Yearly Archives: 2009

Remembering

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This is a picture I captured at ‘Ardenne Abbey’, a monestary in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, near Caen, France. This was a German observation post where 18 Canadian POWs were taken and killed by by the German army on June 7th, 1944.

The lone poppy pressed into the concrete wall really stood out to me, as it’s such a strong symbol of the ongoing support of our veterans. What was really different was that this was the 1st week of September, a time where we generally don’t see a lot of symbolic poppies in Canada.

Remebering lives and breathes every day in this part of France, and makes me wonder why I don’t take the opportunity to consider and be thankful for these selfless sacrifices more than a few weeks per year.


– Post From My iPhone

Vittoria Trattoria

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I went with Eric this week to complete the series of photos for Vittoria Trattoria – at both their Riverside and Market locations. I took some shots of the restaurant itself, as well as some food shots for their website through SiteBenefits.
If you look at the shot at the top, it’s a private dining room in their beautiful wine cellar – I think I know where I’m booking my birthday party this year. NICE! Not only did the food look delicious, but they made some pretty amazing looking beverages while we were there as well. I really like the shot below – the mosaic tiles on their bartop were very cool.

Allium : Delicous!

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I had the chance to do interior and food shots at one of our favorite restaurants in the city, Allium. The photos are for their website through Sitebenefits.

Allium is a fairly new spot on Holland St., and they have amazing food at pretty reasonable prices considering the quality. They did some renovations since I was last there about a year ago and the place is stunning.
I was in the recovery phase of the (maybe swine) flu, so it wasn’t the most fun gig I’ve done, but I’m happy with the pictures I was able to get. Here are some nice looking dishes – 1 of them is their famous duck, and the other is a scallop dish.

MARRIED! Karen + Shawna – Beantown Ranch Wedding Photography

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I had the great privilege of documenting Karen & Shawna’s gorgeous wedding day – photographing the events of the day from the 9am hair appointment until the last dance at 1:30am. What an absolute blast! Everything was laid-back and well organized (Genevieve and Guy at Bean Town Ranch are super-human planners), and everyone had a great time. Karen and Shawna have an amazing group of friends who helped with everything from slideshows to the gorgeous homemade wedding cake.
The picture above is one of my favorites (and the 2nd last) of the handful of ‘formal’ shots we got. It was nearly freezing, so I couldn’t keep the ladies outside too long – I think they were nearly hypothermic by the end. I actually had to clone out a few tears from Shawna’s cheek – her eyes were watering from the cold wind.
As you can see from the shot above, the party was no fun at all…we’ll all pretend that the air microphone didn’t come out on the wedding day, Karen….haha.
The image below was the 2nd last shot I took of the day. I had 2 shots left on my last memory card and I thought I’d try something different. Most of the guests had left at this point, and the DJ called “last song” – which brought Karen & Shawna to the dance floor for the last time. I had taken down my lights and thought a silhouette would be cool with the candlelight in the background. I love it!

Airport

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Addie is back from Halifax/PEI today. Here’s a shot from my iPhone of her plane coming in. Can you see her waving?


– Post From My iPhone

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