Photography Blog

I really love photographing headshots in the studio, so I was thrilled when Lise contacted me because she needed a nice photo for the conferences she will be presenting at soon. She also wanted a professional headshot for LinkedIn.

Professional photos are definitely one of the fastest ways for people to stand out on LinkedIn (and in general)! If you invest in yourself, people will be more likely to want to invest in you.

Here’s an emotional wedding photo from a wedding I photographed in Niagara on the Lake nearly a decade ago.  I love when the bride and/or groom cries tears of joy.

Happy birthday, Maya! We wish you a happy day filled with love, cuddles and kisses.

I took these photos about a year ago at Maya’s house in Burlington.  Maya’s mom and I have been friends since we were two years old.  Now we have our own little ones.

Maya has been adorable since day one and she keeps on getting cuter.

Just for good measure, here are a couple of Maya’s sweet big brother, Evan.  These were taken a couple of weeks after the above photos.

I hope Maya is having a great first birthday!

Here are a couple of photos from Amanda’s first communion. I think these were taken about two years ago.

Happy Valentine’s Day from my daughters, Julia and Emily!

We are also celebrating Julia’s 6th birthday today. She is very excited because she has her first loose tooth, she is l’amie du jour at school, it’s Valentine’s Day and it’s her birthday.

In the past few years, I have met quite a few of my neighbours through my photography business.  Tracey Rodriguez lives just a street a way from me and she called me up for some author headshot photos.

Here are a couple of my favourites.  I will let you all know when her book comes out!  We took these photos in my studio.  Just a few days before the session, I told Tracey about a video I had recently watched, Peter Hurley’s “It’s all about the squinch.” Tracey took it one step further and also watched his video, “It’s all about the jaw.” From now on, I will be recommending both of these to all of my headshot clients, because the results are fantastic!

Happy New Year!

One of my goals for the new year was to blog regularly. As you can see, that fell a bit on my priority list, but that is a good thing as my clients have been keeping me busy!  Big thanks to everyone who has been referring me to their friends.

I figure I will start my post with the Glas family, as I photographed them for their 2012 Christmas cards, they came back to me for Shannon’s dad’s birthday and then again for their 2014 cards. You can see how much the boys have grown.

We did the first series of photos at their house.  Photos below are from the front and inside of their Christmas card, but I put them together for you to see here.

They asked me for something completely different from the 2012 Christmas card session, so I suggested we go in front of the Christmas lights in Bloor West Village.

The brothers had fun donning their Santa hats and laughing in front of the reindeer.

Next week I am going to the photography conference in Mystic, Connecticut, so I am pretty excited about that! I will also be spending a few days in Boston, which I discovered last time I went to Mystic for the conference, which I am also very excited about.

I hope your new year is off to a fantastic start!

Hope you have a fantastic Christmas!

Courtney and Daryl got married at The Nottawasaga Inn .  They were hoping for an outdoor ceremony, but it was about 10 degrees Celsius and pouring rain, so the ceremony moved indoors. Fortunately, they were still willing to go outdoors for photos.

Courtney’s Maid of Honour laces up her dress and she poses for a portrait with her mom.

Reflection of the groomsmen getting ready.

Courtney and Daryl wanted to see each other before the ceremony, so we set them up like this.  Daryl had not yet seen Courtney on the wedding day.

This was their reaction to seeing each other for the first time on their wedding day.

Courtney told us that her and her Maid of Honour were known for their outrageous self-portraits, so we asked them to pretend they were doing them for us.

Courtney’s mom walked her down the aisle.

I love how Daryl’s looking at Courtney after her walk down the aisle. I think this is proof that seeing each other before the ceremony does not ruin the moment of seeing each other for the first time at the ceremony.

Everybody laughed throughout the ceremony (including the officiant).

It was still raining when we went outside for photos, but that was ok!

Note the raindrops on the photo in the photo on the right.

The sky turned orange as we were about to wrap up.  They had a birch tree theme, and we actually found a birch tree in the wedding garden!

My associate, Sarah was photographing this wedding with me and she noticed this street lamp and took these awesome photos.

Wedding cake and candles.  Don’t you love the birch candles?

First dance.

Mother son dance.

They played a joke on Daryl for the garter toss. The poor guy was blindfolded and they put his best man beside Courtney before he retrieved the garter.

This was his reaction.

There was some serious effort for the bouquet toss.

Congrats again on your marriage, Courtney and Daryl and thanks again for being so awesome about getting your portraits taken in the rain!