Holly Sisson Photography

March 2, 2011

Finnegan: Toronto Pet Photography

Allow me to introduce you to Alice’s half brother, Finnegan! Alice and Finn have the same mother, but different fathers. When my sister, Monica, kitten-sat for us when we traveled to Disney World (Dec. ’09), she completely fell in love with Alice and put in an order for her very own Siberlynx kitten, and here he is!

Finn

We started off in Monica’s bedroom, where Finn played on her bed:

Finn bed collage

Then we moved out into the kitchen and living room. Looks like Finn has found his reflection! In the last shot you can see how small Finn is, he’s a tiny little guy, only weighing ~15oz at his first vet appointment (by comparison Alice weighed ~23oz at her first weigh-in). He meow’s quite a bit, especially if he wants to be picked up, so I caught a shot mid-meow:

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Then we settled Finn down on the sofa (arm of the sofa here), as we knew he’d be ready for a nap soon:

Finn arm of sofa

And it didn’t take long at all…

Finn snoozing arm of sofa

The snoozing photos remind me very much of Alice snoozing, as since here (scroll down), and look how adorable he is sleeping on his back! Too cute:

Finn snoozing

Finn snoozing on back

The last shot I took of him, he peeped his eyes open, and then went right back to sleep:

Finn on sofa

February 1, 2011

Alice the Cat on Bed Rest: Toronto Pet Photography

Filed under: Alice the Cat,Family Pet Photography,Life — Tags: , , , , , — Holly @ 1:38 pm

Alice had an unfortunate accident last week, her left front leg got caught in a closing door. Off to the vet we went, and would have had x-rays but their machine had crashed, so we decided to wait it out (the vet was pretty sure that she didn’t have a break in the larger leg bone). Fortunately they prescribed some medication to help Alice with the pain that also has the wonderful side-effect of making her sleepy! She sleeps quite a bit, normally, but this really helped in keeping her quieter then I think she would have been otherwise.

So, since I hadn’t posted a blog posting of Alice in a while, I thought this was a good time for an update!

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Settling down on the bed for a snooze:

Alice Bed Rest collage

But it’s always a good idea to start with a in depth grooming session first:

Alice grooming collage

Even when she was up and about she was pretty good at keeping herself quiet, except that she would jump up to high places, and then jump down, which was not good for her injured leg! If I managed to catch her, I would lift her down, but cats are sneaky and quiet!

Alice Sitting collage

Thankfully she does seem to be on the mend. I gave her her last dose of meds today, so tomorrow should really tell the tale, but from the little I’ve seen of her walking around today I think she has really improved and is on the mend!

STMI don’t tend to be very political on my photography blog, but the recent CRTC decision to allow Usage Based Billing (UBB) on internet bandwidth has me completely outraged for all Canadians. This decision is anti-competive, stifles innovation and creativity for future endevours in the internet marketplace. This will effect all Canadians, will impact our children’s education and job prospects in the future. We, as Canadians, must stand up and be counted, that we oppose this recent CRTC decision. Here’s what you can do to help:

Sign the Petition at openmedia.ca/meter (I’m sure it will hit 250K today!)

Visit www.antiubb.com/what-can-i-do/

Follow openmedia on FaceBook, come out to a local protest against UBB (one is happening this Friday in Toronto!)

Both the NDP and the Liberals have spoken up against this decision, but we can not let up on the campaign until the decision has been formally reversed! At the very least, please sign the petition and forward it to everyone you know in Canada.

Thank you!!!!

September 8, 2010

Catching Up

A big catch-up post today! Didn’t have a chance to post anything last week, busy fitting in work for the short week with the holiday this past Monday.

All of the following were taken with the iPhone 4, except where noted (all iphoto photography is processed with apps on the iPhone 4).

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Rebecca with her outfit she created at The Sewing Studio camp she attended in August, and trying out makeup for a trip to FanExpo (she ended up going much lighter on the makeup, but we sure attracted stares from drivers on Avenue Road!). Left hand column images were taken with the iPhone 4, the rest were taken with the Canon 1DMkIV and the Canon 85mm f/1.2L lens. (See “My Camera Equipment” in footer section for links/more information on camera equipment used.)

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Out and about with the kids, at a restaurant, downtown, local ice cream shop, at my mother’s for dinner (where Rebecca brought a friend, Noah is enjoying playing with his iPod Touch):

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Have to include some shots of Alice! All but two were taken with the iPhone 4, otherwise the Canon 1DMkIV and the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L lens:

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Last batch is just a bunch of random shots from the iPhone 4:

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Off to an EatSavvy shoot tomorrow, so watch for photos and links to the recipes soon!

August 25, 2010

Alice, the Birthday Girl!

It’s Alice’s 1st Birthday today, how appropriate that’s she’s a Leo! Alice is a very much loved member of our family, just as much as the first day she arrived at her new home last October (my how she’s grown!).

Here are a few images to commemorate the occasion.

Alice

She received a toy rat as a birthday present:

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A few from the home office, first two shot & processed on the iPhone 4:

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(Except where noted, images of Alice were captured with the Canon 1D MkIV and the Canon 24-70 f2.8L lens. See “My Camera Equipment” in footer section for links/more information on camera equipment used.)

Before I captured the raccoon’s outside Rebecca’s bedroom window (see the previous blog posting), Noah spied one of them in a tree, so captured these shots from our back deck:

Raccoon in tree

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(Shot with the Canon 1D MkIV and the Canon 70-200 f2.8L IS lens. See “My Camera Equipment” in footer section for links/more information on camera equipment used.)

July 21, 2010

Alice the Cat & Baby Robin Update: Toronto Photographer

I haven’t posted images of Alice lately, so thought it was time for some new ones, and to mix it up, quite a few are shot and processed on the Apple iPhone.

Really love this one, she is at the front window watching life go by:

Shot & Processed on the iPhone

(shot & processed on the iPhone)

The camera in the iPhone 3G isn’t fabulous, so I use iPhone apps to give the images a vintage ‘toy camera’ look:

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(shot & processed on the iPhone)

My new faves for the iPhone are BlurFX and PictureShow. Blurring the background of the iPhone photos helps to bring the focus to the subject and smooth out/de-clutter the “everything in focus” aspect of the iPhone camera. PictureShow is great as there are SO many options from different effects, frames, light leaking, and noise, the only downside is it can take a while to decide on your fave look for the image!

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This is a goofy photo of Alice, who was hanging out with me in my office, when she heard my daughter coming. She sat up straight and got this crazy wide-eyed look on her face, Rebecca and I laughed!

Alice in my office

She was still keeping an eye on Rebecca, before she settled down on my Apple Airport to snooze. The last image was a shot I captured of her snoozing on my daughter’s shoes?, you can see the iPhone version above, cats sleep in the strangest places! lolAlice-office-college.jpg

Well, from my previous post on the Robin’s nest in front of our house, you know there used to be two babies, but the smaller one disappeared. 🙁 None of the  other eggs ever hatched, so this little guy grew very fast! The following were shot with the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone, the little guy in his nest, and then all grown up out of the nest:

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Shot with the Canon 1DMkIV with the 70-200mm f2.8L and the Canon 100mm f2.8 macro, we see the father keeping watch, below that the mother on the nest, the baby on the nest and then out of the nest:

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

Last shot of the baby Robin as he heads out into the world, shot and processed on the iPhone:

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