Holly Sisson Photography

December 1, 2009

November 2009 EatSavvy: Commercial Food Photography

This month’s EatSavvy shoot was very yummy, with wonderful comfort recipes for these colder days and nights.

(Equipment Used: All images were shot with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens.)

This month’s Family Meal, you can’t beat Spaghetti and Meatballs for a satisfying meal:
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Can’t go wrong with soup at this time of year either! Delicious Meatball Minestrone Soup:
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Any toddler would love their very own Mexican Meatloaf Muffins (these were very yummy!):
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For a quick hardy meal, made from extras/leftovers of the other meals, give the Quickie Meatball Subs a try:
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Now that the composing of this blog post has made me so hungry, it’s time for a lunch break…just wish I had one of these meals awaiting me in the kitchen!

October 17, 2009

October 2009 EatSavvy: Commercial Food Photography, Toronto

Filed under: Commercial,Food — Holly @ 2:47 pm

Can you guess the inspiration for this month’s EatSavvy Shoot? If you guessed Pumpkin, you are correct!

From Pumpkin and Apple Soup, to a dinner party meal of Pumpkin Risotto, a family meal of Pumpkin Chili, to yummy Pumpkin Pancakes (will be making these for the kids!), nutritious and delicious pumpkin was put to good use.

(Equipment Used: First two images were shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens, just love the bokeh from that lens! The reminder were shot with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens, which is so versatile for these types of shoots.)

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August 24, 2009

Summer 2009 Recent Shots/Out & About: Toronto Family Photographer

Time for a big catch-up on some recent shots from this summer…which I can’t believe is almost over!

Rebecca did some summer camp programs at the Sewing Studio on Avenue Road. For one of the camps all the girls had their hair and make-up done, so we took a few photos in the driveway next to our house (shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens):
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Some recent, decent (except for the air bubbles!), latté art:
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Got together with my photog friends at Rebecca Woods’ new studio/office. We were playing around with some off-camera flash, but these were taken in existing light. The sunset outside her studio window was too beautiful to not photograph…kind of wished we’d been out and about in the beautiful evening air shooting that night!
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(Equipment Used: All of the following were taken with the Canon 50 f1.4 lens and Canon 5D. I thought I’d give it a try as it’s a much lighter option for carrying for extended periods over the Canon EOS-1D MarkIII and Canon 85 f1.2L lens combo, but the result isn’t nearly as good…but decent for the reduced weight of equipment. All of the following images were shot wide open at f1.4.)

Kids and I set off to do some back to school shopping, but first Noah had to buy a new frog:
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Can’t beat the bokeh created shooting wide open!
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Noah was happy as I treated him to a new Nintendo DS game, which kept him busy while his sister & I shopped:
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Again, loving the bokeh:
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Rebecca at a shoe shop, shopping for back-to-school shoes (wish I could have found something for Noah…no selection to speak of in the Yonge/Bloor area):
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Afterward we had an ice cream break at Summer’s Ice Cream Shop in Yorkville. Especially nice as there was something Noah could have (he usually misses out on ice cream due to his peanut/nut allergy). We puzzled over the bizarrely worded sign in a dry cleaners window next to the ice cream shop:
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Last week Rebecca and I went out for lunch and to run some errands. Her newly created sock monkey (made at one of her Sewing Studio camps), Fredrick, accompanied us. I think he’s just the cutest creation!:
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On our journey through the Annex we came across some damage from that crazy storm we had last Thursday night:
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After running some errands we stopped for lunch at Big Sushi on Bloor:
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Loving their sweet potato sushi, just wish they offered a brown rice version:
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Bokeh, baby, bokeh!
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Loving the backlight of this shot, and the bokeh!
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Rebecca is loving her new sunglasses:
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Yeah! All caught up!

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.)

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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:
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And then hid from me as soon as he realized I was photographing him!
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Salmon on a plank on the bbq:
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The delish dinner party meal, Spicy Cedar Plank Salmon:
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Nutritional Highlights were peas and salmon:
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The Toddler Meal, Salmon Balls for Dippin’:
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An idea for serving appetizers:
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Mixing ingredients for the salmon cakes:
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The Family Meal, Salmon Cakes:
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And the Make-Ahead meal, Salmon and Potato Frittata:
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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! 😉

June 22, 2009

June 2009 EatSavvy: Commercial Food Photography

Filed under: Commercial,Food,Photography Session — Holly @ 6:22 pm

Another yummy EatSavvy shoot! This month the focus was on sausage and fresh produce/greens.

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

Love this shot I captured of the sausages on the grill, definitely the decisive moment! 😉 (Captured with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens.)
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The Family Meal shot: Grilled Sausage Dog:
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The ingredient shot:
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Lemonade:
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Lazy Summer Paella, the Dinner Party meal:
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Beans, one of the nutritional highlights:
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We didn’t end up using this shot, but am posting it here anyway!
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Well, working on this blog post has made me hungry! Off to have some dinner now!

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