Natalie Skinner | Student Profile

Student Natalie Skinner's image above has been selected to be in the Exposure Award Exhibition in New York.

The Exposure 2013 show is at the See.Me Gallery in NYC on July 12th, congrats to Natalie on this win.

2013 Photography Exhibition Time Lapse

Here is the 40th Annual Photography Exhibition time lapse.

There are about 8000 still images shot over 2 days, the Exhibition Setup and the day of the Exhibition.

Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting our students!!

New Hall Banners

We have finished putting up the new Hall Banners thanks to graduates Riley, John, Joy, Ria, Allie, Colin and Jordan for letting us use their images. 

To see Jordan's banner come by the Faculty offices, it is hanging just outside.   

First Year Portfolio Drop Off 2013

This year we wanted to step it up and do something a little different for our Annual First Year Portfolio time-lapse.  Along with setting up two cameras to shoot every 15 seconds we put radio slaves on both the cameras and one in the hall so the students could take their own pics if they wanted.  We also had a secret radio slaves in a Faculty members office, just for fun!!

A Kino Flo light was used to give us more illumination and the other camera was setup in the first film loading room to capture more of the action.

Here is all the gear we used for this setup:

7 - Manfrotto Magic Arms
9 - Manfrotto Super Clamps
2 - Manfrotto Spigots
4 - Pocket Wizards Plus IIIs
1 - Kino Flo Tungsten Diva-Lite 401
2 - Nikon D3s
2 - AF-S Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED Lenses
4 - 8 GB Sandisk Cards
2 - Photoflex 5-n-1 Reflectors
9 - Dedicated and a Little Crazy Faculty and Staff
58 - Awesome First Year Students

We shot close to 10,000 images over 7 1/2 hours and it took a total of 8 hours to sort, edit, keyword, export and render the video using Adobe Lightroom & Premiere Pro.

And it was well worth it, congrats to the First Years on finishing their Portfolios!!!  To check out all their work come out to the upcoming 40th Annual Algonquin Photography Exhibition, details here.

Music by Scomber - I Spy (with my little eye)

Second Year Portfolio Drop Off 2013

Well it is Portfolio time again here in the Program.  The Second Year portfolio consists of 12 images that our student's put their hearts and souls into.

Our Portfolio Interviews start today and the 40th Annual Photography Exhibition is coming up, for more details checkout the Program website.

Kayla Hannaford | Student Profile

Second Year student Kayla Hannaford has been published in the latest edition of Canadian Geographic.

Congrats to Kayla, she has images on p. 9 and on p. 65 so check it out.  To see more of her great wildlife and fashion images check out her blog.   

Colin Gaudet | Student Profile

Colin Gaudet our resident fashion photographer has been very busy lately.

He has an editorial published in Fave Magazine and another editorial and the front cover of Press The Fashion Magazine.

Congrats to Colin on the getting published and creating some beautiful images.

John Paillé | Student Profile

Second Year Student John Paillé recently did a photo shoot with National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo.

We are very please to announce that the portraits are now online at the Assembly of First Nations site and on the National Chief's page.

To see more of John's great work check out his flickr page and come see his and all of our student's portfolios at the Annual Photography Exhibition at the end of the semester.

Irvina Nuspahic | Student Profile

Our very own Irvina Nuspahic has one of her set photos on the Ottawa Film Office main page.

Check out her website for more great images.

Algonquin College Open House 2012

Eric and Arthur Rockin The Booth 

We had a College wide Open House yesterday and we would like to thanks our Second Year students, Eric, Arthur, David and Maija for staffing the booth.

We were very happy to see so many applicants and their parents show up for tours and information about the Program.

We encourage all the applicants to check out our Program FAQ to find out more info.   To learn more about student life here in the program click this link and if you have any specific questions please email our Program Co-Ordinator Garry Carter at: carterg@algonquincollege.com.

Colin Gaudet | Student Profile

Second Year Student Colin Gaudet has two of his photo stories published on Juried by Modelresource.

Here is a sneak peak if you want to see more great images by Colin click the links below.

SHAYLA, by Colin Gaudet

DANIEL FINLAN by Colin Gaudet

Nuit Blanche

First Year Student Bradford Burk was out and about during Nuit Blanche.

He had a great time and he was kind enough to send us some photos.  Above is the image of Andrew Balfour's show and beside a performance being projected on a wall.

Bradford highly recommended the event, so for those that missed it this year make sure to get out next year to see the event.  Below are paintings his girlfriend churned out that night during the show.  Thanks for the pics!!

A Week To Go

When our students return to the college next week we think they should stop and take look at the new beautiful wall displays around the college.  They might see someone they know or an image they shot.  The above wall display in the N Building has an image by Second Year Student Sam Small and Alumni Jennie Woodley.

Also when you walk in the front doors of the C building make sure to look to the left to see our very own Arthur welcoming us all back, respect!!!

Irvina Still Rockin

2012 © Irvina Nuspahic

Back in June we did a post on Photography Student Irvina Nuspahic and her work for local rocker Sal Piamonte.

She has posted and sent us a new image of the band, take a look at Irvina's site for more great images.

Photo Purchase Press!!

The purchase of Alex Pomnikow's and Sarah Boni's images by CollegesOntario.org has gotten quite a bit of press online and here at the college.  This morning on myAlgonquin there is a great article and interview with both Alex and Sarah, there has also been a few Tweets too!!

Once again congrats to Alex and Sarah!!

Colleges Ontario.org Photo Purchase

At our recent Exhibition we had a representative visit us from CollegesOntario.org, which is an advocacy group that promotes Colleges in Ontario.  They were looking to purchase images from College Graduates and Students to decorate their Toronto offices.

We were very pleased to find out that they selected images from our very own Alex Pomnikow and Sarah Boni, see their images below.

Image © 2012 Alex Pomnikow  

Images © 2012 Sarah Boni  

Congratulations to Sarah and Alex on their selection!!

Colin Gaudet | Student Profile

Colin Gaudet our resident Fashion photography student has been published in FAJO magazine.

Check out his beautiful images on FAJO's site or if you want to see more check out his Flickr page, it is most definitely worth the look!!

Irvina Nuspahic | Student Profile

Photography Student Irvina Nuspahic has been keeping herself busy this summer shooting and doing some video for local rocker Sal Piamonte.

Check out Irvina's video above and check out some of the behind the scenes photos here.  Also if you are downtown tonight (June 7) stop by Zaphod's to see Sal's show.

2012 Staff Portraits

The Faculty Page has been updated with this year's amazing images by Kaleigh Middelkoop.  We had the pleasure of working with her and Josh & Jennie had the pleasure of throwing powdered paint at us.

Take a look at the image and the behind the scenes if you haven't already.

Thanks again to Kaleigh and her crew for making this years Staff portraits very memorable!!

2012 Photography Exhibition TIme Lapse

Here is the 39th Annual Photography Exhibition time lapse.

There are about 6000 still images shot over 2 days, the Exhibition Setup and the day of the Exhibition.

Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting our students!!