Posts Tagged ‘toronto children photography’
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.
Last week, along with Diana came Emily. Emily’s parents wanted to see if their daughter would allow me to photograph her as she is very shy. Well, she was doing great posing for Diana’s mother point-and-shoot, but when she saw my big camera, she ran away! Well, I was up for the challenge! Knowing that she may feel more comfortable with Diana at first, I asked her to sit by the rail tracks with Diana for a few shots.
Sooner than she could say “cheese” she realized she was all alone in front of my camera and the shyness went away! From this point forward she wanted to imitate Diana in every way possible and would even give her some tips on posing!!! She was so cute to photograph! Enjoy the images below.
Photographing children is not about how they can or cannot pose. I often see parents become initially frustrated because they want their child to “pose” for the shot in a specific way. My answer to them is always the same: “Let them be…Let them get used to the environment and the camera.” I believe that the best way to photograph children is by simply letting them be themselves without the force of a “pose” that may cause agitation and even some tears. In the photos below, I did not, in any way, tell Emily how to pose. I merely placed her in the different places and she did the rest! Yes, sometimes a little help here an there is necessary, but children will express who they are without much effort if you are patient enough.
The shots above where really the “warm-up shots.” After these, Emily took charge of the whole thing! It was sooo much fun!
Well, Emily was stupendous! She did such a fabulous job during her first photo shoot! I would like to thank her parents for allowing her to come along and I hope we can do it again soon!
Last weekend, while in Canada, my wife and I went to Kitchener to celebrate my birthday and hang out with the in-laws. On Monday morning, I had the opportunity to photograph the Dueñas Family and their beautiful girls.
You may remember I posted an image of them a few days ago. If not, click here.
We headed over to Victoria Park and I was able to capture the girls as they are. I think that the best way to photograph children is to let them be themselves without worrying about pose; this is where photography captures their true essence.
The girls had a great time modeling in front of the camera and running around trying to feed the Ducks and Geese. I had a fantastic time capturing the girls and although it was no easy task keeping up with them, it was certainly fun. Oh did I mention that I I got Geese and Duck poop all over me? Yep! While photographing some of the girls, I knew I had to lay down on the grass to get those great shots, so I did just that, except that the grass in that area was full of poop. I got home all smelly, but proud of my images! LOL!!
Please enjoy the images below and the slideshow!
A group shot of the beautiful girls. I love how the little one imitates her sister! She was so cute!
A shot of the proud parents:
Thank you Miguel and Sandra for allowing me to capture your beautiful family.
On my last day in Canada, I was very fortunate of photographing the Dueñas Family. Below is just one of my favorite images. More will come tomorrow! Enjoy!
Hey guys! I’m here in the Country of the Maple Leafs with my gorgeous wife. My sister-in-law is a Real Estate Agent and wanted some great portraits of her (will post later) but as I was taking her images, I shot my cute God-Son, Armando Nicolas Jr. Isn’t he a cutie?!!!! You may remember him from a previous post some time ago.
