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Monday, November 23, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Recent Work

Well, it's been a little while since I have posted. I have busy with a number of new endeavours which has left blogging on the back burner.... though I seem to have found a minute or two this evening to update with a new photo. This is from a project I was working on with a dear friend who has gone out on his own with event design. We worked tirelessly on a number of table settings.... low and behold, this has to be one of my favourite shots! I absolutely love the colors it presents. I have got to be the biggest suck for the details in a shoot.....
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Competition vs. Motivation

Friday, August 21, 2009
Balancing Act

Coffee Break

But in the meantime, I am still a mom and a women... who LOVES coffee and photography! What a better way to combine the two. The inspiration came from my lovely friend Chris (who I have adored since the day I met him!) He is one of the most amazing sylists that I am blessed to spend my time with.... and are going to combine our efforts in real short order. Soooo excited! I thought of him specifically when I put this shot together! Cheers to great friends, amazing jobs, fantabulous family... and the love of creativity, and boy how I am addicted to it!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Shuswap


Cheerios...

All too often, we watch our children grow up right before our eyes, though don't always have the time or opportunity to sit and watch them with a camera aimed to capture every last move. Sometimes you have to force yourself to do it in between loads of dishes and laundry.... and then spend another hour on the computer posting it on your blog to show the world!! Oh, how we find time to appreciate the beauty of our children and then find the time to tell the world.... all while the dishes pile up and the laundry goes without being folded!!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
West Coast Living...





Lily
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Tofino

It is recently that I was given the honour to introduce one of the dearest places on earth to one of my dearest friends! You see, my friend Anita had never been to Tofino. Some of you may know that this is my home town, and the homestead of my family since 1905.
Anita had been having some difficulties with her new gear and was wanting to come out for a weekend so that we could spend some time out in the field getting her familiarized with some of the manual settings and all the other greek language that comes along with photography!
She arrived on Thursday and we were promptly off to the photography store spending all her hard earned money getting some much needed gear for the weekend, then Friday morning we hit the road. I gotta tell you that in all my years of travelling back and forth, this has to have been my longest trip ever.... it took us 13 hours to travel those roads. After two hours in the ferry lineup, a trip to Chapters in Nanaimo, an hour long shooting session in Cathedral grove, dinner in Port Alberni and a couple of six month old screaming sessions on the side of the highway, we arrived at our doorstep at 10:30. Well, we got the kids settled into bed, and I promptly had Anita off shooting some long exposures down on Chesterman Beach!
I warned her that in about five minutes we would be heading home again.... sure enough three days passed by in the blink of an eye and we were trying to convince her to stay another night! Tofino is some sort of vortex that sucks you in and doesn't let you go!! But we are home now.... she has returned to her loving husband (my fantabulously talented Chiropractor), and I am trying to make my way through the hundreds of shots that I came home with! One shoot in the pouring down rain after hiking a kilometre and a half board walk, three late night long exposure sessions and a boat ride to see a dead Fin Whale..... I have some spectacular photos in my library now! Oh, what to do with them???
Website!!
Yahooooo..... I am sooo excited! Sorry, but this darned website business has been keeping me busy for some time now! Of course, it does not help that I am a bit particular about what it is that I want! You have to design something that has some depth and freshness to it, yet at the same time get over the ego aspect of the whole concept and design something that is going to speak for you when you can't do it yourself! It is definately going to require some tweeking (this is where you come into play)..... it is not going to be perfect for some time, though I am happy with the current result! Please contact me and tell me what you think!! Much love, Erika!
www.erikascottphotography.com
www.erikascottphotography.com
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Another Lesson Learned....

