Day 4

Brucke Museum Entrance

Kathe-Kollwitz-Museum

Day 3

Casper David Friedrich

Berliner Cathedral

Auguste Rodin

Der Denker (The Thinker) 1881-83

Day 2

Brandenburger Tor Day/Night

Memorial to Soviet Soldiers

Holocaust Memorial 

Berlin Wall-Potsdamer Platz

BERLIN BOUND

FINE 394 Art History Abroad

Destination-Berlin

Reading week Feb.11-21st 2010, students from the University of Waterloo invloved with either German courses or Art History, ventured to Berlin.  This trip was an incredible experience, full of galleries, museums, schnitzel, and tons of delicious german beer.  This 10 day trip was jam-packed with experiencing the art history of germany, a country where art culture is everywhere.   The first two days were comprised of uncomfortable traveling, a poor experience of getting "gummed" on the plane, yes, I sat in gum for the majority of the flight, and getting settled into our hotel in Berlin. 

Here is the Berlin Trip Itinerary:

Thurs. Feb. 11: Depart for Berlin:
	Arrive at Pearson International Airport
	Look for flight Air France
Fri. Feb. 12	Settle into hotel
Sat. Feb. 13	Walking tour: Brandenburger Tor
	Meet at Brandenburger Tor
	Sites include: Reichstag
	Memorial to Soviet soldiers
	Holocaust Memorial
	Deutsches Historisches Museum
Sun. Feb. 14	Walking Tour along Unter den Linden
	Meet at Brandenburger Tor (Gate) at 10:00 a.m.
	Sites include: Museuminsel (Museum Island): Altes Museum, Alte Nationalgalerie, Pergamonmuseum, Galerie der Romantik (Friedrich)
	Maerkisches Museum
	Schlossplatz
	Berliner Cathedral
	Neue Wache (Schinkel & Kollwitz)
	Friedrichswerder Kirche (Schinkel)
Mon. Feb. 15	Joan: Zoologischer Garten
	Meet at the gates to the zoo at   10:00
Tues. Feb. 16	Coach Excursion to Dresden: meet in hotel lobby at 7:00 a.m.
	Sites include: Zwinger Palast, Frauenkirche, Semper Opernhaus
Wed. Feb. 17
Morning	Joan: Neuenationagalerie
	Meet at the gallery at 10:00
	(fabulous early 20th c. modernism)
Thurs. Feb. 18
Morning Sebastian: Meet at Haus am Checkpoint Charlie at 10:00am Topographie des Terrors
Afternoon	Joan
	Meet at Hamburger Bahnhof at 2:00
	Tour of contemporary galleries
Evening	Gemäldegalerie
_________________ Fri. Feb. 19	Excursion to Potsdam: 9:00 a.m.
Entire Day	Schloss Sanssouci, Neues Palais, Schloss Cecilienhof, the Einsteinturm
Sat. Feb. 20	No plans
Sun. Feb. 21	Return to Toronto
	Meet in hotel lobby

Shannon and Colin's Wedding

Carlo Obillos, a very fun, contemporary photographer, gave me the opportunity to shoot a wedding with him.  I gladly took him up on this offer.  Here are some of the shots I got at Shannon and Colin's wedding, such a fun couple to photograph.

Teresa and Keith's Wedding

I was approached by my brother's good friend Teresa to shoot her wedding this summer.  This was my first actual wedding shooting as the photographer.  It was a total learning experience opening my eyes to the world of photography, and how to take pictures in the moment.  I loved every second of it.  

Here are some of the photos of Teresa getting ready---she looked absolutely stunning.

The wedding took place at OSCVI High School...very fitting to have the wedding party arrive on a school bus.  

These two were so fun to photograph, they were impossible to take a bad picture of, impossible!

We went to the bayshore to get shots of the wedding party, the rain made for some creative ideas, involving umbrellas. 

The umbrella shots turned out to be my favourite! The original photograph is much lighter, I darkened this one to create silouettes.

The silouettes allows for the umbrellas to stand with the figures, and everything to be connected.

Hope you dig it!