Kristi + Matt | Engagement Session
A few short weeks ago I had the pleasure of shooting Kristi and Matt’s engagement session. It was a beautiful day at Sunnidale park with lots of great colour but it was wicked cold. By the following weekend the weather was considerably warmer but all the leaves had fallen. I’ll take a few hours of [...]
Rachel | Portrait Session
I was talking to the lovely and talented Nicole Miller, one half of Miller Ellis Photography, and we decided to go play with some lights and take some pictures. We enlisted the always eager Rachel to be our victim model. It was a wicked fun evening of running around downtown Barrie and it was great [...]
Rachel + MacLaren Art Centre | Portrait
Rachel is a beautiful, up-and-coming model hopeful who I’ve worked with in the past. We met up recently to do a portrait shoot at the MacLaren Art Centre. The MacLaren is one of the few places in Barrie where photographers are welcome and it’s ok to shoot within certain limits. Beyond that, it’s a stunning [...]
Nicole | Trash The Dress
This stuff is GOLD baby! Can you tell I’m proud of this shoot? You might recognize the model in this trash the dress shoot as Nicole from Flowers By Design and Little Birdie Wedding and Event Florals (the kick ass-ing-est florist in Barrie – I say that without hesitation, even though it might wreck whatever goodwill [...]
Melanie + Aaron | Married!
I’m so excited to share the latest wedding I shot with the magnificent Sarah Guy from Labour of Love Photography. Sarah’s awesome and it’s always a great time shooting with her. Melanie and Aaron were probably the most excited to be engaged couple I’ve ever met. I did their engagement shoot well over a year [...]
Lindsay + Will | Married!
I’ve been wanting to tell you about Lindsay and Will’s wedding for a while now. I showed up at their place to shoot Lindsay and her bridesmaids. I got there as they were finishing getting ready and took some candids before pulling them into the backyard for some fun shots. We trucked it on over [...]
All Nighter Shoot | 2010
Like all my posts this one is WAY behind. Meh… whatcha gonna do? Last year a bunch of us got together for a shoot at night. It was called the “All Nighter Shoot” and it was awesome. Well this year it happened again and we rocked it. I love shooting at night. I get to [...]
Jeff + Christine | Married!
I’ve been hanging on to this one for a long time. Jeff and Christine already have their album delivered and in their hands, so it’s been a while. I usually try to show you fresher stuff, but I’ve been short on time as of late and haven’t been blogging much. I shot this wedding way [...]
James + Whitney | E-Session
Remember when I had my lovely assistant draw a name for a free engagement session? Well, we waited until it got hot and I picked up James and Whitney and trucked them out to the Badlands in Caledon. Not familiar? The Badlands is a unique area formed by geological shenanigans that looks like it’s been transported [...]
Sterling | Gown Go Round
Sterling and I got together to do a shoot for Gown Go Round – a bridal gown shop in Newmarket. Tara is the proprietor and she’s a super sweet lady. Her shop is a bit different than most bridal shops. It’s a consignment shop and she also rents dresses. It’s a good choice for a practical bride. [...]
Heather | Maternity Session
Heather asked “Do you do maternity photography?” “Um, yep.” says I. “Cool” “Cool” So I loads her and John in the car and we truck on over to my friend (another) Heather’s studio. John sat in for a few shots and I finished with Heather on her own. I wanted a different look from the [...]
Melanie + Aaron | e-session
Melanie and Aaron are one of my awesome couples. I usually like to shoot an engagement session about a month or two before the wedding but Melanie was super excited to get the shoot done so we did it back in the fall at a secluded spot by the lake in Barrie. I’ve just been [...]
Awesome Wedding Pro – Flowers by Design
Nicole is another fantastic wedding vendor here in Barrie. She has a wonderful little flower and gift shop tucked into the corner of Huronia and Big Bay called Flowers by Design. I’m not going to pretend I know a lot about flowers, but she put together a bouquet for my wife that I’m still getting [...]
Awesome Wedding Pro – Sorlie Arts
I met Andrew Sorlie a while back at a photographer’s pub night. That’s right, we get together and drink beer and talk cameras. Only thing is, Andrew’s not a photographer per se. He’s a wedding cinematographer. And he’s wicked at it. We’ve met up a few times since then, most recently at a workshop called [...]
Jessica
Jessica is a very talented ice dancer here in Barrie. I’ve been fascinated with photos of dance, especially ballet. There’s something about the grace of the movements and poses that captivates me. I’ve been wanting to shoot ballet dancers and capture some of that grace in my personal work. Ice dancing and figure skating have [...]
And the winner is…
At the wedding show at the Monte Carlo Inn in Barrie last Sunday I collected ballots for a draw for a free engagement session. So here’s how the draw went down. Here’s my lovely assistant. We started with a bin full of ballots. Shake – a – shake – a Congrats Whitney! Your gift certificate [...]
My Wedding Show Booth
This past Saturday I did my first ever wedding show. The next day I did my second. My motto should be “jump in with both feet”. Saturday we were at the Bear Estate at Cranberry Resort in Collingwood. Which was cool because I have a wedding coming up there in the fall. I’ll be joined [...]
Portrait Session With Tessa
I shoot Tessa a lot (see here, here, and here). I suppose she likes my work. We met at the lake shore in Barrie for a quick portrait session at sunset back in August. Here’s a few of pictures from that day. We started out by the spirit catcher as the sun was raking across [...]
Purple Hair and Broken Glass
I shot Laura for the first time almost a year ago. I guess she liked the experience enough to let me shoot her again. This time we waited until the weather was warmer and we tried something different. There’s an empty industrial building I see on an almost daily basis in Barrie that I thought [...]
Jen & Chester
Jen and Chester are the coolest! First off any bride that wears white Converse All-Stars gets cool points. Second, the inspired choice of venue – an art gallery – more cool points. Jen’s a local high school teacher and Chester’s job is really exciting and top secret, like accountant or something. Anyways, I met them [...]
Courtney
Courtney gave me a call back in the summer. She was interested in a creative portrait shoot and wanted to use some of the images as part of an acting portfolio. I called and booked a professional makeup artist, Ashley Dinning, on Courtney’s behalf. Ashley was able to join us for the duration of the [...]
Adjusting vs. Retouching
There’s a difference between the images that come out of the camera and the ones that I deliver to a client. Straight off the memory card the images are flat and lack punch. A lot of times I need to fine tune exposure (sometimes it’s more than a fine tuning). When I deliver digital images [...]
Morgan
These are some pictures of Morgan that I dug up from a couple of years ago. At the time Morgan was an aspiring model that was working with my wife. I was starting to build a portfolio and needed to shoot people. All my friends and family had long since run out of patience with [...]