May 19, 2012 by Gail
I’ve downloaded thousands of photos from yesterday’s wedding in Whitby. How to choose one for a preview? It’s like asking me to pick a favourite song from my hard drive. Too many! Their First Look is one of my favourites to date, plus their First Dance. So I’m picking one from each — their First Dance above and their First Look below. More photos in a full preview to come!
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May 14, 2012 by Gail
Kelley and Rob picked the perfect day for an engagement shoot, and I took advantage of the bright spring weather to showcase as much COLOUR as I could, as you can tell by the editing. I found murals, tulips (which turned out to be Kelley’s favourite flower), and super-green grass as backdrops around Riverdale Park.
Although I was booked last year to shoot their destination wedding June 1, this was the first time we met due to scheduling. Now that we’ve done their engagement shoot, I’m really excited to be flying to Mexico at the end of the month to photograph their beach wedding!
Some of my favourites are below, the rest are best viewed as a full-screen slideshow, thumbnails, or as a smaller slideshow further below.
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May 6, 2012 by Gail
If I’m going to work on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, I’d much rather be
I got all three! More to come…
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April 29, 2012 by Gail
I <3 this cake topper. Perfectly simple but simply perfect!
Post-wedding days are Recovery Sundays at the House of Fielding. These are the days when the cat is glad to have company after being “abandoned” for an eternity (Saturday), and I eat wedding favours for breakfast.
I’m supposed to finish filing my taxes right now, but I’m editing photos instead. That should tell you something.
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April 15, 2012 by Gail
I kicked off my 2012 wedding season by shooting Michelle and Robert’s wedding on Saturday, and if this one’s any indication, I’m going to have a doozy of a year! In fact, I took another six-hour nap today to recover…
This preview pic was taken at Sugar Beach, where the winds were so high I could barely open the car door. I took one look at the trees and said an involuntary “uh oh”. It felt like a storm was on its way and the forecasters were going to tell us to batten down the hatches (there were winds coming up from 121 storms in 4 states that day). I was unsure everyone would go along with my cockamamie idea, especially in the first 30 seconds out of the car when we were all leaning into the wind (there’s a reason why there are no people at popular Sugar Beach), but we survived it and the pictures turned out great!
There are plenty more to come, stay tuned. Especially the karaoke pictures from the latter part of the evening when everyone is super-merry. At the end of the night the Maid of Honour shoved a microphone in my hand and I joined the Best Man on “I Wanna Be Sedated” by The Ramones. My second-shooter took the camera out of my hands and got a couple of photos of my first EVER karaoke number — believe it or not!
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April 11, 2012 by Gail
You may not peg me as a Bob Marley listener, but I am. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to smoke anything to enjoy his music. It’s happy, it’s positive, it makes you want to shimmy. It reminds me of the days when I lived in a commune near the beach in northern Australia, when livin’ was easy. The sun shone all the time.
["We're Jammin'" -- on YouTube]
Ooh, yeah! All right!
We’re jammin’:
I wanna jam it wid you.
We’re jammin’, jammin’,
And I hope you like jammin’, too.Ain’t no rules, ain’t no vow, we can do it anyhow:
I’n'I will see you through,
‘Cos everyday we pay the price with a little sacrifice,
Jammin’ till the jam is through.We’re jammin’ -
To think that jammin’ was a thing of the past;
We’re jammin’,
And I hope this jam is gonna last.
It is in the spirit of a Bob Marley tune that I think of Red Moon Collective’s monthly music jam. Edward’s loft turns into a musical love-in, with warm gestures of hey-nice-to-see-you-again hugging and other expressions of genuine connection between music-lovers. The last jam even included surprise birthday cakes for Clint:
Happy Birthday, Clint!
This set is bigger than the previous two jams I’ve shot, so I will post just a few and let the rest autoplay below.
the sign-up sheet for musicians
The All-Women Jam (except the bass player)
The Percussion Crew
The Dancers are a big part of Red Moon
Alex brought the house down!
