Leah and Ezra are one of the cutest children around! We met on a beautiful Thursday morning in Shouldice Gardens in Richmond Hill for a fun time of play and family portraits. To break the ice, we began with the grandparents and then let them run around and play. Part of my personal style as a photographer is to allow the children to interact with their surroundings and thus capture them as they are. I don’t capture poses, I capture moments, moments that reveal a child’s unique personality. This, to me, is the most rewarding part of my job!
I loved Ezra’s expression as he sees a garden truck pass by…priceless!!
I love how Leah and Ezra’s grandparents are just in-love with their grandchildren!
While walking around the gardens, I found the steps below. I though it would be awesome to get Ezra and Leah there for some lovely shots. In order to persuade them (while playing “circles” around the stairs), we gave them some candy! The end result you can view for yourself! Pure delight!
Leah’s mom wanted a portrait of Leah reading, but Leah wasn’t too cooperative. So in order to get her in that moment, I put myself in front of her at a distance and began interacting with Ezra while pointing my lens at her. After a couple of shots, mission accomplished! I particularly love the one below!
Towards the end of the session, we thought it would be nice to capture them interacting with each other. Ezra and Leah looove playing together! This was self evident as they played with their Legos.
I’m not sure how many of you are watching the World Cup, but I’m a huge fan of it. In my opinion, no other sporting event has as much power to unite the world as this one; not even the Olympics. Personally, I’m a tremendous fan of the German team. Even though I’m not German, I have a certain fascination for the people, the language, and the culture. So much so, that I took German classes to learn the language a few years ago.
Now, the World Cup is in its final stages, and with every passing game, the tournament becomes more exciting. Victory is paramount and is equally celebrated with extraordinary enthusiasm. Germany played against Argentina in the Quarterfinals yesterday and I decided to watch it with hundreds of Germans at The Musket, a great German-Austrian restaurant west of Toronto. During the game, the atmosphere in the restaurant was explosive with every German goal scored! After the game, victory was celebrated in the streets as if Germany had already won the World Cup. The Germans were champions for a day! I was fortunate to be there and celebrate with them! Enjoy the photographs below:
Germany still has a long road ahead with a game against Spain. Let’s hope they can come out of that game victorious as well! Cheers!
Summer time in Toronto is sooooooo much fun! With so many activities, it’s hard to get bored in a city as awesome as this one. This week, we had the Tall Ships Festival in Downtown’s Waterfront and my lovely wife and I went to see what it was all about. I must admit, there is something romantic about those ships, but life aboard those vessels was nothing like life on a cruise ship today. As a matter of fact, life was extremely difficult! Nonetheless, my wife and I had an absolutely lovely time and I am happy to share some of those images with you!
My lovely wife, Andrea, enjoying the sun and trying to tug one of those tiny boats!
Supporting my German team even when there was no game that day! What can I say… I have World Cup fever!!
Of course, we couldn’t go to a Tall Ship Festival and not take a photograph by one of those classic wheels!
