#909 – More Auction Items for the Media & Celebrity Photo Contest Auction & Exhibition

Posted on February 14, 2013 by admin

We’re a week away from the auction and exhibition of the Media and Celebrity photo contest that will raise money for the Ottawa Food Bank.

Ottawa Food Bank fundraiser!

• The celebrity’s photos are being prepared.
• The studio is transforming for the show.
• The public part of the “What I love about Ottawa Gatineau” contest is almost closed (and there’s a race for the most ‘liked’ photo!)

And we have had some great support for the Ottawa Food Bank fundraiser from the community.

A BIG thank-you to the people/business’ below who have donated auction items for the exhibition:
• $50 gift certificate for the Henry’s Photo Store
• Prize Package from Ottawa 67s Hockey Team
• A signed print of the Canadian Women’s Hockey Team; gold medal winners
in Vancouver 2010 (donated by Ottawa councillor David Chernushenko)
• A box set of two films: Powerful and Be the Change (donated by Ottawa councillor David Chernushenko.)
• $50 gift certificate from Mountain Equipment Co-op
• $50 of deliciousness from ‘Une Boulangerie dans un Village‘ (aka Old Chelsea Bakery)

A BIG thank-you to the new sponsors who are helping us raise money for the Ottawa Food Bank at the OttGatLove Photo Contest Auction and Exhibition.

Details:
Saturday, February 23rd
Noon to 8:30pm.
Ottawa Studio Works
160 Preston St. (between Gladstone and Somerset)

Auction and “People’s Choice Ballot” runs until 7pm.
Presentation at 8pm.

Oh, and by the way, some of the photos are AMAZING!

MORE details…

Visit the auction and exhibition at Ottawa Studio Works on Saturday February 23rd. Support the Food Bank and meet a celebrity!

#905 OttawaGatineauLove Photo Contest

Posted on February 5, 2013 by admin

Photo Contest Update!!
We are starting to make room at the studio for the (trumpets blare) Media and Celebrity “Why I love Ottawa / Gatineau” Photo Contest to support the Ottawa Food Bank.

The celebrity media photos are FUN! I was happy with the photos from contestants.

Exhibition and Auction
Want to see the celebrity and media photos? You’ll have to visit exhibition and auction raising money for the Ottawa Food Bank:

Ottawa Studio Works
160 Preston St. (between Gladstone and Somerset)

Saturday, February 23rd
Noon to 8:30pm.

Auction and “People’s Choice Ballot” runs until 7pm.
Presentation at 8pm

Reasons to visit the exhibition and auction:
• meet some celebrities
• see some artwork
• buy some artwork!
• support the Ottawa Food Bank!
• Bid on other prizes from sponsors!

Public Photo Contest
The public photo contest is roaring along with many fabulous entries – and a race for most votes that wins a spot in the exhibition with the celebrities! Enter and/or VOTE by clicking on the camera symbol.

Visit the Facebook event page.

Follow #ottgatlove on twitter!

Thanks to Sponsors!

Celebrity photos are getting printed & mounted by sponsors (thanks Artopix, DaveAndrews.ca and Patrick Gordon Framing.)

Ottawa Gatineau photo contest

#898 Ottawa Celebrity, Media (and Public) Photo Contest Launched

Posted on January 20, 2013 by admin

It’s time to get clicking!

On Sunday we launched the Celebrity, Media (and Public) Photo Contest to raise funds for the Ottawa Food Bank. The event took place at Patrick Gordon Framing (thanks Patrick!)

Ottawa photo course - photo contest launch!

The theme is “Why I love Ottawa Gatineau.”

Ottawa celebrities, media and public arrived to pick up their packages and listen to our presentation of top photo tips to help them succeed in the contest and, really, help raise awareness and funds for the Ottawa Food Bank.

Ottawa photo contest launch - Mayor Jim Watson

After the photo tips Allison Burnett, Professor of a digital marketing course (“Marketing: New Tools & Approaches“) at Carleton University, introduced the public photo contest that will run alongside the celebrity challenge.

Allison Burnett - digital media professor

Anyone can enter online (via Facebook) and can also vote or ‘like’ their favourite photos. The photo with the most likes wins a spot at the final exhibition alongside the celebrity and media photos at Ottawa Studio Works on February 23rd. All photos in the exhibition will be auctioned off to raise funds for the Ottawa Food Bank.

Ottawa photo contest launch - CBC Radio One Host of 'All in a Day' interviews competing photo contestant Danielle Donders - Danigirl.ca blogger.

To enter the contest visit and like this page:
https://www.facebook.com/OttGatLove
… and click on the camera symbol to vote or upload photos.

So, GET CLICKING!
Enter often.
Vote.
And tell your friends.

You have until February 16th to enter!!

