Sunday, November 20, 2011

Shoot or be Shot Photography Winter Pet Portraiture Give A Away

 

There will be 2 lucky winners!
Who doesn't love their pets? Here's your chance to have professional photos taken of your fluffy, furry, or scaly friend! So grab your pet, snap a photo & email it in! With the season of giving arriving quickly, here's a gift from Shoot or be Shot Photography to help you always remember your best friend & to keep their memory alive! Pets are some of the smallest wonders of the world that mean the most to us!

- This give a way includes 1 hour of photo taking time with your pet & 12 fully touched-up, high res images on a disk.

1: Grab you Dog, Cat, Bird, Snake, or whatever creature you may own. . . 
2: Take their photo & email to shoot.orbe.shot09@gmail.com  (please send me their name)
3: We upload to an album
4: you invite as many friends as you want to "Like" your pet's photo & Like our page
http://www.facebook.com/shoot.or.be.shot.photography
5: The Pet with the most "Likes WINS!"


Any Dogs that win will have the session outside in the white fluffy snow, any other animals that win will be invited to our studio for their portraiture session.


Get ready, set, pounce!
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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Troika of Colour

I had the idea for this shoot for over six months before I was actually able to photograph it!
I was inspired by three different coloured leopard print fedoras that I saw
& purchased from Winners
I then needed to scout out & find three female models!

I initially wanted & had a Blonde, a Ginger & an Ebony haired models,
but it seemed impossible to orchestrate a day that would work for all four of us!

So I ended up having to re-cast 2 of my models,
so I then had a Blonde, and Light Brunette/Ginger & a Dark Brunette haired models

I then journeyed off to Fabric Land with my three hats,
to find & match fabric with each colour tone!
I wrapped these pieces of fabric around the busts of the models
& asked them to do their make-up to match
& to bring matching high heels & underwear to match their particular colour tone!


I wanted these images to have a blown out effect,
so that the only colours present were those that were on the three models!

These photos are emotional, intimate & sexual - in a bond of complementary colours!
Think of Gold, Silver & Bronze
but translated into a high fashion, boudoir &  artistic nature!

I could go on & on & on describing these images
as I have fallen in love with them
& will be framing the first image I displayed in my to be newly refurbished bedroom!
I have always been a sucker for & a HUGE fan of leopard print,
it is one of my guilty pleasures!

So I hope you enjoyed these images of Jenna, Elisse & Ashley intertwined into a Troika of Colour!
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Huge thanks goes out to:
Jenna Boyko, Elisse Valentini & Ashley Tallas
For making the time to help me achieve my artistic vision & for putting up with me for a few hours!
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Shoot or be Shot Photography

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Alright so this is my first attempt at writing an actual blog. . .
I don't quite grasp the full concept of it yet & I haven't been one for writing much!
Haven't had a Diary since elementary & I've always dreaded essays for school!
So enjoy & try not to be too harsh on me this time around!
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Nothing in this life is free.

The sooner each one of us understands this, the sooner each one of us can truly become happy

We have to work from the day we enter into this world.
To learn how to walk, talk & even use the "potty"
& then we must start school,
there are many long dreaded years of school we must attend.
We must work to pass each grade, all the way from kindergarten until Grade 12!
Well. . . for some of us, there is also University, which is even MORE work!


We have to work at a job, to make enough to feed ourselves, cloth ourselves & put a roof over our heads!
We then have to work to keep our bodies properly maintained & healthy.
We have to work to keep our clothing looking fresh & not ripped or stained.
& then we also have to work to keep out homes clean, heated, with water & we have to also furnish our homes.


We have to work to make friends, love & respect our family & find ourselves a lover.
If we do not constantly work at these relationships we could end up alone & without anyone to hear us cry,
hug us & if we need then, have our backs!


Even the smallest pet takes a lot of work.
For example a fish; to keep it alive we must attend to it everyday!


If we start a company of our own, it takes years to build up our name, credibility, clientele, image, techniques, (you get the "picture")

Even our own selves down to our cores (or souls) we have to be happy with who we are, what we have & what we do!
If we are not content with ourselves,
 NOTHING will work for us!
Not our jobs, which cover our needs,
Nor our relationship, no one wants to be around an unhappy person.
Or pets will not want to be around us if we are not happy,
they will feel our dissatisfaction & become sad themselves (OK maybe a fish won't mind)
& even our companies will crash & fall to the ground, faster than we can build it back up!


So remember YOU, your feelings, your needs, YOU come first!
Take care of yourself & always work for the present!
The past doesn't matter anymore & the future. . . Just let it happen!

Life = work
Success in all the things you do & are, will make you happy!

So remember to breath, to live, to achieve, to love, to smile & to learn from all your mistakes!


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work
[wurk] noun, adjective, verb, worked or wrought; working.
noun
Exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labour; toil.
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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Oops

Ever have that feeling that you've forgotten something important?
Well It must feel 100x worse when it happens to Comic Book Heroes. . .


She. . . Forgot to Save The World!

Saturday, November 5, 2011

These heels are made for walking. . .



No matter how many times I photograph the same idea,
the result is a unique as each client themselves!
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Book your very own Boudoir Session

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What does your pet mean to you?
Companion? Best Friend? Shoulder to cry on?
& What would you do to save them if their life was on the line?

Never forget our little fur-babies need us, just as much as we need them!
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I love shooting pets and wildlife.
I grew up surrounded by animals - I truly admire their beauty and honesty.
As a photographer, I revel in their unpredictability.

WORDS

When will we realize that words hurt us the most?
 We talk & talk, but never listen!
We are not born to hate, but taught to!
One day we will have to stop judging others by what we think of them &
 take the time to learn whats beneath their tough & beautiful shells.
We live, love, learn, talk, ignore, judge, hate & defend!
These are all words.
But where have our emotions & feelings gone?

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Sticks & Stones may break my bones, but WORDS will never hurt me!