It has been a little bit since I have last posted. Life just seems to get so busy once spring hits I find. We start hauling things out that we have not seen in so long... dusting under our couch and finding a winter's worth of dust and children's toyz! And then as soon as the sun shines, we open up the curtains, place the children gently in their strollers and head outside... only to leave our chores until 10 minutes before the husband (or company) comes over!
I have been busy putting together a portfolio for some dear clients of mine. It is a time consuming process as you go through each photo individually (a technique that I cherish as you get to ensure that each photo is perfect.. or close to it). Though this is what I learned. I spent a bit of time at the beginning manipulating photos in a way that are artistically pleasing.... kind of mystical in a sense. Though something did not sit well with me. It was not until I had gone over things in my mind a couple of time and finally clued into what it was.... it wasn't me. As much I really enjoy looking at really mystically produced shots for weddings and family photos... it is not me! I love color.. the bolder and fresher the better! Give me deep tones of burgundy, blues, greens... reds, oranges... anything that I can sink my teeth into! And I want it sharp and focussed. I cherish looking at soft edges, though that is not my style when it comes to photography. That is my lesson learned..... I have a style, and I am sticking to it! I just hope my clients like it too!!!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Jumping Family
Monday, May 11, 2009
Family



Monday, May 4, 2009
Fundraiser
There was a time in my life not too long ago when I had amazing opportunities to throw lavish dinners as fundraiser for the BC Children's Hospital and Tofino General Hospital... then I moved and went to school and had another child. I raised $15,000 a dinner (totally about $60,000 in the end)... and boy did that feel good handing over all that money for such great causes!!
That bug is still in me. My husband and I think about what it is that we can do to provide a little extra cash to these great foundations. I personally have been a patient at both hospitals.... Tofino is where I was born, and endured a couple of overnight visits there over the years.... and BC Children's Hospital is where I underwent corrective back surgery and was a patient for a number of years.
It was during a recent leisure evening where I came across a European article about some fundraising ideas that have taken place.... and it struck me... I could do that here. Then about a couple of minutes ago, I made it official via the wonderful Craigslist!! I put an announcement in there. Oh my goodness.... am I ready... darned right I am... and soo excited! You see, this is what I am going to do..... my services for a discounted rate to you, with the funds going to BC Children's Hospital. What a concept.
Here are some great photo opportunities to consider:
-family shots
-maternity
-baby
-headshots
-corporate
-portrait
-architecture
-residential
-stylist merchandise shots
-birthdays
-baptisms
-weddings
-engagements
-grandparents
-greatgrandparents
-use your imagination.... I do shy away a little bit from the erotica shots, though there are some tasteful nude shots that I have done (no I am not going to publish them)!!
Wow... the world is your oyster (and mine to photograph)... and who wins?? You and the kids!! I am soooo stoked about this. I couldn't fall asleep last night as the thoughts went around and around in my head!!
Well, what are you waiting for? Call all your family and friends and let them know what I am up to. Get them to call me at 604.817.7056 to book a session. Are you a fellow photographer and get on my bandwagon.... lets go.... lets make this happen!! The telethon is the first weekend of June... we don't have much time left!!
WISH ME LUCK!
That bug is still in me. My husband and I think about what it is that we can do to provide a little extra cash to these great foundations. I personally have been a patient at both hospitals.... Tofino is where I was born, and endured a couple of overnight visits there over the years.... and BC Children's Hospital is where I underwent corrective back surgery and was a patient for a number of years.
It was during a recent leisure evening where I came across a European article about some fundraising ideas that have taken place.... and it struck me... I could do that here. Then about a couple of minutes ago, I made it official via the wonderful Craigslist!! I put an announcement in there. Oh my goodness.... am I ready... darned right I am... and soo excited! You see, this is what I am going to do..... my services for a discounted rate to you, with the funds going to BC Children's Hospital. What a concept.
Here are some great photo opportunities to consider:
-family shots
-maternity
-baby
-headshots
-corporate
-portrait
-architecture
-residential
-stylist merchandise shots
-birthdays
-baptisms
-weddings
-engagements
-grandparents
-greatgrandparents
-use your imagination.... I do shy away a little bit from the erotica shots, though there are some tasteful nude shots that I have done (no I am not going to publish them)!!
Wow... the world is your oyster (and mine to photograph)... and who wins?? You and the kids!! I am soooo stoked about this. I couldn't fall asleep last night as the thoughts went around and around in my head!!
Well, what are you waiting for? Call all your family and friends and let them know what I am up to. Get them to call me at 604.817.7056 to book a session. Are you a fellow photographer and get on my bandwagon.... lets go.... lets make this happen!! The telethon is the first weekend of June... we don't have much time left!!
WISH ME LUCK!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
My Little Angel

