Persuasive Silence

CE: Accordion Potatoes

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:53:00 +0000

Hello hello!

Back again with another image that I'm currently editing.
Haven't done anything to the image really so far except for cropping and adding text.

Don't think I plan on doing much more other than some spot removal on the background and playing around with the type. I'm not a fan of all the negative space in the bottom left corner, i'll probably add the recipe there or something. Once I finish I'll be sure to post the final image here and on my website.

Later days

©2013 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED KADEISHA RICHARDS

Bullets of Life - Jan 30, 2013

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:13:00 +0000

Hello hello!

Welcome to "Bullets of Life"! A monthly post updating you on what I'm doing and where I'm going.
Why bullets? Let's be honest I suck at writing, I'm a person of few words (I just get tongue tied a lot T_T), and grammer pisses me off to be frank. ^_^ Aren't you excited?!

Without further ado:

1. Shooting a wedding next week in North Bay on Feb 9, 2013

2. Planning a "I put that shit on everything - Pulled Pork edition" photoshoot! Be very excited

3. Editing a slew of images old and new

4. Updating website - deleting and adding

5. Went to NYC for the holidays expect a few images from that.

6. Got some LED lights so expect some video production to start coming out

7. Working on new marketing strategies

8. "Made in China" the gallery show I was in last year is still alive and kicking! You can see some images online at www.vistek.ca or in-stores in their gallery check the website for dates and locations. Next stop Ottawa!

9. Another summer another adventure. I'll be heading to Ecuador and Peru for 21 April 26 - May 17!

10. My bank account is gasping for air after having to pay for #9! T_T

11. Might go to culinary school in the fall.....

Until next time....

Drink It Up

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:48:00 +0000

Jesus I'm really bad with this blogging thing aren't I?
I always think I posted something but that was just me pre planning a post then forgetting about it T_T

Can I change? Maybe. Will I? I'll try :)
Friday's are my days off so I'm planning on posting every Friday, and believe me I have a ridiculous amount of unedited photos that need to get done and uploaded! So that will last awhile along with all the new stuff I'm shooting.

To make up for the lack of post I give you two drink shots I've done recently. Haven't really shot/styled drinks in a while so this has been a learning curve. Expect me to push a few more within the next month.

I love adding text, it looks more complete to me.

Next post: Bullets of Life

Later days!

©2013 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED KADEISHA RICHARDS

The Down and Dirty

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:20:00 +0000

I know I know I haven't posted in forever so here's the down and dirty of where i've been, what i've been up to and others

1. Switched departments at Humber now work part-time in the photography department (love it)
2. Been studio hunting
3. Organized and dedicated an area in my house for props/equipment 8 hrs later still not done....
4. To shake things up did a fashion shoot with MJ the other day. (It was cold)
5. Started prepping/hiring assistant for Feb 4, 2013 wedding in North Bay
6. Booked a wedding in North Bay =)
7. Started a FB page in like May but didn't publish it yet lol
8. Shoot a bunch of food
9. Sent Mac in for repair Apple bent the logic board and was laptop-less for a month so have a slew of images to edit :(
10. Going to be in NYC from Dec 24-27
11. Started using Instagram @snapmmmkay, Twitter @SnapMmmkay, & Tumblar @Kadeisha-Richards follow me =) (I post a lot more to Instagram than to here because It's quicker and sometimes I don't have something to say
12. Starting up a free food related projects along the lines of reviews and videos
13. Might be going to Ecuador / Peru in May on another Neil Fox adventure! whoot whoot

That's all I can remember at the moment oh I also updated my website added some new images took off some old ones etc.

Bellow are some screen grabs of images i've been working on and things I still need to edit.

Later days

The Light of the Night 1

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:08:00 +0000

The Light of the Night 1, a photo by Kadeisha Richards on Flickr.

The Captured

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:07:00 +0000

The Captured, a photo by Kadeisha Richards on Flickr.

This image is part 2 of 4 of a series printed directly onto metal currently on display at the Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery in Toronto in the show "Made In China".

“Made in China”, explores an array of beauty and traditional culture beyond the stereotype of consumerism. It brings to life the essence of China, a country of endless exploration. The photographs from the body of work “Made in China”, will present various styles, formats, and genres through the eyes of each of the twenty – two photographers in attendance.

This show is part of CONTACT - “An annual festival of photography in Toronto, during the month of May, with over 1000 local, national and international artists exhibiting at almost 200 venues. CONTACT is the largest photography event in the world, and a premiere cultural event in Canada.”

