Holly Sisson Photography

May 20, 2009

Mother/Daughter Day: Toronto Family Photographer

Filed under: Children,Food,Life,Out & About — Holly @ 11:50 am

Noah was out for the afternoon/evening at a ball game and dinner to celebrate a classmate’s birthday, so Rebecca and I took advantage and had a wonderful mother/daughter afternoon on Bloor Street. I took the Canon EOS-1D MarkIII and the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens along for capturing some photos.

On our way with the lights of Avenue Road in the background:
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Liking how the cherry blossoms play off the pink of her shirt and jacket:
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We stopped at a great used book store (BMV on Bloor) for some book shopping. Rebecca ended up with a huge pile of books, unfortunately I couldn’t find any of the current ones on my list in stock.
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We were going to head over to another used book store, but decided (with light rain falling) that it would be a good time for a lunch break (and it was 2 pm by then too!). We started out on the covered patio, shot this close-up:
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Then zoomed out for the wide angle shot:
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Then it REALLY started to pour, so we decided we would be more comfortable inside, yummy latté (but not as good as the ones I make for myself!):
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Our table full of food. Rebecca shared with me, but really just wanted toast so she could enjoy/indulge in eating peanut butter (which isn’t allowed in our house as Noah is allergic to peanuts/nuts), as you can see from the last shot of the four, she enjoyed!
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Afterward, back on Bloor Street, the wind was picking up:
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Waiting to cross the street, on our way home, caught some shots of the wind really blowing through Rebecca’s hair:
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We are happy, loaded down with groceries, to almost be home!
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And a little tired too!
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I had an awesome afternoon with my girl, hope to repeat this type of outing many times in our future.

May 19, 2009

May 2009 EatSavvy: Commercial Food Photography

Filed under: Food — Holly @ 9:58 am

Another delicious EatSavvy shoot! This month the focus was on beef.

(Equipment Used: All shots were taken with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens, brought the 85 f1.2L lens and the Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens, but neither got much love for this shoot.)

The ingredient shot:
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I couldn’t resist a shot of these yummy grape tomatoes which were sitting on the counter top when I arrived:
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Asparagus was one of the nutritional highlights for this month:
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Think this was the one and only shot I took for this setup, no debate, everyone liked this one:
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Grilled peppers:
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Fresh off the grill:
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The family meal: Marinated Flank Steak, click here for the recipe.
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The dinner party meal: Chimichurri Marinated Flank Steak, click here for the recipe.
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The Make-Ahead Way: Flank Steak Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette, click here for the recipe.
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I made my own version of the flank steak salad today for my lunch. I substituted sunflower seeds for the pine nuts (as my son is allergic to peanuts/nuts, pine nuts are not a safe item to have in our kitchen), and exchanged goat cheese for the blue cheese, which I can find to be somewhat overpowering:
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The dessert was Rhubarb-Apple Crisp, it was so yummy! Will have to make this soon I think! For the recipe, click here.
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Another EatSavvy is done…wonder what will be on the menu next time!

April 6, 2009

Noah’s Family Birthday Get-Together

Filed under: Animals,Children,Food,Life — Holly @ 4:29 pm

The other weekend my family came over so we could celebrate Noah’s 9th Birthday. Unfortunately Noah was too quick for me when he blow out the candles, I completely missed it! Oh well, maybe next year!

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My mother’s dog, Simon, came along to join the fun. You may remember Simon from a shoot I did of him in High Park profiled in a previous blog posting:
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In the end there wasn’t much left of the delicious chocolate cake, and believe me there would have been even LESS if my children had had anything to say about it! 😉
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Yeah! One more blog posting to go!

March 21, 2009

March 2009 EatSavvy: Commercial Food Photography

Filed under: Commercial,Food,Photography Session — Holly @ 7:51 pm

Another delicious EatSavvy shoot! This month the focus was on fish.

We made some yummy Fish Tacos, the salsa really makes this dish:
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Fish Quesadillas was the toddler dish:
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Grilled Tilapia with Lemon-Almond Pesto was the dinner party dish:
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And Fish Chowder rounded out the meals as the make-ahead dish:
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As always, I look forward to the next EatSavvy shoot and what I’ll be photographing and then eating!

March 19, 2009

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies: Food Photography, Toronto

Filed under: Food,Life — Holly @ 7:44 pm

On Tuesday Noah and I made a very yummy batch of Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (see recipe below). A mom from Noah’s school was kind enough to share the recipe, as I’ve been searching for a fantastic oatmeal cookie recipe, and this one fits the bill!

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Since we already had the oven heated up, I thought I would throw another batch of cornbread into the oven. On Sunday I had made this Cornbread recipe from Whole Foods. Noah loved it. Rebecca wasn’t as keen. And it wasn’t quite what I was looking for either.

So then I tried this recipe from allrecipes.com. This time Rebecca loved it, and Noah wasn’t as keen—but it sure didn’t stop him from eating almost all of it!
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The recent Caramelized Onion and Goat Cheese Cornbread recipe posted on smittenkitchen.com, sounds awesome. But I know my son won’t eat it, and Rebecca didn’t like the sound of it (and I don’t want to be stuck eating the WHOLE thing). So my search for the perfect cornbread recipe continues….

After all that baking I took a break and had a yummy Vanilla Red Tea latté made with steamed vanilla soya milk, yum!
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I made Noah his usual hot chocolate:
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Now, here’s the recipe:

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup light brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 cup oats
  • ½ cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven at 350°. Mix the butter and sugars and blend until smooth. Add the egg and beat until creamy. Then add flour, salt, baking soda, and oats and mix together. Add chips and bake for 12 minutes. Enjoy!

A few notes, I used whole oats (not quick-cooking oats). I’m not sure what the mom who gave me the recipe usually uses…I’ll have to ask her the next time I see her. I also doubled the recipe, and it didn’t make a lot, next time I will probably triple it. I used half whole wheat flour and half Robin Hood nutri flour blend, to make them a bit healthier.

Watch for the next edition of EatSavvy photos soon!

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