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Evan and the Belly

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:04:16 +0000

It was time for the Roethlingshoefer maternity shoot. A what maternity shoot? I know, it is a big word, but just happens to be our close friends last name. They decided last minute to have some maternity photos taken. Basically, they said, “what are you doing today, we need to get some maternity photos taken”. So they headed over with their son, Evan, to get some photos of the belly, along with Evan. They had liked a picture I had taken with our daughter Pepper and her brother Cooper, when Cooper was still in “the belly”. It was a fun shoot, and we got a couple of great shots. We went for a bit of a “lifestyle” approach to the images (think GAP), and I think we did a pretty good job of it.

And it was a good thing we took the pictures when we did, as she went into labor that night and gave birth. In less than 24 hours from our shoot, the baby was no longer in “the belly”.

Here are a handful of images that we captured that day. I thought the music was fitting, but you have to think “son”, not “sun” (oh, they had a boy.)

The slideshow continually loops (this way if you like the song and want to hear it all the way through, it doesn’t cut off on you! Don’t you just hate when that happens).

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MIGHT AS WELL JUMP!

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:47:42 +0000

My kids take gymnastics at great place called JUMP! Gymnastics in downtown Vancouver. The staff there are a great.

I befriended one of the moms there as her son and my son have become friends. She was doing a fundraiser for West Side Family Place and brought JUMP! on board to donate a free birthday party for the silent auction. She asked me to “sweeten” the deal by adding in an hour of photography. I said sure, why not, it’s for the kids.

So I got the call a few weeks ago from the highest bidder of the party. She was very sweet, and she said she was going to have a party. But it wasn’t for a birthday, just a party to ring in the New Year. How cool is that? When it comes to kids, parents never think to have a party unless its a birthday. I love the idea. Why wait…have some fun when you can.

It was such a great group of kids. They were loads of fun and high in energy. They tore the place up. I had a lot of fun with them, and got some great shots too!

Check out the slideshow below of the kids in action.

Secret Shoot…Shhh

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:19:52 +0000

So this is always fun. I had a client who wanted to take a picture of her niece - an adorable little 14 month old girl, with big , beautiful blue eyes. There was one catch – it was a surprise for the little girls parents. A Christmas gift in the making. So it involved getting the little girl (let’s call her “Betty” for now so I don’t blow any surprises) out of her house without bringing up any suspicion, and shuttling her over to her Aunt’s house (who we will call “Judy”). We tried once before, but that plot was ruined by a napping “Betty”. Judy would have had to do a lot of explaining to do on why she wanted to wake her up and get her out of the house. So we had to re-schedule. Too bad too, as it was a beautiful afternoon. So we set-up a new shoot, and as luck would have it, it was pouring rain, so indoors it was. We got some great shots and I am so excited to post them here…in a month. Sorry, can’t show the pictures just yet. I told you, it was a surprise, and I can’t take any chances.

UPDATE: According to Sue (the aunt in disguise), her brother and sister-in-law absolutely loved the photos (she said there were some tears shed as well – the happy kind of course). She had a great idea on how to present the images to them as well – by showing them a slideshow of all of the images. Then did the big unveiling – a 24×36 inch canvas! The canvas looked great. Below is the image she used for the canvas. I am so glad they loved their images!

REDFISH

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:19 +0000

What a great day for a shoot! It was a beautiful, sunny day for the Redfish Kids Clothing Catalogue shoot. Redfish is a gorgeous clothing line for kids. The owners are wonderful people and a pleasure to work with, and the kids were even better. They say working with animals and kids are tough, but these kids sure do prove that theory wrong (although animals may still be tough). Here are a few shots from the day.

SIEGEL’S SEA STARS BY THE SEASHORE

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:24:01 +0000

I did a family shoot with the Siegel family about a year ago. I got a call from the mother, Parise, and she wanted a shot of her kids each holding something important to them – it turned out to be a Sea Star (I was very happy about this considering I taught marine biology for 8 years). FYI, we call them Sea Stars now, Starfish is being phased out since it is not really a fish. Oh, and Sea Jellies is now phasing out the term jellyfish for the same reason.). Here is the kicker. She was thinking she wanted everything to be in Black and White and the Sea Star in color. (I immediately thought of all of those black and white photos of the little girls holding the roses that were in color – not really my style). I told her that wasn’t my style and I recommended we could get the shot without having to colorize. Well, we got some great shots, and while I was working with them in post, I thought it would be fun to give it a shot “colorizing” one. It isn’t your typical colorization, and I couldn’t believe how great it looked. I was amazed. I don’t know if I will be doing much colorization in the future, but these will remain as some of my favorites.

(If you live in the Vancouver area, be sure to check out Siegels Bagels here in Vancouver. Parise owns the company. If you want a great bagel, I highly recommend a visit to one of their stores located in Kitsilano and on Granville Island – the bagels are good enough to remind me of the bagels back home in New York – and that is not an easy feat to accomplish).

SIEGEL'S SEA STARS BY THE SEASHORE

adminTom — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:24:01 +0000