For more info visit: www.villacharities.com

Felisha & Kris Wedding Preview

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Thu, 03 May 2012 03:48:00 +0000

Now I don't shoot weddings often; however, when it's a destination wedding to Punta Cana and it's a amazing couple like Felisha & Kris who can decline? It was an amazing trip with a lot of memorial moments one of which is that it was my birthday the same day as the wedding and the bride and groom decided to get the waiters to give me a lap dance.....like a said not your ordinary couple.

Anyways check out a few of the images bellow and a preview of the highlight reel. I'm still working on the images a full post should follow by next week.

Kris - Groom

Felisha - Bride

Danielle - Groomsmen/girl also my roommate from China

I didn't get a chance to go into town for long but did mangage to sneak off the resort for a bit on morning.

I think thats their president in the background

or someone trying to get elected, his face is everywhere :s

Saw this kid baby we stopped by the church but didn't get a chance to

take her photo, luckily we saw her again while passing by another church.

The Hanging

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Thu, 03 May 2012 03:09:00 +0000

It's been a long time coming but it's finally done. Made In China is officially hung! Started at 6:30 p.m. and ended at 1:00 a.m. :0 time really flys when you have stuff to do.

Be sure to come and check out the show, by far this is one of the best student exhibition set ups of these trips I've seen so far. A lot of interesting framing, mounting, and images. This is not your average exhibit to say the least.

I'll be posting photos and video of the opening reception later this week in the meantime here are a few images from location during set-up :)

Metal Prints

Alana Hanging & Ashley Sitting

p.s did I mention I got voluntold as one of the MC's for the night? Oh here go hell come :)

Ni Hao, Peachy Pie

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:42:00 +0000

Hello Hello!

As usual it's been a while, been very busy for some reason at this time of the year a lot of work ends up coming my way at once so today will be a quick post.

In China related news,

Check out the newest edition of PhotoNews magazine for a article about our trip and the other events the Creative Photography program has in store!

If you can't get your had a hard copy check it out online by clicking this link - Photo News - Made In China

Also be sure to check us out on the official CONTACT Photography website as well as in the magazine.

Scotiabank CONTACT Website

And now for non China related news and to make my tittle of this post make a bit more sense, is a screen shot of a recent Peach & Blueberry cake from a few days ago.

So Long

The China Experience Pt.3

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:13:00 +0000

Part 3 of my random behind the scenes videos of our experience in China. The gallery show is getting closer and work is slowly coming together, just need to get all my images printed & framed by April 19 :o, so soon!

Coming Soon: The Hand Job

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +0000

Coming Soon: The Hand Job.......

"Made In China" Gallery

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:56:00 +0000

The time is here the announcement of our gallery show!

The name of our show has finally been decided along with the date for the opening reception!

Join us on May 3, 2012 for the opening reception of "Made in China" a collective body of work by twenty-two photographers documenting their trip to China during May of 2011.

Bellow are two different versions of our email mail out.

Hope to see you all there if your in Toronto!

I'm making waffles!

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:15:00 +0000

Had the day off today and woke up early because of the sunlight again. So I decided to pull out the waffle marker I just bought and have a quick shoot. Btw you know you have a strange sleeping patterns when your co-worker calls you at 10:00 a.m. and is very shocked to find out your actually awake at a decent hour of the day.......T_T Just to be clear I don't work night shifts I work 8:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. 3 days a week. If you give me a day I will sleep the day away if I have nothing to do ^_^

Anyways still editing these photos and cleaning up, had a giant spill of maple syrup at the end of the shoot.....

Then I started stabbing blackberries for fun :)

Until next time

-Kiddy

God took this photo.....

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:46:00 +0000

God took this photo.....

Okay maybe God didn't take this photo but he was my assistant ^_^
I'm not religious at all (let's be honestly I haven't been to church since I was 6, I'm now 21.....)I'm just messing with you guys, the reason why I said God was my "assistant" was because I needed some fill and both my reflectors are at friends houses, no foam core/corrugated plastic, and no aluminum foil....what the hell;however, thats when God came into my life and I remembered that there was a God Bless Our Home mirror hanging in my mums room and here we are. ^_^

Anyways crappy story over, this is one of the shots I took just now unedited. Once I combine my exposures and such I'll post the finish product. BTW this was a spur of the moment shoot, was told not to go to work today since there was a power outage (why does this happen every year? :s) So I slept till 1:00 p.m., don't judge me, until the sun started glaring through the window and woke me up.

