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Cheryl MoirMay 28, 2009 - 10:14 am

Your photos are amazing!! I’m particulary interested in winning this contest for my partner’s business as I would love some shots of him “in action”!
Thanks for the wonderful opportunity!!
Cheryl

HollyMay 28, 2009 - 12:44 pm

Oh, I’m intrigued Cheryl! Looking forward to receiving your entry! 🙂

ChristianeJune 6, 2009 - 6:54 pm

I have a question, if I participate in the contest with a photo of my dog, and I win, will the photography session be with my dog? Thank you!

HollyJune 6, 2009 - 7:34 pm

Thanks for the good question Christiane! The answer is yes, you enter with a photograph of the person/animal you love, and they would be the subject of the photography session.

ChristianeJune 7, 2009 - 10:55 am

Thank you Holly. I’m still trying to choose the photo from tons good ones I have, it’s hard!. I will send it to you soon. Christiane.

First Softball Game of the Year

Saturday, May 9, 2009

It was the first softball game of the year this past week, so off we went to the local park.

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

Caught this shot of Rebecca’s funky shoes and bag before we left the house, shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens:

Captured some spring tulips, while they’re still around, on the way to the game, shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens:

Once we arrived at the game I switched to the Canon 70–200 f2.8L IS lens for the increase focal length, Noah waits for his turn at bat:

Receives some instruction:

It’s a hit!

Yeah! Made it to base!

While Noah was busy playing softball, Rebecca played with the younger brother of one of Noah’s friends, they were playing ‘catch’:

William had a great time!

Another shot of Rebecca’s funky shoes:

Switched back to the Canon 85 f1.2L lens for the walk home, to captured some more flower shots…

…and then I saw this beautiful cat in a neighbours yard:

Such beautiful blue eyes! Wish we could have a cat, alas allergies prevent it at the moment:

That’s all for now, will be making a BIG announcement on this blog later today!

by Holly

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Recent Shots, Out & About: Toronto Child Photography

Thursday, April 30, 2009

I thought I should give another lens some loving, rather then using my Canon 85 f1.2L lens all the time, all of the following where shot with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens.

Absolutely ADORE this shot of Harry, who came over one day after school to have a play date with Noah. Love the look he is giving me, and the hair askew across his forehead, and, as always, loving the red hair, freckles and green eyes:

Extreme backlit shot in the doorway:

Managed to get Noah to stand still for a minute for a photo after Harry left:

Last Saturday Noah had a birthday party to go to, so Rebecca and I spent some girl time together and went shopping.

(Blur at the edges are her hands, but I still like the shot.)

Under the cool bridge:

Further down Yonge Street:

Last shot before we went inside to go shopping:

We were inside and underground for the whole afternoon, and didn’t realize what the weather was doing outside! We came out to scary dark clouds and very windy conditions so hi-tailed it home!

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Yonge Street, St. Lawrence Market & Guildwood Park

Sunday, April 19, 2009

A bit of catch up with some recent shots today. All were taken with my beloved Canon 85 f1.2L lens, really thinking I need to give some of my other lenses some loving next time I go out!

Noah, under the same bridge as before:

We stopped in at a local shop to pick up some fish for dinner, caught Noah in some nice window light:

Paused long enough for me to capture this shot:

Then off he ran ahead of me to the Spotted Zebra (same store we visited in the previous blog posting):

And he added two more rubber frogs to his collection:

Then, on the weekend, we went down to the St. Lawrence Market:

Noah discovered the joy of pigeon chasing:

One of the MANY pigeons:

Rebecca enjoys some chocolate milk as part of her afternoon snack:

Noah got a lot of exercise running after the pigeons:

At one point one flew up onto a light:

He kept an eye on it:

And tried to coax it down:

Now, just let me assure everyone NO PIGEONS were harmed! He didn’t get that close to them, even though it looks like he did!

Think I will have to do a family or couple shoot down at the market, it’s a rather cool location, with some older buildings that would be fun for backgrounds too.

After hanging out at the St. Lawrence Market until almost closing time (BTW, in case you didn’t know, some of the stores have a big sell off at the end of day Saturday), we went to Guildwood Park, which I’ve never been to before. Boy, I sure wish I could bottle this kids’ energy! As you can see Noah was still running and jumping!

Here he was triumphed from throwing a rock or stick, I’m not sure what his goal was!

I saw a bit of a rise in the path and had him run back and jump, but he only did it once so this what the best image I captured:

Just when the kids decided that they had had enough, and wanted to go home, they then decided to start digging in the dirt, we didn’t leave for another 15–20 minutes:

Love this smily shot of Rebecca, even though something (sun flare? object in front of lens?) distorted it a bit in the middle, love the backlighting:

On the way back to the car Noah let out a real, out-of-control, laugh, love it!

Noah was ready for bed EARLY that night, after all that exercise and fresh air I can’t say I was surprised! 🙂

by Holly

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