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April 21, 2010

Moderncat.net Pet Photography Q & A: Toronto Cat Photography

Filed under: Alice the Cat,Family Pet Photography — Tags: Canon, cat, family pet photography, lenses, pho, photographer, Toronto — Holly @ 11:34 am

Yes, another photo update of Alice, two days in a row! But this one is to celebrate my Pet Photography Q & A on moderncat.net. If you own a cat, you must check out this fabulous blog about all things cat related. Many thanks to Kate for profiling/interviewing me for her blog!

I couldn’t resist capturing Alice as she crammed herself into an empty space on my messy desk. She wanted to be close to me I guess! (Equipment Used: Following two images captured with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and the Canon 85 f1.2L lens.)

How could I resist capturing her hanging out in my daughter’s laundry basket? And with the sunlight flooding in from behind her, too perfect to pass up! And Alice couldn’t pass up the cozy bed the clean clothes offered that night either! (Following images captured with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and the Canon 85 f1.2L lens, expect for the full laundry basket image which was captured with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens and the Canon 580EX II Speedlite.)

It was Alice’s day to climb into things as Noah found her in the garbage can in the bathroom, silly kitty! (Following images captured with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV, Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens and the Canon 580EX II Speedlite.)

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April 20, 2010

Alice the Cat Update: Toronto Cat Photography

Filed under: Alice the Cat,Animals,Family Pet Photography — Tags: Canon, cat, Lensbaby, lenses, pet, pet photography, photographer, photography, Toronto — Holly @ 3:24 pm

I have been taking photos of Alice over the last few weeks, so now it’s time to play “blog image catch-up” with them! Hope you enjoy! 🙂

Alice loves hanging out on the window ledge in the living room, watching the world go by: (Equipment Used: Shot with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens.)

A couple of more window shots, and then a few where she was just hanging out on my bed. (All shot with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV. Top two with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens, bottom left with the Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens and the bottom right with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens.)

Love this shot of her, with her beautiful tail curled around her as she snoozes on the shelf in my home office. (Shot with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV, Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens and the Canon 580EX II Speedlite.)

With the beautiful weather having arrived in Toronto, I decided it was time to introduce Alice to our deck. Right now she is still a bit nervous/skittish of being on the deck, but we have a harness/leash for her when she starts to get more adventurous! (Shot with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV, and first/last images with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens, middle two with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens.)

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

The following four images were shot with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV, and the Lensbaby Composer with the Lensbaby Close-Up (Macro) Kit (+4) installed:
Alice-lensbaby_w:macro-collage.jpg

The following four images were shot with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV, and the Lensbaby Composer (no macro attachment). Interesting to me how much more pronounced the lensbaby affect is on these images vs. the images above with the macro attachment:

Will have a link to share, related to my pet photography, in the next day or two. Will post some more recent shots of Alice then too! 🙂

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April 19, 2010

April 2010 EatSavvy: Toronto Commercial Food Photography

Filed under: Commercial,Food — Tags: Canon, Food, food photography, lenses, photographer, photography, Toronto — Holly @ 12:58 pm

The EatSavvy theme for this month is that wonderful spring vegetable, asparagus! Just check out the yummy images (with links to the recipes) below.

(Equipment Used: The following were captured with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV, the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens, and the Canon 580EX II Speedlite.)

The Easy Entertaining Meal–Roasted Asparagus and Prosciutto Pizza:

The Toddler Meal–Asparagus Roll-Ups with Turkey and Havarti:

The Make Ahead Meal–Cream of Roasted Asparagus Soup:

The Family Meal–Creamy Asparagus Pasta:

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April 12, 2010

Wonderful Summer Weather in April: Out & About, Toronto Family Photographer

Filed under: Life,Out & About — Tags: Canon, Children, family photographer, family photography, kids, lenses, photographer, Toronto — Holly @ 12:13 pm

For those that live in Toronto, wasn’t the weather over the Easter long weekend amazing? Summer in April, total bliss!

On the Saturday of the long weekend Rebecca came out with me to run some errands in the beautiful weather. (Equipment Used: The following were all shot with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and my beloved Canon 85 f1.2L lens, it gives amazing bokeh!)
Rebecca

One of my fave spots for photos in our ‘hood is under the train bridge, have used it often before (see here, and here, and here). Love how the red laces stand out!

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The night before, we all celebrated the beautiful warm weather by going out to dinner, managing to snag a spot on the back patio at The Rebel House. After we went for dessert at My Favourite Ice Cream. (All of the following were shot with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens, except for the last photo of Rebecca eating ice cream, which was shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens.)
Out & About with my kids on a beautiful summer-like night in April

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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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