Aminah Syed {Photographer}

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.

Here is a quick quick teaser from my session with Karolina and family. Little Iza is so adorable! More to come soon, I promise!

Hi there! It’s time for a voting contest! Alysia and I had such an awesome portrait session and now we have the task of figuring out which photo to print for her parents. We’ve narrowed it down to one frame but we can’t decide between black and white or colour.

Here’s where you come in…

Leave a comment with your vote for either black and white or colour to help us out! I’ll randomly pick a winner from the comments and ye shall win a prize. A free mini-portrait session, WOW!

Voting starts NOW and will close in one week (Sunday, July 18 at midnight). Don’t forget to leave your name in the comment field. (Participants must be from the Edmonton-area or willing to travel to Edmonton for mini shoot)

Vote, vote now! :)

Here’s another photo of Edmonton using the fake tilt-shift. One of these days I will rent an actual tilt-shift lens and learn how to use it. In the meantime, here is my pretty pretty Edmonton.

Here are a couple of teaser shots from this weekend’s ATB Financial Classic held at the Edmonton Country Club. The weather held out until the last two holes and then the torrential downpour began. More photos to come…

Here are a couple of teaser shots from last night’s shoot with my best friend Alysia.

Alysia and I have known each other for so long now that we’ve both lost count of how many years it has been. You know, one of those people that you’ve literately known half your life!?!

We were bitter basketball rivals throughout junior high. Then in high school, when our two school merged, we were suddenly teammates and best friends. Oh how many adventures the two of us have been on… and even more adventures with our other best friend, Kristin.

So this Saturday, Alysia and I did a little photo shoot. She practised in the mirror and watched America’s Next Top Model to make sure she could get the “smizing” down. haha I think she accomplished it and then some! What do you think?

Last night I was at the 50th Daines Rodeo in Innisfail, Alberta. I started feeling a little under the weather on the way out and now I’m full blown sick! Groan, where’s my ginger ale!?!

Still managed to get some shots of the rodeo. An interview and more photos will be up on We Are Alberta‘s website soon. In the meantime, here are a couple of photos from the rodeo.

Hi there! FINALLY!!!! The weather was nice this weekend and I didn’t have to cancel any of my shoots. You don’t know how happy I am. So here are some photos of my shoot from the weekend with Robert and family.

A while back I donated a few gift cards to The Edmonton Food Bank. Robert and family picked one up at the Food for all Seasons Spring Gala during the silent auction.

Here are a couple of photos of Morus, my husband’s parent’s dog. He stayed with us for awhile. He’s 90 lbs and was pretty unruly when he showed up. I can say this now since he’s no longer in our house, I miss him. :)