Hello Saskatoon! I am proud to announce that our Day 2 highlights are now live!
They can now be found on the Saskatoon Blitz Flickr page.
Just click this link or the image above to view the the Day 2 photo set.
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Hello Saskatoon! The highlights from the Blitz Photography Team’s coverage of Day One of the event is now online.
You can find a link to that at the bottom of this post. Before I share that however, there are some words I would like to share.
Wil Wheaton was asked at a convention to tell a fans newborn daughter why being a nerd is awesome.
In his fantastic response, which is too long to quote here, he said that the defining characteristic of all nerds is that we love things.
Geek, nerd, whatever label you prefer, I think we can agree that description applies to us all.
We are so much more than our fandoms and our hobbies, we are part of a community of communities that spans nations and cultures and languages.
When the internet became a thing, our culture banded together to conquer that new land and build places we could connect with others who share our passions.
We have shouted out into the ether that liking stuff is awesome and anyone who tells you otherwise is boring and trying too hard to be cool.
In the words of Simon Pegg, “Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection.”
I feel that says a lot about what makes conventions so special. There is a truly contagious feeling in these places where friends and complete strangers have banded together without the warm, snuggly anonymity of the internet to just be truly EXCITED about things.
I want to say a huge thank you to ALL the unsung heroes out there building places for people who love things.
Saskatoon Blitz is a place for people to embrace their own enthusiasm for things and to share their passions without fear of judgment, it is a community founded on the core values of geek culture, and I am SO PROUD to be part of it.
Thank you to the volunteer staff, the coordinators, the sponsors, designers, photographers, and guests, but most of all thank you to Laura Petrishen-Ha, who brought us all together and who devotes such an utterly ridiculous chunk of her year to making a place for her people to be awesome.
For all who attended, and for any who missed out on being a part of Blitz this year, please click here for the highlights of Day One.
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Hello Saskatoon! I will be postponing my usual blog post this week due to preparations for Saskatoon Blitz tomorrow. Instead, I am sharing a wedding I have been saving for this exact occasion.
Below are thumbnails of the highlights from a fantastic geek wedding I shot last year. The bride is a stage manager and the daughter of a magician, and the groom is an actor and gamer, seen wearing an utterly fantastic D20 boutonniere.
Needless to say, they were hands down no-contest my favourite clients last year.
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Hello Folks! Due to a series of small misfortunes, my Monday announcement post is being grouped with my usual Friday blog post.
Saskatoon Blitz is almost here, and I am so excited to finally be able to announce that Katie Deobald Photography will be offering not one but TWO professional cosplay photography mini shoot events at Saskatoon Blitz.
For $25.00 you will get 5 poses. After the convention, You will receive one web resolution preview copy of each, and you can pick one of your images to receive in high resolution to use and print anywhere.
These events will be happening in the tropical courtyard on the main floor near the restaurant, and they are first come first serve so be sure to have $25.00 in cash on hand.
The Cosplay Photography mini shoot is happening on Saturday 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM and Sunday 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
I am so excited to be offering this mini-shoot event, but there is so much to see at Blitz I really recommend checking out Saskblitz.com for more information on the other panels and activities taking place.
I am very proud to be a geek, and to be a part of this team, and I can’t wait to share some awesome photos from the event with you guys next week!
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To the gentleman standing behind me making jokes when I took this photo: I am sorry I do not recall your name, but THANK YOU for the inspiration to Photoshop this.
More lovely images from this year’s FCBD are in my gallery and on my Facebook with more on the way.
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Hello Saskatoon! As promised, here is version 2.0 of my Melisandre cosplay.
Below are the rest of my images for this week.
More fun photos from Free Comic Book Day are also on the way, so be sure to keep an eye on the Facebook page for those.
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Photographers Log Week 19 Read More »
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Hello Saskatoon!
I had a great time last week at the Geek Summit in Regina. We met many lovely people, all of whom I hope to see again in June at Saskatoon Blitz.
My costume for the event was Melisandre from Game of Thrones.
Version 2.0 of that costume will be seen next week in my photos from Free Comic Book Day.
Also included in my images this week is an in progress shot of our garden project this year. (Thank you again to my best friend for bringing the extra power tools and helping with construction. You can see her in the progress shot below.)
Sadly there are no photos of the look of maniacal glee I had while drilling drainage holes in our garden barrels, but images of the finished product will be coming next week.
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Greetings, Saskatoon! This will be a short post as I am on my way to Regina today to do some promotion for Saskatoon Blitz! Tickets will be on sale from the Blitz table at Geek Summit happening from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM in the George Bothwell branch in the Southland Mall.
To see what I look like at 7:00 AM and other interesting photos, click on the thumbnails below..
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Happy Easter! I realize Easter was last weekend, but I took this photo on Sunday in a moment of whimsy and I felt the need to share.
This week’s self portrait features my new mantra, one I would like to share with any potential brides and grooms who might be reading this article.
If you are exhausted from all the stress of planning your wedding, something is wrong. My advice is to stop thinking and just breathe!
Also, never forget that photographers are a GREAT source of wedding advice. If you need help with your time line for the day, all you have to do is click here to send me an email or leave a comment below with any questions you have.
Photographers go to a lot of weddings. Honestly, if you can’t afford a wedding planner just hire a good photographer and ask them a lot of questions.
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[dcs_img_left_ngg pos=”left” framed=”black” lightbox=”true” mright=”15″ w=”400″ h=”267″ pid=”606″]Hello Saskatoon! This week I have an exciting announcement.
Katie Deobald Photography will be doing the official event coverage for Saskatoon Blitz 2013! Pictured on the left is about half of the fantastic team of organizers who make this thing a reality every year.
Saskatoon Blitz, for those of you who are new to it, is an entertainment expo happening here in Saskatoon on June 8th and 9th, with bonus events on June 7th! The guest line up is very exciting this year, including one of my favourite voice actors, John Dimmagio! Being a huge Futurama fan, I know him best as Bender but some of you may also recognize him as Jake the Dog from Adventure time.
I will also be running a Cosplay Mini-Shoot for anyone wanting some great photos of their costume, keep an eye on this blog for more details.
Below are more of my images from this week. As you can see I am still very much in love with the lightbox I built last week.
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