Holly Sisson Photography

July 26, 2010

Out & About July 2010: Toronto Family Photographer

Bit of a catchup for the month of July, out & about with Rebecca and Noah.

Under the local bridge:

Under the local bridge

The other weekend we went down to Kensington Market and had dinner at The Grilled Cheese (btw, we were not impressed, we make better grilled cheese at home!), first image was shot/processed on the iPhone:

A visit to Kensington Market

Noah at the park riding his ripstik (first image shot/processed on the iPhone):

Noah at the park with his ripstik

Out & about this past weekend with the kids, Yorkville and our local park:

Out and about in our 'hood

The following were all shot/processed on the iPhone:

Out & about, all shot/processed on the iPhone

July 21, 2010

Alice the Cat & Baby Robin Update: Toronto Photographer

I haven’t posted images of Alice lately, so thought it was time for some new ones, and to mix it up, quite a few are shot and processed on the Apple iPhone.

Really love this one, she is at the front window watching life go by:

Shot & Processed on the iPhone

(shot & processed on the iPhone)

The camera in the iPhone 3G isn’t fabulous, so I use iPhone apps to give the images a vintage ‘toy camera’ look:

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(shot & processed on the iPhone)

My new faves for the iPhone are BlurFX and PictureShow. Blurring the background of the iPhone photos helps to bring the focus to the subject and smooth out/de-clutter the “everything in focus” aspect of the iPhone camera. PictureShow is great as there are SO many options from different effects, frames, light leaking, and noise, the only downside is it can take a while to decide on your fave look for the image!

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This is a goofy photo of Alice, who was hanging out with me in my office, when she heard my daughter coming. She sat up straight and got this crazy wide-eyed look on her face, Rebecca and I laughed!

Alice in my office

She was still keeping an eye on Rebecca, before she settled down on my Apple Airport to snooze. The last image was a shot I captured of her snoozing on my daughter’s shoes?, you can see the iPhone version above, cats sleep in the strangest places! lolAlice-office-college.jpg

Well, from my previous post on the Robin’s nest in front of our house, you know there used to be two babies, but the smaller one disappeared. 🙁 None of the  other eggs ever hatched, so this little guy grew very fast! The following were shot with the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone, the little guy in his nest, and then all grown up out of the nest:

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Shot with the Canon 1DMkIV with the 70-200mm f2.8L and the Canon 100mm f2.8 macro, we see the father keeping watch, below that the mother on the nest, the baby on the nest and then out of the nest:

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

Last shot of the baby Robin as he heads out into the world, shot and processed on the iPhone:

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June 21, 2010

June 2010 EatSavvy: Commercial Food Photography

Filed under: Commercial,Food — Tags: , , , , , — Holly @ 9:42 am

Another yummy EatSavvy shoot with fresh peas on the menu this month!

(Equipment Used: Canon 1DMkIV, Canon 24-70 2.8L and the Canon 580EX II Speedlite were used for this shoot.)

Peas ‘n Chicken Pasta Salad:
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Mixed Green Veggie Salad with Salmon:
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Fresh Pea and Mint Salad:
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June 17, 2010

Living With a Cat: Alice Update

I never know where I’m going to find Alice, as she does find the strangest places (in my mind!) to lounge, as I’m sure all cats do, but I was still surprised to find her latest spot in the kitchen:
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(Equipment Used: Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and Canon 85 f1.2L lens)

A few more Lensbaby shots, as it’s such a fun lens to shoot with:
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(Equipment Used: Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and Lensbaby Composer)

June 8, 2010

Out & About in Our Neighbourhood: Toronto Family Photographer

Filed under: Children,Life,Out & About — Tags: , , , , , , , — Holly @ 2:57 pm

A recent weekend with the kids, Noah riding his new ripstik, visiting the local ice cream shoppe, hanging out at the park:

(Equipment Used: Canon EOS-1D MarkIV, Canon 70–200 f2.8L IS lens and the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens)

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On the way home Noah cooled off in a sprinkler:
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I LOVE this series of shots as I feel I can envision the teenager Noah is soon to become:
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The next afternoon we started off with an ice cream treat, before heading back to the park:
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I was showing Noah how to make a sound with a blade of grass between your hands, then he was off to ripstik some more. Rebecca left, and then returned, and Noah took another break from ripstiking:
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Love these last two with the extreme backlighting:
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