Laura
@lauramakespictures.bsky.social
Toronto based creative commercial photographer and retoucher. Sounds quiet, looks loud. She/her.
opt out of father's day content, just like the father who opted out of your life
May 20, 2024 at 5:19 PM
opt out of father's day content, just like the father who opted out of your life
Reposted by Laura
life is a lot lately. love each other.
May 11, 2024 at 9:25 PM
life is a lot lately. love each other.
went out to see my boys last night 😍
March 8, 2024 at 3:22 PM
went out to see my boys last night 😍
Reposted by Laura
Bees are coming out of winter hibernation all across the Northern hemisphere. Which ones are visiting YOUR backyard?
March 5, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Bees are coming out of winter hibernation all across the Northern hemisphere. Which ones are visiting YOUR backyard?
Reposted by Laura
THE LIBRARY IS BACK ✨
Four months after ransomware hobbled the Toronto Public Library network, services are are returning to normal soon – after a mammoth shipment and reshelving of items from storage.
All hands on deck as Toronto’s library system begins great reshelving after cyberattack
Four months after ransomware hobbled the Toronto Public Library network, services are coming back after a mammoth shipment and reshelving of items from storage
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 29, 2024 at 10:37 PM
THE LIBRARY IS BACK ✨
okay so one of my favourite things about the weather network website is they are absolutely unhinged over there with their weather related clickbait, but today they're for some reason insisting on autoplaying a video of a guy getting mowed down by a car and if you scroll past it THE VIDEO CHASES YOU
February 27, 2024 at 8:38 PM
okay so one of my favourite things about the weather network website is they are absolutely unhinged over there with their weather related clickbait, but today they're for some reason insisting on autoplaying a video of a guy getting mowed down by a car and if you scroll past it THE VIDEO CHASES YOU
for radiant skin: go fuck yourself
February 25, 2024 at 8:32 PM
for radiant skin: go fuck yourself
me, pulling the last of the frozen patties out of the box in the freezer, "she ate"
February 20, 2024 at 5:36 PM
me, pulling the last of the frozen patties out of the box in the freezer, "she ate"
Reposted by Laura
Apart from everything else, the idea of art specifically tailored "for your tastes" makes no sense because the way you develop tastes is by encountering art and having a reaction to it.
February 17, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Apart from everything else, the idea of art specifically tailored "for your tastes" makes no sense because the way you develop tastes is by encountering art and having a reaction to it.
75% of you are shady gremlins
Up to 75% of adults have hidden infectious illness to work, travel, or socialize, surveys suggest
www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...
CanadaHealthwatch.ca: Canada's hub for health news 🍁
www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...
CanadaHealthwatch.ca: Canada's hub for health news 🍁
February 3, 2024 at 5:52 PM
75% of you are shady gremlins
Reposted by Laura
ATTENTION VISUAL ARTISTS:
Chicago University's 'Nightshade 1.0' Learning Algorithm 'poison' filter is now live for public use:
Unlike 'Glaze', which only makes your art irreplicable, Nightshade actively damages any learning database it gets added to.
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/downloads.html
Chicago University's 'Nightshade 1.0' Learning Algorithm 'poison' filter is now live for public use:
Unlike 'Glaze', which only makes your art irreplicable, Nightshade actively damages any learning database it gets added to.
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/downloads.html
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu
January 20, 2024 at 1:24 AM
ATTENTION VISUAL ARTISTS:
Chicago University's 'Nightshade 1.0' Learning Algorithm 'poison' filter is now live for public use:
Unlike 'Glaze', which only makes your art irreplicable, Nightshade actively damages any learning database it gets added to.
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/downloads.html
Chicago University's 'Nightshade 1.0' Learning Algorithm 'poison' filter is now live for public use:
Unlike 'Glaze', which only makes your art irreplicable, Nightshade actively damages any learning database it gets added to.
nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/downloads.html
Reposted by Laura
Graphic designer here. Whenever I buy a ticket for a show or summat, and I get asked marketing feedback question: 'How did you hear about it?' I always say poster/leaflet, to keep print designers like me in business.
