Claire Nicholls | Portrait Selections | MB Photography in Halton Hills

Claire came over a week ago and we shot in the mini-studio.  We went stripped down with a single 28" apollo softbox providing the light sometimes augmented by a 5:1 reflector to fill in shadow.

When I had first pictured the shoot I was completely sketching ideas around Claire wearing a tank top because when I first met her that's what she was wearing and she had a Starbuck vibe going on.  But then she had to show up with her awesome vest with the hood.  I love hoods so, though we shot the tank top, I really only wanted to stay on the hood.  

This shoot started and ended almost on time!  I like to jibber jabber and Claire indulged my every jibber. :)

My personal favourite image is the last in this series.

Marc LeBlanc | Portrait Selections | MB Photography in Halton Hills

"You kinda got a Nicolas Cage thing going on here, Marc."

"Is that good?"

"You're going to have to tell me, man."

Personally I love this first shot although it is not at all representative of who Marc is - There's no mega-watt smile or good natured crinkle in the eyes, but his eyes are clear and focused and that - to me - is Marc.

We had a mini-studio session last week and Marc brought his sweet guitar with him so we, of course shot that.  In fact, between chatting about guitars, setting up lights, moving lights, moving Marc, moving me we somehow ate up 2 hours and it was a mad dash home for Marc who had obligations to attend to.  Whoops :)  

Everything is shot in front of a white seamless and lit with Westcott's 28" Apollo and a sometime white reflector for fill.  

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Halton Hills family portrait photographer | James Merritt Photography

Been down with some bronchitis and pneumonia as has my wonderful son and I find myself way behind on blogging and photo updates! I have them and will soon get to posting them!

Here is a recent shoot with the Holm's.  When we finished their family portrait shoot earlier this year we understood that we'd be meeting up again for a short session. This time with Son and girlfriend.

The weather refused to cooperate for the planned outdoors shoot so we quickly headed in and out of the cold (cold) rain for a studio shoot.  for studio shoots I typically use either a neutral grey background or black flats, speedlights, and light modifiers.  Natural light is wonderful but it is fairly rare at night ;)

These are just selections from the half hour shoot.  They brought their "A" game with them and it made it so easy.

Halton Hills Small Business Builder - Portrait and Headshot offer

As someone who’s had to cobble every little piece of information, website, text and images by himself I know the work that goes into building your own business.  With that in mind I wanted to launch a trial program for Halton Hills residents.  The Me Breathing Small Business Builder.

The offer is simple.  If you are a small business and are in need of headshots for your facebook page, website or print pieces I will shoot, and edit one watermark free, high resolution digital image for $10.  Additional images can be purchased at a cost of $5 an image, up to 5 images in total.

If you are a charity you qualify for a free headshot!

My typical studio headshot price starts at $60.  I’m doing this simply because I recognize that our business faces need to be as professional as our business itself and that can be difficult if you don’t have access to the right people or equipment. 

I love doing environmental portraits and would love to make those available but offering that depends on current workload, and our mutual availability.  Studio works best because I can easily work around a lot of things, time being the most pressing. Please understand if you want an environmental shoot and I cannot make it work.

As a trial this offer is open from June 12 – 26, and to the first 10 people/businesses who qualify.  After that I can evaluate the success/demand of such a program and do it again. I love giving where I can so I'd love to do this on a regular basis.

If this is of interest to you or would be to someone you know, you can reach me through my website or facebook page.

Cheers,

James