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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President-Elect, Morgan Hoffarth, for the RNAO

AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS OF SHOOTING FOR THE RNAO WE FINALLY GOT TO MEET THEIR TEAM IN PERSON!

We normally shoot for their in house magazine, Registered Nurse Journal, and are sent out on assignments with other nurses so, we recently realized that we haven’t actually met their team in person yet! When they gave us a call to shoot their new president-elect, Morgan, at their office no less we were so excited to finally meet everyone!

To no surprise their team is as wonderful as we’ve always known them to be, and Morgan more specifically was so personable and easy to photograph (despite how weird it feels, we know that feeling!) Morgan needed new headshots to accompany her new position and we were aiming for 4 final images meaning we shot a lot of different set ups and outfits for her to select!

Before our shoot we spent a bit of time around the office location scouting and testing; we lucked on having a good weather day so it was easy for us to hang outside and get some environmental portraits. We took over a small portion of an upstairs foyer and set up a couple of backdrop options for the classic, clean, portrait look as well, all shot with natural light (our favourite)!

In our world a good problem to have is having too many good options so after we sent this gallery out and heard those words back we were thrilled!

See more from this session below…