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Lovin The Family Clusters.

jameshodgins — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:02:20 +0000

Playing around with some images from one of our recent family shoots. After receiving several canvas clusters from our lab, I thought I would create one from this session. Sometimes it’s not about having 1 big image for the wall, but clustering several images to occupy more space. You can hang multiple prints strategically placed on the wall, or you can cluster them all together on “one” print that occupies the same space. Soooo many possibilities. I love showcasing the complete family this way.

If Your Kid Doesn’t Sit Still….

jameshodgins — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:27:03 +0000

If you kid doesn’t sit still during the photography session, you have my permission to hold them upside down and shake shake shake. This was her favorite game with dad.

Somedays, you just need a hug.

jameshodgins — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:22:52 +0000

Rockburst Exploding In Sudbury

jameshodgins — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:59:28 +0000

A couple of weeks ago we photographed the local band “Rockburst” in our downtown core. They needed a group image that they could use for promoting and marketing around town. We came up with this quick concept based on one of our family portraits we did a few years ago. I quickly threw this together (rough draft) using their logo’s concept for the image. I’ll keep you posted on the final edition.

Ramsey Lake Fall Family Portrait

jameshodgins — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:36:15 +0000

The warm sun faded fast over Ramsey Lake while we were photographing the Keenan’s family portrait a few hours ago and standing waist deep in the water didn’t warm things up either. Luckily this time I remembered to bring my hip waders in case I needed to go into the water……..which I did. It’s the small things we do to get the proper angle for the shot. Just like some of our previous family portraits with pets, I was jumping up and down, waving the arms, turkey calls and what not (I really need to videotape this), but in the end we got them to look at the camera. And also like our other family sessions, we had a blast with the kids. From throwing leaves in our faces to floating basketballs the Keenan kids got it going on, and we had a great time photographing them. Whenever we finish photographing a family like this, we get in our cars and say “That’s why we do it!” Thanks again Lisa & Scott for trusting us with your first family portrait! It’s very much appreciated.

Maternity On FIRE!

jameshodgins — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:18:55 +0000

We just finished Darcie’s Fire Hot Maternity session a little while ago in the studio. You might remember Darcy from her Firefighter Calendar Shoot we did last year for the Sudbury Fire Fighters. Well, in true Firefighter spirit, Darcie wanted something different for her session, so she brought in her bunker gear and her belly and we set fire to the studio to get this shot. Just joking. We did however have to make this image the last, because after this, the studio was too smokey to continue. It really didn’t matter as we got the image that she wanted in the first few shot. Thanks Darcie for making this Maternity Session something “different”, and HOT!

New Look For A President

jameshodgins — Mon, 30 May 2011 18:21:06 +0000

I just finished photographing Sylvia Barnard (The President of Cambrian College)………….again, but this time we decided to go a different route than the previous images we captured. Darla and the marketing team wanted to show a different side of Sylvia, one that the students could connect with on a familiar level, sooooooooooooooo, out comes the motorcycle (Sylvia rides a classy BMW and has ridden 10000′s of kilometers). Yes, even Presidents of Colleges can’t resist the pull of the open road on a motorcycle. This was just 1 of several different sessions we photographed today, and to be honest with you, Sylvia is an extremely approachable woman, always smiling, and always listening (of course she does have some great stories from her motorcycling adventures). Thanks again Darla, Sheri & Sylvia. This was a FUN session!

Of course, what is a visit to Cambrian without getting your feet wet.

Trying to achieve that artsy marternity.

jameshodgins — Tue, 10 May 2011 13:45:30 +0000

Since I wasn’t able to blog yesterday I thought I would add two more images from our last maternity session. The goal for these images was to have a more “artsy”, “moody” feel to them and still keep them classy. Images like these can be displayed as large wall canvas wall portraits if the client wanted to. Keeping the images B&W also draws the viewers attention to the subject and not the colored fabric being used.

A Sudbury Baby On The Way.

jameshodgins — Fri, 06 May 2011 21:03:15 +0000

Alison, Stan & Mya just left the studio after photographing Alison’s Maternity session. I think most of the session was Stan and I comparing fishing stories, but in between our discussions we managed to capture some unique images of Alison. We had a great session with this glowing mom 2 be (second time around) and we look forward to meeting the new addition arrives.

