Photography by Sandra Howard
Meet Steve Pell. Steve asked me to take some head shots of him so that he could experiment with various colours and layouts in Photoshop. We shot off a mixed series of facial expressions of his many moods. Once we had a series that met our requirements, Steve tried adding a bit of colour into each shot. Steve Pell did all post-processing and design of the following shot.
Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) are annual plants native to the Americas, that possess a large flowering head. According to Wikipedia, “what is usually called the flower is actually a head of numerous florets crowded together. The outer florets are the sterile ray florets and can be yellow, maroon, orange, or other colors. The florets inside the circular head are called disc florets, which mature into what are traditionally called “sunflower seeds,” but are actually the fruit of the plant”.
I was particularly attracted to this flower when I noticed the florets seemingly created a heart-shape. A bee landed on the florets pollen as I caught the shot back in 2006.
I had a chance to photograph baby Jacob in a friend’s studio back in early 2006. Jacob was full of silly faces and was a great child to work with. I especially loved the contrast between his bright blue eyes with the dynamic red chair as a prop. At only a few months old during this shoot, Jacob was a real character in front of the camera.
The Vanier Cup (in French: Coupe Vanier) is the name of the championship of Canadian Interuniversity Sport football and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. I shot the following photos from the 2005 Vanier Cup championship game between the University of Saskatchewan Huskies and the Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks. WIth a final score of 24-23 for the Golden Hawks, this game was intense to the very last second. Ryan Pyear took home the Ted Morris Memorial Trophy and David Montoya took home the Bruce Coulter Award. The game was played at the Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario on December 3, 2005. Steve and I were selected as the primary photographers for the Student Publications Newspaper that ran out of WIlfrid Laurier University.
Our eyes are our most magnificent tool. They give us the gift of sight. Sight allows us to see light. Light is simply waves moving at different frequencies which we interpret as colour. Colour can represent emotion affecting our mood and the way we interact and remember the environment around us. Colour is a universal language with no barriers. This project was completed with the help of Steve Pell. The purpose of this project was to create a promotion piece for a graphic design class. My many faces make up the two colour sets, CMYK and RGB.
