Finally! This March will be the debut of the photography workshop called Photographing Consciously. I’m so glad it all finally came together, because I’ve always wanted to give back to the photographers’ community in this particular way. By all means I encourage all of you to check out the link above and see the details; the workshop is aimed at starter-uppers, people who aren’t entirely new at the whole camera concept, but want to grab the bull by the horns and finally go out there and photograph on purpose as opposed to guessing, hoping or letting the camera make the big decisions for them. The workshop will also feature outings and most certainly hands-on fun with volunteer models!


The Photographing Consciously Workshop eBook

The other day there was supposed to be a huge storm. Advertised as Snowpocalypse for Southern Ontario, I most certainly wanted to document the tremendous damage it would create. The storm came, while on its way to New York, barely hit us and caused it to snow non-stop for a night and a day. Fair enough, more snow fell during that night and day than usually, but it wasn’t anything all too impressive. In fact I would have felt better off staying at home that day if it weren’t for the following image that I managed to capture while on the bus.

Here are the rest of the images from that day:

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It is 3AM and I just recently got home from Toronto. It all started this morning, I met up with my friends: photographer Sarah Lisk and singer (Kitchener’s very own, Afro-beat master) Oranmiyan (facebook | reverbNATION) and before we knew it, we were on our way to Toronto to say Happy Birthday to Oranmiyan’s friend Omar who is also a musician. I can not start explaining the driving conditions we had to face on our way back …but the party was great, I had the pleasure to meet some wonderful people and I believe Omar was happy to see us as well.

And because I can’t just make a post without a photo, here’s Omar (on the left) and Oranmiyan (on the right):

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I have been talking and writing about it for a while not, but it is finally time for it; the first Stefan Chirila Photography Workshop | Photographing Consciously.

This is a workshop for the intermediate photographer who is interested in getting to understanding how and why his/her camera reacts the way that it does when shooting in diverse situations and how to help the camera deliver the result the photographer is looking for.

The workshop addresses issues in the field of camera functions, photographing techniques for various situations, as well as post processing techniques.

By the end of this course, the participant will be more aware of his/her camera’s strengths and weaknesses, which is the first step towards learning to push one’s equipment’s limits and get the most out of it.

To read details about the workshop as well as the location and time, please click below!

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Me reloaded is my way of saying its time to restart, begin a new year with some nice goals, plans to do new things, break some old bad habits, and keep some good ones. A good habit of mine is to look back upon the previous year and remember all the good times; it helps remember that life ain’t so bad and that many other good times are ahead.

The other day I pulled one of my famous all-nighters. I spent half the night in agony, convinced that one of my favourite shoots of the year was forever lost due to me thinking it was backed up and then deleted the only copy. Luckily though, it was merely a case of misplacing a folder into a place where it most certainly didn’t belong; GIMP (my image editing program), however, keeps a history of files edited and where they’re stored and I was able to find it. This however motivated me once and for all time to properly sort my backup files. Oh and, just in case that you’re getting bored reading and not seeing any prettiful images, here’s one from that shoot; it was a photowalk I went on in November with my photographer friends Marko and Christian @ Webster’s Falls, Spencer Gorge, Ontario.

Other than looking for those images, I also looked at images by two photographers whose works I enjoy a lot, Richard Avedon and Henri Cartier-Bresson and watched a documentary on Henri here.

So inspired by these fine fellows, I embarked on a walk down memory lane putting together a small collection of images from the past 12 months (in more or less of a chronological order). Enjoy =)


Kitchener band: The Weak Need


panorama of Caves @ Elora Gorge, Ontario


On a very strange and foggy morning at 5AM

I have very talented friends …


Some can bend their bodies in ways that it hurts me just to think about it


Others are exceptional interior decorators


Great [looking] musicians


Kitchener Latin pop-rock singer: David Juan


The unmistakeable Lady Jazz Williams


Others are just plain fun to be around

Later in the year I got to photograph the CD launching concert of one of the area’s brightest latin music stars, Glenda Del E

I witnessed the baptism of one of my dearest friends, Roxy of Toronto:

And met a fellow Kitchener photographer [Aaron Schwab] who initially I confused for Johhny Depp in Pyrus Cafe, downtown Kitchener one night. Can you blame me? Probably …my eyesight isn’t what it used to be.

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