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My name is Emily, I am a photographer, videographer, host, and creative from Ottawa ON. I created this site to display all my favourite content that I have produced for personal projects and my amazing clients in the Ottawa and Toronto area over the past four years. Contact to book, or just come say hey!
Past/ Current Social Media + Content Creation Clients
Magazine Publication
In January 2023 I was approached to shoot an article for an upcoming magazine release, Style Circle Book #8. This style collective group publishes a magazine every year highlighting fashion creatives, stylists, and journalists to share their stories and written articles surrounding fashion, lifestyle, culture, and beauty. For book #8 I shot for an accompanying article written by Jenna Faruqui about her family's jewelry and the cultural significance it holds.
Magazine Publication #2
After a successful photoshoot in 2023 for Jenna Faruqui we decided to join forces again for Style Circles #9 publication. This years theme was "Work in progress" Jenna and added writer Zoe Chute-Johnson wrote a piece title " Freshman Class: A Letter from Two Amateurs"
Jenna and Zoe and I conceptualized a shoot that would accompany their article featuring 14 creatives across different disciplines, and discuss relevant topics for young professionals like self doubt.
This podcast has been a labour of love, and a project I’ve poured my heart into. When I was 15, I saw the rise of podcasting and knew that one day, I’d start my own. Growing up, I was always drawn to public speaking, creating content, being on stage, and using my voice for both entertainment and to spark meaningful change. This podcast became a perfect mix of all my passions.
So, where did the concept for Get Your Sh*t Together come from?
Since childhood, I’ve gravitated toward blending entertainment with storytelling, while also embracing vulnerability and sharing uplifting messages. Then, this past September, I found myself in my fourth year of undergrad, fresh out of a long-term relationship, and searching for new direction in my life. At the same time, I kept getting asked the quintessential question: "So, what are you going to do after you graduate?"
That question sparked the idea for this podcast, exploring the journey of getting your sh*t together post-grad and navigating your early 20s.
GYST Podcast
Welcome to Get Your Shit Together, the podcast that’s all about navigating your early 20s — the mess, the lessons, and everything in between. Hosted by Emily Saumure, each episode dives into the chaos that is adulting, from navigating living in a big city after growing up in a small town, real talks about relationships and dating, figuring out how to manage finances and get your designer bag, attempting to not have a quarter life crisis post-grad, and trying to figure out how the hell to make sense of it all.
In this space, we’re embracing the chaos and figuring it out together because let’s be real, none of us really know what we’re doing. Unfortunately there’s no one-size-fits-all answer to becoming a functioning adult, but we’re here to laugh, learn, and grow as we try to get our shit together.
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