Portraits for University College

After photographing University College’s revitalization project we were so honoured to be asked to return to photograph some of their staff for their upcoming alumni magazine feature! It is always an honour to continue working with the same team on different projects, and to learn and grow alongside them. The architecture at UC is so beautiful, the whole time we were shooting their interiors and exteriors we kept remarking about how fun it would be to use these spaces as backdrops for portraits. So when UC reached out asking us to do that exact thing we were really excited! We lucked out with a couple of beautiful days for our shoots (the weather in Toronto in March can be great or terrible, no in between lol) so we made sure to make use of the recently updated quadrangle outdoors. We were fascinated by some of the gothic architecture the University of Toronto has to offer all throughout their campuses, UC included, and love how much of it combines it’s classic pieces alongside newly restored areas that have a modern look.

We photographed Professors Colleen, Larissa, and Ange and had such a blast doing so! Getting your photo taken can be an awkward experience (unless you’re a professional of course) so we really pride ourselves on being able to make people feel comfortable and confident with not only the final photos they receive but through their entire shooting experience.

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Western Sydney University Alum, Allison Hawks for WSU Gradlife

We’re so excited to find our work resonating with folks on the other side of the world, so much so that we got a call from Australia! More specifically from Western Sydney University. It’s so cool to be able to do what we do here, but for someone else on another corner of the planet. When they assigned us this project with their alum, Allison Hawks, we knew exactly what to do and how to do it! Though born and raised in Toronto, Allison spent her student days at Western Sydney University. She has been out of school and back home for some time so we connected with her one beautiful afternoon, meeting at Humber Bay, to shoot a few photos of her in her WSU gear.

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Headshots with Becky

It makes all the difference when we are collaborating with someone on their headshot session vs. an office headshot day. While we also love the latter, with the former we can work more intimately with the subject to create the images that they will be happiest and most confident with. In this case Becky wanted to update various profile photos while also incorporating her love (and part of her job) of biking into her feature as well.

We met up with Becky at our favourite time of day, in the evening close to golden hour, to shoot around the Corktown Commons and then took a ride around Rosedale Valley for more ‘in action’ shots with her bike.

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Imagine Canada Summer Headshots

A FUN PART OF WORKING WITH THE SAME COMPANY OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS BEING ABLE TO BETTER ACQUAINT OURSELVES WITH THEIR STAFF

We go into Imagine Canada to shoot their staff headshots (for new staff and anyone who wants an update) a couple of times a year and every time we shoot it feels like we’re getting better and better; better at our workflow with them (as they’re generally quite pressed for time) better with recognizing who’s who, and even better with knowing how comfortable they are in front of the camera.

For these photos we actually went to their HQ to shoot and given that it was such a beautiful day out we decided to take to their patio to shoot. Being so high up gave us a backdrop mixed with sky and greenery so we opted out of our usual backdrop set up. The patio was either covered in shade or exposed to high noon sunlight so we (obviously) opted to shoot in the shade. As we tested we found that fully natural light photos were too flat so we added in some soft fill light to brighten people’s faces up.

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PS. Staff are asked to select an adjective that best describes themselves which we later add in post, in English & French.