Not 100% what to call this dessert, let's just call it no bake cheesecake. All I had that was quick to prepare was cream cheese, chocolate, graham crackers, pecans, and sheered coconuts. THESE WERE THE INGREDIENTS CHOSEN TO MAKE THE PERFECT LITTLE DESSERT, BUT PROFESSOR KIDDY ACCIDENTALLY ADDED AAN EXTRA INGREDIENT TO THE CONCOCTION.....CHEMICAL X! THUS THE "NO BAKE CHEESECAKE" WAS BORN!!!........sorry but the Powerpuff Girls them popped into my head so I had to type that out *shame*

Anyways, there's a fashion shoot coming up Sunday bellow is a test of us working on hair and make up.

Until next time,

Kadeisha

©2012 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED KADEISHA RICHARDS

Sorry I didn't call......

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:27:00 +0000

It's been a really long time hasn't it? I know I suck, but when I come back I always bring interesting things with me no? :) Today I bring you 1 of images I'm currently on for the gallery show in May.

No imagine that printed on a sheet of metallic ......can't imagine it? Then come out and see it at the gallery:-)

The name of our show and opening reception date have finally been finalized, I'm currently in the process of creating the invitation.

Expect a few posts in the next week about the gallery and some shoots I recently did :)

On the Road

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:34:00 +0000

Spend a lot of time on the road getting from point A to B a lot of wasted time, which I try to fill as much as possible. Currently on the way home from work feeling like shit on the bus planning a few shoots for the upcoming weeks only downside currently working 7days a week T_T thankfully thats almost over and I can start shooting again whoot! In the mean time here's a screen capture of a Sweet Potato Sheppards Pie I'm currently editing and the shell of a dead animal..........zai jiang (is that right ? Cant remember :) )

Coming Soon: Sakhuja

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:52:00 +0000

Hey everyone,

Just a quick update/post
Had an amazing day doing a fashion shoot for fashion designer Natasha Sakhuja for her upcoming website. I originally met her through a friend last year during her fashion show "and it tasted like bitter almonds" *find post at the right* so us getting together to shoot has been a long time coming. Anyways check out a quick edit of one of my favorite captures of the day and be sure to stay tune for the full set and check out her Facebook page HERE

P.s For those that are wondering what about food shoots? They're coming just waiting on my new tripod to be delivered, I received the ball head already now for the actually tripod....yipeee for horizontal cross bars no more standing on my couch :)

Upcoming Shoots:
September 24th: Food-Sweet potato Sheppards Pie
October 1st: Wedding-Toronto? *Assisting a friend
April 23rd: Wedding- Punta Cana, Thats right Punta Cana because my good friends Kris & Felisha are getting hitched!

P.s.s I started taking Korean Lessons at the Korean Consulate in Toronto with Kris and Felisha, what what in the butt....(Kris taught me that saying...horrid guy, lol ^_^)

©2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED KADEISHA RICHARDS

The Foot on my Neck

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:47:00 +0000

The man has his foot on my neck!! - The now daily saying in the office T_T

Searching through one of my hard drives last night and stumbled across a old session I did a while back, I was looking for another session though T_T

I've been pretty busy as of late Humber's Orientation week is coming up (next week) yeaaaah 6am start time!! T_T We left the office @ 12:30 AM last Friday night (sorry had to katy perry that line) lol Can't wait for it to get started and for all the construction to be done and this potential strike stuff to end, way too much work to get completed.

I shall be back with more updates/pictures as soon as the last batch of students enter those doors on september 6th. Hopefully....

A Taste...

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:56:00 +0000

A.Y.C.E Sushi Death

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:46:00 +0000

A new sushi place opened up in my area around Dufferian and Finch called Kaze Sushi so of course I called up my sushi explorer Ashley "Tofu" from "popgoestheflash" and we checked it out.

This place is pretty awesome compared to the other A.Y.C.E places we tried out like Aji Sai although aji sai has better decour although I could care less since it's the food I'm paying for not wall to wall mirrors.....anyways the staff are all really nice and attentive and they have a fairly large menu.

If your ever in the area check it out its only $11.99 for lunch 12-3 and they currently have a 10% promotion running since it's their grand opening.

Not too sure how long it will last in that area since most places @ that plaza turns around pretty quickly but heres hoping it last!

