Kristina, Gil and Joakim
We missed the cherry blossoms, but that didn’t stop us from having a great time in High Park. And the playground was just the thing to help Joakim shake off the daze from his afternoon nap. It’s a good thing his mom’s a marathoner, because this little guy has energy!
Let’s play ball!
I was a Raptor season ticket holder for a year too long (MoPete, love you forever!), but my heart will always belong to the Blue Jays.
Twenty years ago, our boys won their first world series. Clearly, they’re due for another climb to the top. And hey, would you look at that? Two weeks into the season and they’re at the top of their division. (Well, tied with Baltimore, but whatever.)
I made it out to a game during the home opener series and indulged with Instagram. Gimmicky, I know, but then so is the seventh-inning stretch. Now, let’s go Blue Jays!
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Simply put, paradise
I had the extreme good fortune to be invited on a press trip to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a collection of 32 islands (9 of which are inhabited) in the Caribbean Sea. Untouched landscapes, beautiful vistas, friendly, happy and proud citizens — plus, my idea of perfect weather (with nights as warm as the days): 27C plus humidity, meaning a perfect (perfect!) 35C.
I would go back in a heartbeat.
I’ll be writing a travel story for the National Post, likely published in the fall and likely about how to vacation like the 1%. I mean, I did get to “co-pilot” a private plane. : )
Hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed the trip! (Shot with my Nokia N8 and the occasional app.)
Tenzin
My friends Neel and Suchorita are the coolest people I know, so it’s fitting that we had The Pinball Cafe as our venue for family portraits — and my first meeting with their son, Tenzin, who’s almost four weeks old. Tenzin was committed to keeping his eyes closed during the whole shoot, really only opening them once I packed my camera away, but I feel we’ve come to an understanding for next time. : )
48 hours in Tremblant
I happily accepted a quickie press trip to Tremblant, not because I ski, but because they were offering to show off all the non-skiing options at the resort; many I’d never done before. In a day and a half I went dogsledding, ice climbing and snowshoeing, all for the first time and loved every minute of it.
(Photos of me with the dogs, courtesy of Expedition Wolf; photos of me climbing taken on my phone by fellow climber Liz Bruckner. I didn’t want to risk damage to my dSLR, so all photos, with the exception of those taken by the folks at EW, were shot with a Nokia N8.)
Federica
Travel editor extraordinaire! Fed asked for some new headshots for the magazine she edits, so here’s a small sampling. Of course, I couldn’t resist working on an outtake as well (at bottom).
Gift certificates!
I’m pleased to now offer gift certificates for portrait sessions!
Family portrait sessions start at $200 and include: one hour of photography at a location of their choice, 30 colour-corrected digital images on a CD and one 8×10 print of their choosing.
Other packages are available as well.
The Biloskis
Twins! I photographed Félix and Aurélie when they were tiny little babies — just seven weeks old. But now the happy munchkins are almost 18 months old.
That was then. This, below, is now, with mama et papa, Genevieve and Ron.
Two-year-old torque
You’ve got to be fast to keep up with a two-year-old, especially this guy: Quinton, and his parents, Karen and Steve.
Ladies who shoot their lunch
Earlier this week I went on a two-day jaunt to a farm near Thornbury, Ont., courtesy of the team behind the Canadian launch of the Australian wine label Ladies Who Shoot Their Lunch (got that?). The goal, of course, was to shoot our lunch, then skin, clean, cook and eat it. Alas, the birds outwitted us, but we enjoyed a beautiful, crisp fall morning, and some frozen ducks who’d met their demise earlier.
I’m not a hunting advocate, but after this trip, I see the merit in it for sustenance purposes. You don’t get much more locavore than heading down to the local pond for lunch. And waste is minimized as well, no packaging and everything that’s not eaten is compostable.