Also, follow the fun on twitter using the contest’s hashtag – #OttGatLove

A big, BIG thank-you to Morina Reece, photo course and ProProgram Graduate and for providing the photography for the event!!

Ottawa photo contestants from left Mayor Jim Watson, Sandy Sharkey (BobFM Radio co-host), Peter Tilley (Executive Director - Ottawa Food Bank), Ian Black (CBC climatologist)

Low Down News reporters Lucy Scholey and Trevor Greenway (photo contestant) discussing photo strategy.

#895 – Public Participants Chosen for Photo Contest

Posted on January 13, 2013 by admin

Last week we announced a project we have been working on since the fall last year.

In support of the Ottawa Food Bank we are raising money through a Media and Celebrity Photo Contest. We have many loved Ottawa personalities including the Ottawa Citizen’s Peter Simpson, CBC’s climatologist Ian Black, CTV’s News Anchor Graham Richardson, BobFM’s SandySharkey and many more.

Ottawa Food Bank

Two Spots to the Public
We offered two spots in the main contest to the public and invited people to submit a short response as to why they should be in the contest.

The response by email and blog comment was, erm, excellent and we had a tough time choosing the two participants. But in the end we chose two very fun people:

The New Contestants!
Allison Burnett – Professor of a digital marketing course (“Marketing: New Tools & Approaches“) at Carleton University. Allison was excited about the contest as well as including her students as an exercise to help their skills (and help the Food Bank.) Wow!
Danielle Donders – Social media program manager for a big Canadian government department and blogger, mother, photo fan. She loves photography and also talked about the opportunity to help the food bank.

Your response was great! It was a tough choice to select the two spots available.

Why did these two people win the lucky spots? They were both interested in the photo side but both were interested in helping people – the Food Bank and students. Also, they both have the ability to spread the word wide and bring more support to the Food Bank.

Now, because we had such good response, we’d like to add an online-only part of the contest. This will be open to the public.

How to Participate in the Online Contest
People may join us for the launch on January 20th to hear the photo tutorial. There are photo tutorial packages and technical guidelines for the 15 participants of the Media and Celebrity portion of the contest.

We will also be giving out Top Photo Tips to anyone interested (while they last) in the online public contest. People may submit photos to the online contest from January 20th to February 16th. “How to Participate” details will be released at the launch and online January 20th onwards.

The Launch
Sunday, January 20th, 2013; 10-11:30am
Patrick Gordon Framing
160 Elm Street, Ottawa, Ontario – enter off City Centre Ave.

Congratulations to Allison and Danielle!!

#893 – Ottawa Celebrity and Media Photo Contest to support the Ottawa Food Bank!

Posted on January 8, 2013 by admin

We’re very excited!

This winter Ottawa media and celebrities hone their photo skills to participate in a photo contest and exhibition at Ottawa Studio Works with an auction of the artworks to support the Ottawa Food Bank.

There’s a chance for member(s) of the public to participate with the media and celebrities. Keep reading!

Ottawa Food Bank photo

How it works:

• Event Launch
Sunday, January 20th, 2013; 10-11:30am
Patrick Gordon Framing
160 Elm Street, Ottawa, Ontario – enter off City Centre Ave.

Everybody is welcome to the launch at Patrick Gordon Framing to:
1. Hear their photo challenge and logistics.
2. Pick up their top photo tips sheet.
3. Learn some photo tips in an on-the-spot photo tutorial to help participants produce the best shots possible.
4. Learn how anybody can enter an online version of the contest

“Why I love Ottawa/Gatineau!”
The 15 celebrity and media participants then have until Monday, January 28th to email us up to three photo entries depicting “Why I love Ottawa/Gatineau!” Their photos will be printed, displayed by our sponsors and auctioned at the final exhibition February 23rd at Ottawa Studio Works.

Enter the Public Contest!
To enter the contest. Visit and like this page:
https://www.facebook.com/OttGatLove
… And click on the camera to submit your photo or vote.

So, GET CLICKING!
Enter often.
Vote.
And tell your friends.

You have until February 16th to enter!!

Also, follow the fun on twitter using the contest’s hashtag – #OttGatLove

"Why I love Ottawa/Gatineau" Ottawa Media and Celebrity Photo Contest

• Final Exhibition and Silent Auction
Saturday, February 23rd, 2013; noon to 8:30pm
Ottawa Studio Works
160 Preston St. Ottawa.

Auction
Thanks to our sponsors, participant photos will exhibited at Ottawa Studio Works where they will be auctioned to the highest bidder with proceeds to aid the Ottawa Food Bank. Donations will also be gladly accepted.

People’s Choice Award
The public will have their chance to vote on their favourite photos.

Visit the studio for your chance to meet the media and celebrities throughout the day on Saturday, February 23rd.

