Ralph Nigro for Ontario Principals Council

One of our favourite shoots of the year is always with the Ontario Principals Council. It is always a joy working with the same team over the years, and in this case we always have a new face to photograph. The acting President of this year is Ralph Nigro, who we photographed at OPC housing HQ in downtown Toronto. Principals come from all around the province and with OPC’s office based right beside the Eaton Centre they have a condo unit for those who spend their term working in the city.

It can be a bit difficult working in the same space year after year and finding something new to do. Our last few sessions have been on the same rooftop but I think we have lucked out with having such an amazing view of the city from that high up that using the same backdrop over and over still looks as beautiful as the first time. Ralph was warm and welcoming, and very generous with his time. It’s no secret that photographers will often say “ok just 1 more thing” and then think of one more thing to do, and one more thing, and one more thing, and Ralph was incredibly patient with this. We had a beautiful and bright morning on our shoot day which ordinarily would be great but in this case was just a biiiit too bright for anyone to open their eyes all the way so we used a scrim to diffuse as necessary.

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Ontario Principals Council 2018

THE PRINCIPAL FOR THIS YEARS ONTARIO PRINCIPAL COUNCIL IS LARRY O’MALLEY…

He is kind, soft spoken, patient, and incredibly easy to talk to. We’re always thrilled when we get to shoot people for more than 10-15 minutes, honestly it’s so amazing! It’s great to be able to talk to people, learn about them and what they love about their job, and to even be able to take a walk with them and do an outfit change. It doesn’t happen often so when it does, you bet we like to take advantage and shoot lots!

We went to OPC’s HQ right by the Eaton Centre and shot in their office space; they had the most amazing panoramic window that let in the brightest but softest light into the room, even on a cloudy day, so we shot this session all in natural light.

Larry’s office was a touch darker (I mean, no panoramic window can do that to you) so we decided to play it up and shoot some moodier photos of Larry “working”.

In our final set up was a bit more casual, shooting right at City Hall in a polo and slacks… again trying to get in as much greenery as possible before the winter greys hit!

See more photos from our shoot below!