Holly Sisson Photography

September 12, 2011

End of Summer Nature Photography: Toronto, ON

Filed under: Life,Out & About,The Natural World — Tags: , , , , , , — Holly @ 4:59 pm

A collection of nature photography images I’ve captured over the last few weeks.

(Equipment: Canon 1DMkIV with either the Canon 85 1.2L, Canon 100 f2.8 Macro or the Lensbaby Composer lens.)

Pink against yellow

White flower green background

Pink flower yellow background

Wild Flower collage2

Purple flower

Wild Flower collage

This image was shot wide open with the Lensbaby composer:

Spiky plant lensbaby

Spiky Looking Plant collage

Bw flowers

This collection of images was captured with the Lensbaby Composer:

Wild Flower lensbaby collage

Discovered this hornet on my deck last Friday afternoon. Could tell he wasn’t long for this world, as he couldn’t fly:

Hornet collage

The next morning I found him on the deck, he became my still-life subject for the weekend:

Dead Now

Lensbaby Hornet

Hornet lensbaby collage

September 5, 2011

Monster Cookies aka Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies: Toronto Food Photography

Filed under: Food,Life — Tags: , , , , , , , — Holly @ 5:53 pm

Whoa nelly! These cookies are super sweet and rich! I couldn’t even finish mine, but Noah was happy to finish mine up. My daughter, and a friend, grabbed a couple on the way out the door, will have to hear her consensus before I decide whether we’ll bake them again (I know it’s a thumbs up from my son, he wanted to eat another one!). (Recipe posted after the photos.)

(All of the following were shot with the Canon 1DMkIV and the lensbaby composer lens.)

MonsterCookies

Monster cookie baking collage

Monster cookie baking collage2

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Remains of Monster Cookie

Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (we used half whole wheat/half nutri-grain flour)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 package Oreo cookies
  • Directions:

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

    Combine flour, baking soda and salt in small bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips.

    Place one scoop of dough on the top of an Oreo and once scoop underneath it. Use your (clean) hands to mold the dough around the Oreo so that there are no holes. Place on cookie sheet and repeat until you have used up all the cookie dough. (We found the dough too soft and sticky to use right after mixing, so refrigerated it for a while before making the first batch.)

    Bake for 9 to 13 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

    BTW, the images do not show how LARGE these cookies are. They really are three cookies in one, two chocolate chip cookies + the Oreo cookie. Enjoy!

    August 9, 2011

    Queen Street Back-to-School Shopping: Toronto Family Photographer

    A few images from this past Saturday, downtown shopping for back-to-school for my daughter on Queen Street West. (All of the following were shot with the Canon 1DMkIV and the Canon 24-70 f2.8L lens.)

    Exiting the subway:

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    A treat we shared during a coffee break, trading in the old converse running shoes for a new pair, and Queen Street West:

    Shopping QueenSt

    Weighted down with all our (her) shopping:

    R Shopping QueenSt

    Then a few shots on the way home from the subway station:

    NeighbourHoodImages

    August 2, 2011

    MacBook Air Gelaskin & Alice the Cat: Toronto Photographer

    Filed under: Alice the Cat,Life,Product — Tags: , , , , — Holly @ 11:37 am

    I upgraded my aging MacBook Pro, and received my new MacBook Air last week. I LOVE it! It’s light and fast, a huge improvement over my 3+ years old MacBook Pro. (The following were captured with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and the Canon 85 f1.2L lens.)

    As I did for my iPhone 4 (see it here), I decided to create a custom Gelaskin for my MacBook Air:

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    I LOVE how it turned out! Gelaskins is a great company, and they are located right here in Toronto! Visit their website for more information.

    MBA collage

    Alice came along to supervise the end of the MacBook Air shoot, so I captured a few images of her as well:

    Alice backdeck collage

    July 14, 2011

    Head Shots, Nature, Out & About: Toronto Photographer

    Jessika is a friend who needed some headshots, so she dropped by for a quick shoot the other night (all of the headshots were taken with the Canon 1DMkIV + Canon 70-200 f2.8L IS lens):

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    Jess collage

    A few goofy faces to have some fun, and doesn’t she have simply goregous eyes?

    Jess collage2

    Was at my mother’s for dinner the other night, and did a little Milo stalking:

    Milo collage

    My mother’s neighbour Susan and her dog Brady:

    Susan Brady collage

    My mother’s garden:

    Moms flowers collage

    (Equipment used: Canon EOS-1D MarkIV (new version of this camera is the Canon EOS-1D X Digital), Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens)

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