Posted: May 8th, 2012 | Author: Laura | Filed under: General | Comments Off
Twist Gallery wants to thank all who attended the P.O.V opening on May 4th. We have a wonderful time and hope you all enjoyed the photography.
P.O.V (point of view) features Humber College Faulty and their photographic works. The exhibit is part of the Toronto Contact Photography Festival and will be up until May 26th. This collection explores distinct viewpoints and delves into cultural, historical and aesthetic practices. We had a great turnout and really enjoyed the evening!
Cheers to the Humber College Faculty and all who came out on Friday!
Posted: May 2nd, 2012 | Author: Laura | Filed under: General | Comments Off
Hey all,
Once again, we’re hosting an amazing opening reception, for the second year in a row, featuring the Humber College Faculty and their photographic works.
Opening officially on Friday May 4th at 7pm, P.O.V (point of view) will explore distinct viewpoints and delve into cultural, historical and aesthetic practices.
Inspired by the curiosity and energy of the students, this exhibit provides a window into the diverse bodies of personal work created by Humber’s education and visual communication professionals.
Like all of our opening receptions, this one is free and open to the public! We have appetizers, music and drinks as well! Come by and enjoy this amazing show. If it’s anything like our April opening, which had over 250 people turn out, you won’t want to miss it!!
Cheers,
L.
Posted: April 25th, 2012 | Author: Laura | Filed under: General | No Comments »
So today was my low angle photo day for the challenge. Let me just say I spent a lot of time lying on the ground trying to figure this one out!
It’s not terribly exciting but it captures our current exhibit Ubiquity, which features students from the Humber College Graduating Photography class and I think may be my favourite show since I started in January.
I not only loved the photography, but also the way the students hung the work.. it was just so intricate. I’m super excited for the May exhibit (P.O.V) which features
the Humber College faculty and their photographic works! It’ll be great to see the students and teachers work juxtaposed.
And.. for those who were interested Ubiquity (our current exhibit) closes this Friday. P.O.V opens May 2nd, with an opening reception May 4th at 7pm. All of our opening receptions are free and open to the public so come on by, we’d love to have you!
Cheers,
L. 
Posted: April 24th, 2012 | Author: Laura | Filed under: General | No Comments »
Here is my high angle photo for Day Five!
This is inside Twist Gallery. A staircase I travel up and down on a daily basis.
I’m finishing up here at the end of May and thought this was a great depiction of my upcoming
departure. I’m so sad to have to leave this wonderful galley, my wonderful boss and this wonderful experience but like all of us we must eventually learn to take another step forward and see what’s behind door number two.
Cheers,
L.
Posted: April 23rd, 2012 | Author: Laura | Filed under: General | Comments Off
Since its rainy and awful outside again today, I figured it was perfect to get outside and pick up the bright green plants, which seem to be the only things that are happy during days like these.
I remember when I was studying photography a professor said to me that rainy, overcast days are the best days to photograph colours. You don’t have to worry about your whites being over-exposed and greens, reds and purples are exaggerated by the rain.
So here is my little plant. Despite being happy for the rain, it seems to be waiting for spring to show up… just like me.
Cheers.
L. 
Posted: April 23rd, 2012 | Author: Laura | Filed under: General | Comments Off
I love clouds… don’t you? Especially when its a gorgeous, sunny, spring day and there are huge, fluffy, white clouds floating around happily in the sky, just making the day THAT much better?!
Well…. unfortunately Sunday was not one of those gorgeous sunny spring days, in fact it was cloudy, cold and awful where I was. SO I took a cloud picture anyway because no one every takes pictures on cloudy, horrible, grey days, so I thought I’d break the mold on this one…. I’m not quite sure how I feel about it though hahaha.
Cheers,
L.
Posted: April 23rd, 2012 | Author: Laura | Filed under: General | Comments Off
Hello Hello,
So after a bit of a crazy weekend, I realized I had not yet posted my pictures for the last few days of the challenge! Here (in proper order) with a sincere promise to never fall behind again, are the pictures I took for Day Two, Three and Four!
This is a dress that I wore to my best friends bachelorette on Saturday evening. The dress code for the night was SHINY, so I went shiny. This is a great documentation of the night and the crazy day that led up to the night!
Coming up next… CLOUDS.
Cheers,
L. 
Posted: April 20th, 2012 | Author: Laura | Filed under: General | No Comments »
Hello Hello!
So I am venturing on the 30 day photo challenge - welcome to day one. My post comes a bit late today but let me explain why!
Basically, as a photographer, I hate having my picture taken. I also hate taking my own picture! The first photo requirement of my challenge was a self portrait (enter sad face here). All day I’ve been dreading this task. But finally while I was out shopping for my friends bachelorette party (YAY) I decided to try on some clothes. Thought this was a perfect opportunity – cause it’s definitely about the clothes and not me. SO here is my lovely picture…. over and done with, and yes… it was JUST as painful as it sounded hahaha!
On with day TWO!!
Cheers,
L.
Posted: April 19th, 2012 | Author: Laura | Filed under: General | Comments Off
After studying photography at Ryerson I used to take photos all the time. But, like most of us, life gets busy and our passions and hobbies get put aside!
So I’ve decided now that it’s spring to get moving again and take some pictures. I thought the best way to do this was through one of these amazing 30 day photo challenges that so many of us see these days. It’s a great way to stay on track and use your creative juices. Most of the pictures I’ll be taking with my phone through instagram, others through my DSLR!
The challenge is outlined below – which I borrowed from a lovely blog called whitepeach: http://whitepeachblog.com/2011/05/25/photography_challenge/.
If you’d like to join me you can tweet your photos to me @TwistGallery using #photochallenge30 or send them via Facebook at www.facebook.com/twistgallery! I’ll try to post mine on our twitter and Facebook accounts as well! I’ll be starting Day One tomorrow!!
Hope you enjoy – get out there and take some pictures!
Day One: Self Portrait
Day Two: What you wore today
Day Three: Clouds
Day Four: Something Green
Day Five: from a high angle
Day Six: from a low angle
Day Seven: Fruit
Day Eight: A bad habit
Day Nine: Someone you love
Day Ten: Childhood Memory
Day Eleven: Something Blue
Day Twelve: Sunset
Day Thirteen: Yourself with thirteen things
Day Fourteen: Eyes
Day Fifteen: Silhouette
Day Sixteen: Long Exposure
Day Seventeen: Technology
Day Eighteen: Your shoes
Day Nineteen: Something orange
Day Twenty: Bokeh
Day Twenty One: Faceless self portrait
Day Twenty Two: Hands
Day Twenty Three: Sunflare
Day Twenty Four: Animal
Day Twenty Five: Something Pink
Day Twenty Six: Close Up
Day Twenty Seven: From a distance
Day Twenty Eight: Flowers
Day Twenty Nine: Black and White
Day Thirty: Self portrait
Posted: April 18th, 2012 | Author: Laura | Filed under: General | Comments Off
At then end of March 2012, Twist was lucky enough to host the Wrap Party for the Canadian TV show KINGS.
It was an amazing event and we had a great time! Here are some images taken at the party by Raffi at Jagged Lens Photography. If you like what you see and are interested in having Raffi capture your event, contact him at 647-203-4177.
ALSO,
If you weren’t aware, other than monthly art exhibits Twist also holds events just like this wrap party. We also have hosted weddings, book launches and fashion shows.
If you’re interested in having an event here please contact us at 416-588-2222 or at info@twistgallery.ca we’d love to give you more information!
Cheers!
