Holly Sisson Photography

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 26, 2011

Toronto iPhoneography: Catch-Up Post

Catch-up blog posting of some recent iPhoneography.

Some Toronto street photography:

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Toronto street iphoneography

A few random shots:

Random iphoneography july2011

My still-life subject of the month 😉 :

Dead wasp iphoneography

The best camera is the one you have with you, if you would like to learn how to photograph and process images on your Apple iPhone, check out my iPhoneography Workshop.

July 19, 2011

Finnegan Update: Toronto Pet Photography

Filed under: Animals,Family Pet Photography,Textured — Tags: , , — Holly @ 2:31 pm

Finnegan is the half-brother of our cat, Alice (you can see more of her here), and he is almost seven months old, and about to become a full-fledged cat, so I went over to my sister’s to capture some shots of him.

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We started off in the bedroom:

Finn bed collage

Then we moved out to the deck. Trying some ‘bokeh’ texture in this one, as I saw a photog friend using it on GooglePlus, this one also adds a bit of texture to the image, think it adds some interest to the background:

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Finn deck collage

Then we escaped from the heat and moved inside, trying another ‘bokeh’ overlay with the first image:

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Finn inside collage

The next time I visit for photos he’ll probably be almost fully grown, with a mane of fur around his head like Alice has. 🙂

May 30, 2011

Out & About, Catch-Up Blog Posting: Toronto Family Photographer

This is a big catch-up blog posting, as I haven’t posted for a while!

I recently went downtown to Queen Street West with my daughter, and we found this adorable fascinator in a downstairs store on Queen Street for just $15, where almost the exact same thing was selling for $30 a half block away! It was an awesome shop, we will certainly visit again soon:

Rebecca fascinator

 

Rebecca headshot fascinator

A few shots out and about in the Queen Street West alleyways:

R queen st collage

A few weeks ago we were at the Summerhill Reservoir, and we met Gordon, who looks very much like a Golden Retriever I grew up with:

Gordon the dog

More shots of Gordon, and, yes, Noah ended up with very wet feet! Rebecca brought along her book:

Mothers day 2011 collage

I went on a photo walk with Toronto Photo Walks this past Saturday, lots of animals!

Dog in park

Met this cat on the way home:

Cat on front lawn

The beautiful long haired cat was sitting in the front window of a home on route. The shot of the bowls was from inside a Buddhist Temple via Doors Open:

PhotoWalk animals collage

Dandelions everywhere!

Dandelions collage

I also took quite a few shots with my iPhone, but need a few more days to do something creative with them! They’ll show up soon! 🙂

(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, and the Canon 85 f1.2L lens)

May 3, 2011

Finnegan is Growing Up!: Toronto Pet Photography

Finnegan is growing up, and is no longer a little kitten, but a young cat. So it was time for a photo update! (You can also see him here.) He looks very similar to his half-sister Alice (seen here at about the same age), but also quite different. He certainly has a boy personality! 😉

We started in the bedroom:

Finn on bed

Finn sitting on bed

Finn bed floor collage

Lots of fun on the bed:

Finn laying on bed

We were trying to get Finn to settle down, for some sleepy shots, so we tried a little snack in the kitchen:

Finn eating collage

You can’t really tell from these images, but it didn’t work! Finnegan was running around like a loon! No snoozy shots today:

Finn widow floor

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