The Canadian Tulip Festival draws somewhere around a million visitors to Ottawa every May. People excited to see the tulips and get photos infront of them. Most of those photos have room for improvement – shot from standing height, middle of the day, middle of the crowd, with a phone pointed at the nearest bed of flowers. You’ve seen them. They don’t quite capture what it actually looks like to be there.
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Ottawa Business Events: How Organizers Turn One Night Into Months of Content
Ottawa’s professional event scene is busier than most people outside it realize. Real estate associations, tech meetups, trade groups, industry galas, networking nights – there’s a lot happening, and a lot of organizations putting serious effort into making it happen. Most of them walk away with a great evening and almost nothing to show for it online.
(more…)My Lightroom Workflow That Keeps Every Photo on Brand
When you come back from a shoot with 400+ photos, staring at that grid can feel overwhelming. Where do you even start? Whether it’s a branding session, event coverage, or headshots, the editing process is the same. Over the years I’ve landed on a workflow in Adobe Lightroom that keeps things moving, keeps things consistent, and doesn’t leave me second-guessing every slider.
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