January 20, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Graphic designer here. Whenever I buy a ticket for a show or summat, and I get asked marketing feedback question: 'How did you hear about it?' I always say poster/leaflet, to keep print designers like me in business.
Reposted by Laura
January is Stalking Awareness Month
If you or someone you know is being stalked in Canada, I created this free PSA that might be helpful.
Words by me.
Animation by artist Ambivalently Yours
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9z3...
If you or someone you know is being stalked in Canada, I created this free PSA that might be helpful.
Words by me.
Animation by artist Ambivalently Yours
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9z3...
Outside of the Shadows: A Project on Criminal Harassment in Canada
[CONTENT WARNING: This video includes graphic descriptions of stalking. Please exercise self-care]Content by Julie S. LalondeAnimation by Ambivalently YoursT...
www.youtube.com
January 2, 2024 at 5:12 PM
January is Stalking Awareness Month
If you or someone you know is being stalked in Canada, I created this free PSA that might be helpful.
Words by me.
Animation by artist Ambivalently Yours
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9z3...
If you or someone you know is being stalked in Canada, I created this free PSA that might be helpful.
Words by me.
Animation by artist Ambivalently Yours
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9z3...
made a new work portrait ✨
December 17, 2023 at 4:46 PM
made a new work portrait ✨
Reposted by Laura
Man please stop casually using AI generated shit
I understand that it's easy, have a modicum of self control lol
I understand that it's easy, have a modicum of self control lol
December 16, 2023 at 6:10 PM
Man please stop casually using AI generated shit
I understand that it's easy, have a modicum of self control lol
I understand that it's easy, have a modicum of self control lol
Reposted by Laura
Reposted by Laura
I don't know this to be true but my instinct is that no millennial was involved in the creation of Cyber Mondays because our generation has a completely different understanding of that word.
November 27, 2023 at 6:40 PM
I don't know this to be true but my instinct is that no millennial was involved in the creation of Cyber Mondays because our generation has a completely different understanding of that word.
Reposted by Laura
TPL's online system is down until 2024 I'm shook toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-libr...
Toronto library systems won't be restored until 2024 after October cyberattack
The Toronto Public Library says its systems, which were the target of a cyberattack in late October, will remain down until 2024.
toronto.ctvnews.ca
November 24, 2023 at 5:02 PM
TPL's online system is down until 2024 I'm shook toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-libr...
finding it rather troublesome that the entire toronto public library website has been rendered unavailable for nearly a month now (been down since oct 28!) due to a cyber security issue
November 26, 2023 at 7:28 PM
finding it rather troublesome that the entire toronto public library website has been rendered unavailable for nearly a month now (been down since oct 28!) due to a cyber security issue
Reposted by Laura
Most cats have boundaries and you have to earn their consent. I don't have any academic studies or anything to back this up, but in my 46 years of life I've found that when people hate cats it's usually a red flag that they have boundary and consent issues that extend to their human relationships.
I really loathe how "cool" it is to hate cats. Cat haters suck, even the ones who are "just joking".
November 4, 2023 at 10:02 AM
Most cats have boundaries and you have to earn their consent. I don't have any academic studies or anything to back this up, but in my 46 years of life I've found that when people hate cats it's usually a red flag that they have boundary and consent issues that extend to their human relationships.
working commercially for the majority of my career, I don't often get to see my work do anything other than help someone else make money, but I've had a few opportunities this year to make stuff simply to make someone else smile and tbh there's really no amount of money that can match that feeling
November 11, 2023 at 8:19 PM
working commercially for the majority of my career, I don't often get to see my work do anything other than help someone else make money, but I've had a few opportunities this year to make stuff simply to make someone else smile and tbh there's really no amount of money that can match that feeling
ah crap some of my favourite clothing designers appear to have exited their heinous ugly phase, looks like it's fomo season again 💔
November 4, 2023 at 3:07 PM
ah crap some of my favourite clothing designers appear to have exited their heinous ugly phase, looks like it's fomo season again 💔