A bit of a catchup blog posting, photos of Leo the lizard enjoying the recent warm weather on the deck, Alice the cat enjoying the deck too, and a few shots of my son on his birthday.

A catch-up blog posting today.

A few weeks ago I was at the iPhone 4S launch at the Eaton Centre Apple Store, a few images:

My daughter celebrating her recent birthday:

My sister’s cat, Finnegan, came to visit for Thanksgiving dinner and Rebecca’s birthday celebration. Alice was not amused, but she tolerated the visit (they look very similar, and yet different, Alice has the fluffier face).

The last Halloween parade at my son’s primary school! And look at this cute puppy! She’s a cross between Bernese Mountain dog and a miniature poodle, called a Bernedoodle. And the last one is Maddy the poodle dressed up for the day:

Here are some images I captured Halloween night:

This is a big catch-up blog posting, as I haven’t posted for a while!

I recently went downtown to Queen Street West with my daughter, and we found this adorable fascinator in a downstairs store on Queen Street for just $15, where almost the exact same thing was selling for $30 a half block away! It was an awesome shop, we will certainly visit again soon:

A few shots out and about in the Queen Street West alleyways:

A few weeks ago we were at the Summerhill Reservoir, and we met Gordon, who looks very much like a Golden Retriever I grew up with:

More shots of Gordon, and, yes, Noah ended up with very wet feet! Rebecca brought along her book:

I went on a photo walk with Toronto Photo Walks this past Saturday, lots of animals!

Met this cat on the way home:

The beautiful long haired cat was sitting in the front window of a home on route. The shot of the bowls was from inside a Buddhist Temple via Doors Open:

Dandelions everywhere!

I also took quite a few shots with my iPhone, but need a few more days to do something creative with them! They’ll show up soon!

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Yea! Snow day in Toronto! There hasn’t been a snow day in Toronto since 1999, Rebecca wasn’t even in school then! So my kids made the most of it, inviting friends over for a snowball fight! It was the girls against the boys, here’s how it played out:

Noah arms himself with snowballs, ready to attack:

Rebecca came forward to negotiate the terms on the snowball fight, they decided that the winner would be whomever took the other’s fort. Then the girls approached, and the fight began!

The girls quickly retreated to their corner, and just as quickly retreated from their corner, the boys won!

Back to the house we went for hot chocolate, rice krispies squares and xbox kinect. And that was the end of their snow day, hope they enjoyed it as it could be years before they have another one!

Some photos from Halloween weekend.

Rebecca in costume:

Noah in costume at his school’s annual Halloween parade:

Out and about on Halloween weekend:

Halloween night (don’t know the fellow in the costume, just thought it was a great outfit!):

Lots of pumpkins:

(All images were shot with the Canon 1D MkIV with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens, except for the Halloween parade image of Noah which I shot with the Canon 70-200 f2.8L IS lens, see “My Camera Equipment” in footer section for links/more information on camera equipment used.)

This was a fun shoot, and also a bit of a reunion, as I used to babysit dad Aaron many years ago!

Molly and Olivia are having their Christening this coming Sunday, so we started the shoot with everyone in their outfits for that special day:

Then off to the park for some fun! Love how cute Molly is here in her adorable sun hat:

It was really bright and sunny, so we had to work around that, the swings were a fun solution:

Love these two black & white shots of Molly, the innocence of a toddler:

While Olivia napped, Molly played on the slide with mom and dad:

We finished up at the house with a few more shots of the girls:

And then a few shots of mom, Tara, and dad, Aaron. They have been a couple since they were 16-years-old, and have an amazing relationship. They are friends, and their love for each other is so evident. It was wonderful to see and capture:

Thank you to Aaron, Tara, Molly and Olivia for a fun morning!

A recent weekend with the kids, Noah riding his new ripstik, visiting the local ice cream shoppe, hanging out at the park:

(Equipment Used: Canon EOS-1D MarkIV, Canon 70–200 f2.8L IS lens and the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens)

On the way home Noah cooled off in a sprinkler:

I LOVE this series of shots as I feel I can envision the teenager Noah is soon to become:

The next afternoon we started off with an ice cream treat, before heading back to the park:

I was showing Noah how to make a sound with a blade of grass between your hands, then he was off to ripstik some more. Rebecca left, and then returned, and Noah took another break from ripstiking:

Love these last two with the extreme backlighting:

Out and about recently with my daughter, if you look closely (hint, the ears!), you’ll see what her grade 8 graduation gift from me was (the third image shows it):

(Equipment Used: Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and the Canon 85 f1.2L lens.)

We were waiting for friends, on their front porch, to go and check out a local gallery, and I captured a few shots of Rebecca’s purse (that she made) with all her cool buttons. And then a shot of Rebecca and Alison (who I’ve blogged about before, she LOVES Rebecca, see this blog posting from Halloween 2008, 6th photo down, of her with Rebecca) as we walked to the gallery:

Then Rebecca and I went off to the Sewing Studio, so she could finish up her graduation dress. I blogged about the fabric choice for the dress before, and can’t wait to photograph Rebecca in the completed dress:

Decided to revisit the H Family session (see original posting below), and add some Supernatural Textures (from Patti Brown) to two of my favourites from the shoot:

What do you think? Do you like the textured look or the no texture look? Post a comment and let me know what you think!