Holly Sisson Photography

November 16, 2009

Melanie & Jason: Maternity Photography, Toronto, Ontario

Melanie’s sister, Michele, contacted me via email regarding a maternity/newborn gift certificate for her sister. She told that her sister was expecting twin girls, I replied that I was also a twin, she then responded that she and Melanie are also twins! Too funny!

In late October I got together with Melanie and her husband, Jason, for the maternity shoot.

(Equipment Used: All photos were shot with my beloved Canon 85 f1.2L lens, unless otherwise noted.)

We started in the house, and captured this photo in the babies room (shot with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens):
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We then moved outside for some shots:
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Melanie & Jason live on the Danforth, so we walked over to a lookout which shows the downtown in the background (that’s the CN Tower at the edge of the photo):
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We then went back to the house for a few more photos:
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I pulled out my Lensbaby lens for a few shots, and this is one of my favourites:
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Then we went out to the Danforth to finish off the shoot. I love capturing couples in their local spots, in their ‘hood, to celebrate the couple, their connection and their love. The next three are from a series I shot at their local coffee shop, as they sat at the window. I simply adore this series:
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We wandered further along the Danforth, and I captured Melanie in this cool chair on the sidewalk:
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At another stop along the Danforth:
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Last photos of the shoot were in front of a local flower shop, love everything about this one, Melanie’s laughter and even the pigeon crossing in front of them, lol:
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Thank you Melanie and Jason, and I’m looking forward to meeting your daughters soon!

November 13, 2009

The Flu & Happiness Is a Cute Kitten: Pet Photography, Toronto, Ontario

We recently had the flu in our house, with both my son and daughter home for most of the week with it, I simply could not resist these photos of Alice keeping sick Noah company while he played on his DS:
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Last weekend I completely got caught up in photographing Alice over the course of the day. All of the shots were taken with bounced on-camera flash, as natural light was non-existent. Love this shot of Alice, all fluffy and cute:
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(See “My Camera Equipment” in footer section for links/more information on camera equipment used.)

A few images of her during the crazy kitty time of day, ready to pounce:
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The next two images were taken with my Lensbaby lens, this first one with the macro filter attachment for extreme close-up and very shallow depth of field, love the sharp nose and how everything else is a blur:
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Lensbaby lens with no macro filter attachment and no aperture disk installed:
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Shot with the Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens:
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Envy her ability to sleep anywhere, shot wide open with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens:
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The following images were all taken with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens:
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Alice is wondering “When is lunch already?”
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Capturing her climbing up her scratching post was tricky! She moves so fast:
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Love this comical last shot of Alice. Sirens were going by on Avenue Road, and I think she was wondering what the heck the noise was all about, lol:
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She continues to be a great joy to the whole family, happiness is having such a fun and wonderful new addition to our family. 🙂

November 10, 2009

The D Family: Family Photography, Toronto, Ontario

I recently had the pleasure of photographing Robin, Pete and their children, Jack and William.

We ended up fighting the weather a bit, but it ended up working out, the sun even made an appearance. We started the shoot in their backyard, where I captured William at play:
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Caught this shot of Jack when we all took cover from the light rain that had started:
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Thankfully it cleared up and we moved to the kids’ school yard, for more fun and photos. Love this shot of mom and her boys:
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Dad joined in:
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Loving this brotherly shot, so cute:
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Made use of the sun that appeared for a backlit family photo:
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Here’s one of just mom and dad that I captured:
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Thank you Robin, Pete, Jack and William for the fun afternoon!

November 4, 2009

Few More of Alice!

Filed under: Alice the Cat,Animals,Family Pet Photography,Life — Holly @ 5:10 pm

I took these shots of Alice a week ago, but I’ve been sick with a cold, and then both of my kids got sick with the flu (are, thankfully, recovering now), so computer time has been in short supply! I think she has really grown so will have to try and capture some shots on the weekend. Right now she is snoozing on my lap, if you want a friendly, good natured cat companion I don’t think you can go wrong with a Siberian, especially from our breeder.

Alice is quite tricky to photograph when she is awake, now, because she is so active! I put something on the floor in my office to amuse her and keep her in the nice window light:
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Then I just had to capture her being a nutty kitty on the stairs, so funny how she aches her back and runs sideways. She has a great time playing on the stair too…wish I had a better video setup so I could capture it in motion:
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