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December 11, 2009

The G Family: Family Photography, Toronto, Ontario

Had a fabulously fun session with Deborah and her son, Christopher, for my last family session of 2009.

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

We started out inside with a family photo including Butterscotch the cat (shot with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens):

Christopher is learning guitar, and mom wanted a shot of him playing (shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens):

Love these two, shot in the back alley behind the house, such great ‘boy’ shots! (Shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens):

Loving these moments between mom and son (both shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens):

Love these shots of Butterscotch being taken for her daily walk in the back alley, so cute! (Shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens):

I adore this shot of the whole family, going for a walk (shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens):

Christopher was trying to be tricky, and hide from me for this shot, and it ended up being a fabulous relaxed portrait of him (shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens):

Thank you, Deborah and Christopher, for being such fun for my last family shoot of the year!

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November 10, 2009

The D Family: Family Photography, Toronto, Ontario

Filed under: Children,Family Photography,Photography Session — Tags: Canon, Children, family photographer, family photography, kids, lenses, on-location, portrait, Toronto, Toronto Child Photography, Toronto Family Photography, Toronto Portrait Photography — Holly @ 12:26 pm

I recently had the pleasure of photographing Robin, Pete and their children, Jack and William.

We ended up fighting the weather a bit, but it ended up working out, the sun even made an appearance. We started the shoot in their backyard, where I captured William at play:

Caught this shot of Jack when we all took cover from the light rain that had started:

Thankfully it cleared up and we moved to the kids’ school yard, for more fun and photos. Love this shot of mom and her boys:

Dad joined in:

Loving this brotherly shot, so cute:

Made use of the sun that appeared for a backlit family photo:

Here’s one of just mom and dad that I captured:

Thank you Robin, Pete, Jack and William for the fun afternoon!

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September 25, 2009

The K 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 @ 4:00 pm

Oh, it was SO hard to limit my sneak peek for this adorable family! They were the winning bidders for a gift certificate that I donated to the POGO Gala this year.

We met up at a park close to where they live, which I hadn’t been back to since my last shoot there almost two years ago. It’s a great location!

(Equipment Used: Shot entirely with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens and the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens.)

Emma was such a sweetie! As soon as she saw me she reached out and I ended up carrying her over to the playground. Look how adorable she is!

Her brother Nathan was such a cutie! He looked like a model, and he kept himself busy running around most of the time, 🙂

Love this shot, almost everyone is looking at me! 😉

“AWWWW!” Which is what my daughter said when she saw this shot, and I concur! So sweet!

Nathan and his Dad share a moment in the playground:

Absolutely ADORE this series of backlit shots! Emma and her mom, so adorable!! (Shot wide open at f1.2 with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens.)
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You would recognize these steps if you looked at the link above to the other family shoot, great spot for a family photo!

Love these shots of Dad playing with his daughter, so fun!
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Loved Emma’s outfit, strong bold colours, matching hair ribbon, perfect for the shoot:

LOVE this one! Caught it almost at the end of the shoot:

Oh, this sweet moment between mother and son takes me back to when my children were that age, so precious!

Thank you Sally and Yong! It was my pleasure to meet and photograph you and your children!

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September 24, 2009

Body in Balance: Corporate/Headshots Photography, Toronto, Ontario

Filed under: Corporate,Headshots,Photography Session — Tags: Canon, Corporate Photography, Headshots, lenses, photography, Toronto, Toronto Corporate Photographer, Toronto Corporate Photography — Holly @ 6:29 pm

Dr. Vanessa Arnold, of Body in Balance, needed some up-to-date shots of herself and her studio space for a new website design. Her mom also helped out as the “patient/client”.

My fabulous friend, Janine, from imabeautygeek.com, did the make-up for the shoot and, as per usual, she did a fab job! Wish I had her available to do make-up for me every morning!

Once again, loving my Canon 85 f1.2L lens for the headshots taken outside, everyone of the following (except for the 3rd shot), was taken with this awesome lens from Canon. The other lens I used at the shoot was the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens, which was used for the interiors, except for the last two (in office) shots which were taken with the 85. (See “My Camera Equipment” in footer section for links/more information on camera equipment used.)

Kept it simple for the headshots, with a couple of wardrobe changes, we were very happy that the rain held off for the whole shoot!

(Equipment used: Canon EOS-1D MarkIV (new version of this camera is the Canon EOS-1D X Digital), Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens, and the Canon 85 f1.2L lens)

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September 21, 2009

The G Family: Family Photography, Toronto, Ontario

Filed under: Baby,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 @ 1:19 pm

Jeanine was the winner of the Project Love photo shoot (see this blog post), and we had a wonderful time in a local park last Friday with her adorable daughter, Brigitte.

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

We started off with a swing, can you tell she loves swinging? 😉

Loving the dreamy bokeh that the Canon 85 f1.2L lens produces, really is my favourite lens:
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Loving the look of concentration on Brigitte’s face, and her beautiful eyes! (Shot with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens, which is much better at close-up work then the 85!)
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Every mother experiences this, babies love their mommy’s necklaces!
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Absolutely ADORE this shot! Brigitte looks too cute, and mom smiling in the background, can you say perfect?
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We actually did the shoot at my local park, so guess who came by to say ‘hello’ during his recess break? My son Noah’s school is attached to the park where we did the shoot: