18/52 - graduated!

I graduated from York University's specialized honours BFA in Visual Arts program this year. The ceremony was June 14, 2010. Oh the excitement to be finished! It's nice to be able to work on whatever you want whenever you want... but I have to be a real person now, so it's kind of scary too!

cap and roses, originally uploaded by avalilly.

I decided to add this to my 52 weeks project. Seemed fitting as an important week and oh how behind I am in it... let's not talk about it.

Since then I've gotten a bunch of random photo jobs, which is awesome because I've almost completely covered the cost of my big ol' Canon Pixma Pro9000 mk II purchase from last month. I need to figure out a way of selling prints online now that I'm able to print everything myself. Once I do that, I'll pass along the info on how to order, if you're interested!

jay

Last week I did a photoshoot for my cousin's little boy Jay. He's turning 5! He is a hilarious, adorable little guy. I've never worked with children before, so it was an interesting change. There's a lot more deal making that has be made in order to get a shot! For example, I had to play "rock". This involved throwing rocks into the river. Then he would smile for me to take the pictures! Haha.

jay: 5 years, originally uploaded by avalilly.

hat, originally uploaded by avalilly.

stone's throw, originally uploaded by avalilly.

walk on, originally uploaded by avalilly.

jay, originally uploaded by avalilly.

look what I can do, originally uploaded by avalilly.

It was a fun way to start the day, that's for sure! And yes, that is infact a custom t-shirt. Cute idea!

jameson and lysanne

Jameson and Lys recently celebrated their 6th anniversary. He originally approached me to do these photos back in the winter, but I think it would have been too cold running around downtown toronto finding fun things to take photos near. This was my first try at any sort of relationship photos, so I'm happy with the turn out! Plus, they look so great together. Made my job easy!

I blinked to see polite ghosts fading quickly, originally uploaded by avalilly.

jameson and lysanne, originally uploaded by avalilly.

jameson and lysanne, originally uploaded by avalilly.

jameson and lysanne, originally uploaded by avalilly.

jameson and lysanne, originally uploaded by avalilly.

jameson and lysanne, originally uploaded by avalilly.

jameson and lysanne, originally uploaded by avalilly.

jameson and lysanne, originally uploaded by avalilly.

In case I happen to upload any more from this shoot, you can find them here: set!