Sunday, April 8, 2012

Wallet



April 8th = Inside Your Wallet

no surprise here, there is nothing inside my wallet... at least it's a nice wallet though.

April 8th = Inside Your Wallet


Saturday, April 7, 2012

shadow



April 7 = Shadow

April 7th = Shadow


Friday, April 6, 2012



April 6th = Lunch

...or in this case brunch

April 6th = Lunch

scrambled eggs and salsa!!!


Thursday, April 5, 2012

Tiny



April 5th = Tiny

April 5th = Tiny


Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Mail



April 3rd = Mail

April 3rd = Mail


Monday, April 2, 2012

April Photo A Day

I'm at it again!!

all photos all the time....




April 1st = Your Reflection

April 1st = Your Reflection

April 2nd = Colour

April 2nd = Colour


Sunday, April 1, 2012

CMW

CMW came and went...

I went and I brought along my little camera.



my goodie bag

CMW stuffs

Joseph Arthur at the Horseshoe

JA

Martha Wainwright at the El Mocombo

Martha Wainwright

Martha Wainwright

Emma Lee at the Drake Underground

Emma Lee

Emma Lee

Jody Glenham at the Free Times Cafe

Jody Glenham

Jody Glenham

Jody Glenham

Sea + Air at the Free Times Cafe

Sea and Air

Whale Tooth at Lee's Palace

Whale Tooth

Whale Tooth

The Inbreds at Lee's Palace

The Inbreds

The Inbreds

The Inbreds

The Inbreds

The Inbreds


I'd have to say that this years CMW was the best I've been to yet. There was several things I wanted to see every night, though I didn't get to see all of them, and at least one delightful surprise.

This years CMW was like a weird amalgamation of things from my current musical interests (Martha Wainwright, Dan Mangan and Zeus) and my teenage musical interests (Treble Charger, I Mother Earth and the Inbreds). Getting to see the Inbreds for the first time was pretty exciting and a highlight of the festival for me.

I caught Sea + Air after Jody Glenham's set at the Free Times Cafe, they were my happy accident band for the weekend. They're a duo from Germany that has a unique baroque-y melodic sound and definitely worth checking out.



Thursday, March 8, 2012

mags!

Things are about to get really nerdy really fast.....

girl nerdy.

I have a thing for magazines....




I'm a sucker for all the pretty photos, what can I say? There's something nice about turning the glossy pages and being able to carry it around with you and flip through whenever you have time. I still love scouring the internet for photos, but nothing will top an awesome magazine in my heart.

I want to talk about some of my favs...


Zink


Zink is gorgeous, it's a quarterly magazine with both an American and Canadian version. The Canadian Zink is based out of Montreal and has a very distinct vibe. There's a little bit of everything, fashion, people, travel, design, books, music, film and art. And, most importantly (to me) the photo spreads are always fantastic and are the bulk of the magazine. It's also a reasonable price, $5.99








Elegant Wedding


This one is pretty new to me and not really one of my favorites but I was pretty impressed with it. I picked up a complimentary copy and a wedding show last month and was pleased to find out that it was mostly photography, unlike many of the other wedding magazines I've come across. This magazine exudes dreamy, romantic, luxury wedding that would make you feel like a princess. Though I've never been much of a wedding person, I'm totally down with the princess thing. It's hard to stop flipping through all the pages of pastel colours that look like cake. So, this is a great inspirational magazine if you're into wedding photography, it's a quarterly that has a Toronto edition and a Montreal edition. It's a bit pricier at $11, but it's a great quality magazine and worth it.






Elle Canada


I like Elle Canada because it has all the quintessential beauty magazine features and articles, it's very Canadian and it's a great price $2.99 - $3.99.






PhotoNews


Ah PhotoNews, the price doesn't get any better, a free subscription. It comes to my door 4 times a year, photo tips, gear reviews and reader galleries. For freeeeee!







H&M


Do I even need to say anything here? First of all H&M is my jam, so I'm gonna be biased. BUT, this magazine is not only free, it's good. Another quarterly, It's not a beauty magazine, it's a fashion magazine, so there's lots of chat about fashion and inspiration. Also, photos!





Noise


Noise is my favorite. It's an Australian magazine that comes out twice a year and is a bitch to find. I could subscribe but for some reason it costs more to subscribe, so I don't. It's somewhat pricey at $15 an issue, but it's worth it. It's just all photos all the time, they don't waste any precious space on those pesky articles and I love them for it.









There's a few other magazine's of note.... I used to be super down with Nylon, but it just made me want to buy stuff all the time. Which I realize is the point, but I don't have any money and the money I do have is allocated for artsy stuff, and the photos weren't that great, so that one had to go.

Practical Photography and Photolife are also pretty good, I just don't pick them up that much....

Vogue of course has tons of great photo spreads, but again with the making me want to buy stuff, so I only pick it up every once in a while.

There are tons of delightful looking magazines out there, I can and do spend way too much time flipping through them whenever I'm in a bookstore, I'm sure there's a bunch more out there that I'd like (and if you know of any lemmie know). But these are the ones that I always come back to and wanted to nerd out about today....

Nerdfest over. For now.