Blog | Photography & Design by Tanya Plonka

Blind Mag sneak peak

Tanya — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:21:25 +0000

Cassandra contacted me a while ago to do a photoshoot inspired by the character Blind Mag from the movie Repo, and things finally came together to make this happen! We had a great team on this and I have a few more to post, but won’t be able to get them online until I get back from WPPI. Stay tuned!

Hair: Cayley Moncrieff, Chatters @ Park Place
Makeup: Bonnie Ferguson
Assistant: Sara Giséle
Costume: Cassandra Pollock & Jeremy Nordstrom

2010 Lethbridge Sun Times Best of the Best: 2nd Place!

Tanya — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:59:17 +0000

The results for the Lethbridge Sun Times Best of the Best contest, where residents vote for their favorite businesses, are finally in, and I am proud to announce I received second place for photographers! Thank you so much to everyone who voted and for all the support everyone has given me over the past year. I love what I do, and it is worth all the late nights and lost weekends to be able to do this for a living. THANK YOU!

Portfolio Slideshow

Tanya — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:50:34 +0000

I wanted to put together a slideshow showcasing my work, and thought this song, which I have been in love with since I heard it a few months ago, was a perfect fit (Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zero, Home). Most of these photos are on my new website, but there are a few in there that hadn’t quite made the cut the first time around :)

I redesigned my website!

Tanya — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:56:45 +0000

Woo hoo, I’ve finally redesigned www.tanyaplonka.com!

Improvements:

Bigger photos (especially here on the blog!)
Easier to find information
Not as much filler
Photos more recent than 2008!

It was so hard narrowing down photos for the galleries, and was painful to make some of the cuts I did. However, I’m so happy with the final result. I hope you like it!

WA Environmental Website

Tanya — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:13:46 +0000

www.waenvironmental.ca

WA Environmental Services was in terrible need of a new website; their old one hadn’t been updated since 2002, and they were too embarrassed to provide their web address to clients or use it in advertising! Timothy and Beverly Waters entrusted me to give their website a new feel. We included a blog section, Ask the Soil Doctor (Tim’s moniker), so if you have any questions about environmental site assessments or cleanups, drop him a line!

One weekend I accompanied them on a drilling job in Picture Butte to provide them with some up to date photography for the website (photos after the cut)

The next big Bellydance show in Lethbridge!

Tanya — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:15:33 +0000

It’s that time of year again!

Ammena Dance Company is once again putting on An Explosion of World Dance and Music (2010 edition!), held at the Yates Memorial Centre in Lethbridge on Saturday March 6. Lethbridge is really a hot bed for multi-cultural events, and this year our show is no exception. In addition to multiple Bellydance pieces, we will also feature Bollywood, Merengue, Ukrainian, Hungarian, and Bhangra (which has been co-choreographed by a legitmate Punjabi Bhangra dancer!), as well as musical performances by local musicians.

Tickets aren’t on sale quite yet, but will be soon at the Yates Ticket Centre.

I did the poster design, and the photo is once again by Jan Tajcnar, who photographed our big show last year!

I’m allowed to do shameless self-promotion for my hobbies on my blog! :)

Please note: Due to my heavy involvement in this show, I will be taking very limited sessions between now and March 15th. If you would like to book a session in that time, please contact me at info @ tanyaplonka.com for availability, or I can schedule you in for March. I am still able to meet up for any wedding consults during this time, so don’t hesitate to ask if you would like to find out more about wedding packages for 2010!