-7 IMG_6315-9 IMG_6318-11 IMG_6334-19 IMG_6339-22 IMG_6342-25 IMG_6353-32 IMG_6374-41 IMG_6378-43 IMG_6379-44