Holiday Excitement

Another busy weekend coming to an end.  This weekend was spent by us with some family, celebrating part of Christmas a little early.  It was a bit of a luxury having them here in Ottawa since they are usually at the other end of the province, and we filled our time with cooking, baking, a big dinner and holiday movie watching. There were so many goodies, just as if it were Christmas Day.  Now they head home for Christmas, and we have a little bit more family on the way from Dryden to celebrate with us next weekend.

As for photography related news, we have some of our fine art work on display, and another Radio Interview airing tonight.

The artwork is a selection of framed prints from the Centretown Village Series, currently on display at Starbucks on Elgin.  The series was first shown at Venus Envy this spring and is a collection documenting small changes in the landscape of downtown Ottawa from various perspectives, over several years.  This small part of centretown is unofficially the LGBT village of Ottawa, and is also a vibrant community in many other ways.

They will be up throughout the month of December, with framed prints @$125, unframed prints for $50, and 5x7 prints at a special price of $10.  After being invited to display my work at Starbucks on Elgin and in the Glebe over the last few years, it was great to be invited to show over the Holidays again in such a cozy spot.

Tonight have a listen to Love and Lipstick with Sue McGarvie on EZRock Ottawa (online or at 99.7), tonight's show (8-midnight) is all about less stress through the season.  She came to me to talk about looking good in front of the cameras in all of your holiday photos, so you can relax and feel like your usual great self instead of tensing up when you see a camera pointed your way.  

In our segment I talked about 3 main points; feeling comfortable with yourself (your expressions and angles); Posture (long and lifted); Positioning in relation to the camera (never square with it, and keep that posture).  Keeping these in mind, it's so much easier for that wonderful personality to come out in all of those photos with family and friends.

Check back soon, the interview will be posted right here for you to have a listen!

Natalie

The Inaugural Post

Hello, and welcome to the blog (finally!)  Although I am an avid blog-reader (especially anything humourous, photo-related or DIY) I was very hesitant to start my own.  I wanted to, since it's a great way to share the recent activities of my photography business, which vary a lot and can be quite fun, but am not so sure about my own writing skills or finding the time for it.  So, I hesitated, procrastinated, and am always so busy that this worked well until I was really kicking myself for not having gotten around to it already.  

So, here it is.  Comments, critiques and handy tips will be appreciated, with a smile.  Especially the positive ones.  I'm starting it off with the first photo that went up on the first website for Natalie Lyle Photography.  It's missing from my current site (which is also in need of a few big changes)  and since it's a little favourite of mine, I thought it deserved the spotlight again.  

Enjoy!  The next post should be soon, before we venture off to Thunder Bay and Dryden to play with toddlers and newborns and newlyweds (currently soon-to-be-weds).  Thanks, Natalie