Before Melissa walked down the isle before her wedding ceremony at St. Andrews church in Kitchener.
Check out more pictures from this winter wedding in Kitchener-Waterloo over on my blog.
Two of my images placed in the WPJA (Wedding Photojournalist Association) Q3 2010 contest. This was one of my personal goals for 2010 and I’m so pleased that two of my pictures placed amongst some really fabulous work.
This photo placed 12th in the ‘Parents’ category.
And this photo placed 3rd in the ‘Bride Getting Ready’ category.
Here is a shot that I took of Kim’s nephew, the ring bearer minutes before the ceremony.
Last week I had the honor and pleasure of attending the Mountain Workhops in Elizabethtown Kentucky.
The Mountain Workshop is an intensive week long photojournalism course run by one of the most renowned photojournalism schools in the USA, the University of Western Kentucky. The workshop is in it’s 35th year, each time documenting a different county in Kentucky.
The coaches at the workshop are really impressive, almost to the point of being intimidating. Multiple Pulitzer winners, long time National Geographic shooters and combat photographers are all roaming the halls.
Each student draws an assignment out of a hat (literally!) and spends the week both shooting and writing their story with the aid of their coaches. The nights go long with multiple speakers and critiques, we were lucky if we got 3 hours sleep a night.
My assignment was a single mother with two kids who’s grandfather had just been deployed overseas.
You can see my story here.
I’m still absorbing everything I was taught last week, but I’m already starting to see things differently and have no doubt I’m going to be a much better photographer.
Scott.
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Wedding ceremony at the Salvation Army Citadel. Reception at Renaissance Event Venue. Flowers by Avenue Florist. Photography by Toronto photographer Tim Forbes of Forbes Photographer.
Click here to see a slideshow of their wedding day … http://www.vimeo.com/14954973?hd=1