Meet Johnny!

One of the best parts of my job is meeting so many interesting people. I love hearing about where they come from and about who they really are as a person. Last night I had the pleasure of meeting Johnny. He grew up in Whitehorse in the Great White North of Canada and recently moved to Montreal to pursue music with his band. Johnny was in Toronto for the past couple of weeks so it allowed us time to meet up and have a little photo shoot.

Keep your eye on this guy - I have no doubt that you will be hearing his voice on the radio or seeing his face on a billboard in the near future.

Johnny told me that he does not smile and he will probably kill me for posting this one but it's too adorable not to. This one is for your Mom, Johnny!

Holiday Reminder!

I wanted to remind all of you that I will be away for the holidays from Friday, December 22nd until the first week of January. Although I will be checking emails and phone messges during this time, it will not be as frequent as usual.

I wish you all the best for the holidays and look forward to working with you in the New Year!

Cheers,
Jessica

New Featured Weddings!

I have updated the portfolio on my Weddings Website and have added some of my favourite weddings that took place this past year. I have also added a boudoir session to the portfolio. Please visit my website to see these new images and let me know what you think!

The Bowden Siblings

Sunday was such a gorgeous day! The weather in Toronto was so warm that you barely needed a jacket for outside. It made for a perfect day to photograph the Bowden siblings. I first met Sarah as a bridesmaid at Amy & Neil's Wedding in October. She emailed me last week about doing a portrait session with herself and her siblings, Emma and Andrew. The three of them together are hilarious and we had a lot of fun! The session took place at Allen Gardens and the surrounding neighbourhood.

Corporate Holiday Party

At the beginning of December I photographed the holiday party of a large corporation in Toronto. The party was held at the Design Exchange on Bay Street. My assistant and I took candids of the event, as well we had a photo booth set up for couples to get formal portraits done.

Home for the Holidays!

I wanted to let you all know that I will be away for the holidays from Friday, December 22nd until the first week of January. Although I will be checking emails and phone messges during this time, it will not be as frequent as usual.

I wish you all the best for the holidays and look forward to working with you in the new year!

Cheers,
Jessica

Katerra Turns Five Months!

My little niece turned five months old today! She has a little tooth poking through at the front and is almost ready for real food. She is also starting to giggle and smiles whenever her Mom or Dad enter the room! Yesterday we got her dressed up in her Christmas outfit to take some photos.

Mexico, Part 4

When I went to Mexico I took along one of my favourite cameras - my Holga. The Holga is a cheap plastic camera that uses medium format film. It is basically a toy camera and because of this, light leaks in and the photographs are not always sharp. You never know what you are going to get when you shoot with it. Because of all these things, I absolutely love the camera. I love playing with light to get nice flares and I love the softness of the images. Here are some of my favourite that I took while in Mexico.

Latest Boudoir

Here are a couple of samples from my most recent boudoir session. My client wanted the photographs to give to her husband as a first anniversary gift. I am sure that he will love them!

Mexico, Part 3

For the second weekend that I was in Mexico we did a lot of driving. Since it was a long weekend for Mexico then, my sister and Bencar decided to take an extra day off of work so we had a four-day holiday to the Pacific Coast. A friend named Toño joined us as well. We left Mexico City around 11pm on the Friday night and arrived at the ocean in the state Nayarit at 11am on Saturday. The roads were winding as we drove through the mountains. The landscape was much more lush than the other states that we visited - there were many palms and fruit trees. After such a long night spent in their small Renault Clio, we were all in a daze looking for a hotel to stay at. We found one that was located right on the ocean that had kayaks. That night we went for a paddle at sunset. We then had a beautiful dinner outside at a restaurant in the main square of San Blas. It was fabulous sharing a bottle of wine and watching the people wander about. The next morning we woke up early and kayaked around a long pier to a beach that was barren of any sign of human life.

We then drove to Rincon de Guayabitos which is another town located on the coast except that it was a lot more full of tourists. The ocean was warm and the waves were high so we enjoyed a night there. On the beach you could buy everything from jewellery to inflatable water toys to temporary tattoos.

The next morning we piled in the Clio and drove to the state of Michoacan and it's capital city, Morelia. Michaocan is the state where many of our Monarch butterflies migrate to in September. Morelia is a beautiful city that really shows a footprint of the Spaniard influence in terms of the architecture found there.

Behind Emily and Bencar's place is a beautiful cemetery. One day while I was home, I happened to look out and find a funeral percession.

Emily and I visited the Anthropology Museum in Mexico City. The Museum was incredible and was so big that we did not have time to see it all!