A Snowy Day

A few shots from the very snowy day we had here in Toronto this week. All of the images were shot with the Lenbaby G3.

Noah, covered in snow:
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Noah’s friend Harry:
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Completely abstract shot of two out-of-focus people in the distance, with snow coming down all around:
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Snowy underpass close to home:
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[…] was so nice to get out and do some outdoor shots after our long, cold and snowy […]

[…] was so nice to get out and do some outdoor shots after our long, cold and snowy […]

Carlotta GrenierJune 25, 2013 - 8:43 pm

Your images are fantastic, I love the I phone ones with the surfer and the B+W lens baby photos the best

The Contest Winners!

Well, after 508 votes we have the top three images of 2007 as chosen by you! It was a bit of a nail bitter, between 2nd and 3rd place, as it kept going back and forth between the two. Here are the results.

With 147 votes (29%), the winner of a 24″ x 20″ print is:

Image #9
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Yeah! Congratulations to the T-Family!

And in 2nd place, winning a 16″ x 20″ print (after racking up some last minutes votes), with 99 votes (19%) is:

Image #1
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And in 3rd place, winning an 11″ x 14″ print, with 88 votes (17%) is:

Image #2
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Congratulations to all our winners! I will be contacting you over the next few days about your winning image.

And we have one more winner, as picked randomly by my daughter, Jane van Alphen, has won a free photography session from Holly Sisson Photography. Congratulations Jane! I will also be contacting you to discuss your session.

Thank you to everyone for helping me pick the top three images from family/couple sessions I’ve conducted over the last year. For present/future clients I will be running a contest like this again in the future, so keep an eye on my blog! 🙂

Thank you again for participating in my contest!

Gordon McGregorJanuary 18, 2008 - 12:50 pm

Three great shots. Very striking winners.

Contest update!

There are just over 48-hours left in the contest (it closes at 5 pm on Thursday), so I thought I’d give a quick update.

Image #2 is in the lead, with 20% of the votes, followed very closely by Image #9 with 19%, Image #1 has 16% and these three images have been battling it out for first place.

In fourth place, not very far behind, is Image #7 with 15%, next is Image #4 (11%), Image #5 (10%), Image #8 (5%), Image #3 (3%) and then Image #6 (2%).

It’s not too late to totally turn this around! If you haven’t emailed everyone you know, to vote for you, there is still time.

I can’t wait to see how it all ends. Good luck to everyone!

Maeve, Rhys & Kylie: Family & Newborn Photography, Toronto, Ontario

This is a sneak peek of a session from yesterday…boy, was it hard to choose only a few favorites…as you can see by how many I posted!

(If you are looking for the contest, scroll down or just click here.)

This was a newborn session with the older siblings included. What beautiful fun loving children!

Maeve was such a sweet little girl! Reminded me of my daughter (when she was baby), and she is such a beautiful little baby:
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Rhys was such a character! Really reminded me of my son. And look at those amazing green eyes!
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Kylie was a total sweetheart, she is so beautiful, she could grow up to be a model, and such gorgeous blue eyes!
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Another one of Rhys, with his sister peeking around in the background:
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Kylie and Rhys were having a grand time goofing around on the sofa as I took photographs of them. I thought this image really caught their fun loving nature (though there is one below that captures it even more!):
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Rhys:
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Black and white version:
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Kylie, with Rhys in the background:
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BW version:
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Snuggling on the sofa:
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Kylie:
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Maeve, with big sister Kylie and big brother Rhys, in the background:
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I love this one! They are actually hanging upside down, off the back of a coffee table, which is why they look a little strange, but I just love the happiness in this shot! I had such a great time with both of them!
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Thank you Christa, your children are beautiful and fun! I had such a great afternoon with all of you. We started the session with a hand shake at the door, and ended it with a hug at the door. I love what I do! 🙂

[…] may remember beautiful Maeve from a newborn session I did back in January, hasn’t she […]

[…] may remember beautiful Maeve from a newborn session I did back in January, hasn’t she […]

Wow, what a difference a day makes…

…here is the latest update:

Image #9 is now in the lead with 19% of the votes.
Image #1 (the comeback kid!) is second with 17%, Image #2 is third (15%), Image #5 is fourth (14%), Image #7 is not too far behind (13%), Image #4 (8%), Image #8 (7%), Image #3 (4%), and then Image #6 with 3% of the votes.

I’ll post another update early next week. Keep rounding up those votes! Good luck!