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August 18, 2009

The F-R Family: Family Photography, Toronto, Ontario

Filed under: Children,Family Photography,Photography Session — Tags: Canon, Children, family photographer, family photography, lenses, on-location, photography, portrait, Toronto, Toronto Child Photography, Toronto Family Photographer, Toronto Family Photography, Toronto Portrait Photography — Holly @ 2:11 pm

I recently had the pleasure of photographing the F-R family, on a hot Tuesday morning, but we were just very happy and relieved that the rain held off for our shoot!

We started the session in their local park, just letting the girls play and have fun.

LOVED Sarah’s outfit, aren’t those shoes just too cute?

Claire and her Dad had fun playing together:

I brought out the bubbles, mom gives Sarah a hand:

Love this shot of Claire, tilted head and beautiful out-of-focus background (shot wide open at f1.2 with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens):

The park we went to has these very cool colourful pillars around a park building, Claire and Sarah were adorable sharing a moment of sisterly love:

Loved working the pillars into a family shot:

Then we headed back to their house for some much needed water and some close-ups of the girls, love, love, love this shot of Claire!

And also adore this shot of Sarah, relaxed and smiling:

Thank you to Chris, Katie, Claire and Sarah for the fun morning at the park!

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August 4, 2009

The P & S Family: Family Photography, Toronto, Ontario

Filed under: Children,Family Photography,Photography Session — Tags: family photographer, family photography, kids, on-location, toddler, Toronto, Toronto Child Photography, Toronto Family Photographer, Toronto Family Photography — Holly @ 9:21 am

I recently had the pleasure of photographing Cole (who is just so adorable!) and his Mom and Dad. Dad had bought Mom a photography gift certificate for their recent anniversary—what a wonderful idea for an anniversary gift!

(Equipment Used: For those who are interested, I shot primarily with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens and the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens.)

The shoot was scheduled for first thing on Saturday morning, which was very fortunate given the weather for the rest of the weekend! I think we broke a record for the amount of rain that weekend!

We decided to stick close to home and do the session at locations where they regularly spend time as a family, here’s the happy family:

This is the third of a series as Cole came running towards us, loving the backlight, the weather was perfect for the shoot!

Loving this shot of the family playing in the sand at their local park:

Look at those adorable curls! Mom actually held off getting Cole his first official hair cut so he would have those curls for the shoot, too cute!

They live in a very cool house in Cabbage Town, loving those front doors!

Cole and Mom share a moment on the front lawn:

Then we did some bathtub shots, what fun!

I just adore the freshly washed still wet hair look, and Cole also has amazing eyes too!

Looking forward to future photography sessions with Cole, can’t wait to capture the changes to come of this adorable young man!

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July 28, 2009

July 2009 EatSavvy: Commercial Food Photography

Filed under: Children,Commercial,Food,Photography Session — Holly @ 12:17 pm

Another delicious EatSavvy Shoot! This month Salmon was on the menu, yum! I primarily used the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens, but also brought out the Canon 85 f1.2L lens and also, this month, the Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens.

(See “My Camera Equipment” in footer section for links/more information on camera equipment used.)

Noah was available to come along to the shoot, because of the strike he’s been out of camp all summer. This offered a bit of a change of pace for him! Minnow had some great books for him, so he just settled down in a big comfy chair to read:

And then hid from me as soon as he realized I was photographing him!

Salmon on a plank on the bbq:

The delish dinner party meal, Spicy Cedar Plank Salmon:

Nutritional Highlights were peas and salmon:

The Toddler Meal, Salmon Balls for Dippin’:

An idea for serving appetizers:

Mixing ingredients for the salmon cakes:

The Family Meal, Salmon Cakes:

And the Make-Ahead meal, Salmon and Potato Frittata:

Posting this blog post reminds me that I need to get out and pick up some salmon for the bbq…if only this rain would stop! 😉

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July 27, 2009

Trip to Ward’s Island: Toronto, Ontario Photographer

Filed under: Blog,Children,Lensbaby,Life,Out & About — Holly @ 9:40 am

A few weeks ago a friend and I took my kids and went across to Ward’s Island. Despite the ongoing Toronto strike, it was not at all difficult to get across to the Island as there is a smaller ferry (water taxi) that makes regular trips to and from the Islands. Public washrooms are also open on the Island.

I decided to bring along my Lensbaby lens for a change.

Caught this one of Noah as we were in the ferry about to depart to the Island:

Noah braved the cold of the water right away:

Equipment Used: The following were taken with the Canon 70–200 f2.8L IS lens.

It was an absolutely PERFECT day! It was breezy coming across on the ferry, but once we got to the beach there was no wind to speak of, a beautiful summer day, which have been in very short supply here in Toronto this summer!

Rebecca decided the water was way too cold, she enjoyed the beach:

Noah brought toys from home to play with:

Then he and his sister enjoyed the beach together:

The long zoom of a 200 mm lens is perfect for shots like this! Well away from the splashing of the water!

Rebecca returns from a washroom break:

Noah really braved the water at this point! Right in there swimming:

He was freezing when he came out, I think he was glad I insisted that he bring a warm jacket!

For the trip back I changed back to the Lensbaby lens again, caught these two sunset skyline shots on the way across to the mainland:

The Lensbaby lens is especially fun for evening/nighttime shots as the lights in the background create such cool bokeh.

Ward’s Island is a wonderful way to spend a beautiful summer day! Let’s hope we have more beautiful sunny weekends like this one, rather then what we’ve had this current weekend which is lots of rain and thunder!

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July 1, 2009

Hero, one very sweet cat! Toronto, Ontario Photography

Filed under: Animals,Children,Family Pet Photography,Life — Holly @ 7:26 pm

We had a VERY special visitor come to our house the other day, this is Hero, a beautiful lynx point “Neva Masquerade” Siberian. The breeder was kind enough to bring Hero (who is 4 1/2 mths old) for a visit to see how Noah handles the breed. Noah has an allergy to cats and Siberians are known to be much easier to tolerate then an average cat. (Equipment Used: All images were taken with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens.)

Hero belongs to a very nice breeder located here in Toronto, and what a sweetie he is! Not only is he beautiful, but he has the most amazing personality of any cat I have ever met!

He was amazing with Noah, very tolerate of being handled and held:

Look how relaxed he is hanging out with my son! It was wonderful to see Noah having the fun and enjoyment of playing with him:

Of course Rebecca also adored him:

The lynx point has colour on the face, paws, tail which is striped, like a tabby, which creates a gorgeous cat:

He is such a beauty, he is going to make great kittens:

Just before the breeder left she demonstrated the ‘cat-show’ pose, no complaints from Hero!

Siberians are heralded as the “dog of the cat world”. They bond with their owners and want to be with them. They do not run and hide when visitors arrive, but instead come and greet them, as most dogs do. They are also known to be lap cats, honestly I don’t think I could ask for anything more personality-wise! I am very excited and happy (as are my children) that we have placed ourselves on the waiting list for a kitten, which will hopefully arrive early in the new year.

I am very hopeful that Noah will be able to tolerate the kitten and we will have many happy years with the new addition to the family. I will be taking additional measures to ensure the success of this venture, such as bathing the kitten from a young age, keeping her out of my son’s bedroom, etc. I believe that growing up with a wonderful pet, such as our kitten will be, is a fun and valuable learning experience for a child to grow up with.

Of course watch for the many photos that will be posted to this blog when the new addition arrives!

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