JAMES HODGINS PHOTOGRAPHY

How much fun can you have with rocks?  Well, it’s something that we have all done at least once in our lifetime right?  Especially if there are loads of ducks in the water.  Haha just kidding!

Well we had the fortunate opportunity to photograph yet another portrait for the Kaltiainen family.  Ahhh, seems just like yesterday that we were documenting their wedding, or photographing Natalie’s Maternity Session or creating a timeless portrait of their Newborn Baby, and now we can add their latest Family Portrait to the list.   We headed out to Whitewater lake in Azilda hoping to get a few images with some leftover leaves.  It was cold.  Did I say it was cold?  I meant it was COLD!  But the kids were great, the parents were cool and we managed to capture some outstanding images for the Kaltiainen Family.  I could have stayed and chatted to them for hours in the parking lot…………but it was cold. haha.

Natalie, Neil.  Thank You again for letting us create this family portrait for you.  It means a lot to us to  have you as repeat clients.

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.

Well I guess Nyree and Emily were so thrilled with their last session that they booked us a few months ago for their family portrait.  So out we were tonight in Garson with the 4 of them and the three Dogs.  Sometimes it’s a challenge to get everyone looking at the camera, and if you were watching me from a far you would wonder what this crazy photographer was doing jumping up and d0wn behind the camera making his perfect imputation Turkey call while his wife was waving her arms frantically behind him.  Yes, these are the things we must do in order to get the parents to look at the camera LOL.  Everything just fell into place with this family portrait, and the three dogs cooperated like I had beef jerky dangling in front of their noses.  Thanks again Nyree, George, Emily & John.   Your family was a pleasure to photograph.

Was at the park yesterday photographing the Moore family and was surprised at how many leaves have already fallen in the last week.  I suspect the fall colors will be around for about maybe 2 more weeks and then it’s leave raking time.   We might be picky on the clothes, we might be pick on the time of day, and we might even be picky on the location, but that because we know what works, and what works well for us.  When everything comes together like this, we can create some memorable, fun loving, eye catching images like the one below.  We had  a great time with Liisa, Phil & Wyatt (yup, this kid has the ULTIMATE name) and we managed to create some outstanding images as Wyatt just kept smiling and smiling. Thanks again Moore family, for allowing us to create some family portraits for you.

“Tickle Tickle”

We “quickly” photographed the Piche & Wanka Family this past Friday while we were in North Bay for Hailey & Dan’s Wedding.  When we arrived it was pouring rain, cloudy and dark, and we really were not sure what we were going to do. We didn’t want to re-schedule (well I did) as most of us traveled from Sudbury for this, so we opted to goto the location anyways and see if we could make due.  We must be blessed,  because as soon as we arrived it stopped raining so we quickly arranged this family portrait not caring that the adults were going to have wet Asses for the rest of the shoot.  As soon as we were done photographing the kids individually, it started to rain again.  Luckily we had the time to create some memorable images for this awesome family.

Tonight we had the pleasure of photographing the “Munro” family.  This wasn’t our typical family session as the images are being used for a local campaign project but we still treated it like one of our regular photographic family adventures.  The kids were awesome!  The point of this session was to get a portrait where the family was doing what they do best.  Be a family.  So we headed out to Ramsey lake and basically found things that the family could enjoy doing together.  This was one of the last images we captured as we discovered the ducks at the end of the evening, and unfortunately we didn’t have any bread to feed them with (they really didn’t like the rocks that was presented to them), but they still came around to see what was going on.

As my previous post about family portraits, sometimes when you let the family have some fun you can capture some unique moments in their playtime.

Lisa & Rob along with their two daughters came in recently to update their family portraits.  We photographed Lisa & Rob’s wedding a few years ago, and since then we have created many wonderful portraits for them.  I love have repeat clients and watching how their lives change (for the better) when they start building their future and family together.  I will also say it again as I have said it before, sometimes the best photo opportunities are when your clients don’t even know  you are taking their picture.

The Pappano’s were back with another kickbutt family portrait.  It’s been almost two years since their last one (Take a peak here), and this time they brought the Pinkerton’s and McNabb’s to throw into the mix.  Joce and I couldn’t believe how the Pappano girls have grown into beautiful young ladies in such a short time  and there was no shortage of smiles from each of them during the session.  As I said in my earlier posts, we LOVE photographing families!!! It’s so much fun, especially when the family are having a good time throughout the session.   We have  4 (FOUR) generations in this family and Jerry (Great Grandmother) has just as much energy as anyone else in this portrait.  We have sooooooooooooo many good images to post in the future, and of course I always will post one, but I thought I would post two, just to show you how we wrapped up the session.  Thanks again everyone, it’s families like yours that keeps reminding us why we love photography.