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Originally uploaded by G. Lewis

I'm back home after a weekend to Calgary with my friend. I feel very refreshed. I took this photo in the Calgary Tower. I've missed doing arch. photos, I'm so tired of shooting portraits day in and day out. I didn't take as many photos as I had thought I would but I think this trip was more about forgetting the world I have here in Edmonton and just stepping away from it all.

Anyone hiring in YEG? I want to be able to shoot something other than children and familes.

Industrial

Industrial
Originally uploaded by G. Lewis

Thursday was the day I finally had the exhaust pipe on my car replaced. It had been shot for months. I snapped this photo on my phone while I was raised up on the hoist in the shop. I was cleaning my windows and dash. My father loves what he does, he's been a mechanic all his life. I suppose it's his calling. I hope I continue to be that passionate about photos, to refine my art and become known for what I've created.

Where You Should Be

Lithe
Originally uploaded by G. Lewis

This is my first post in this blog of 2011. It's a new year. It's a fresh start. My new year's resolution was to take more photos and spend less time at my computer monitor. So far, it's been successful. I revisited my Body Lines set idea and decided I didn't pull it off the way I wanted to. It didn't explore anything despite coming out with some neat photos. I realized that I had put no thought into the shoot and what I got were minimal results.

This time, I was prepared.

I wanted to do a shoot showing my view of Vulnerability. I wanted to show more the mental aspects of this emotion and I think what I captured did a good job of that. Lithe (the attached photo) is the first shot from the set. I've been going through a lot of thoughts about relocation and my career path, and it's left me very confused. These images are part of that manifestation and my release of it. Thank you to the model for helping me with these photos. You are the catalyst that is helping to propel me through this new year and make more of my craft.

Lungs

Lungs
Originally uploaded by G. Lewis

Listening to JPop music, I rediscovered Michelle Branch today in a restaurant. I needed to see my friend after work. She helped calm my nerves but I am still edgy. I miss being young and innocent, without bills to pay and rent to budget for. I miss having snowball fights and making snowmen at recess.

What else is there?

Tonight
Originally uploaded by G. Lewis

I saw an old picture of us together. It was my favourite photo for a long time. Seeing it tonight really hit home that I had loved you. That you had hurt me. That I had moved on. I'm on the fringe of something really good but I had to sting myself a little to snap back to the earth and remember to protect myself a little more again. You taught me a lot, not everything I learned was good though. I'd like to thank you for raping my soul's purity. I'm a better person for it.

Engagement

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Originally uploaded by G. Lewis

After some paperwork and a few days of editing, I can now finally publish these photos to my blog. This is an engagement session I did for a very sweet local couple. This is the largest photo set that I've done to-date and I am proud not only of the set itself and the images that comprise it, but also proud of how much I have grown business-wise and personality-wise, and how my photography has developed since. I can now identify my style and my approach thanks to these photos. I do consider a few select photos to be some of my best work to-date and am happy to finally be able to share these with the community.

Click the photo to view the whole set!

Morning Glory

Morning Glory
Originally uploaded by G. Lewis

I'm starting another photo set. It's going to be a display of daily routines. Very simple. Everyone takes a photo of themselves a day for a year, all that sort of thing. I don't want to do a 365 project. I want to expose how people live. I'll start with myself.