There are some photos that I have discovered at first glance are not really containing the punch that I was looking for. Though with my graphics background, I have been able to spend some time with it and came up with a solution. This is a photo of my son doing a test shot for a background idea.... and behold he struck a pose without any prompting. This is my little angel!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Spring Macro

I was recently blessed with some extensions for my camera which allowed me to do some amazing macro photography. Immediately, I went out to my garden and picked some tulips to photograph. It's amazing what can happen if you step out on a limb and throw caution to the wind.... quite often you will be blessed with an amazing product!
Engagement

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Amanda's Tree

This evening, we had a play date with one of the neighborhood families. Both our husbands are away and thought that we would have a potluck. When the kids came in, I had been playing around on the internet, and thought that I would show Amanda some of the work that I had been doing with long exposures and what it could do for a subject (sweet child is only six but seemed really fascinated)!! I pulled up a shot that I didn't think much of when I first saw it.... we started playing around with some of the RAW settings, and amazingly enough, this is what we produced! I have called it 'Amanda's Tree' which is a dedication to this sweet child that my son has already decided he is going to marry.... and they are only six!! Oh, to be young again!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Sunset In Richmond

My husband took our son for a bike ride this evening and then came skipping home and shipped me off to photograph the sunset. I need to keep reminding myself that even though the image that I see in played back to me in the camera won't necessarily be the image that I see on the computer..... this can be both a good thing and a bad thing. This evening, it was a good thing!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Children Photography
Long Exposures
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Photographic Art
I have been playing around with some of my work to see where I can take it artistically. It has been very fascinating watching these pieces transform in front of my eyes. If you look really closely, you can see details in the prints that look like fine art paintings.
This gentleman was a client of mine in Victoria. We had such a great time walking around Victoria finding some really interesting corners to shoot in. He was a previous security guard and gave me really interesting insight into the people of the downtown area. The security deal was on the backburner while he pursued his acting career.
While walking to Chesterman Beach in Tofino, there is a little corner of the land where the surfers will look out at the beach and see what the surf is looking like. Of all the years that I have spent in Tofino, this happened to be the only time that I had ever gone to this little lookout.... and considering it was only ten feet off the main trail, it was a big deal for me.
This piece really backs up what Marc was laughing at me about. While all the tourists and locals are taking pictures of the beach and the surf.... I am down on all fours taking pictures of rocks and logs.... well, lets add into that shells too!
Our place in Victoria was along Dallas Road. It was a great pasttime to head down to the water for an evening stroll with the family. There is nothing better than spending quality time with the family while being blessed with the opportunity to be able to photograph the beauty that surrounds us..... the two greatest passions of mine in the world!!
Last year, my family took a trip back home and went for a boat ride with my Dad to pick up some kayakers. It was one of the most enjoyable days on the boat that I have experienced in so many years. On our way out of the harbour, we met one of the local trawlers who was bringing his catch back to the dock. The ocean and the boats are always going to be in my blood! I am a true west coast girl.... put me in front of a fish, and I will clean it, filet it, and cook it to perfection!
This gentleman was a client of mine in Victoria. We had such a great time walking around Victoria finding some really interesting corners to shoot in. He was a previous security guard and gave me really interesting insight into the people of the downtown area. The security deal was on the backburner while he pursued his acting career.

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