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May 27, 2010

Alice Update: Toronto Cat Photography

Haven’t updated the blog with photos of Alice lately, so here’s a bit of a catch-up. 🙂

(Equipment Used: Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and the Canon 85 f1.2L lens.)

I was lucky to be one of the winner’s of Patti Brown’s new Supernatural Texture set, so thought I would put it to use in this blog posting. I applied a few different texture’s from Patti’s set, as well as a frame (from another source):
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More textures!

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Alice discovered a new spot to hang out, on a shelf (built overtop of the rad), in the bathroom:

Another one with the Supernatural Textures applied:
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May 26, 2010

The H-Family: Toronto Family Photography

Filed under: Children,Family Photography,Photography Session — Tags: childr, family photography, kids, on-location, photography, portrait, toddler, Toronto — Holly @ 12:59 pm

It was a beautiful summer day in May, and I had a super fun family session last week with Lauren, Murray and their Mom & Dad.

(See “My Camera Equipment” in footer section for links/more information on camera equipment used. Primarily used the Canon 1DMkIV and the Canon 85mm f1.2L lens in the following images.)

Isn’t Lauren simply adorable? Those blue eyes, and blond ringlets, LOVE this shot:

Big brother Murray is blond and blue-eyed too!:

We started the session walking to the local park:

Love this shot of Lauren hanging on to her dad’s finger, so cute!

The whole family:

Murray and his Dad having fun together:
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Murray enjoying the park (LOVE the bokeh in this shot!):

We finished up back at the house, how could I resist getting some shots of Murray in his cool bedroom? I couldn’t!

Maybe some parents wouldn’t be keen on this image, but I think it’s adorable, and would be guaranteed to take you back to that time in your children’s life:

Thank you to the H-Family for a fun family shoot!

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May 11, 2010

Mother’s Day: Toronto Family Photographer

Filed under: Alice the Cat,Children,Family Pet Photography,Life,Out & About,The Natural World — Tags: Canon, dog, family pet photography, family photography, lenses, photography — Holly @ 11:49 am

This is becoming a nice mother’s day tradition, just like last year, the kids and I went over to my mother’s on Sunday to spend some time with her.

(Equipment Used: Canon 1D MkIV and the Canon 85mm f1.2L lens, unless otherwise noted.)

We took Simon to the park:

Met this nice dog on the way in:

Noah had a great time playing with Simon:
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Another visitor to the park:

Cute basket of flowers in my mother’s front garden:

Simon hanging out on the sofa, Milo joins in:

Milo awaiting food in the kitchen, and then naps upstairs in peace:

Yum! Dessert the kids and I brought:
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Rebecca on the way home:

Noah scootering home:

And had to capture these images (shot with the Canon 1D MkIV and Canon 24-70 f2.8L lens) on Saturday of Alice snuggled up close to Noah on my bed:
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Hope all the mother’s who read my blog had a wonderful day!

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April 23, 2010

Signs of Spring in Toronto

Filed under: The Natural World — Tags: Canon, lenses, photographer, photography, Toronto — Holly @ 8:55 am

Those of us in Toronto know we can’t complain about the (non)winter we just had. I will admit I wish every winter could be the same, but I wouldn’t mind a snow storm or two…as long as it promptly melts! 😉

In Toronto you know spring has sprung when you see the trees flowering and the dandelions popping up all over the green grass:

(Equipment Used: Images captured with the Canon EOS-1D MarkIV and the Canon 85 f1.2L lens, expect for the last Dandelion shot which was captured with the Canon 100 mm f2.8 macro lens.)

Spring is a beautiful time of year for photography, contact me if you’re interested in a spring photography session.

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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:
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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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