Youth Banquet - Fall 2010

I would like to share some highlights (a few pictures from the 1000 pictures I took) at my first event.  It was a big job for a beginner, and I had to work in very low light.  I pretty much had to use my bounce flash for most pictures.  There were some opportunities to use natural light, but very few.  It was a blast taking pictures for this event.

                       Sincerely,

                       Amber Olson

Some collages that feature the decorations and food tables...

                      The ladies behind this banquet did an AWESOME job! Everything was amazing! 

Guests Arriving:

                       

Our Guest of Honor & Speaker - Brother Gordon from Zimbabwe

                              Heather sort of figured Chris needed an escort..... =)

Only Jim & Dave (picture below) will know what was so funny but I was glad I caught it on camera anyway.

    All the people that laboured to make such a wonderful banquet happen.  I made this collage simply to have a place where I could give them honours (with a quick view of who they were).

   Group Shots:   This was definitely the most people I've tried to get into one picture.  It was a learning experience and I don't think they turned out too bad.

The Salad Bar & Other Miscellaneous

The main course was served

Brother Gordon teaching an African song with actions...

       Brother Dave may have been one step behind, but he was sure giving it his all! =)

The room was completely dark (aside from the tea lights) when I took this picture (below).  The only thing lighting the room was the light coming from the candles.

                                       The young people were singing "This Little Light of Mine".

Candid Moments:

Portrait Highlights

This wasn't a portrait shot, but I had to capture what was going on behind the scenes while I was trying to get this group shot of the young girls.  Gregory definitely keeps everyone laughing! =)

I couldn't fit everyone into the set properly but this is what I got.  These are some of the Cook cousins.

This is what I got when I asked for a goofy pose.  =)  They're so cute....

Chris (the guy on the top left in the picture below) was saying something sarcastic I'm sure.  For some reason, me & him like to go back & forth with one another.  But we do really appreciate each other as brother & sister.  =)

Another goofy pose.  I'm liking what you get out of people when you ask for that.... =)



The theme of the banquet was "Let Your Light Shine", so after the inside events were completed everyone went outside to light their Chinese Lanterns and let them go out into the darkness.

The End

This & That From The Past

Here's a collection of random pictures that I've taken in the past.


These pictures were taken this last month during a fireworks production provided by my husbands employer.

These pictures were taken in about 15 minutes at an old meat shop in town.  I thought we got some pretty nice pictures considering the fact that we were dealing with two 2-year olds that were running around the yard site.  (Note: we had to get these pictures for Great-Grandma Shabaga as a thank-you for knitting the boys matching sweaters.)

This was the first time I took pictures at this meat shop.  When I got home and saw how they turned out, I added this spot to my list of future locations.  That's the reason my friend and I took the pictures above (with the sweaters)  at the same spot.

(Note: I just have to add that Malachi was very cranky when I took these pictures (below).  He was throwing stuff, crying, and really wanted no part in the whole picture-taking task.)



I know I sort of over-did it on the text editing, but it was really new to me at this time and I was just trying to see what sort of things I liked.  I definitely won't do this much of it in the future but it is fun & I'm sure always do a little.  =)



One of these days I'll slowly add some more (past) pictures to this post.  But.... hopefully I'll be so busy with new photo shoots that I won't have time.  =)