Here’s a colour version of the textured bw photo of my friend Jeff that I posted previously:

A shot of my daughter, taken just before the holidays. I love the background bokeh, with the beautiful colours, in this shot:

Here is a product shot of a storyboard a client ordered for the holidays. Size is almost 32″ by 12″. File was output on a Chromira printer on Kodak paper with 100 year longevity under normal lighting. The client didn’t want to have to worry about framing, so I had it mounted on Dibond with two u-channels in the back (on at the top, the other at the bottom) so the storyboard will kind of float on the wall. I laid the storyboard on a table for this shot:

The storyboard looks gorgeous, I will have to visit the client to see it hanging on their wall!

It was a mild day, but very rainy, so our outdoor shoot was scraped (for the most part). Instead we hung out at their home and did photos there (a mixture of natural light/flash).

I caught this shot of William pretty quickly:

This is young Jacques, and his beloved violin:

All I can think, when I see this shot of William drinking his hot chocolate is—coffee lover one day!

Young Jacques:

Young William is really quite the character! Both were such sweet boys.

At one point we went outside as they have a front porch:

Mom and Dad were great sports and went out front, in the rain, for some shots. Here is Alice:

And here’s Alice and Alex:

—they were so wet!

Here’s a shot of Alex, once we went back inside:

Extended family came over for some shots, here’s an out-take of William with his aunt and uncle:

At the end of the shoot it was time for young Jacques to nap, and after he was asleep his mom and I stole upstairs for some pictures. It really took me back to when my children were that age…though my son certainly isn’t as sound a sleeper as Jacques is!

This one was shot through the bars of the crib:

And the last shot of the session was a shot of those beautiful toddler feet…Alex (the daddy) is tall…one day those feet won’t be so small and cute!

Thank you Alice and Alex! It was wonderful to spend the time with you and your family!

…of my friend Jeff, in the driveway next to my house. You may recognize him from my urban couple shoot back in October.

I love this shot, I think he looks like he belongs in GQ Magazine, or similar. Colour version, then bw, then textured bw:

Then a few more from the quick, just for fun, session:

Thanks Jeff!

Just a few quick grabs in the school yard today. Two of Noah, and one of Harry.

The following shots were all taken today against the backdrop of snow still on the ground from the storm on Sunday.

Noah is actually lying in the snow here, he was having great fun playing on the way home:

Rebecca, out getting some fresh air after having been home ill for the last few days with a stomach flu:

Noah and his friend Harry:

A bit of a funny look to this one…from yesterday, at the end of a snowy school day:

The rest were taken today, on the way home from school:
  

Just for fun, first shot was from inside a subway car on a rainy afternoon. Second shot was shot from inside, looking down onto the street.  

…and cat and fish! Here are a few shots of dogs, one cat and one fish, taken over the last six months or so (except for the Simon puppy shots which are from September ‘06).

My mother’s dog, Simon, as a cute little puppy:

A little older here, but still a puppy:

A shot of Simon from this past summer:

Simon dressed-up from this past Halloween:

Ashley, George and Graeme’s dog. You can see the colour version on my old blog here.

Jeff and Krista’s dog Biscuit. This was shot at the end of their urban couple shoot, so it was just a quick capture:

My mother’s cat, Mylo, from this past summer:

Close-up of the above shot to show the amazing detail in Mylo’s irises (shot with the 70-200 f2.8L IS lens @ 200mm f3.2 ISO 160):

A globe-eyed goldfish shot with the Lensbaby G3 with macro lens attachment:

Some more 100mm f2.8 macro shots from George’s wonderful shop: