Preliminary Portfolio

I have completed my preliminary portfolio! It feels great to know that I'm done 6 images for my final portfolio. I had a blast photographing this semester and learned SO much! Now that I am done I can relax and look forward to our Help Portrait event on Saturday and my field placement with Jodi Pudge in Toronto this coming week. I hope you enjoy the images!

Thank you to ALL who helped me out this year; models, friends, peers, teachers, family, various businesses and coworkers. I couldn't have done it without you!

self directed

consumer portrait

environmental portrait

self portrait

food illustration

architecture

All images © Jennifer Allison 2009. These images may not be used without written permission under any circumstances.

Tolmie Family Christmas

My friends, the Tolmies (Marlow, Paige, Kindell and Josh), were interested in getting some 'cheesy' Christmas portraits again this year. I think this is becoming a Tolmie Family tradition and every year the 'cheese' will be stepped up a notch. They always impress me with their outfit choices. But this year, the plastic wreath/fireplace poster topped it off!

Between crying babies and dancing hyperactive toddlers (perhaps due to bribery with candy.....) we managed to get some hilarious photos and had a blast doing it! Hyper Paige quickly crashed from her sugar high and little Miss Marlow fell asleep once Mom took her out of her outfit. Kindell, Josh and I looked over the photos and laughed so hard we almost woke the sleeping babes!

Who knows which photos will be appearing on the Tolmies Christmas cards this year, but I know that there will be many laughs when the cards are opened!

I can't thank them enough for always coming up with great ideas for their Christmas Cards!

(Blooper before we started. Hint: fireplace)

(Hint: plastic wreath)

(Hint: mistletoe)

All images © Jennifer Allison 2009. These images may not be used without written permission under any circumstances.

Meeka and Ren

Lately I haven't found much time to keep up with posting on my blog. So much has been photographed since I last posted.

In October I had the great pleasure of photographing two of my good friends Meeka and Ren. Their wedding was a blast! It was so fun to be involved in their day as their photographer, but also celebrate it with them as a friend. Meeka and Ren had some unique ideas for their photographs and I was SO happy for that. It was fun to involve parts of their story into the photographs. The school house we photographed in was the schoolhouse where Anne of Green Gables was filmed - Meeka and Ren met in PEI.

I can't thank those two enough for involving me in their day!

All images © Jennifer Allison 2009. These images may not be used without written permission under any circumstances.

Jacklyn

Jacklyn was the last model I photographed and one of the most daring. We photographed in Gatineau Park at the MacKenzie King estates where plenty of tourists were visiting. She was more than willing to pose for me here which made the shoot so exciting. The reason I chose this location was because she loves reading and writing and I felt this location helped to display her beauty and her calm personality. Jacklyn is always happy and I find she is almost always peaceful and calming. I really wanted to display her 'dreamer' attitude by placing notes 'she wrote' on the balloons floating away from her. I loved working with her and scouting this location with her. It was a wonderful collaboration.

THANK you Jacklyn!

All images © Jennifer Allison 2009. These images may not be used without written permission under any circumstances.

Julie

Julie was one of the most outgoing and free spirited model I have ever used. I had such a wonderful time planning the concept for this shoot. Julie was fully on board with helping me plan this shoot and I am so glad she had a part in it. Julie was so energetic and excited to model which made the shoot great. Even though I was standing in stinging nettle, cow patties and mud!

Of all the images I created for the show, I am asked most about how I got the balloons so high up on the barn. I'm not going to tell you exactly how, but they were tied with something. Again, I can't thank my models enough and the same goes for Julie. I hope to work with her again in the near future!

THANK you Julie!

All images © Jennifer Allison 2009. These images may not be used without written permission under any circumstances.

Sara

Sara is my wonderful "top model". Sara has modeled for me multiple times and is always willing to help me out. This photo shoot was so much fun. All the props are Sara's and I feel it really helped to capture her beauty and vibrant personality. I only wish we could have listened to music on the record player during the shoot. For this photo-shoot I used a different Hasseblad body and back. In an odd twist of fate, this back had a light leak in it which created the unique lighting. It worked out perfectly for this image!

I can't thank her enough for posing for me and adding to my series of beautiful women photographed for the Face and Film show.

THANK you Sara.

All images © Jennifer Allison 2009. These images may not be used without written permission under any circumstances.

Kimberley

When I starting visualizing for this series, I knew Kimberley would be a perfect model. Kimberly exudes strength and a sense of mysticism which I wanted to capture. She was so calm and displayed such power during our shoot. I couldn't have asked for anything more. I had a wonderful time photographing her. I also had an interesting time setting up for this shoot. Even the soaking wet ground, the millions of mosquitoes, the powerful wind and the quick rainfall couldn't stop me from getting this wonderful image.

THANK you Kimberley.

All images © Jennifer Allison 2009. These images may not be used without written permission under any circumstances.