Kaileigh’s Family Photoshoot

November 8, 2012

Since Nathaniel has entered our lives (now, at seven months), our life has changed: top­ics of con­ver­sa­tion have all been con­cen­trated on “what’s best for baby”; meet­ing new par­ents who can empathize with new expe­ri­ences and “unknowns”; and of course, rear­rang­ing sched­ules to accom­mo­date proper sleep­ing habits … well rested baby = happy baby = happy parents.

It’s great to know that there are pro­grams in the niegh­bour­hood for stay-at-home par­ents to break up the mun­dane sched­ule of the day and aid in our young children’s skills. Hav­ing attended one of them, intro­duced me to this won­der­ful fam­ily: Alice, Andrew and Kaileigh.

In the wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy busi­ness you meet two peo­ple who love each other so much that they become one. In the fam­ily pho­tog­ra­phy busi­ness you meet a cou­ple who love each other so much they become three (or four or five or six…!)!

Shoot­ing in the fall sea­son is always tricky with unpre­dictable weather. But this day, Mother Nature pro­vided beau­ti­ful sun­light to illu­mi­nate, not only the chang­ing colours of the leaves, but the love shared between these three. Just in time for Hallowe’en, Kaileigh fash­ioned her ever-so-cute pump­kin cos­tume. We had such a great time in the for­est, the play­ground and at their home that it was great to cap­ture the nat­ural bond they all shared. Kaileigh, you are so blessed to have two won­der­ful and lov­ing par­ents that there is no doubt they will keep you smil­ing forever!


















    



    



    





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J.S. + L.S. ~ The Knot Is Tied!

October 28, 2012

The day started off all too famil­iar: rainy morn­ing, over­cast skies…as that is how my own wed­ding day had begun. How­ever, by the time Joce­lyn and Linton’s beau­ti­ful cer­e­mony (at St. Timothy’s R.C. Church) had ended, it’s as if God had pur­posely watered the earth in the morn­ing so that by the after­noon, with the sun beam­ing down, every­thing was fresh: the air, the grass and the spirit of everyone’s hearts. Although we were pre­pared to do the for­mal por­traits out­side in the rain, we con­tin­ued to use the umbrel­las dur­ing the shoot!

You may remem­ber their fun base­ball themed engage­ment shoot. This day was cer­tainly a Grand Slam with joy­ous emo­tions run­ning high and every­thing falling into place, as per the play­books. The recep­tion at the Bor­gata was a cul­mi­na­tion of sur­prise singing num­bers, the groom’s tal­ented fam­ily band and non-stop danc­ing by all the guests. You will love how their cen­ter­pieces showed a per­sonal touch, being teach­ers them­selves. This was an “A++” event and I wish the both of them many con­tin­ued bless­ings in their new cur­ricu­lum as hus­band and wife!


    

    


    



















    












    




    







    




























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The Solivio Familyshoot

October 12, 2012

Four years ago was the last time I had seen my dear cousin, Marie, her hus­band, Jesher and her son, Caleb, as they flew over from Cal­i­for­nia for my wed­ding. Now, you have to under­stand that Caleb (aka K-Bear) was at the ten­der age of 10 and a cute lit­tle thing. Fast for­ward to this past Sep­tem­ber (fly­ing back up to Canada to attend my cousin’s wed­ding), Caleb went from “cub” only to ful­fill his nick­name K–BEAR! We couldn’t believe how much he had grown in a span of only four years!

Marie and I had set up this pho­to­shoot because she wanted to update her fam­ily pho­tos. Because of the busy sched­ule dur­ing the week of my cousin’s wed­ding, it was chal­leng­ing to set aside time to shoot it. So, on the night of the wed­ding rehearsal, the entire fam­ily had gone to Man­darin in Mis­sis­sauga and this was the win­dow of oppor­tu­nity! I must say, this Man­darin had beau­ti­ful land­scap­ing around the park­ing lot.

It was really fun pho­tograph­ing this fam­ily because they are all about love and laugh­ter. Thank you, Soliv­ios, for allow­ing me to cap­ture this stage in your lives. Marie and Jesher, ya dun well, rais­ing K-Bear to be the hand­some young man we know him to be! Until the next visit…

(This first pic­ture was taken four years ago.)




    



    

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M.H. + D.C. ~ The Answer is “Yes!”

September 20, 2012

“Get your motor runnin’…Head out on the highway…Lookin’ for adventure…And what­ever comes our way…!”

Yes, these two love birds were born to be wild and born to find each other in mar­riage. We had set out to shoot in Guelph (where the wed­ding will also be set) and picked a very cool area at Goldie Mill Park. “The Goldie Mill ruin has thick stone walls, with double-reinforced stone lin­tels, … which was pro­cured from the mill prop­erty.“1 I felt like I was out of the coun­try and in a place like Greece! With this awe­some back­drop, Michelle and Dan were so much fun to pho­to­graph as we went from inti­mate fash­ion shots to fun and active poses on a nearby jun­gle gym. It was great to work with them as they, too, had brought their own ideas (one of my favourites was the “heart-hands”). I love how they were just open to any­thing which shows how easy going and won­der­ful their mar­riage will be! Can’t wait to see them again on their wed­ding day. Until then, here are a few pics to enjoy!





    






    

    

    







    

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M.D. + B.J. ~ The Answer is Yes!

August 22, 2012

So this is what I love about my job as a pho­tog­ra­pher: meet­ing new peo­ple, mak­ing new friends and see­ing when two hearts are made for each other. Meet­ing Marissa and Basel was no exception.

Ash­ley, one of my choir bud­dies, is a good friend of Marissa and she had a con­sid­er­ate and cre­ative idea of giv­ing this engage­ment ses­sion as a gift for Marissa and Basel’s wed­ding. Alas, I don’t get to take the trip to Jor­dan, where the cer­e­mony will be but this ses­sion was good enough for me!

We had chat­ted on the phone prior to meet­ing up and I could tell right away that I was in for a treat. They had opted for U of T (St. George Cam­pus) and this was going to be a chal­lenge for me as I had shot at this loca­tion twice already. How­ever, hav­ing had the chance to explore the cam­pus more, pushed my cre­ativ­ity and spots that I hadn’t used just came out of the woodworks…literally in some cases. This was a great com­bi­na­tion of sub­ject and back­ground as they both relived the scenes where they first met.

Could I tell you how easy they had made it for me? With a beau­ti­ful sum­mer dress and styl­ish men’s attire to match, I felt I was shoot­ing for Prada, Banana Repub­lic or Zara. Some­how, I felt they had mod­eled before and they lied to me and said they hadn’t <wink!><wink!>… haha! Whether they did or not, these two sin­cere souls had posed enchant­i­ngly so as to cap­ture these pre­cious moments before con­sid­er­ing them­selves hus­band and wife.

Ash, thanks sooo much for this oppor­tu­nity! Marissa and Basel, it was such a plea­sure to meet you and con­sider you as friends. Wish­ing you the bestest of times on your upcom­ing wedding!
















    

    


    


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