Baiii

P.s we ordered way to much food the second round and were in a sushi coma for a while started walking and took a 20min break sitting between parked cars and set out a s.o.s on fb for a ride no one answered so i walked home :c lol

P.s.s Got a call from my boss while i was taking a nap and answered talking about sushi...thats going to be a interesting topic tomorrow lol

Sent from my HTC

Experimenting

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:01:00 +0000

A few things today:

1. Shot Chocolate Macarons

2.Started playing around with text

3.Got my delivery of Vanilla Beans from France finally...(long story short cheaper on ebay then any store in Toronto, but there was a postal strike)

4.Got my new business card sample pack from MOO printer profiles a bit off need to adjust colour and change images

5.A few DIY projects are going to start happening soon some of which are a camera slider and a soft box for my SB-900. Will be pretty easy once I round up supplies.
6.Started up a Vimeo (sp?) account the ex film student in me is starting to emerge *Kid Pix Voice* "OH NOOO!".....and yeah I think thats all for now -__-

Too warm in my place filling started to get soft :(

Still taste good though :)

Macaron recipes pretty much all follow the same recipe give or take various flavours and colour this is the one I used this time but I aged my egg whites for around 3 or 4 days and used a different filling recipe the ends up pretty much the same. Also yeah there will be spelling, grammer and all sorts of errors in that recipe didn't really prof read....me no like english ^_^

Vanilla Beans smell so good!

The tapes just there to hide my address because that's just dangerous lol

A few of the sample cards. I can't figure out how to rotate at the moment :(

Sent from my HTC

Currently editing: Raspberry Souffle

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 21:50:00 +0000

Well hello again wink wink nudge nudge.......
I've been told several times this week that I'm weird and to that I say weird or totally awesome!?.....
Seriously though yesterday I made a Raspberry Souffle whoot whoot! Way to hot to be in my kitchen though had a headache for like 5 hours pretty sure thats not normal...so the plan for this week was to do a shoot a day this week being themed desserts but today my brother took over my studio a.k.a my living room and refused to move because god forbid he couldn't go a day without playing Call of Duty on the big screen, dude shouldn't you be in summer school by the way? lol and I also got a call to go to North Campus tomorrow as well so not a lot of time to shot and make everything is there? It also doesn't help that some of the things I was planning to make was a: Raspberry Silk Cake, French Macarons, Ferrero Rocher Tarts and others....can't I ever just make cookies or something? ^_^

Yeah so here's one of the shots I'm currently editing so yeahhhh........

Never to young

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:08:00 +0000

You can never be to young nor to old to take up an interest in photography as was proven on a recent trip too Yangshuo, China where we had the opportunity thanks to Olympus to teach a few elementary school children how to use a camera. The children were given the cameras to take home for a weekend to document their everyday lives and surroundings including towns that aren't so easily accessible to travellers due to distance and time to get there. Not only were the children able to learn photography but their photographs will also be featured in our May 2012 gallery exhibit during Toronto's Contact festival! Stay tuned for more info & photo's in the mean while here are a few photos of the children and a sneak peak of one of their photographs ^-^

This is Samuel say Hi!...okay now that you introduced yourselves I'll introduce him ^_^ This is Samuel and he's 7 yrs old (if I remember correctly...) he's also a very humble person always saying thank you! He's a secret Canadian at heart lol Anyways me, Ashley D.,& Amanda M. had the pleasure of working with Samuel during our trip and for that we say Thank You ^_^

This photograph is one of many that Samuel had taken during his free time and will be featured in the upcoming gallery show; however, if this is the final edit of the photo only time will tell and your visit to the gallery! ^_^

Edit, Edit, & Edit

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:14:00 +0000

(Just for fun ^_^ )

Restless NIght

noreply@blogger.com (The Last Unknown) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:44:00 +0000

Tonight's just one of those restless nights of tossing and turning, I always find it hard sleeping during the summer also feel as if I should be doing something. I did end up doing something to tire me out, I started editing a image from the day before which you can check out bellow along with some behind the scene snaps of the "set". To cure my restlessness I was also researching for a weekend get away with friends coming up in August to New York, but then I got side tracked and starting looking into places for my trip next year (can you tell I like to plan ahead?) found some really good deals and these are the following places I'm thinking of; South Korea(#1), Japan, Greece, India, Sri Lanka, & Australia. Might even do a two in one trip since some of these places are near each other. If anyones been to any of these places let me know what you thought or if you want to be my travel buddy speak now or forever hold your peace! ^_^

I went to clean my glass as soon as I touched it the glass snapped in my hands....fail!! Still used it though and will continue too :) p.s please ignore the bread thats a whole other issue. ^_^

Say hello to my mothers jungle back there and my pot of rice hanging out on our house printer ^_^

I guarantee the tv was off when I shooting...Ghost Whisperer.....