Peaking

Peaking
Originally uploaded by Andrew Edwards.

Just a quick one. While I was volunteering downtown and helping out with the Community Youth Network, Street Reach Program, I had the opportunity to go for a little walk in the fog and light drizzle.

It was far from warm and it was too close to do dark for my liking. It was interesting the see the amount of people who were interested in that ship coming into the harbour.

AE

Gerbers

Gerbers
Originally uploaded by Andrew Edwards.

Today I had the opporunity and the spare time to photograph some Gerber Daisies that I gave to my parntner. She loved them and surprisingly enough they have lasted almost two weeks now.

Anyway the point is the dramatic colors that came out of the photos, while using a very basic setup, were spectacular. The blues and violets are astounding I think.

There are more in the gallery on my site. www.andrewedwdardsphotography.ca

AE

Stephanie

Stephanie
Originally uploaded by Andrew Edwards.

May 5, 2007. Meet Stephanie. A very photogenic female on the verge of her university career. No this is not a dating service, but I have to say she is probably the most photogenic person you will ever meet.

On her prom day/night she wanted ease and simplicity. Which is exactly what I offer to my clients. The setup, shoot and teardown was done in an hour and a half with the help of my lovely assistant.

Just a note: do not ever let me around a table full of decorative lives as they may end up on the floor by accident.. heh .

AE

Naveen

Naveen
Originally uploaded by Andrew Edwards.

Naveen! Look at the Camera! And this is what I got. Naveen was first a subject of mine a little over a year ago. At 4-5 days old, Naveen had his first professional photos taken of him while he was a tad bit over 6 pounds and cute as a button.

Today when I saw him I was completely amazed at how much he has grown up. And talk about smart! This little guy is a shoe in to be a doctor. He has his own anatomy down already!

I am super glad that I got to photograph Naveen again but it is a bit saddening that he will be moving to Toronto, Canada in a few weeks. Hopefully I will get to do some more photos of him in the future.

Cute huh?

AE

Signal Hill Light Streaks

Signal Hill Light Streaks
Originally uploaded by Andrew Edwards.

Today was pretty exciting. While driving this morning the weather person on the radio said we were suppose to have +15 celcuis temperatures today. So, I started to plan out some shots that I could bare being outside for.

This shot was one of them. The nice weather created a very pleasing sunset that St. John's, Newfoundland residents were flocking to see. Signal Hill provides a popular outlook over the city and the western setting sunlight.

Andrew

Guitar and Amp

Originally uploaded by Andrew Edwards.

Today I had the opportunity to photograph an Epiphone Les Paul and a Crate GT212. It was fun to do I must say and working out the lighting to get this shot was fun. It is funny how much trouble curved surfaces can be when your on the clock.

All in all it was a good time. If you want a shot like this or of anything else contact me at info@andrewedwardsphotography.ca

AE

Park Tree Entrance

Park Tree Entrance
Originally uploaded by Andrew Edwards.

Here is a random I figured I would post up for your viewing. It is in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Can you guess where?

AE

LIL-Brudder

LIL-Brudder
Originally uploaded by DJSQUIDGUTS.

I just noticed this photo that my brother took while we were out shooting last August. It was a pretty nice day for seascape shots I must say. I was frantically trying to stay still in the 40+ km/hr winds while capture a bit of movement in the surf.

The photo was taken close to Cape Spear, Newfoundland. It was walking distance from the road. If you are ever out that way be careful of the cliffs. The edge may appear solid, but they can be eroded out under you where you cannot see.

AE

Old Hospital

Old Hospital
Originally uploaded by Andrew Edwards.

I have been wondering where this old hospital was for quite some time now and I never had the time until now. There was a worker there from the city who said I was probably alright going in, but without a re-breather/respirator and permission I did not want to be tempting my health of my freedom for that matter.

It is quite an interesting old building. It resembles something out of an old horror film. Just by looking in through the lower open doorway you can see the old brick walls that resemble the inside of an old fashioned fireplace.

It is too bad there are not more of these places in my vicinity to photograph. If you know of any shoot me an email at info@andrewedwardsphotography.ca

AE

The Smokey Corkscrew

The Smokey Corkscrew
Originally uploaded by Andrew Edwards.

Well today I finished my finals for the year. Trying to unwind I figured that I would try some more smoke shots. I got creative in post to add a bit of color to catch the attention of the viewer.

I am going to find a rainbow pattern gel to use on the flash head to try and achieve this without PP. We'll see how that goes I guess when the time comes.

AE

Frenchmans Cove Shoreline

Southern Shoreline
Originally uploaded by Andrew Edwards.

Well today was quite an interesting day. I started the day by crashing my remote control airplane. Anyway, the day ended with a beautiful sunset.

I have a small portion of coastline in Frenchmans Cove, Newfoundland that I love photographing. I have been wanting to get a shot of an abandoned building on the shoreline with a nice sunset and today provided me the opportunity.

I got there and realized that over the winter months it had blown down. Oh well, I will find another. I grabbed my gear bag and tripod and put on some rubber boots and started off walking the very rocky shoreline. I ended up tasting sea salt for an hour and got quite cold but managed some shorelines shots.

I was there right before sunset and next time I'm hoping to have the time to stay there a little bit after sunset to help with exposure times.

AE

Eye of the Cellphone

Eye of the Cellphone
Originally uploaded by Andrew Edwards.

Today I had a bit of creative spurt in between studying for exams and final term papers. The subject had a good time doing the shot and really enjoyed the final version of the photo (that you see). The colors on the LCD were played with to show a different side of a persons personality. Nothing implied to the subject by the way.

Back to studying.

In or out

In or out
Originally uploaded by Andrew Edwards.

I have been playing around with alot of the strobist challenges as of late. This one was for the Final Four basketball challenge. The concept I was trying to get is your either in or out of the tournament. The analogy can be applied to all aspects of the game really.

Shot with two AB400's, guess how.. it is quite easy.

AE

Mother and Ducklings

Mother and Ducklings
Originally uploaded by Andrew Edwards.

I have been going back to some old photos as of late. One interesting one that I went past was this one of a mother duck and four ducklings. It is interesting actually because this whole set of photos was lost and I forgot about them until recently.

I did use a bit of levels correction in Photoshop (PS). A tiny bit of sharpening and I actually used the de-noise filter.

AE

And it Starts..

Day 1

Just starting this up. In the midst of social work exams. I am shooting the CIS National Basketball tournament this weekend. Should be a riot except for the lighting and my lack of good glass.