Neighbourhood Walk-about

Recently I spent the day with my friend and neighbour, Michelle. We spent the day walking around our neighbourhood in Toronto - Summerhill, Rosedale and Yorkville. There were lots of great photo opportunities. First we walked through Summerhill, then to Rosedale, stopped for lunch in Yorkville and made our way back home.

I think I should go on more photography walk abouts. They are fun. Its just a shame the camera weighs so much.... on a hot day, its a bit of a pain in the butt... but, well worth it. It was a great day. Here are a few of the pictures I took.

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Slice

Here are some pictures of the adorable Slice. She is a sweet little puppy from Ottawa, ON. Her owner, Peggie, is into Agility training and her big sister Shaylie is a champion. I suspect sweet little Slice has success in her future.

I have to admit I had a little trouble with this photo shoot. There were two other dogs running around in addition to Slice and with the pool in the backyard, and a deck to hide under it was difficult to get her concentration with all that puppy energy. A good learning experience though.

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Happy Anniversary

Today is my second wedding anniversary to the most amazing man :)

I have made these in honour of him.

To many, many more years.

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The Last of Fashion Class

Well, this is the last set of pictures from Fashion Photography @ GBC.

These pictures were taken at High Park in Toronto. A great location, very scenic. Make-up is done by the lovely Leslie Grey and the model, the very beautiful and reliable Ashley. I met a lot of very nice and talented people and am glad to have had the experience.

From now on I'll need to find my own models and location if I want to keep it up. For now... I think I do. Its fun working with all sorts of people to make a good picture.

My next class, People Photography starts in Sept and I'll be reunited with my girl Lisa for this one.

For now I think I will go back to basics. Take my camera for a walk, meet some nice people with some nice dogs and hopefully get a chance to do some beauty shots for friends.

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Queen Street Fur

At this point, I have finished up my fashion photography classes, but I'm way behind in posting the results.

In this week, we headed to Queen Street West to take some pictures of our beautiful models with some fur coats. One of my classmates was kind enough to pick up a couple coats from Value Village to help get the right look.

I'd say it worked. So thanks.

Stay tuned to see pictures from my last class photo shoot at High Park.

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Fashion - Bohemian

For this week's class we shot in Yorkville and with a Bohemian theme.  I had made the final decision for the theme.  I enjoyed the theme.

One funny thing to note.  I just watched an episode of Zack Arias' photo critic videos and he and his wife went off on a guy for taking slanted pictures.  My collection includes a tilted camera shot.  Hopefully I do not offend the masses by including it  :P She is falling off the planet and she is enjoying it!   lol

The class today has been good.  We've been discussing portfolios and websites and I have to say I'm starting to get really excited with the prospect of taking on clients.  I don't feel quite as scared as I used to.  Next up - - build a website, hopefully using Dreamweaver.

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Guest Blog on NerdBallon.com

I know I've been away for a while. I've got some fashion pics to put up (2 weeks worth) and I've just been lazy. Well... not even that ... I've just been playing a lot of Sims 3. I get home from work and the best thing I can think to do is play video games. I'm hoping that this obsession will start to dwindle. I've raised many children and screwed around with many people's lives, so hopefully I'll have the majority of it out of my system soon.

I just wanted to let you all know that I've written a blog as a guest on NerdBalloon.com. It is not at all photography related, but gaming is a long-time love of mine, so I'm letting you know about it.

You may remember NerdBallon.com previously mentioned by me, as I've supplied them with photos from a MLG tournament I attended.

So, view the blog here and be sure to check out NerdBallon's podcasts if you're a fan of listening to a group of guys chat about video games.