This was my 2nd time photographing a Baptism at this beautiful Serbian Orthodox Church, which is located just west of Toronto. I had the honor of taking photos of Victor and his family/friends as he was baptised. Here are some photos from the day.
Todd and Stephanie are getting married later this month and I’m very much looking forward to it. For this engagement session we started off by some train tracks and then took some photos in a quaint little town called Waterdown and then finished off in a small park. Like most of my sessions I shot digital with a mixture of medium format film on my Pentax 645n camera. This time I shot a roll of expired (2012) Kodak Portra 160NC film and you will likely notice which 2 shots below are film and which are digital. Here are some photos from this session.
One of my favourite sessions, for sure. Sam and Clare were great to work with and it was a mostly overcast day with the sun peeking out here and there. I shot their engagement photos in downtown Toronto, at the U of T campus. With so many old, historic buildings and little alleys here and there, its a fantastic location for photography. Add a fun good-looking couple and its a win-win situation. Here are some photos from that day.
I recently visited Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto along with my wife and 2-yr old son. The place is amazing and quite a lot of fun, whether you’re an adult or a child. At our local food supermarket, Loblaws – my son is always excited about seeing the lobsters in the seafood area. So lets just say, that he was quite impressed with the different lobsters, sharks, fish, eels, etc that are abundant here. I didn’t photograph this visit, documentary style, because a) its kind of dark there and I don’t want to use a flash and b) I only brought my Canon 5D2 with 85mm f1.2 lens. This lens focus like “a glacier” as Ryan Brenizer once noted. Its certainly not meant for much action, so in this environment it was a little tricky at times. I chose this lens because I wanted the fantastic dof (depth of focus) it gives as I really wanted to separate my ‘subjects’ from their background so that they really stand out. This also meant it would be kinda hard to get the entire shark in the frame as well, but next time I might bring the 50mm f1.4 with me. Check out this place if you still haven’t – its not cheap but its very well worth it.
*just wanted to add that it doesn’t take much skill to photograph animals in a fish tank. Its not like there is anywhere for them to go..
I shot Paulina and Scott’s wedding a couple of months ago. Because it literally rained 100% of the time the couple decided they wanted to come back to the gorgeous Parkwood Estate gardens one more time, minus the umbrellas this time. We enjoyed very bright, sunny weather and were able to take our time and create some images. Here are a few favourites from the session.
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