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Josee

kdc — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:05:31 +0000

When I was asked if I could shoot Josee for her portfolio, I was pretty excited! I half debated between indoor with studio lights and outdoor with natural light. Half cause as you can see from the photos below, I went with outdoor and I’m glad I did. I like to keep things simple and spontaneous, and I really wanted to showcase Josee as a beautiful, young, confident, casual, fun ten year old that she is. Then I asked her dad: Urban or rural? Definitely urban, a total city girl! And I knew just the right location. With her dad around, Josee was pretty comfortable in front of the camera. And I think you’ll agree, there is no doubt the camera loves her! Here are a few of my faves from Josee’s shoot:

Dad and Josee just loved this wall and how the sunset hit it:

This is my absolute fave of Josee’s:

Christabel

kdc — Sun, 23 May 2010 19:42:19 +0000

Meet Cerella’s big sister. Beautiful, smart, observant, quiet Christabel. I say quiet because we didn’t really talk all that much when we hung out at the shoot. She followed me and my camera around with her curious eyes and I took photographs of her while we sat in comfortable silence. Something tells me she might do some photography or modeling when she grows up! Check out a few of my faves.

Cerella

kdc — Sun, 23 May 2010 19:41:45 +0000

What’s in a name? Well, in the case of four month old Cerella – aside from being unique, springtime comes to mind. In fact, I met this adorable blue eyed baby girl on a rainy, spring morning. And shortly after we were introduced, it was bath time – which Cerella just loved! We then hung out with her big sister for some photos (see previous post) and pretty soon after that, it was nap time. Here are a few of my faves from Cerella’s lifestyle/portrait shoot.

Cerella and Christabel

kdc — Wed, 05 May 2010 01:11:46 +0000

I spent a rainy Saturday hanging out with Rima and her wonderful family at their home, where I had a blast with Cerella and Christabel’s lifestyle/portrait shoot. In between shots, we talked about life and work, had some Turkish coffee (my first time ever) with homemade brownies and ate pizza with ketchup (apparently, just the way their Dad likes it). Grandma even popped by to strike a pose with the girls – priceless! As I look through all the photos from this session, I have too many favourites and so I think that Cerella and Christabel each deserve their own blog posts here. More photos to follow – please stay tuned! For now though, here’s a sneak peak of the two of them together (soooo cute).

Giovanni

kdc — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:54:10 +0000

Newborns are special. And taking photos of Giovanni was even more so. When we did this shoot, this wonderful baby boy was only 2 weeks old but already very much aware of his surroundings (look at those piercing eyes). It was a pleasure to hang out with his grandma, his mom Gaby and his dad Marwan. It was easy to see and feel the love for this family’s first born, Giovanni, who will surely make a great big brother.