Laura Hollick and I have finally published our first book, Live Your Spirit. After three years of shooting, it was time to put it in print. The book is a true collaboration between the two of us. Each of the photos combines elements of Laura’s art and philosophy with my photography. A lot of the images in this book are the same as the ones we showed at our Birth Your Dreams exhibition last August, but there are a few new ones. You’ve also seen the creation of a number of them in this blog. Although it was an enormous amount of work to collect this number of images, it was also a lot of fun. It was amazing also how easy it all seemed. Sure, it was a struggle to get up at 3am to prepare to catch the right light sometimes, and we often had eyes turned to the skies, waiting for just the right weather, but in the end, all of it just worked out perfectly, or at least exactly as it should have. Anyway, we’re very proud of the final product. My copy is on its way to me right now. I can’t wait to see it!
Laura and I took down the Birth Your Dreams exhibition today. It was bitter sweet taking the photos off the wall. I really enjoyed seeing them displayed so beautifully, but we feel our job is done with that show now, so it also felt good. We had so many people stop by to enjoy the show, both good friends and strangers. Our comment book was overflowing with kind words. People were writing on the backs of pages, because they ran out of space! We were helped along by some excellent press, with the View Magazine cover and a very nice feature in the Hamilton Spectator.
So, thank you to everyone who came to see the show. We’ve got lots more planned. In fact, we’ve got three major shoots to do before the end of the month, adding to this series! I’ll post updates as I have them.
It’s funny. For the last few months, I’ve been thinking of times and dates in terms of pre- and post-Birth Your Dreams Exhibition Opening. The big night finally came on Friday, and it was time to see if all of our hard work would pay off. We were so pleased by the turnout to the reception. Our exhibition drew the biggest crowd in the Carnegie gallery’s 30-year history, and the room was just buzzing with positive vibes. All in all, it was a very satisfying night, and a great launch for the exhibition, which runs until August 30. Here’s a little video we made from some of the footage collected by our good friends Sabrina and Emily.
Birth Your Dreams opens up tomorrow, so Laura and I are thrilled that View Magazine has put us on the cover of this week’s issue. As you know, the photo on the cover was the one we were shooting in this video. Click on the cover to read the story.
We’ve been busy preparing for the Birth Your Dreams Exhibition, and everything is going really well. We finished shooting the final image for the exhibition last weekend, and were treated to perfect weather for that shot. All of our prints arrived on time too. Today, we purchased the materials for framing all the prints. It’s going to look amazing when it’s all done.
We’re going to have some nice publicity too. View Magazine is putting us on the cover of the issue that comes out on August 6, just a day before the exhibition opens. Laura and I collaborated with the fantastic hair and makeup artist Sue Upton to create a really fun image for that cover that ties into some of the themes of Birth Your Dreams. Here’s a video we made during that photoshoot.
