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This was the most charming of weddings - the couple and their two girls in The Old Bailey at Victoria Hall, Cobourg. The images here are the layout I created for their wedding album - the front page, and then the two-page spreads of the open book.
Hands down, weddings offer the hugest number of photo opportunities to capture not just the couple and their emotions, but also images of groups of friends and family members who rarely get together in one location, and always include the beautiful details and if possible, candid shots.
I approach weddings like I approach the rest of my photography – I play with the visual elements I’m given. I work to put my subjects at ease and then disappear into the background. My first priority is to capture the couple, and then I look for images that tell the story of the wedding day. There are always moments of incredible sweetness, quiet minutes away from the crowd, and nervous energy. No couple approaches this day like any other.
National Shunt Service Limited (NSSL) is a Cobourg-born business that was started by Lorne Stewart in 1988 as Cobourg Cartage that has now expanded across North America. I have shot images for their re-brand as well as a series of informal portraits of staff.
Bin-It Ltd. started at our kitchen table in 2009. Now I could fill a bin with the number of images we have, and here are some of my favourites. This is a good example of what it’s like to have a photographer capture a day in the life of a business, documenting the work as well as the faces and places. Photographing Bin-It has given me the opportunity to do a lot of environmental portraits of my husband doing what he loves best—being outside and working.
Recently, three departments at the Ontario Institute of Education in Toronto amalgamated under the new title of Social Justice. I photographed staff, students and some special events that celebrated this.
These are some of the images I used for a book about a family cottage on Lake Rousseau. I think books are about the best way to record faces, places and events and you get a big bang for your buck in terms of number of images, quality of printing and preserving them in a way that will be accessible for at least a hundred years.
I’ve made books from family shoots, events and weddings - and also for people who are downsizing and finding it difficult to either part with treasures or leave a home where they’ve lived for decades - or both. Photographing a home, not just the rooms but the stuff in those rooms, the garden, the worn kitchen table and the mess of tools in the basement, makes a beautiful memoir.
The jewellery-makers at FancsV spend their day doing minute work, creating custom gorgeous works of wearable art.
I think I could make a whole book from back shots. I just love them. I love the body language, the candid quality, the soft movement and often the way the light falls like a halo. There is something really quietly intimate and personal about back shots.
She’s a doctor of Naturopathy, he’s a cabinet-maker. One afternoon, we did a few shots for her - and talked him into a few more. The light in his barn/workshop was just too good to not play around with. Plus they each got some images for their websites.
I love working with clients to get their message across, and these include National Shunt, Articulate Space, Black Beans Steakhouse and Lounge, Northumberland County (intra-site), YMCA Northumberland, Queen’s University, The University of Victoria in the University of Toronto, Northumberland Hills Hospital, the Social Justice Department of OISE, and my husband's business, Bin-It Ltd.
I photographed staff at work for Northumberland County. For OISE, I covered the brand development of the Social Justice programme including its launch event. I loved shooting students in classes and in residence for Queen’s and Victoria University in the University of Toronto. I’ve shot in restaurant kitchens, behind the scenes of live theatre, in trucking yards and warehouses. I work really hard to make crisp, energized photographs of people at work.
Great, clean images for your website make a fabulous first impression. A professional head shot and good site design are the foundation, but clear images that say who you are and what you do are critical for grabbing attention.
I love it when people are passionate about their jobs, their art, their kids, their hobbies. You get the ones who shine in front of the camera, and for those who would rather have root canal than be photographed, I will work really hard to make you feel a bit more comfortable and look great.
Editorial work starts at $400/hour + travel.
Prints, leather or linen folios and books can be added, as well as digital content for all social media and website platforms, cropped to your specifications.