Media and Celebrity Participants:
Sandy Sharkey (co-host, Cub and Company, 839 BOB FM)
Stuntman Stu (Majic 100 Radio Host)
Jim Watson (Ottawa Mayor)
David Chernushenko (Ottawa City Councillor)
Peter Simpson (Arts-editor-at-large for The Ottawa Citizen)
Graham Richardson (CTV News Anchor)
Alan Neal (Host of All In A Day, CBC Radio One)
Ian Black (Climatologist, CBC News Ottawa)
Sarah Brown (Ottawa Magazine Editor)
Jane Corbett (Ottawa Magazine Art Director)
Trevor Greenway (reporter – Low Down to Hull and Back News)
Andrea Tomkins (Blogger)
Peter Tilley (Executive Director – Ottawa Food Bank)

Ottawa Magazine

About our Sponsors:
• Artopix – Digital Printer and long time print service provider in Gatineau (Hull).

Artopix.ca

• Patrick Gordon Framing – Custom framing, repair and installation serving fine artists and art dealers.

PatrickGordonFraming.ca

• Dave Andrews – Fine Art Printer. David is humble but provides printing service to high end artists and clients. His prints hang in prestigious galleries across North America.

DaveAndrews.ca

• Ottawa Studio Works – Ottawa Photo Studio on Preston St. and the home of HarryNowell.com for photo exhibitions, portraits and photo classes.

Ottawa Photo Studio

About the Beneficiary of the Event – Ottawa Food Bank

“The Ottawa Food Bank was founded in the basement of the former police station on Waller Street in 1984. Originally intended to be temporary in nature, the Ottawa Food Bank has grown to become a staple food relief organization in the Region. Today, we support 140 emergency food programs that feed approximately 48,000 people per month – 37 per cent of whom are children.

Our mission: To collect and distribute food to Member Agencies serving people in need in the Ottawa area.

Our vision: That no one goes hungry in the Ottawa area.”

Ottawa Food Bank

Come and join the fun! Thanks to all that help to make this work!

#809 Photo Newsletter – reader’s local photo.

Posted on June 24, 2012 by admin

Last week we sent out our monthly newsletter about photo adventures close to home. You DON’T need to go to exotic places to get amazing results:
Photo Adventures Close to Home
We asked people to send in photos close to their home and we’re happy to feature Christel’s macro photo submission, below.

Why Christel’s photo? It’s simple, clean and strong. AND it was shot close to home!

Congratulations Christel!

#67 Prize awarded

Posted on May 19, 2008 by admin

Congratulations go out to Deanna S. who correctly answered the first photo blog contest at HarryNowell.com!

The question:

I asked for the appropriate lens for a tricky assignment. See blog post #66 for the complete question.

The answer:

A large apertured, moderate telephoto lens would get the shot well! I would choose an 85mm f1.8 lens to let as much light into the camera while still allowing a moderately fast shutter speed. A mid range zoom – 80-200mm – with a wide aperture of f2.8 would also be a good choice.

Deanna wins a print from ChelseaGallery.ca! Competition was fierce with the first two correct answers arriving minutes apart. Stay tuned for the second photography blog contest at HarryNowell.com in June.

Nice work Deanna,

Harry

#66 Contest day!

Posted on May 15, 2008 by admin

Blog contest (prize to be awarded!):
You are at a small festival and watching a local jazz musician getting intimate with his sax. You were lucky enough to get a front row view. The jazz man is 3m (10 feet) from you. It’s 8pm and the daylight is fading. The stage lights are starting to shape the light.

sax player

If you were doing an available light (no flash), photojournalistic portrait of the sax player from the waist up, what lens would you use?
I don’t care about the brand. I want to know the focal length & aperture. Zoom or fixed focal lens? Why?

Need help? Check this Exposed! article for ideas. It describes some shooting ideas and a photo from the Ottawa’s Bluesfest extravaganza!

Answers: The first reasonable and fully correct answer will receive a ChelseaGallery.ca print like the one mentioned yesterday. Please submit your complete answers via e-mail: Harry@HarryNowell.com.

The winner will be contacted by e-mail. A mailing address is needed to send the prize! Correct answer and winner will be announced next week.

Good luck,

Harry

#65 Tomorrow

Posted on May 14, 2008 by admin

Tomorrow (Thursday, May 15th) is quiz day on the blog.

I will be posting a skill testing photo question on this blog in the late morning, early aftrenoon. The answer will be available within my Exposed! articles. The prize is this 9.5″ x 14″ print from ChelseaGallery.ca – framing and matting not included!

Blog Quiz Prize

Study hard! Send your answers as instructed tomorrow!

The first reasonably correct answer will be contacted and your print will be delivered to the address you provide.

Good luck,

Harry