Photography by Tanya Plonka

About Me

From here you can keep up with all of the projects I am involved in. I am primarily a photographer, but I am also a graphic designer, musician, and dancer. I am involved in taiko (but play a handful of instruments) and belly dance (though I also do swing, bollywood, etc.), and usually have a camera around my neck.

Please check out my website, www.tanyaplonka.com .

My older website, Supermarket Trashbin , features much of my work done in university, as well as complete concert photo sets.

My photo blog is located here .

My Interests

music, photography, pirates, guitar, belly dancing, taiko, joy-rides, dancing, concerts [especially punk shows], zombies, psychology [esp mental illness], disneyland, traditional african drumming/dance, piano, double bass, swing, los angeles

I'd like to meet:

Anyone interested in having photo/design work done or modeling for me.

Music:

AFI
Arcade Fire
Atrophy Manuscript
Beatles
Geoff Berner
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Big John Bates + the Voodoo Dollz
Big Sugar
Big Wreck
Billy Talent
Blue Rodeo
Brand New
The Capitals
Cat Stevens
The Clash
Coldplay
The Combovers
Cuff the Duke
Deville
Dropkick Murphys
Elvis
Elvis Costello
Falconhawk
Fastball
Ghosts of Modern Man
Matthew Good [Band]
Green Day
Johnny Cash
The Killers
Married To Music
Matt Mays
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Misfits
My Chemical Romance
No Doubt
Offspring
Old Soul
One False Move
Pilate
The Postal Service
Rancid
Red Wine Smile
Refused
Sloan
Snow Patrol
Suburban Legends
System of a Down
Tegan & Sara
The Trews
The Turncoats
The Used
David Usher
Tom Waits
White Stripes
The Who
Wide Mouth Mason
Hawksley Workman

Movies:

28 Days Later
Adaptation
Alice In Wonderland
American Beauty
Apocalypse Now
Being John Malcovich
Bubba Ho-Tep
Cry Baby
Donnie Darko
Edward Scissorhands
Ethernal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ghost Busters
I Les Triplettes De Belleville
Madagascar
Nightmare Before Christmas
One Hour Photo
Pirates of the Caribbean
Requiem For A Dream
The Rutles
Waking Life
What About Bob?

Television:

24, Simpsons, Futurama, music videos (does anyone remember those things?)

Books:

Trainspotting, Alice In Wonderland, Clockwork Orange, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, LOTR, Harry Potter, anything Vonnegut [esp. Cat's Cradle and Breakfast of Champions], The Cheese Monkeys, Fox In Socks, Heart of Darkness, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, psychology text books

Heroes:

Annie Lebowitz, Gandhi, Matthew Good

My Blog

Props from the Odds

Thanks for the props, guys! Check out their photos on their profile:http://www.myspace.com/thenewodds...
Posted by Photography by Tanya Plonka on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:07:00 PST

A new round of dancing begins.

I had a week to get "rested" after the last dance show, and already next year’s show is creeping into my schedule.This is the Bollywood we are doing next year. It would be better if we could get...
Posted by Photography by Tanya Plonka on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:16:00 PST

Good news from WPPI!

The results came in from the WPPI print competition, and I received an Accolade of Excellence for my photo of Sarah and her horse Theo:I just scraped into the honorable mention with an 80, but this wa...
Posted by Photography by Tanya Plonka on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:51:00 PST

Ill tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past

Posted by Photography by Tanya Plonka on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 06:32:00 PST

Red means STOP.

Today, after a brief moment (and I mean brief because one second he's not there and the next he is) of being tailgated, I was HONKED AT for stopping at a RED LIGHT to wait for ONCOMING TRAFFIC. Once I...
Posted by Photography by Tanya Plonka on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:11:00 PST

Art Sale/Show this weekend!

Just UsArt Show & SaleLethbridge Centre Mall (The Bay/Convergys)Friday Nov 17 || Saturday Nov 189am - 5pmFeaturing the work of ten local artists working in a variety of mediums.A sample of the work I'...
Posted by Photography by Tanya Plonka on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:41:00 PST

The Horror

Apocalypse Now inspired images. (View the rest) ...
Posted by Photography by Tanya Plonka on Sun, 06 Aug 2006 01:10:00 PST

Pretty much the most photogenic band in town right now.

ONE FALSE MOVE MAKE MY CAMERA HAPPY.See the rest HERE (May) and HERE (June).See, bands? It helps when you DO SOMETHING when you play....
Posted by Photography by Tanya Plonka on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:00:00 PST

Caring for Your Introvert

Caring for Your Introvert The habits and needs of a little-understood group by Jonathan Rauch ..... Do you know someone who needs hours alone every day? Who loves quiet conversations about feelings...
Posted by Photography by Tanya Plonka on Tue, 06 Dec 2005 07:38:00 PST

Guess what I dressed as for Halloween!

Cowgirl, or scenester? I only make fun at every chance I get because I kind of am one. Oh noes. Speaking of Halloween, this captures what the Doers' show was like on Friday: ...except that the bo...
Posted by Photography by Tanya Plonka on Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:32:00 PST