www.EngagementShoot.com

www.EngagementShoot.com

A new website dedicated to the art of engagement shoots. Articles, images, suggestions and ideas for the discerning bride.

THIS BLOG HAS MOVED!

Bigger images with built-in slideshows - how could we say no?! Please visit the new site to continue the tale! :) Thanks for visiting!
Steve & Heidi

www.aim2please.ca/blog

Just one more ...

We've been duking it out - I love this effect and my other half not-so-much. Would love some feedback, feel free to comment!

MICHELLE + JACK .... happy happy happy anniversary!

Not only do we love what we do, but there's enough love goin' out to our past clients that has us thinking about them on their anniversaries! We've decided to re-live each wedding by posting our favorite image on their anniversary. This one was taken back in the day when we used our wonder-twin-powers (yes, we're older than we look) to bring dramatic clouds in just for a quick shot (truth is, we stopped messing with mother nature - now we just mess with Photoshop)
Happy Anniversary Michelle & Jack!

All our best,
Steve & Heidi

ERIN + KRIS ... the wedding

Spring may not have yet quite "sprung" in southern Ontario but plus 2, clear skies and zero wind was like palm beach for yesterday's wedding! What a blast it was to share this day with Erin & Kris - a fellow photographer to boot!

Congratulations Erin & Kris - we hope you enjoy the sneak preview below!

Have fun in Quebec too! Au-Revoir!!
Steve & Heidi

You will never guess ....

.... how many pictures we took in a futile attempt to get a simple smiling headshot of Scarlett! And we're pro photographers!! HUNDREDS! In 1 day - no success.
At this point, we think the sight of our cameras bore her. In her eyes, Mommy & Daddy's faces are big, round black circles. Or maybe she wants to shoot us & she'll continue to refuse us the ability to get the shot we want until we turn over our gear. The second the cameras are put away, she smiles pretty much 99.9% of the time. Bugger! She used to put on such a show for us! (see blog below)

Some great news! ...........drum rrrrolllll please ............ THE LITTLE LADY IS WALKING! Wobbling and face planting here and there, but she's out there and gettin' right back up - it's AWESOME!
Anyways, here's the evidence of that mini-shoot ...

No ... not all blogs will be babyfest blogs - wedding season starts up again this month for us!

(still no 'da-da' but she can call our dog by name now - 'Crunch'!! no joke!)

She says CAT!!

It's official - today Scarlett said "cat". Her 3rd word. Mama - of course (WOOHOOO!) was her first (not that I wanted it to be or anything ...), Bye - "Baaaah" (while flopping her hand) is her second and "caaa" (Cat!) is her 3rd. Odd since she has no cat. She does have a dada though. And dada says "dada" every day, all day, hoping she'll say that magic word before naming every other animal she doesn't have!

A Shot in the dark!

These mysterious shadows belong to a fantabulous couple that came to see us yesterday. Our company slogan is "We promise you ... we'll click!" - & we did just that on every level! Usually, we 'click' well with people - but in this case, after they mentioned they love our silhouette work, we literally clicked one off for them as they were leaving! Of course, as soon as they left, we had ten more ideas for poses but that will have to wait for next time!

Have We Met Before? :)

Erin & Kris epitomize what we love about photography the most - the human factor. Just about a year ago, Erin & Kris walked through our door not looking for a photographer but looking to buy some used camera gear. Kris is passionate about photography and Erin is very supportive of him. They were delightful to watch and though the sale was done within minutes, they stayed for nearly an hour. And as they drove away, Heidi and I looked at each other and said, "One day we're going to shoot their wedding!" Sure enough, Kris kept in contact and one day we got the email, "We've picked the date and we want you to shoot our wedding!" We are absolutely thrilled to be sharing in their special day! Funny what a small ad can lead to?!







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Boston's Winter Not Cold Enough!

Everything was perfect from the moment Zerlina and Alan called us. They were not only travelers like us, they not only wanted a "different wedding" like us, but they were getting married on August 31st, JUST LIKE US!!! The fact that they actually flew up from a warmer Boston to have their e-shoot done on a brisk, cold day in Toronto is where we definitely differ! Anyone - take us south! :)

We had a great time, Zerlina and Alan and have a safe trip home!


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The Poet-Maker ...

What could possibly be more romantic than having your man give you his soul on Valentine's Day? Unbelievable but true, my gift this year was just that! Steve has been secretly building a private website featuring his own poetry that I had no idea existed in that hockey-loving bugger! He revealed his 'inner self' to me on Valentine's day - and his poetry is truly magical. Just like Scarlett's smile. What a coincidence ... you'll no doubt notice she's the inspiration of it all!
have a read: www.eye-exist.com
(His fine art will also be shown at the "Port Credit Village Art Gallery" in 2008!)

Happy Family Day!!!

How appropriate! We've completed the images for Baby Tyler, Mommie Gwyn and Daddie Jason on Ontario's new Family Day holiday! (woops, we should have been spending time with our own family!)

To view the updated gallery, please visit:

www.aim2please.ca
click on the Client Lounge tab
enter the password 080202A

Happy Family Day everyone, especially to one of Ontario's newest families, Tyler, Gwyn & Jason!

Gabby's In Tha' House!

A family friend stopped by for a quick photo shoot. As you may know, we're up to our eyeballs with renovations (yes, STILL!) but considering we had to step over piles of wood and duck under shelves of steel, I think we pulled off some real stunners. Gabby is an aspiring actress!





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Dina & Cesar in the Village Square

Shortly after their recent engagement, Dina's family booked us for an e-shoot as a gift to them. What a fun couple! Completely easy going, open to anything and deeply in love! The perfect couple for this cold afternoon in Burlington! Thanks Dina & Cesar!

Cesar jumping Dina.

We all laughed like this the whole time!

Dina jumping Cesar.

The very first shot (love when the first shot is a keeper!)

They wanted a shot in the doorway and boy, were they right - Awesome!

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Baby, It's Cold Outside!

Jen & Jamie were now on their third of our new 4/seasons engagement shoot and thankfully their warm and fun-natured personalities canceled out the frigid cold (bbbb...barely!). The location, btw, is Cookstown at the Belcroft Tree Farms Event Centre (where they will be married this May!)

Thanks for a great time, Jen & Jamie!

We caught them under the stairs!

Belcroft also houses missiles! (actually, they're just plain ol' farm silos - everyone has them up there!)

The winter hats kinda makes it look like two aliens in love - An E.T. Romance!

Jen has very small feet (actually, just a cat trying to find Florida!)

Jamie's a big football fan.

Kinda looks like a National Geographic clip, no? "The cheetah attacks!"

Just like Jamie's poor Pittsburgh Steelers, he ended up on his back! OHHH! Off-side!

We think this photo is SO COOL! At least minus 15.

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Happy LOVE DAY everyone!!!

Now get out there and spread some lovin'!!

Africa, Australia, Asia, OH MY!

We've now collected some of our finest pictures from the four corners of the globe and posted them into a new section on our website called The Honeymoon (see in the Once Upon A Time gallery). These places are not only potential spots for very our own bride and grooms but the section also includes images from our own honeymoon in Algonquin Park (see above)!

Hope you like them!
Steve & Heidi

Taken off a dirt road in Cambodia: