Holly Sisson Photography

August 24, 2009

Summer 2009 Recent Shots/Out & About: Toronto Family Photographer

Time for a big catch-up on some recent shots from this summer…which I can’t believe is almost over!

Rebecca did some summer camp programs at the Sewing Studio on Avenue Road. For one of the camps all the girls had their hair and make-up done, so we took a few photos in the driveway next to our house (shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens):
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Some recent, decent (except for the air bubbles!), latté art:
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Got together with my photog friends at Rebecca Woods’ new studio/office. We were playing around with some off-camera flash, but these were taken in existing light. The sunset outside her studio window was too beautiful to not photograph…kind of wished we’d been out and about in the beautiful evening air shooting that night!
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(Equipment Used: All of the following were taken with the Canon 50 f1.4 lens and Canon 5D. I thought I’d give it a try as it’s a much lighter option for carrying for extended periods over the Canon EOS-1D MarkIII and Canon 85 f1.2L lens combo, but the result isn’t nearly as good…but decent for the reduced weight of equipment. All of the following images were shot wide open at f1.4.)

Kids and I set off to do some back to school shopping, but first Noah had to buy a new frog:
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Can’t beat the bokeh created shooting wide open!
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Noah was happy as I treated him to a new Nintendo DS game, which kept him busy while his sister & I shopped:
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Again, loving the bokeh:
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Rebecca at a shoe shop, shopping for back-to-school shoes (wish I could have found something for Noah…no selection to speak of in the Yonge/Bloor area):
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Afterward we had an ice cream break at Summer’s Ice Cream Shop in Yorkville. Especially nice as there was something Noah could have (he usually misses out on ice cream due to his peanut/nut allergy). We puzzled over the bizarrely worded sign in a dry cleaners window next to the ice cream shop:
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Last week Rebecca and I went out for lunch and to run some errands. Her newly created sock monkey (made at one of her Sewing Studio camps), Fredrick, accompanied us. I think he’s just the cutest creation!:
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On our journey through the Annex we came across some damage from that crazy storm we had last Thursday night:
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After running some errands we stopped for lunch at Big Sushi on Bloor:
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Loving their sweet potato sushi, just wish they offered a brown rice version:
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Bokeh, baby, bokeh!
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Loving the backlight of this shot, and the bokeh!
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Rebecca is loving her new sunglasses:
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Yeah! All caught up!

August 18, 2009

The F-R Family: Family Photography, Toronto, Ontario

I recently had the pleasure of photographing the F-R family, on a hot Tuesday morning, but we were just very happy and relieved that the rain held off for our shoot!

We started the session in their local park, just letting the girls play and have fun.

LOVED Sarah’s outfit, aren’t those shoes just too cute?
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Claire and her Dad had fun playing together:
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I brought out the bubbles, mom gives Sarah a hand:
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Love this shot of Claire, tilted head and beautiful out-of-focus background (shot wide open at f1.2 with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens):
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The park we went to has these very cool colourful pillars around a park building, Claire and Sarah were adorable sharing a moment of sisterly love:
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Loved working the pillars into a family shot:
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Then we headed back to their house for some much needed water and some close-ups of the girls, love, love, love this shot of Claire!
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And also adore this shot of Sarah, relaxed and smiling:
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Thank you to Chris, Katie, Claire and Sarah for the fun morning at the park!

June 28, 2009

The V Family: Family Photography, Toronto, Ontario

Here are some shots from my most recent family photography session.

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

I couldn’t resist capturing some shots of Dad reading with his youngest daughter, shot with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens:
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After everyone was ready we headed out to a local park, love this shot of the girls up in a tree, shot with the Canon 24–70 mm f2.8L lens:
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Dad and youngest daughter, loving the moment and the bokeh in the background, shot at f3.2 with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens:
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The whole family:
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Loving the dramatic lighting, shot at f1.2 with the Canon 85 f1.2L lens:
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The youngest has beautiful blue eyes!:
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Thank you to the V family for a fun summer afternoon!

May 9, 2009

Project Love: Toronto Family Photographer Launches Project to Celebrate Love

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The winner of the local photography session for Project Love has been announced! Click here to see the blog post announcing the winner!

****Entries for Project Love have been extended (see below) due to an event to be held on July 23rd promoting Project Love. Please click here to view the blog posting about this event, and to see details of who will be helping me to judge the Project Love entries!****

Project Love is officially launched! This project was inspired by the love that I witnessed between Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi in their wedding video.

Part of the dream is to travel to L.A. to photograph Ellen and Portia for their upcoming wedding anniversary on August 16th. (If you are on twitter, please send an @ message to theellenshow to let them know about this project! twitter.com/theellenshow)

Noah, Rebecca and I are fans of both The Ellen Show and Portia’s new show, ‘Better Off Ted’. Noah is especially enthusiastic, and created a wonderful poster for Project Love, which you can see in the following youtube video:

The local dream is to celebrate Love in Toronto by holding a contest in which the winner will have a complimentary photography session with me.

Here’s how to enter: email me a jpg photograph of who you love and why you would love to win the photography session. See below for further details/requirements*. If I can get Ellen’s attention, perhaps she will help with the judging! Otherwise I will be announcing local judges soon.

So, whether you are a family:

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A couple:

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Or have a pet that you love:

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I would love to hear from you! Please enter the contest and help me get the word out about Project Love!

Thank you!!!

* Contest closes at midnight July 31, 2009. Winner to be announced by August 9th. Photography session must take place before September 30, 2009. Jpg image must be no larger then 400x600px, 72 dpi, or 300 kb showing who you love and why you would love to win the photography session (no more then 300 words). You must consent to the image/words being used on my blog. You must agree to sign a model release so that your photography session can be shown on this blog. You must be over 18 and live within Toronto. Please provide name, address and phone number with entry. This session may not be used in combination with any other offer (i.e. donated gift certificate). Standard terms and conditions apply as seen on my website. The session will be a standard 1–2 hour weekday shoot, if weekend session is required additional cost will be due. Judges decision is final.

June 17, 2008

Toronto Family Photography Session

This was a large family shoot! The four siblings are planning something special for their parent’s 50th in August.

I had a great time shooting the children on their own. First up was Helena, who helped me find the ‘light’ in the backyard. Love this shot, love the stray hair coming across her face, she has fabulous hair!
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I love the background in this shot:
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Charlie was a bit of a tough cookie, but I love this serious shot of him:
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Charlie’s older brother Ben, love the sparkle in his eyes!
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Love this serious shot of Pearce. Like me he is more comfortable behind the camera then in front of it. (I can relate Pearce!)
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Pearce’s older sister Madeleine, doesn’t she have the most amazing eyes? Love how the background colours match her eyes too.
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She is gorgeous in black and white too!
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Love this shot of Claire, another beautiful red head with curls!
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Love the contrasting green in the background against the red curls of Claire’s hair:
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Claire’s older sister Grace. Love the serious direct look she’s giving me in this shot:
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Gotta love a twinkle in the eyes!
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Love this moment of ‘just the boys’!
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And here are all the parents!
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We were fortunate to be able to work around the weather! (I sure hope that settles down as summer begins!)

Thanks to everyone for being such good sports and putting up with the long shoot that was necessary to capture everyone! 🙂

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