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March 29, 2010

Dramatic B & W Photo Challenge

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: Canon, Children, family photographer, family photography, lenses, photographer, Toronto — Holly @ 5:26 pm

One of my fave family photographers, Tara Whitney, is the Guest Photography Judge at iheartfaces.blogspot.com for this week’s photo challenge theme, which is “Dramatic B & W”. Other then being a black & white image, the only other criteria (besides being ‘Dramatic’) is that the image contain a human face, so I hope this image fits the bill!

I captured this image back in 2007 with my first Canon SLR, the 30D. I have since upgraded, first to the Canon 5D and then to the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV. This image was shot with the Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens, which does a fabulous job of showing amazing detail in portraits. I have this image framed in my bedroom, and also printed as a 20×20 metallic print, which is one of the samples I show at the in-person proofing meeting.
Dramatic B & W of my son Noah

I debated entering with this image, but wasn’t sure there was enough ‘face’. The second image in this blog posting, of my daughter Rebecca, is also a favourite…alas, I can only enter one, so this is it! 🙂

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

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March 18, 2010

My (10th) Birthday Boy: Toronto Family Photography

Filed under: Alice the Cat,Children,Food,Life — Tags: Canon, cat, family pet photography, family photographer, family photography, lenses, pet photography, Toronto, Toronto Family Photographer, Toronto Family Photography — Holly @ 5:05 pm

Can’t believe that my youngest turned 10 this month!

(Equipment Used: Birthday images were shot with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and the Canon 85 f1.2L lens.)

We celebrated with a special treat on the actual day:
Noah, the birthday boy

Then my family came this past weekend for cake:

(Alice images were shot with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens.)

A few shots of Alice to finish up this quick blog update. Alice sat right by the window for the first image. The last two show her new perch in the house that Rebecca and Noah can’t stand. I only managed to captured these two before Noah whisked her off, afraid she would fall, lol!

Tomorrow I’m off to photograph the adorable Miles again, this time with his two older sisters. Watch for the sneak peek soon! Will also be posting the delicious images from the March EatSavvy shoot! Yum!

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February 16, 2010

Miles, the Adorable Toddler: Toronto Family Photography

Filed under: Children,Family Photography — Tags: Canon, Children, family photographer, family photography, lenses, on-location, photography, portrait, toddler, Toronto, Toronto Child Photography, Toronto Family Photography, Toronto Portrait Photography — Holly @ 1:18 pm

As promised, my larger sneak peek of the adorable toddler Miles. Laura, Miles’ mom, has captured her older daughters in photographs when they each turned one year old, and now it is Mile’s turn. It’s a wonderful age to capture, as they grow so quickly, and change so fast!

(Equipment Used: The following were captured with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and the Canon 85 f1.2L lens—in some of the shots, from this shoot, I also used my Canon 580EX II Speedlite.)

Miles has a wonderful little room right off mom and dad’s room:

Love this serious shot of Miles in his crib, such a soulful look!

Miles hanging out on mom and dad’s bed:

Miles loves playing in his sisters’ room, with the windows all around it was a perfect spot for photographs:

Look at those blue eyes! Aren’t they amazing? (Shot with the Canon 5D and the Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens.)

I can never resist bathtub photos! The water accentuates the eyelashes, which really makes Miles’ beautiful eyes pop. (Next three images were taken with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens.)

Always love the snuggling in the towel after the bath shots too!

Can’t wait to go back and photograph Miles with his two older sisters! Laura and I are hoping for some snow, but I don’t know if Mother Nature will co-operate this winter! Fingers are crossed for a fun snowy shoot Laura! 🙂

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February 15, 2010

One More of Alice: Toronto Pet Photography

Filed under: Alice the Cat,Life — Tags: Canon, cat, family photographer, lenses, pet, photography, portrait, Toronto, Toronto Pet Photographer, Toronto Pet Photography, Toronto Portrait Photography — Holly @ 2:50 pm

I missed posting this one the other day, so thought I would quickly post it now!

(Equipment Used: Natural light, shot with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens)

Watch for a larger sneak peek of the adorable Miles (see below) tomorrow!

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February 11, 2010

Sneak-Sneak Peek: Toronto Family Photographer

Filed under: Children,Family Photography — Tags: Canon, Children, family photographer, family photography, lenses, on-location, portrait, toddler, Toronto, Toronto Child Photography, Toronto Family Photography, Toronto Portrait Photography — Holly @ 4:24 pm

As I mentioned, in the post below, I have updated my blog to become my blogsite, which has been a bit of a process, so I’m a bit behind in my photography work, but I just have to share this sneak-sneak peek of Miles, whom I photographed last Friday. Hope to have the larger sneak peek up next week! (Equipment Used: Shot with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and my beloved Canon 85 f1.2L lens.)

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