Meier Family Studio Portraits
My sister and her family came to visit over the Easter long weekend so I had them into the studio along with my kids to create some nice family portraits and a few great images of the cousins together.
Family Portrait Session
I was honored to be invited to create some family and individual portraits for some old friends. They asked me for studio style portraits of their youngest child to match some images they already had of their older child, and also some indoor and outdoor portraits of the entire family. I have a portable studio (including backdrops and lighting gear) that I can set up anywhere, so we turned their living room into a photography studio! I made portraits of both of the children individually and with their parents, and then the whole family together against a black background. The black background is very dramatic images and I really love black and white images created against it. After finishing up inside we went outside to take advantage of a beautiful fall day in Calgary. They live in a prime location adjacent to a very scenic "green" space. I have to put green in quotes because, although the session was completed in early September, the fall colors had already fully arrived. The weather was fantastic and the scenery was perfect to make some lovely fall portraits of the family! I love doing this kind of session where there's lots of variety and the images are all very different. It was a very fun session and it was great hang out with my friends! On a related note... Fast forward only a couple of weeks later to today and the fall colors are already peaking. If you're thinking about getting some fall portraits made this year I would really recommend that you book your session soon. The nice weather is supposed to hold for a little while longer, but the leaves will only stay on the trees [...]
More Portraits of Danielle and her Violin
Here are a few more photos from my session with Portrait of Danielle and her Violin from a couple of weeks ago. I had a really hard time choosing between all the images that I made. This was such a fun session and I think the images speak for themselves...
Portraits of Danielle and her Violin
I had a really fun studio portrait session recently with a family friend. Danielle has always been a real sweetheart and when her mother asked if we could do some portraits while she played the violin I immediately agreed. I've known for a long time that she has been taking music lessons, but I had no idea just how much she loves to play. I was amazed by how good she is and I really enjoyed hearing her play. There are so many cliches about kids learning to play the violin and what they sound like, but none of those apply here. Danielle is truly talented and her music made the session go by very quickly. I'm really looking forward to another opportunity to make some images of Danielle and her violin. We have tentatively agreed to do another session very soon, but the next one will be outside instead of in the studio. Hopefully the Calgary weather will cooperate and we can make it happen soon! Stay tuned for more images...
Slideshow with more Portraits of Andrew
There were so many more great moments from my impromptu portrait session with Andrew the other day that I had to package them up in a slideshow to show some more of them. I know he's my kid, and that I'm very biased here, but you have to admit that he really is very cute. This is totally unscripted as I just asked him to sit in the chair so that I could take a couple of pictures. He did the rest... Sometimes the best thing a photographer can do when things are going well is to just get out of the way and start making images!