Jovana & Bobby are getting married!

jameshodgins — Fri, 06 May 2011 00:50:17 +0000

We just finished the engagement session for Jovana & Bobby who are getting married next month (WOW! IT’S WEEKS AWAY). We just met the couple face to face a few weeks earlier to go over the final wedding details and I must say, there was a big change from then and now. Now don’t get me wrong, they are a great couple, smiling, giggling, you know, “the in love look” on their faces. The meeting was great. But Bobby was kinda quiet, and it’s the usual quietness that we see in grooms during consultations like this.

Tonight however……..was different. We got to see the true side of Bobby. True Bobby is FUN, and the more fun Bobby had the more fun Jovana had. The whole time you could see them feed off each others energy. The whole session was us laughing and being loud! It was AWESOME and we can’t wait for their wedding next month.

Thanks again to the both of you. We had a great time during the session. My stomach muscles still hurt.

Using that May Sun to warm up the downtown background.

And this sums it up when you let them do whatever they want. I love it!

It can’t all be fish and games.

jameshodgins — Wed, 04 May 2011 23:49:37 +0000

Ok, maybe it can be all fish and games. Since I had my good friend Jose Paulo of Images by Paulo Photographer here for a few days, I figured it was time to take the day off and do some fishing (since I haven’t done this in a long long time). We “hooked” up with my friend Aaron (another www.northernontariofishingforum.com member) who’s wedding we photographed last summer, and headed out to the big waters of Lake Huron. It didn’t take us long to hook into some great Rainbows and we brought back our catch to enjoy on the BBQ. Below are some quick vids and pics of todays festivities.

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Aaron with his catch.

Joe with his catch.

Me with my TWO catches. HAHA!!!

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Note: Nobody died during the consumption of this meal. Some of you will get this………..some of you will not.

I Made It To The Press!

jameshodgins — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:30:57 +0000

Well the results are back and my image “Waiting for a family” took first place in “Press” Category at the Professional Photographers Of Canada Print Competition in Banff. It was also entered into the Loan Collection but most of all, (and something that is a first for me) it was awarded the score of “Excellence” which is the highest score you can receive from PPOC.

On another note. I think my arm hair is starting to grow abnormally.

Real Estate Photography = $

jameshodgins — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:00:24 +0000

More Sudbury Real Estate Agents are clueing into the benefits of having a professional photographer capture the images for their listings. How many of you didn’t consider a home because of the online listings photos looked bad? Sounds dumb right? But it’s true. When we were looking at houses most of the time we couldn’t get the feel of a house because you really couldn’t tell what it looked like in the photos. The rooms looked small, the kitchen was tight etc… Having great photos to accompany a listing will give the viewers more “insight” into the home they are considering. Better photos = more viewers = more showings = faster sale = happier clients = more clients.

Real estate agents click here

Larry Berrio Is Getting A New Look.

jameshodgins — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:46:39 +0000

Phew!!! We just finished shooting our first session with Famed Country Music Singer Larry Berrio. Larry is doing it all with a new Website, image portfolio and and in the future a new CD to keep the music rolling. We just spent close to 4 hours (most of that time was us goofin around) in the studio today creating the Story Board Images for Devin Kinsella of Shift 4 Solutions who will creating Larry’s new website. I can’t post to many images as the website and photography will have a release date, but I did manage to get this image through the cracks so I can at least give you all a sneak peak. There are many more images with a wackload of different looks, so stay tuned! Thanks again Larry, I had a blast today and as you can tell, time just flew by.

You can see more photos of Larry on his Facebook Fan Page

Underground Everywhere.

jameshodgins — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:53:25 +0000

It seems I am photographing more and more underground these days, and I’m not complaining at all. I love it. I love everything about it. Maybe it’s because in high-school I took homec and typing instead shop (although typing and cooking did get me some good gigs and some great dates hahahaha) and combining my love of photography with heavy machinery is something that is always exciting to me. I look forward to exploring more underground communities in the next year in which I call the “Age Of The Commercial Gigs” with James Hodgins Photography.