CLIENT SHOOTS: Opening of Second Stage Housing Program at 'My Sister's Place'

Last week I headed up to Alliston for the Grand Opening of the Second Stage Housing Program at 'My Sister's Place'.

Not too long before I left home, it was POURING rain! This event was happening outdoors, so I was really hoping the rain would pass over before the start. And it did! :)

Here is an excerpt from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) News Release:

"ALLISTON, ON, October 14, 2011 — The Government of Canada, through Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and People in Transition (Alliston) Inc., My Sister’s Place, celebrated the grand opening of five new second-stage housing units for women and children who are victims of family violence in Alliston and the surrounding area.

Dr. Kellie Leitch, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to the Minister of Labour and, Member of Parliament for Simcoe – Grey, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Minister Responsible for CMHC, and Deborah Herrington, Executive Director of People in Transition (Alliston) Inc., My Sister’s Place, made the announcement."

For the full News Release, click HERE.

You can also find the speech given by Dr. Kellie Leitch, Member of Parliament for Simcoe – Grey and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to the Minister of Labour by clicking HERE.

Here are a few photos from the event.

Thank you CMHC for the opportunity to photograph this local event.

Thanks for looking!

-- Lisa P.

MY COMMUNITY: 'The Beautiful You Show' by Joy of Life - Alliston, ON

At the beginning of the month I snuck up to Alliston to 'The Beautiful You Show' for about an hour or so. My friend Joyce Walker, of Joy of Life, organized the show with her team of helpers. :)

It was the first year for 'The Beautiful You Show' in Alliston and hopefully I'll be able to attend as a vendor next year.

Here are just a few photos from the show, which included prizes, vendors, guest speakers and fashion shows.

Joyce also has a Facebook Business Page for 'Joy of Life', so please go show her some Facebook love and like her Page by clicking HERE.

Thanks for looking!

-- Lisa P.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK #16 - "Can I come out too?"

Last weekend, Ben, Maggie and I went to an Aussie Rescue doggie party. What fun for Maggie (and Ben too). There were so many doggies to play with. It was a rainy day, but the doggies didn't care. :)

I was taking a few doggie portraits with another Photographer, Michele Taras, and my baby girl was missing me (I think Ben was sitting in the porch playing with his DS by this point).

Thanks for looking!

-- Lisa P.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK #15 - Something I'm Thankful For

I really should have posted this yesterday, but *sigh* I didn't remember until the wee hours of this morning.

This is from just over a week ago on the Thanksgiving long weekend when we were away camping.

Something I'm Thankful For :)

Thanks for looking!

-- Lisa P.

~SMILE! IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY - Happy Birthday Tasha :)

Tasha celebrated her birthday last month and she came over for her '~SMILE! It's Your Birthday' session last week. I really enjoyed photographing Tasha. She was all smiles! :)

Thanks for coming by Tasha. :)

And thanks for looking!

-- Lisa P.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK #14 - 'Love'

I know I used this photo in my last client session blog post, but c'mon, how can this not be my favourite image from last week?!!



Thanks for looking and have a fantastic Thanksgiving weekend for those of you celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend!!

-- Lisa P.

CLIENT SHOOTS: Meet Barb and her beautiful family!

I was a bit worried on Saturday when I went out in the morning and it was a very very cool, dreary and almost rainy day. Fortunately, before noon, the skies cleared up and it also warmed up a bit too!! :)

It was great to finally meet Barb and her family. We had been in contact for a few months off and on before finally setting the date for their family session. I had such a great time.

I want to get a picture like this with my Ben! Somehow, though, I don't think his facial expression would be quite as smiley as hers is.... ;)

What a gorgeous smile!!

Thank you for not thinking I was too strange for asking you to walk into the ditch....

Thank you all for a fantastic session. I hope you had as much fun as I did. :)

Thanks for looking!

-- Lisa P.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK #13 - Now that's a BIG rock!

I can't believe I forgot to post this last week! I haven't been late posting since I started this project over 2 years ago.

But better late than never.

Ben LOVES rocks and crystals. He wanted to take this one home with him. hehe ;)



Thank you Claude & Heidi for the trip to the ROM after our session. Dinosaurs and rocks. What more could a little boy ask for. :))

Thanks for looking!

-- Lisa P.

CLIENT SHOOTS: Summer Softball!!

I'm so excited to finally blog about my summer softball adventures. :)

I was chosen to photograph the individual and team pictures for the Tottenham Minor Softball League this past summer. It was my first time doing this and was a lot of fun. I learned A LOT as well, and will hopefully get to put those learnings into practice next year if I'm selected to do the photographs again.

I want to give a big thanks to Ginette Stone for her assistance on the main photo days. Things wouldn't have run as smoothly without her. And, of course, thanks to Paul who came out to help when he could as well. :)

I was a bit worried what the parents would think, as I did something that was different than what they were used to receiving. Here is Ben, with his team. This is the layout I did, as an 8x10 for each player who had his/her photo taken. Most of the feedback I received was positive, so that's good. :)

Thank you to all of the parents for allowing me to post these photos of their children who were on my team. It was such an AWESOME bunch of kids!! There were a couple missing from our main team photo, so we did one more. This collage below shows all of the kids on our team as well as the two team photos we did.

Thanks to our team sponsor AJ Your DJ who came out to some of our games and brought jumbo freezies!

You might be wondering what I'm doing in the team photo! Shortly after Ben's softball season started, his coach had to step down due to scheduling conflicts with his work. Somehow, I ended up volunteering to be the Coach. I was sooooo glad that Bonnie was the Assistant Coach and that Gina agreed to be the Pitcher for the team.

It was a lot of fun watching each kid improve throughout the season. I even saw one literally grow over an inch too!! haha :) I think they had fun as well.

Being the coach had one downside though. I wasn't being able to take pictures of Ben at practices and games or at his season ending awards ceremony. I missed capturing those pictures of him with his new baseball friends, giving his coaches a hard time, horsing around on the field and, of course, making those awesome hits and plays in the field. ;) And Ben and I would usually make cards/collages for his coaches out of the pictures I took of them with the kids throughout the season to thank them at the end of it all. That didn't quite work out this time. haha :)

Paul took some pictures for me during the awards. This is just after I gave Ben his trophy.

This is me with Bonnie, the Assistant Coach.

And this one was taken by Ben. Don't you just love all the dirt?! hehe I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this picture. Good job Ben!

Thanks to the AJ Your DJ players for an awesome season, to their parents for all of their help and support throughout the season and to Tottenham Minor Softball for the opportunity to photograph the kids this past season.

Thanks for looking!

-- Lisa P.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK #12 - Her BFF

This baby girl has herself an awesome best friend. :) Can't you just picture them growing up together??

Thanks for looking!

-- Lisa P.