There must be something in the water!

Boys, boys and more boys on our street! I had a great time photographing a few young men (and their dads too) yesterday evening. When we first moved here five years ago there were a handful of young kids, but we've since had an explosion of little ones - and mostly boys!

Strangely, it was the same on our old street in Toronto, my daughter was the lone girl with a boatload of little guys to play with. I'm quite surprised that she didn't turn out to be a tomboy; she instead held reign over the young lads with the mystique of femininity. We still laugh over how they would fight amongst themselves to unpack her lunch for her at school - and those same little boys have grown into strapping (and polite!) young men. Their mammas taught them well...

There's still time to book a session to get photos in time for Father's Day (June 20th), check my on-line calendar for availability at http://theintrepidlens.com/index2.php?v=v1#/calendar/. Or, consider a photo session as a gift for Dad to take place at a later date!

Ah, Summer! A Random Neighbourhood Shot

I caught Mr. C just out of the sprinker, having obviously enjoyed a red popsicle earlier in the day. Gotta love summer weather!

Getting down and dirty!

Did you happen to catch the season finale of "Modern Family" on TV last night?
(to watch in Canada, http://www.citytv.com/toronto/show/micro/episode/76707 )

I'm not keen on everyone wearing white for a portrait session, but if you want to finish up by smearing mud over each other (at the very, very end of the session of course) I'm all for it!

On a serious note, if your family loves to get messy (anything from a tackling each other on the sports field to finger painting each others' faces) feel free to ask to make your fun family activities part of a photo session. Again, I'll note - the END of a photo session! :-)

As you can well imagine I have plenty of photos of my own daughter, but I'd have to say that one of my very favourites is one where she drew all over her face with marker when I turned my back for a few moments. 'Cause it was just so her at two years old... :-)

Cleaning House...

You know how it happens, you keep accumulatings things - and then someone mentions that they're organizing a street sale. Yeah, a chance to find a new home for things I'm no longer using!

And yes, there a few photography items that will be on sale including books, a tripod, camera case, filters, a film SLR (no lenses, I've sold the ones I'm no longer using through Kijiji) and whatever else I find over the next few days.

If you're interested in checking out what I have for sale, please email me at sandy@theintrepidlens.com for details. The sale is this Saturday, May 15th - you can reserve an item ahead of time if you don't want it to get away from you!

Representation from the Men! Teen/Grad Sessions

My portfolio is jam-packed with image of girls & women, it was my pleasure to photograph this handsome young man recently!

If you'd like to reward your teen for their hard work at school this year, or trying to think of a unique graduation gift consider a photo session. I have some unique locations, and speak with your teen beforehand to get a sense of how they'd like to be captured in their photos. We can incorporate their hobbies, favourite spots and sense of style (clothing changes are encouraged). Even have their friends join for all or part of the session if they wish!

To check availability, please visit my website at http://www.theintrepidlens.com/