Insight Eye Photography

This is a special project for me. I talk about insight into photographs all the time when I am taking them for clients. Well, I got to thinking about taking portraits of me. So I decided to shoot myself everyday for a full year. This ends up to be at least 366 days. I am proud to say that I have completed 107 images so far and I am having lots of fun in the process. Please go to the blog roll where there is a link to see the images so far.

This is very personal project for me as I would like to gain insight upon myself at the end of this process. If you have any ideas for me to shoot then send me an email with your idea. I will credit you with the suggestion.

I have been getting lots of requests to shoot portraits later in the year. Slots are filling up quickly so make you booking today.

I love shooting Portraits. I like bringing out the best in people when I shoot. It doesn’t matter if they are babies, teens, adults and seniors. All you need to do is to book an appointment with me to get a time.

This image of Emerson with his mother Meadow is one of my personal favorites. You can tell that Emerson loves his mother very much. He was a preemie but he had lots of character as you can tell. In this image you can see that he is comfortable in the position that he is in. This is what I love about shooting babies and children…nothing is contrived and it is what it is.

For Portrait information please give me a call at 780-482-2022 or email me at melanie@insighteyephotography.com

My hair stylist has a wonderful promotion that you may be interested in. She is really good as you can see-she just did my hair last weekend since I had a formal function to attend to.

Looking to make a steamy impression this Valentines day? Well give him a picture…it will last longer.

“Boudoir” Photo Package includes:
Hair color and cut
On site make-up and hair styling
1 8/10 print, mounted in folder
All for $210
*Hair color and cut to be done before photo shoot day, all additional colors $10

Reserve soon to guaranty print availability for February 14th. For bookings please contact Meadow 271-4845, meadowr@hotmail.com.

I will be doing the photographs if you are interested. If there are any questions about the photography please contact me and I would be more than happy to talk to you.

Trinidad is an island in the Caribbean that I visited a while ago. The people that I saw there were happy and fun. I was fortunate enough to see a “dress” rehearsal of the upcoming carnival that they were going to parade in the streets. Everyone that was dressed in these costumes were all dancing to steel drums that were in trucks either in front or behind them. This teenage girl was talking to her friends when she saw me. They were telling her something important but she keep insisting to wait because there was someone who wanted to take her picture. I will never forget this genuine smile that she gave me for this image, and for that I am grateful.

I left Trinadad with a smile on my face as well to go back and see more.

“Scarlet Mystery” the first time that I learned about “insight” in images.

I just did this for fun and submitted this into competition to see how it would do. The scores ranged from excellent to not accepted. The judge that saved this print said that the image was very representative about the red light district and that the woman is rough looking and did not have a smile for a reason. When I heard this being said I remember thinking what is he talking about? This man had insight and was looking beyond what the image was to see what the story was.

From that day on, I decided to find insight in all the images that I took either professionally or for personal reasons. And I have not looked back.

Matt and Karen came from the same community in our city. Matt and Karen were high school sweethearts and when they were getting married, the whole community came to the wedding. Everyone knew each other, parents of bride and groom, friends, and neighbors had a great time. The whole wedding was like one HUGE block party. I know that Matt and Karen will be happy forever and it was an honor to photograph your wedding.

Sheila and Joseph are a fun couple. They wanted their wedding to be remembered for a long time. Joseph especially wanted this day to be remembered, so he went all out on the tuxedo that he wore. Top hat and tails he wanted, he normally does not get this formal so he wanted this to be special for the big day. Being married in May is a time when the air is fresh and new things are happening around the world. Lots of memorable memories on this day.

I had the pleasure of knowing Syngyn a couple of years ago. I have to say that he was the most inquisitive 7 year old that I knew. I instantly thought about him looking stuff up so at the shoot I gave him an old children’s dictionary that had pictures in it and gave it to him to read. Within minutes he was turning pages and showing his mother what he found. In order to get this shot I asked him to look up from the book and this was what I got. His mother told me that this face in the final image was his serious face when he is deep in something that he is interested in.

I usually like to keep up with the kids to see how they are doing but I am unable to reach him due to unforeseen circumstances. Syngyn, if you are seeing this….you are one in a million! Take care of yourself.

Auntie Mel

I had the pleasure to attend the Christmas party for the children of the employees at the Hotel Macdonald. Every year they do a “Breakfast with Santa” where the staff bring their kids to a wonderful buffet breakfast as well as meet good ol’ St. Nick himself.

Santa arrived right on time after singing Jingle Bells for the second time really loud so he can hear. He burst through the Empire Ballroom doors and laughed heartily ” HO HO HO”, the kids clapped and cheered at Santa’s arrival and sat extremely close to the stage to see if Santa would call their name. Santa was informed by all the parents that work at the Hotel MacDonald that all the kids present were very good boys and girls.

I have to say that I was impressed to all the staff that works at the Hotel MacDonald. They always have a smile and wonderful attitude when they are working there or when they are off work having a good time.