#730 2011 in review – excerpts from the blog

Posted on December 29, 2011 by admin

We’re looking at the last few months of our photo blog for 2011.

In September we featured a summer wedding, gave tips in our photo newsletter to improve your photography and highlighted a worthy cause that used our rental studio.

Ottawa Gatineau Wedding Photography

October

In October we celebrated another ProProgram graduate, featured a portrait session for a Danish Magazine and handed in a summer long assignment on rowing for a fun magazine.

Ottawa Rowing Club - editorial assignment

November

We showed some art documentation, finished our monthly photo contest and were featured on tv!

Art Documentation - Paul Saindon - Ottawa

December

We finished the season’s Do-It-Yourself portrait sessions, whooped it up at our annual Open House and Sneak Peek and “Did it for the dogs.”

Do it for the Dogs - SPCA Fundraiser - Aylmer

Thank-you to everyone who supports HarryNowell.com and OttawaStudioWorks.com. Without your continued patronage we could not survive. We wish you all the best in 2012.

#729 2011 in review – excerpts from the blog

Posted on December 28, 2011 by admin

The 2011 photo blog review continues…

May

In May, David Trattles came to Ottawa to run his unique photo workshop and exhibit his fine art photography at our photo studio. The exhibit was a smash hit. The David Trattles workshops (coming again this May) have always been popular with people interested in stretching their photo limits.

David Trattles photo exhibit

June

In June we shot some Jazz Festival for a client, hosted J David Andrews’ Wildlife and Landscape Workshop (see his upcoming workshops) and wrote about better backgrounds.

Music Festival Photo Assignment

July

We shot at Bluesfest for the Sun and also exhibited a decade’s worth of music festival photography at the studio. Also ran a popular bike race safari.

Ottawa Bike Race Photo Safari

August

In August we shot a stock assignment for a lawyer and a school – it’s my favourite kind of commercial work – shooting a creative portfolio of work that a client uses for promotion. At the photo studio Blair Gable exhibits his photojournalistic work including his photos of Obama, Princess Kate and $millions of Ferraris.

Stock Photography Assignment - Ottawa

#728 2011 in review – excerpts from the blog

Posted on December 26, 2011 by admin

2011 brought many firsts and we trumpeted the fun on our photo blog.

January

We held our first Open House at the photo studio. It represented a big milestone at HarryNowell.com. We worked hard to transform a run down property into OttawaStudioWorks.com

Ottawa photo studio - thanks to Alain Simard for the photo

February

We blogged three classic courses held in January February – Creative Fundamentals, Natural Light Portraits and Photographing Pro Hockey. We posted some hockey photos from the workshop, too!

Ottawa hockey photo workshop

March

March brought many fun projects including portraits, an intro to studio lighting course and a photo contest.

Photo class - Introduction to Studio Lighting Photo Course - © Morina Reece

April

The studio slowed down a little in April as we introduced a new member to the team at HarryNowell.com. He stole our hearts.

Our newest member of the HarryNowell.com team

Stay tuned for more highlights from 2011.

#727 Merry Christmas – Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 23, 2011 by admin

Whatever you are celebrating we wish you many smiles and goodness for the year ahead…

And we’d like to thank all of our clients who help us stay in business!

Merry Christmas from HarryNowell.com

#726 Ottawa Blacksmith Photo Safari review

Posted on December 21, 2011 by admin

In November, we offered the Blacksmith Photo Safari near Ottawa.

Voom.

It sold out quickly.

And it went well – flying sparks, smiles and many clicks.

Stay tuned for another Blacksmith Photo Safari in 2012. We do have the Composition Photo Safari coming up in January as well as Creative Fun and Portraits photo classes. Also stay tuned for something to do with horses. Coming soon.

Below are a few photos from John Rathwell and Lee B. And thanks to Marc for pounding the steel and showing us your work!!

Ottawa Blacksmith Photo Safari

Ottawa Blacksmith Photo Safari - Lee B photo

Ottawa Blacksmith Photo Safari - John Rathwell photo

#725 Open hours at the photo studio

Posted on December 19, 2011 by admin

Our studio has been open for business for 15 months. We operate Ottawa Studio Works as a multi use space – photo studio, gallery & exhibition space, client meeting space + classroom for photo workshops. We have never offered store hours. It’s always been by appointment.

But we’ve often seen people peering through the windows, received emails about the artwork and last week while in a meeting one woman came in to inspect the artwork. “I’ve always wanted to come in and see the artwork. May I loo around?!”

Ok…

We get the hint.

Studio Open Hours

We’re introducing some limited “open” hours. We’ll be open for browsing on occasion. This week we’ll be open to the public at the studio.

Hours:

Thursday, December 22nd, from approx 5-8pm.

Tuesday, December 27th, from approx 11:30-2pm.

Location:

160 Preston St. (between Somerset and Gladstone)

Ottawa

Map

Come visit.
Be nosy.
Ask questions.
Say ‘hi.’
Or, if you’re really leaving things to the last minute, pick up some last minute gifts, big or small.

See you Thursday.

Ottawa Studio Works - photo studio and exhibit space

#724 DIY Portrait Photos on the Blog

Posted on December 18, 2011 by admin

Our first Do-It-Yourself Portrait season captured many smiles and much laughter.

This fall we offered the first DIY portrait session at our photo studio on Preston St. in Ottawa.

How it works:
• Book an hour at the studio
• Arrive with your people
• Plug your camera into our studio lights…
• … and shoot!
• At the end unplug and walk away with photos on your memory card – easy!

People love it!

The studio was filled with giggles and laughter – we heard much fun and saw fun results – some results are below.

We offer this service to families, business and organizations for personal use, fun and as a team building exercise.

Let us know if you would like a reminder. Thanks to everyone who made us smile!

Do-It-Yourself Portraits @ Ottawa Studio Works photo studio

GoodWorksCo partners get animated for the camera!

#723 Greeting Cards

Posted on December 16, 2011 by admin

Over the last year we have gently built a collection of greeting cards for any occasions.

Below are photos from the collection – printed beautifully on 5×7 card stock (not photos glued onto paper). They are suitable for framing.

Prices:

$5 (tax incl) per card

$35 (tax incl) for a pack of 8 assorted or similar cards.

Wholesale prices available for quantity pricing.

Other gift ideas:

We also offer posters ($20), prints and framed artwork, photo workshops, portrait sessions and gift certificates for the people on your list.

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Visit our photo studio on Preston St. in central Ottawa – please call for an appointment.

Some items are available for delivery for an extra surcharge.

Gift certificates can be arranged by phone/email with payment by credit card.

The cards:

Greeting Card - Inspiration

Greeting Card – Hosta

Greeting Card – Dog

Greeting Card – Climber

Greeting Card – Mountain Biker

Greeting Card – XC Ski

Greeting Card – Canoe

Greeting Card – Pony

Greeting Card – Hockey Rink

#721 Exhibit at Ottawa Studio Works

Posted on December 11, 2011 by admin

A couple of weeks ago our photo studio – Ottawa Studio Works – hosted the first show of new photo artist Kevin Foisy. For a first show Kevin’s work is impressive and filled our studio! It was well received in the media:

A few photos show the fun:

Kevin Foisy Photo Exhibition at Ottawa Studio Works

Kevin Foisy at Ottawa Studio Works

Kevin Foisy Photo Exhibition at Ottawa Studio Works