Happy First Birthday, Matthew!

It's hard to believe that one year ago, my one and only nephew was born! It's even harder to believe that I never shared his newborn portraits on the blog.  Since I can't be with him to celebrate today, here are those portraits, one year later.

Happy Birthday, Matty Moo!  You have brought endless joy into our lives.  I love you,  muffin!  

Linked to: Smart Schoolhouse, Ashley's Dandelion Wishes

Portraits: Mister C on the beach!

Back in 2011, I had the pleasure of meeting this little man, and last month, I got to hang out with him and his parents in Sarasota, FL!  We had lots of fun playing in the sand, and he is one of the best behaved toddlers I've ever known.  Love this little guy - and his parents!

There's a few more shots over at facebook if you'd like to see more! Pop by, give us a like, and let me know what you'd like to see more of! 

Calvin the Cat... part 2

Calvin the Cat makes his second appearance on this blog, with some portraits that I shot of him in Florida (along with the more skittish Kirby - amazingly, she sat still for the camera for two of these shots!)

P.S. This is the last weekend to check out my photo exhibit, Seeing Sound if you're in the Toronto area!  You can see the photos at Vesuvio's Pizza: 3010 Dundas St. W. Toronto ON.

Calvin's Christmas Portraits

Calvin is my fiancé's, cat.  While we were decorating the tree this year, he was looking on with such curiosity.  We put a mini Santa hat on him, and a star was born.  He sat very patiently as I clicked away with my camera, and we ended up with lots of super cute shots - it was tough to narrow them down!  He needs to be put into Kitty Modelling, if there is such a thing!

A Kid in an Ice Cream Shop

It sometimes happens that I don't have my DSLR on hand to capture those picture perfect life moments... Or, in some cases, it would just be very inappropriate to pull it out.

Yesterday was one of those days - I took my favourite 5-year-old out for ice cream, and she was just too cute with her nose pressed up against the glass, trying to decide which topping would be the best!  My iPhone, with the PictureShow app subbed in, and I came up with this super sweet shot!








P.S. In case you were wondering - she chose vanilla with rainbow sprinkles!

Portraits - Marlena

On a random week in June, one of my Floridian BFF's came to visit me, and was happy to be my model as I thrust her into different locations and told her to say cheese!  Here's the result of those days:

Thanks for being a good sport, Marlena!  The rest of the pictures are right this way!

Portraits: K&S - maternity session

This is probably the quickest I've ever turned around a photo session!  Mom-to-be, K, contacted me on a Tuesday, we shot the photos on Friday, and by Wednesday they had their photos in hand!  *Phew!*

I think it's mostly because K & her husband, S, were a breeze to work with.  Just look at these two - so happy and positively glowing with the impending arrival of their bundle of joy.  They asked for some simple shots, using nature as the backdrop, with no props or gimmicks.  I was happy to deliver:

While we were out shooting, we stumbled upon a lovely, big tree, that seemed to have a little surprise of it's own... ;)

K & S - I wish you all the best in the upcoming weeks!  

Portraits - Baby A.

Also in May, I had the pleasure of photographing one of the most beautiful baby girls I've ever met.   She was super sweet, and would let anyone hold her, and more importantly, was very interested in having me photograph her!

Want to see more from this set?  Click Here.

Portraits - Baby C.

Back in May, I shot some photos of a super sweet 6-month-old baby boy.  He is one of the best behaved babies I've ever met - didn't cry at all!

See more from this set over at Flickr, and if you're not already a fan (or even if you are!), check out Superflash Photography on Facebook.  I usually end up uploading preview pics there, well before they make it to the blog.  

Nicole at 4.5 years old

A couple of days ago, I had the pleasure of taking my little niece Nicole to the park, and photographing her in action.  She's such a photogenic child, it was so much fun capturing these little moments.  Here's a preview of the mini-shoot.  More photos will be posted at Flickr later next week!