My First Shoot AHHHHHH!

WAKE UP at 6:00 am, just like any other day, get dressed, have breakfast, and get on our way. We had to be at the shoot location for 9:00 am. Since I was doing this shoot for Family my Boyfriend and fur babies came with me for support :)

Over all it went well and I got some great pictures. But gosh it is a lot more work then you might think!!! Since I am just starting out I am not fully equipped with tones of props or a proper backdrop holder but I guess it will all come in time.

Here are a few pics from the Shoot, hope you enjoy!

To see more pics please stop by my Facebook page Brittany Fish Photography and be sure to like it :)

Great Finds - Long weekend yard sales

So my day started out like I had planned, gardening, yard work and relaxation (ahhhh so in need of the long weekend).

But before I could get to the yard work by boyfriend and my two fur babies got out of bed, this generally would not make a difference in what I was doing but Matt (my boyfriend) wanted to take the babes to the baseball diamond for a run. So we packed up the pups (Rusko and Sofi) and headed into town to the ball park.



My Fur babies
 Top: Rusko my  big boy
Bottom: Sofi my little girl


Once Rusko and Sofi were pooped, Matt decided he wanted to go into town and see if there were any yard sales. Neither of us wanted anything or needed anything, we were just going out for something to do.

To my surprise I found two good pieces for props. One a basket and the other a little cradle (it is still a work in progress...needs a paint job).

Yard sales are a great way to get some great stuff at a fraction of the cost.  So I guess it was a good thing that Matt dragged me away from my planned out day to do something spontaneous, because I found some treasures that I can put to use. Maybe I will try them out at my upcoming shoot :)




Well back to that gardening and yard work, its not going to do itself....or maybe I will just relax with a cup of coffee and the great view!

So excited...First Shoot!!!!

Ok so late last night I found out that I have booked my very first client...WOW!
Although it is extended family I am super excited about this. I was very distracted at work today, I even popped on a few sites like Pinterest to gather some ideas during work hours...ooops did I just say that. Then after work I decided to stop in at the fabric store to pick up a few pieces for the shoot. 

This would seem ok to most people but unfortunately I have to be at my boyfriend's work to pick him up by 5 and I don't get off work until 4 and I have to go from downtown to the West End, this does not leave a lot of time to drive to the store, look around at all of the fabric available and pick pieces that will work, but being as excited as I was... am I allowed to say that I did not really care if I was a little late? Which I was by 15 minutes......

So I ended up finding some really great pieces. Since the couple had a little boy I picked some great neutral tones, I know some of you might say 'how boring' but I wanted to keep it really simple for this first shoot and although the fabrics are neutral, they do have texture. I did not want to distract from the little man with any weird prints or colours, I can experiment more later on when I have a little more experience.

So here are the colours and fabrics I chose:

My logo for the world to see

Well based on my profile picture you can guess how my name will appear to the world but , oh gosh, coming up with a logo for Brittany Fish Photography has been a challenge!!! I wanted something that was reflective of my name, but I did not want it to be too gimmicky. You would think drawing a simple fish would be easy, but its not. Should the fish be cartoonish, should it be elegant, should it be fish bones? Too many options.  

The font I chose for my title was a little less difficult then the rest. I knew I wanted something swirly and elegant, it had to be legible otherwise how would you know who I am?

For a while I played around with various placements of single fish to a grouping of fish, and various fonts, nothing really seemed to click.  Then I came across a font called Vivaldi and it gave me the perfect F and inspiration.  Both the F and the B in my name created great circular shapes using this font, and I thought " Hey, make one of them into a fish bowl...".  So the F is was, it just seemed fitting since everything started with F...lol.

I hope that everyone likes my final decision :)

Here is what I came up with incase you don't want to visit my  Facebook page Brittany Fish Photography (but please do and like it!):