Posts Tagged ‘toronto family portraits’
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.


Claudia and Diego are expecting their first child! When Claudia spoke to she explained that she wanted photographs by the beach, so we decided to take photographs at the Virginia Key Beach in Key Biscayne. Claudia and Diego were much troopers as they were willing to go into the water, it was much, much fun! Pleas enjoy the images below.
Claudia’s belly was sooo big!!


The joyful parents-to-be!







Thank you Claudia and Diego for being such a fun couple to photograph. I wish you many blessings and hope to meet Lucas once he is born!!!