Aminah Syed {Photographer}

Here are a couple colourful more funky concepts I have been working from the Fast Track Edmonton shoot. I hope to work with the lovely Miss Woby again in the future and that Edmonton starts seeing more of this up and coming model!

*sadface* The Edmonton Fringe Festival is over. Here are the last set of photos from the Parlour Magazine booth. Thank you so much to Shelly and the rest of the Parlour and Fringe crew that came up with this brilliant idea and allowed me to participate.

We just got back from Flin Flon, Manitoba. A total of 24 hours driving but it was worth it.

Here is a teaser shot from Briand and Lisa’s wedding.

I don’t normally shoot weddings but I couldn’t say no to Brian and Lisa. I’ll be working on these photos for awhile and promise to post some more when I get a chance.

Here are some more photos from the Fringe Festival…

I’ll be volunteering with Parlour Magazine to take photos at the Edmonton Fringe Festival the next two weeks. We’re located over on 85th Avenue right by the entrance to the Kid’s Festival. It’s such a cool little set and we have props and hats for you to pose with. You should come down and have a visit. Here are some shots from this afternoon…

Here are a couple more black and whites from my Fast Track Edmonton session. It was so great to meet other photographers and work with make up artists and models. I can’t wait for next month!

I’m also working on some unique colour photos. Will share those in a few days.

I am so excited to edit these photos. Here are two that immediately popped out at me and I can’t stop staring at them. Thank you so much to our lovely model, Nina, and for the group Fast Track Edmonton for putting on this potluck/portait session. More to come! I promise…

Here are some more photos with my session with the Quest family. Little Iza has got to be the cutest kid ever! Can’t wait until she has a little sibling to look after.

This weekend was a busy one. A friend from Calgary was up with their new baby (Holy Crap! When did friends start having babies?) we had other friends over for a barbecue and I also participated in Scott Kelby’s Third Annual Photo Walk. What’s a photo walk you say? Exactly that! Picture about 50 photographers all descending upon the U of A campus. No stone, twig, or leaf unphotographed.

At first I wasn’t sure what to expect or what to shoot. I found out quickly that without a person to photograph, I am incredibly lost. Probably because I studied photojournalism where if there isn’t a person or some sort of human presence in the photo, it doesn’t get printed. So I looked throughout the campus and found a human presence. Words. Numbers. Language. So here are some of the photos. I have no idea if they’re any good or not. I felt totally out of my comfort zone. But it was kind of fun to try something totally new.

Oh and it was great to run into Rob and Lauren and the FJ boys.

Drum roll please…

The winner of the first ever Syed Photography contest is… KRISTI!

Congratulations! I’ll be contacting you shortly to book your mini session. Stay tuned for more mini contests closer to the fall.

And thank you for helping us decide between colour and black and white for Alysia’s photo. The poll resulted in colour.