Do check out all 126 photos below (it was a big Jam!) or visit the Red Moon’s Facebook page for more links and events.
April 13 addition: video! Check it out:
[thumbnails]
[full-screen slideshow]
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March 15, 2012 by Gail
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March 8, 2012 by Gail
I shot Astrid + Navarre’s engagement shoot at Harbourfront Centre on December 18, after flying in a helicopter over them an hour and a half before. When I mentioned it they did recall seeing a helicopter flying overhead, but little did they know it was me!
I’d also done a family shoot before the helicopter ride, so after a morning of kiddie-wrangling and a lunchtime thrill of seeing the top of the CN Tower up close(r), the mid-afternoon felt like a break. Ice-skating at Harbourfront Centre? Yes, please! After all, I wasn’t doing the skating. (Holding a camera? That would be inviting disaster.)
Astrid was pretty tentative on skates, but Navarre’s a pro — he’s an avid hockey player.
Of course, when I found that out I had to put his skills to the test and make him do a little stunt. It was rather busy at the rink, but I asked Navarre to do a leaning stop beside Astrid, and then a skate-on-one-knee, gliding to a stop. That was really cheeky of me to ask, but I did, anyway, and made a little videoclip of it:
After that, I was worried I’d wreck Navarre’s clothing before the shoot was up! Time to put regular shoes back on, as it was beginning to get very chilly. Not to mention, by the time I arrived Astrid’s parents had already been doing their own photo and film shoot of the couple for at least an hour. Between the three of us, we were Team Paparazzi. For two people who’d never had their photos taken together before, Astrid and Navarre would soon have more photos than ever.
The wind by the lake was picking up, which meant I had to get everyone walking, otherwise we’d freeze. Without prompting, Navarre did a heel-click and I got my favourite shot of the day:
This picture even made it into BlogTO.
Considering how much the temperature kept dropping, the shoot went splendidly and they held up for another hour before the sun disappeared over the horizon and we couldn’t feel our extremities anymore.
Just in time for the rest of the family to show up for a group shot:
Astrid and Navarre’s wedding is in May, we’re all looking forward to the rise in temperature and flowers!
I’m still uploading photos to the set, so the set will expand over time. For now, it is best viewed as a full-screen slideshow, thumbnails, or watch it autoplay in the smaller slideshow below:
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March 4, 2012 by Gail
This month’s One-of-a-Kind-Dinner was themed “The Count of Monte Cristo”, which brings to mind one thing for me: swashbuckling pirates. But this isn’t “Pirates of the Caribbean” the movie, this is a 19th century adventure novel by Alexander Dumas, and it is Chef Clint Rampold’s favourite book, he says.
We were not without swashbuckling pirates, of course.
From Wikipedia:
The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through to the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book. An adventure story primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy and forgiveness, it focuses on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune and sets about getting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. However, his plans have devastating consequences for the innocent as well as the guilty.
Creating a multi-course dinner around the storyline of “The Count of Monte Cristo” is a rather tall culinary order, but Clint rose to the challenge. Here’s the menu:
And, the plates in all their glory. (I will add the course descriptions once I get the list.)
Amuse-Bouche: Haydee, a Turkish Rose
Soup: Isle of Monte Cristo
Appetizer: Napoleon's Letter
Main: Betrayal in Marseilles
Imprisoned In The Chateau D'If
The One-of-a-Kind-Dinners are known for more than originality, they are a celebration of the arts, including dance, theatre, and music.
Maria Z
Maria Z
Sasha Z
Equus Q
Andrew Lopatin
This is by no means all the pictures of the evening — check out the photo album as a full-screen slideshow or click through to view the smaller slideshow autoplay below:
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February 26, 2012 by Gail
Wow. A roomful of talent at the Red Moon Collective’s monthly jam in Loft 210 (263 Adelaide Street). A proper post later, but for now 10 photos before I crash to recharge for a busy Sunday of talking all day at the Vintage Hotels annual wedding show, Niagara-on-the-Lake.
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