This is the section of the site where I get to ramble on about myself a bit. And because we're all busy, I'll give you a point form run down of the basics.
Short human that wears toques, is usually covered in dog or cat fur, annoys her wife, loves good conversation, collects old film cameras, used to be a chemist, and quit grad school to start her photography business.
But beyond all that, the most important thing you need to know is that I fully believe in, and love, creating art and capturing images.
A little about Mag
Having been in the photography industry for over a decade, I've noticed the trends and styles fluctuate over time. I think that is the natural progression of any art form. But the more I shot, the less I began to focus on what was trending. I didn't want to miss a natural moment while focusing on recreating a shot someone saw on instagram. I wanted to capture real moments.
Flash forward to 2020, when life slowed down a bit. As client sessions were fewer, I began to focus my camera on my everyday life. I began shooting more film and photographing my family and pets. The result was creating some of my favorite images to date over that time. This shifted something in my work. Simple moments, just like we used to capture on point and shoot film cameras back in the 1990s (Remember the 90s? No? Yep, I'm old.), became my priority. Ordinary moments make magical images. One of my favorite things to do is to look back through my parent's photo albums from when I was a kid. Those images, while not perfectly lit or posed, are so ordinary, so real. They take me back to when I was a kid. I can almost feel it.
That's the feeling I think your images should bring to you. Real, honest and not intentionally made for instagram. Rather, they're images created for later. For you to hold in your hands and be transported back to that moment, to that feeling.
MY PHILOSOPHY
From my personal Album
photos from my everyday
When we picked up Winnie (who we called Wyn) from the shelter, I thought we were simply adding a dog to our family. I knew she would give us so much, but I had no idea how she would change us. She brought so many amazing people into our lives. But she did something even more incredible for me. She inspired me to pick up my camera and taught me how to use it.
We would go for long walks in the snow with our neighbours and their dogs and I would always have my camera in hand. It was then that I became addicted to photography, learning light, movement, and how to better capture a moment. It was Wyn that gave me photography.
The name Wynter Stills is an ode to Wyn and those moments in the snow when we were able to stop time. It is a tribute to slowing down and to being more intentional.
EVer had someone or something come into your life and completely change it unexpectedly?
Where did the name "Wynter Stills" come from?
I've been so fortunate to be able to do what I love to do for work everyday for over a decade. Through my wedding and portrait work, I've developed an editing and shooting style. This work offers clean, crisp and true to life colours, which I love shooting.
When I started shooting film, I noticed mixing film and my MHP editing style didn't mix the way I would like. Film can offer grain, muted tones, and lots of quirks, which differed from the clean modern look I would normally use. I wanted to be able to share my love of film photography with people, but didn't know how to integrate it into my Mag Hood Photography business.
Rather than completely change my Mag Hood Photography style, which I still love and want to continue shooting, I came up with the idea to start Wynter Stills, where I could freely shoot both film and digital images with an aim to create more artistically driven moment based images inspired by the character and colours of film.
I'm not saying one is better than the other, they're just different! If you like clean & crisp, go with MHP. If you wanna get a little weird and artistic, go with Wynter.
The Short answer is that iT mainly differs in how it looks and feels. is that helpful? Probably not, but I'll elaborate.
How is this different from your work at Mag Hood Photography?
Every image deserves to be treated like an individual piece of art:
created in the moment with intention and thoughtfully experienced.
Located just outside of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
