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Here are some shots from my most recent family photography session.

I couldn’t resist capturing some shots of Dad reading with his youngest daughter, shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens:

After everyone was ready we headed out to a local park, love this shot of the girls up in a tree, shot with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens:

Dad and youngest daughter, loving the moment and the bokeh in the background, shot at f3.2 with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens:

The whole family:

Loving the dramatic lighting, shot at f1.2 with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens:

The youngest has beautiful blue eyes!:

Thank you to the V family for a fun summer afternoon!

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Liz, from Manifest, needed some new corporate headshots as well as some photos for her comedy improv work. We met up at Verity for her photoshoot. All the images here were shot with either the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens or the Canon 85 f1.2L lens.

Verity is a wonderful location for a photoshoot as there are so many different backgrounds/locations to work with. We started in a meeting room with natural brick walls:

My fabulous friend, Janine, from imabeautygeek.com, did the make-up for the shoot:

She did a fab job, wish I had her available to do make-up for me every day! Here we moved outside to the back deck/patio area:

Just a little touch-up:

Then, in the drizzle, we did some shots in the back alley just for fun. Gives the shoot an urban feel and a great juxtaposition with the gritty alley against the sharp business suit:

Then it really started to rain, so we moved back indoors and borrowed one of the gorgeous hotel rooms available at Verity for a few more shots:

At the very end we moved out to a common area where I placed one of the fabulous pieces of artwork (which are everywhere at Verity!) into the background for a soft dreamy backdrop:

Thank you again Janine! And thank you Liz, it was so much fun!

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Another yummy EatSavvy shoot! This month the focus was on sausage and fresh produce/greens.

Love this shot I captured of the sausages on the grill, definitely the decisive moment! (Captured with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens)

The Family Meal shot: Grilled Sausage Dog, click here for the recipe:

The ingredient shot:

Lemonade:

Lazy Summer Paella, the Dinner Party meal, click here for the recipe:

Beans, one of the nutritional highlights:

We didn’t end up using this shot, but am posting it here anyway!

Well, working on this blog post has made me hungry! Off to have some dinner now!

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Last Sunday I had the pleasure of photographing my first Baptism. The sweetest little girl, nicknamed “Blueberry”, with big blue eyes and a wonderful happy personality! She reminded me of my daughter!

I started with some photos of the Baptism gown:

Here is little ‘Blueberry’, isn’t she adorable?

She was a happy camper while being dressed in her gown:

Couldn’t resist this photo as she traveled downstairs to greet the guests:

Blue, blue eyes!

Love this moment that mom, dad and daughter share:

The Church where the ceremony was held was beautiful:

Mom and daughter on their way in:

The big event:

Friends and family gather around after:

Mom and daughter share a moment:

Hanging out with one of her grandmas:

Sharing a moment with her dad:

And loved this moment with family friends:

Before I departed, a photo of the cake and flowers:

Thank you to Blueberry’s parents for giving me the honour of photographing this special day!

The deadline for entries for the local Project Love photography session has been extended due to an event to be held at Fuzion Resto-Lounge & Garden. The event will specifically promote Project Love, details to come very soon. Please click here for details of the entry extension deadline.

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We actually had a beautiful night for softball last week, and as we passed a local park, on the way to the game, I saw my neighbour out with his turtle, Rusty, so stopped and grabbed some very quick shots:

Then we continued on our way…

Though had to pause for a moment to tie up our shoes…

Then we were flying down the stairs to the game:

Only a few more games left. I brought the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens for a change rather then my usual Canon 70–200 f2.8L IS lens:

This past weekend was the yearly ‘Fun Fair’ at my son’s school, so here’s a few shots from the day. Noah volunteered for the dunk tank, his sister and her friend from school hit the button to dunk him:

Afterward he dried off:

Rebecca also took a turn in the dunk tank, but I missed the big event, BOO!

This was really funny! Aiden Orange, who was recently on The Ellen Show, was performing at the school Fun Fair! The kids and I just recently saw the episode, I didn’t recognize him until he started the lawnmower trick! The BIG dream of my Project Love event is to photograph Ellen & Portia for their upcoming one year anniversary on August 16th. You can see the youtube video about my quest here. Or read more about the Toronto part of Project Love here.

Here’s a shot of the lawnmower trick:

The Fun Fair was a fabulous success, and the weather was perfect this year! Once the fair is done I just know that the end of the school year will be here before we know it!

I’m very excited to be working with Fuzion Resto-Lounge & Garden on an event to promote Project Love, details to come very soon. I will also be extending the contest entry date once everything is confirmed.

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I had a wonderful family session with the T Family this past weekend! So hard to limit my favs to only these!

We started off in their backyard:

Absolutely ADORE this one!

Sophie has a fabulous bedroom, with a really cool canopy over her bed, so we took just a few photos, this is a fav:

Then we headed out to the local ice cream shoppe, here’s one of Sophie and her Dad:

One of my favourite places for photos in our hood, under a railway bridge:

Then Mom and Dad took a turn:

Love the bokeh in this image (shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens):

Sophie in the shoppe with her ice cream cone:

Love the light breeze blowing her hair:

Fun wide-angle, on an angle (shot with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens):

Making our way home:

Thank you for the fun afternoon T Family! So glad the rain held off for our shoot!

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Had an AWESOME evening out with some follow photographers. Met up with Leigh, Nicole (Leigh’s friend/assistant) and Rebecca, and did some shooting on the beach before going for dinner.

Captured this shot of Leigh as we sat for a few minutes, upon our arrival, discussing our plan of ‘action’. I started out shooting with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens:

As we wandered down the beach we spotted this adorable puppy named “Trooper”, so CUTE!

This shot made me wish that I had brought along my Canon 70–200 f2.8L IS lens so I could have really zoomed in on him as he ran, unfortunately I left that lens at home (it’s rather heavy!), so had to crop in the frame for this image (but still, so CUTE! Look at those ears!):

Eventually Trooper had to go home, sniff, but we were not lonely for long as we came upon these cuties, who were obviously ready for their close-ups:

I really like this shot, angle, shallow depth of field, beautiful dog:

Like this one very much too!

Then we turned our attention to photographing each other, you can see Rebecca’s ‘bump’ in this shot, believe she said she’s just over three months along…her daughter will have a sibling soon to play with! I have switched over the Canon 85 f1.2L lens for the next shots:

We were enjoying the backlight, perfect light!

Caught a few more of Leigh:

And Nicole! I can’t believe this is the only shot I captured of you! Holding up the reflector! I’m going to capture your beautiful blue eyes next time…maybe I’ll bring the Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens!

Whoa! Serious backlight! LOVE!

Then we brought out the good stuff, bubbles from Germany! (And now I know where to find them too!!!)

After all the fun of shooting we finished up with a FAB meal at “The Nose” (Gio Rana’s Really Really Nice Restaurant, 1220 Queen St. E.), the food is amazing! Think we’ll be going back there on our next outing as well! The restaurant has these amazing large images throughout the restaurant, very cool!

Looking forward to our next get-together Leigh, Rebecca and Nicole!