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October Magic 2022
November 2, 2022
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It’s the third year of my October Whimsical/Magical/Spooky photo challenge. The goal is one new image a day for the month of October leading up to Halloween. I didn’t quite get 31 images this year, BUT, I feel like my photoshopping skills have taken a big jump forward- and I’m…
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Dance Shoot in Newfoundland
August 31, 2022
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I spent most of this summer in Stephenville, Newfoundland as a company member with the Stephenville Theatre Festival. It’s my third summer being a part of this theatre company and I absolutely love it. All three times I’ve been there I’ve had the chance to perform in one show and…
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Newborn Family Shoot
June 1, 2022
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I had the privilege of taking the first portraits of this adorable little one, who was only a week old at the time, but was clearly already showing a LOT of personality! She made absolutely adorable faces, looked right at the camera when called, gazed adoringly at her parents and…
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October Magic 2021
November 1, 2021
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It’s my second year of completing a 31 day Halloween Magic Photo challenge. The goal was to create a magical/spooky/whimsical image every day in the month of October. I’m really happy with how almost all of them turned out, it was fun to see how far my photoshop skills had…
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Magical March
April 4, 2021
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I wanted to try my hand at creating some magical images that weren’t based in classic Halloween imagery - so I decided to have a Magical March! This ended up being a big challenge and a lot of fun. I tried a lot of new photoshop techniques and while I…
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Fall Dancer Shoot in the Bay
November 22, 2020
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I have been working on some product photography for Stand Up Speak Up, an online store that donates 100% of profits back to their community. I was tasked with taking some creative photos of their custom designed scarves and I immediately thought - dancers! The woman who runs the company…
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Some October Magic
November 4, 2020
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Halloween is fun! I’m not a horror fan at all (if I’m watching a horror movie I’m likely half under a blanket with my face covered by my hands and screaming constantly) but I do love the fantastical side of Halloween. So, I challenged myself to create and post (on…
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Fantasy Fashion Shoot with Magic!
September 26, 2020
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My siblings and their spouses were coming to visit and I was itching to do something creative and different, so on their way home I had them pick up some colourful smoke bombs from a fireworks store. I’ve seen these used in all kinds of photography and I’ve always wanted…
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Family Photos at the Cottage
September 24, 2020
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Lots of laughs were had
This adorable little guy is actually my first cousin once removed (my cousins son) and I was lucky enough to spend a socially distanced couple of days hanging out with him and his family as they rented a cottage in my neighborhood. What was so…
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Family Photos and a Cakesmash!
July 30, 2020
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I’ve been photographing this family every summer for four years. The parents are good friends of mine and we started by doing the daughters cake smash for her first birthday, and we’ve met up once a year since. This year I also got to meet and photograph their one year…
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Humpback Whale Watching Adventure
July 22, 2020
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These photos are from summer 2018 and I have JUST (thanks to covid-19 and having copious amounts of time) gone through and edited the whole set. It was so much fun to revisit them!
So, in the summer of 2018 I was working at the Stephenville Theatre Festival in Stephenville,…
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Virtual Photoshoots - Connecting in Isolation
July 6, 2020
For three months during the onset of the covid-19 pandemic it wasn’t possible to do photo shoots of any kind in person. It was risky, frowned upon if not technically illegal and also, I had left the city and was staying with my parents, far away from my usual photography…
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Floating Fabric Shoot
December 30, 2019
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This was a photo shoot that had been rattling around in my head for some time. I love seeing images that combine dancers with beautifully flowy costumes. I knew I wouldn’t be able to put together flowy costumes for this particular shoot, but I wondered if just having fabric to…
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It’s a Wonderful Engagement Shoot
December 10, 2019
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I cast Vince and Genna as George Bailey and Mary Hatch in last years production of “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” at The Lower Ossington Theatre. They are both immensely talented and a pleasure to direct, but in addition to that I thought that they would have…
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Lexie Stavro Dance Shoot
October 30, 2019
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I had photographed a number of musicals that Lexie was performing in and my eye was always drawn to her as a performer onstage. Whether it was as creepy kids toy in Mary Poppins or a Newsie flipping across the stage and performing flawless russians, she grabs attention. We had…
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Cape St. George Picnic
August 9, 2019
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I’m spending the summer working in Stephenville, Newfoundland, working for the Stephenville Theatre Festival as a performer, director and of course, photographer! A group of us took advantage of a day off to drive to nearby Cape St. George for a bit of a picnic. We ended up racing against…
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Puffs! Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
August 4, 2019
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I direct and photograph a lot of shows but every now and then one comes along that’s extra special. Puffs is one of those shows. The script is brilliant, my cast was incredible, the costumes, the tech, everything came together so beautifully. Such a special project to be at the…
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Family Photos - CJ on the Playground
July 9, 2019
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This was my third session with CJ and her family. Her parents, Mark and Michelle are friends of mine from University. Every year around her birthday we’ve gotten together to do a fun shoot and I’ve really enjoyed getting to see how much she’s changed and grown year to year!…
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Cherry Blossoms & Dance in Trinity Bellwoods
May 10, 2019
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I was so grateful that Madison and Justan were able to join me this brisk, muddy May morning for a shoot with the cherry blossoms in Trinity Bellwoods Park. For a couple of years I’ve wanted to shoot dancers with the blossoms but I keep missing the window, but I…
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Family Photos - CJ is an Artist!
June 19, 2018
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For CJ’s second birthday her parents Mark and Michelle wanted something similar to the fun cake smash we did for her first birthday, but different. We came up with the idea of letting her go wild with (totally non-toxic, kid friendly, practically edible, super washable) paints.
We started with some…
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Autumn Dance Shoot
February 1, 2018
On one of the last nice days of fall the lovely and talented Laura and I met up in Trinity Bellwoods Park to take some dance photos. There were a couple of places in the park where the leaves were gorgeous and Laura is SO wonderful to work with. I’m…
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Bright Lights big CNE
January 30, 2018
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A few months ago I visited the CNE for the first time with my siblings and their spouses. We spent five hours walking around taking in the sights and the tasty food. I brought my camera with me as I thought the photos of the midway lights might outweigh the…
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Over the Rainbow
November 14, 2017
The Wizard of Oz holds a special place in my heart as it was the first musical I ever performed in. I was 11 and was thrilled to be cast as Dorothy. I fell in love with performing through this charming story of finding yourself (after a Mom of one…
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Tarah’s Fall Doterra Shoot
October 1, 2017
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Tarah was looking to create some images for her various platforms about incorporating Doterra oils into your wellness routine. I’m not a product photographer by trade but we had fun putting together a couple of shots of the oils themselves. (click on any image to see it larger)
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We also…
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Paint Splatter!
September 16, 2017
So I’ve found myself with a little more free time this spring than I’ve had for several years, which has been really lovely. I wanted to use some of that time to put together some photoshoots that have been kicking around in my head for ages but I’ve never had…
