More from the kitchen. Another favourite of mine when it comes to still lifes in the Newfoundland painter Mary Pratt. Her ability to capture textures like aluminum foil and wax paper is just incredible. And she went to my alma mater Mount Allison so that always helps. Go here to see some of her work.

More from the kitchen counter. I think I'll go check it out now and maybe do some dishes while I'm there.

Recently I've become obsessed with my kitchen counter. I photograph it just about every day.
I got a whole lot of that work back yesterday so I will be sharing some it with you in the next couple of days. As with most images because they are so new and I had such high expectations for them, I don't like them right now, but hopefully they will grow on me. I think my favourite is still the tupperware posted on Jan 9th. I just bought a Laura Letinsky book last week and I'm hoping that it's going to motivate me to do amazing things. Check her out here. She's a must see.

From an old shoot I did of Canadian author Charlotte Gray.

I will be out of town for the rest of the week so have a good one and I'll see you next week!

"I think we have been too quick to dismiss what city people can know about nature. Their deprivation may actually help them to see better the few animals that they are allowed"
Robert Adams from Why People Photograph

Upon reading this line last night I was immediately brought back to my pigeon days. I spent a good two years obsessing over pigeons. I even named my cat after them. Living in a pretty dense area of the city where there is little in the way of wildlife, watching pigeons was an attempt to fill this void. Most people could not understand why I wanted to photograph these "flying rats" and I always hoped that the photos would reveal their true beauty and allow people to see them the way I do.

Another photo that didn't make the cut in my new website. I love it though. A nice combination of disturbing and beautiful.

I have had some promo cards made and will be sending them out in the next week or 2. If you would like me to send you one and you think that you're probably not on my list, email me your address at kate@katehutchinson.com and I'll see what I can do!

After great response to my Why am I marrying him? I thought I would share with you a few photos that didn't make the final cut.

Yay, My website is finally done! New look and tons of new photos. Same address as before:
www.katehutchinson.com
It loads all at once so you do have to wait a few seconds at first but from then on everything should be really fast. Now I just have to work on the million other things that I have put aside in order to get this done! Oh and a big thanks to Chris for all his help with site design, putting it together and uploading it. I decided not to put up artist statements for the 3 personal projects and the "Why am I marrying him?" may concern some people. Not to worry, it's more about relationships in general, how we decide on choosing one person over another, and the huge range of personality that one person can offer. Enjoy.

A few photos from a shoot I did of the very talented children's author Melanie Watt, for Quill & Quire Magazine. The first one ended up being used for the cover. I got to shoot on film for this assignment which I love and which always tends to give the best results in my case.

Dogs. The first is a posh Gallery dog (Joyce Tenneson print in the background) from somewhere in New England; the second is at the Portuguese festival here in Montreal; and the third is my teammate's dog watching our ultimate frisbee game.

In some exciting news: I have become a member of the alphabet project. This photo project based in the UK has selected 26 photographers, each representing a different letter (I am K). Every 2 weeks we will each make a photograph based on a theme set by each of us in turn. It begins in March and goes till March of next year. There are still some letters available! To check it out go here: http://www.alphabetproject.co.uk/

A dear old cat that we used to have. He didn't make the cut in my website edits so I wanted him to be represented somewhere.

A few Dads relaxing. Still working on the website relaunch. In the next week to 10 days I hope to have it done.

Photos of Jill Barber from a few years ago. I met Jill through a friend at this cafe which was then known as Pharmacy Esperanza. Back then I didn't know much about Jill's music but now I am absolute addicted to it. Whenever I'm at the computer working on images I listen to her or another Canadian songstress named Jenn Grant. Here are their websites if you're interested: http://www.jillbarber.com/ and http://www.jenngrant.com/

A few cats.

The old red kitchen counter and its proximity to the window are a constant source of inspiration.

While in Dublin my family and I visited the pub that my grandmother owned and ran singlehandedly for 18 years. The pub is much changed since she last worked there but it is a fun stop all the same. My grandmother and her four children (one of which is my mother) lived in the apartment above the pub during those years. The current owner of the pub still retains possession of this flat. My aunt had at one time asked permission to see the upstairs again but was flatly denied. My sister was feeling courageous the day that we were there and made the request again. To our surprise the present owner Mr Ryan agreed to give us a tour! A further surprise was that the upstairs had not been touched in the 30+ years since my grandmother last lived there. The place was in a poor state but we were so excited, running around checking out all the rooms and my mother saying "this was where I slept, and this was the fancy parlour with the swan door" and so on and so on. Of course I madly tried to document as much or it as I could but low light, no tripod and no flash, and only 10 minutes spent up there made it difficult. So the B+Ws above are some from that day. The colours were so terrible that they only looked decent in B+W. The colour photo is from the pub as it is today.

As New Year's are always about starting a-new, here's a relatively new and fresh young thing: my friends Naomi and Lorne's baby, Lucas. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and a rockin' New Year's eve. The holidays are great but I sometimes find that too much rest and relaxation can lead to lethargy so I must say that I am very glad that life, work and all that stuff is back on now. Is anybody with me on this?