janet kwan photography

One of the things I appreciate from the photographers I follow is their willingness share information and their knowledge. So I’m going to start a “series” called “Pass it on”. If you know someone who might find this useful, pass it on . It probably won’t be all wedding-related but if there’s something specific you’d like to know, feel free to leave a comment or send me an email and I’ll do some research.

I’ve been thinking about sharing some sources of inspiration/ideas/eye candy I’ve picked up along the way so here they are They’re sort of in order of preference. Only sort of. The first one is first because it’s Canadian and I think most people who read this are Canadian. I love the second one because it’s cleaner in design and I never get bored of the ideas there. The rest will speak to different tastes so check them out if you need some inspiration

[Edit]: These are not ideas for myself but for the many friends who are getting married within the next year

1. Wedding Bells: Canadian wedding magazine featuring local vendors. There’s a lot of information on where to find what you see on the site.

2. Style Me Pretty*: Unique wedding themes, Do-It-Yourself ideas, dresses/accessories look book.
*This one is my favourite because all the featured weddings have a southern, laid-back outdoor, vintage-y feel to them.

3. The Knot: Tons of ideas and pictures on cakes, dresses, colours, invitations, vows, traditions, favours, music, etc.!

4. Inside Weddings: The style of this site is chic, couture, elegant, fabulous

5. Your Wedding Day: Articles, tips and trends…for your wedding day

6. Martha Stewart Weddings (Notable mention): Martha Stewart is Mrs. DIY and this site has lots of creative ideas for decor. There are also planning and budgeting tools you might find useful.

I hope this helps! If you read wedding magazines or blogs that you think others would like, let me know and I’ll add them

I have this small, thick notebook of blank paper that I got from volunteering at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 3 years ago. I decided to use it for taking notes starting from one end and doodling/sketching from the other end.

Sometimes, I randomly have the urge to just draw stuff…nothing in particular but I like patterns so that’s the first thing I started with. The first 2 were done over the course of a week or so. I don’t really remember. I just kept adding to it everytime I looked at it lol

Circles

Random

The was done this past week and it’s based off of the profile picture of Colour Me Katie.

See if you can recognize the different areas along Yonge St.

In an attempt to practice lighting with strobes, I made a simple setup and just trial-and-errored until I got some nice shots. I should’ve taken a shot of the setup…maybe I’ll do that tomorrow.

Let me try to remember what I did…

- Nikon D90, 18-200 @75, f8, 1/200s, ISO100
- 1 SB-800 behind and under the white cloth (i can’t remember what it was set to)…triggered by SB-800 #2 on camera (pointed towards ceiling as you can see in the reflection on the top of the round perfume bottle)

- Nikon D90, 50mm, f9, 1/200s, ISO100
- SB-800 pointing up in a box with a clear side…i’m guessing 1/16 power? triggered by on-camera SB-800 pointing behind me
- blue gel effect created by a blue plastic box lid