WALK for KIDS HELP PHONE, MAY 2, 2010

Today I'm proud to participate in a very worthwhile cause, the Walk for Kid's Help Phone taking place on May 2nd, 2010 all across Canada, including right here in Barrie.

As part of the event, there will be the "Guns & Hoses" Challenge featuring the men and women that serve our community in so many ways. This photo is the first group that we photographed - the Barrie Police Service - featuring the Police Chief himself along with four of his posse. Visit again to see who else is taking up the challenge!

Click here for more information or to get involved with the Walk for Kids Help Phone.

Photo-shoot at Pantages Hotel, Toronto

Had a great time in Toronto last week photographing the Cosmopolitan and Pantages Hotels. I've uploaded a few of the image to my facebook gallery under the Commercial Album if you'd like to take a look. Celebrities such as Elton John and Queen Latifah have stayed in the Penthouse Suites of the Cosmo and they both have some amazing rooms, spa and architecture to photograph. And no, I didn't get to stay in the Penthouse suite! :(

Doll Face

What a sweetheart! Channing came in for her portrait this week and what a pleasure to photograph. The entire session lasted about 15 minutes, tops, but in the that 15 minutes we had an amazing amount of keepers considering she is only 11 months old. This is one of my many favourites.

Tiffany & Sean's Engagement Portrait

What an amazing location!
I travelled to Tazewell, Virginia (USA) over Christmas to photograph Tiffany & Sean's Engagement portrait.
This image is one of my favourite and works extremely well in B&W. On Tiffany's father's farm is a this amazing tree and what a great 'prop' for the photo-shoot.
Copper & Coal (their Black & Chocolate Labs) were semi-cooperative and we managed to get a few great images with them too. They didn't sit still long though. It was quite the hill we climbed on the ATVs (thought I was going to go off backwards with my equipment on my back!) but well worth the effort. With any luck, during the wedding next July, we'll return to the tree for some great wedding photographs.

Cheers Tiffany & Sean. You guys were awesome to work with.

Fallen Giant

Tiffany & Sean were gracious enough to allow me some time to photograph this amazing tree (guess they could see me drooling at the prospects). The deep contrast between the sky and tree made this one of my favourites. The trunk was large enough to accommodate the couple as well as the two dogs, which didn't have any trouble running up and down it.

Classic Elegance

After photographing Lisa and Mark's wedding, I had the great privilege of creating a portrait for Lisa's Grandmother. She doesn't speak a word of english but we got along just fine with some translation help through Lisa.

What a grand lady

Muskoka Morning

I love getting up early in the morning and taking off on a trip. This was one of the images I took on my trip to Sudbury a couple weeks ago to speak to the Professional Photographers of Ontario, North-Eastern Ontario Branch. It was great being invited up to talk about my successes and share ideas with other professional photographers.

This image was taken on the way to Sudbury that morning. Hard to believe a scene like this can be found at the side of the highway - and yet, I was standing on the highway side of the guard rail to capture this awesome scene. It's hard to tell on the web image, but on my computer you can 'just' see some of the fall colour in the trees shaded by the mist in the background. The image looks B&W - but this if full colour! One of my favourite images from this trip.

Congratulations Lisa Chau & Mark Stephens

Lisa and Mark were married on September 19, 2009 at Michael Chau's Piano Emporium in Vaughn, Ontario. The piano shop provided a unique background to the wedding and the $100K Grand Piano was a VERY nice prop! I really love this image though - note Lisa's choice of footwear.

Cheers guys! You did great.

Congratulations Jill Moses & Jeff Varey

Jill & Jeff were married on September 4, 2009 at the Kempenfelt Conference Centre. Another great location for a wedding. The sun was bright but allowed us to get some great images down by the water and from the patio look-out.
Congrats once again Jill & Jeff!

Jackson

This is Jackson!
What a great kid to photograph. Within half an hour we had dozens of wonderful images. He had no problem running around barefoot, over gravel, grass, mulch, whatever - and (almost) always smiling.

I don't envy Mom & Dad that now have to choose their favourites. Thanks for bringing him in Robyne!