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August 26, 2011

Hidden Bay Leadership and Outdoor Education Center – Parry Sound, Cambridge Photographer

Early this summer I had the pleasure of working with Hidden Bay Leadership Camp and Outdoor Education Center on Lake Shebeshekong, near Parry Sound, Ontario to capture some images for their promotional material. Carinna, the Center’s director, and I worked out a date for the shoot and a fall back date, just in case the weather wasn’t co-operating. As luck would have it, the weather gods co-operated on the day we had selected and I had a great morning taking in the site, and meeting many of the kids and staff while getting a good selection of images.

Leadership and fun are big themes at the camp and as I talked to the kids and staff it became clear to me that everyone absolutely loved being there. Several had been there for 2, 3, 4 years and more, and many of the staff had originally attended as campers.

While I was at the camp I saw kids getting instruction in wilderness first aid, kayaking, canoeing, and archery, while others were building one of a kind creations in the craft center.

The camp has a large forested acreage on Lake Shebeshekong, a great beach and waterfront, a series of comfortable platform tents and a huge, modern dining hall and main building, that has a large, clean, kitchen staffed by a skilled chef. As well there are a number of out buildings.

As I wrapped up the shoot at the camp and we got some group shots I circled back for a chat with Carinna and found out they also have the capability to host weddings, so for folks looking for an alternative wedding venue it may be worthwhile giving Hidden Bay Leadership Camp & Outdoor Education Center a call at 705-342-7345 and speaking to their director, Carinna Pellett.

August 16, 2011

Julie & Michael’s Muskoka Wedding – Parry Sound, Muskoka Photographer

Filed under: Weddings — Tags: Lake Joseph Wedding, Muskoka Wedding, Parry Sound, Wedding Photography — johnbrisbane @ 8:36 am

Juile and Michael’s Muskoka wedding at Delta Rocky Crest on Lake Joseph was a fantastic event. I first met this high energy, high achieving couple over a year before when they booked me to shoot their wedding and engagement session. Following the engagement session last fall, we used some of their favouite images to create a custom designed sign in book which proved to be a big hit with the guests.

Julie and Michael had their heart set on a Muskoka wedding and the surroundings and facilities at Delta Rocky Crest proved to be a great fit for them and their guests. Julie and her gals got ready in one of the resort’s suites while Mike and the guys got ready in one of the house sized condo units. The ceremony, like most I have shot at Rocky Crest, took place on the dock, which provides a long sweeping view of the upper end of Lake Joseph. Michael and the guys arrived at the dock via speed boat.

Following the ceremony, we did most of the family images on the dock, and then headed over to the golf course for the wedding party shots and finished off at the far end of the small lake at the back of the resort. This spot is a favouite spot of mine for the couple alone shots, as it provides a private setting with a very northern feel to it. Afterwards, we headed over to the reception where everyone was dazzled by one of the most elaborate and energetic Grand Entrance intro/dances I have ever seen.

When I left well, into the evening. the energy level was still very strong and I had no doubt things were going to continue very late into the night. The next afternoon Julie and Michael headed off to a two week honey moon in Spain and Italy.

August 8, 2011

Portriats for Author – Matt Lennox – Parry Sound, Cambridge Photographer

Filed under: Business Photography,Portraits — Tags: Business Photography, Commercial Photography, Corporate Photography, Parry Sound, Portraits — johnbrisbane @ 7:02 pm

One of the things I enjoy about being a photographer is the diverse and interesting range of people I meet and work with. Matt Lennox is an good example. We met earlier this summer when Matt contacted me about doing his portrait for his publisher HarperCollins Canada’s spring book catalogue.

Matt is a young, rugged, well travelled, soul who served in Kandahar between 2008 and 2009 as a Captain with the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves. He has also travelled to many interesting far east countries.

Matt’s new, and first book of fiction -”The Carpenter” is being published by HarperCollins in the spring of 2012 and promises to be a great read. HarperCollins describes the novel as a suspenceful, tightly plotted story set in a god-fearing small town in the eighties, rift with poisonous secrets, grudges passed on through the generataion and a dark undercurrent of crime. HarperCollins also describes Matt’s writing style that is uniquely direct.

As we worked away shooting the images, and as Matt described his novel to me I wondered to myself… hmm…was I photographing his generation’s future Hemingway?

Matt’s other previously published work is a collection of short stories he wrote while in Kandahr. Entitled Men of Salt, Men of Earth. the collection was published by Oberon in 2009. The collection was shortlisted for the 2010 ReLit award.

A few of the images we created during Matt’s portrait session follow.

August 1, 2011

Emma & Spencer’s Georgian Bay Wedding – Parry Sound, Cambridge Photographer

Filed under: Weddings — Tags: Georgian Bay Wedding, Muskoka Wedding, Parry Sound, Wedding Photography — johnbrisbane @ 6:11 pm

Girl next door, marries boy next door. Thats how Emma described her and Spencer to me. Emma and Spencer started out as childhood sweethearts and became a married couple this past June. Their wedding ceremony took place on a warm, sunny day, on the deck of the Stockey Center, in Parry Sound, with Georgian Bay’s Big Sound as a backdrop.

Georgian Bay plays a big part in this couples lives, as they have lived, played, and worked on, and near it all of their lives. When we did their engagement shoot last summer, we boated out to a couple of the islands near my studio and did a series of images, many of which we incorporated into their custom designed sign in book.

As the ceremony was planned for early evening, we opted to do almost all the family, wedding party and couple alone images before the ceremony. We found a great part of the Bay, near Nobel, and made arrangements to use it the day of the wedding. After we did the girls getting ready, and all done up shots at Emma’s folks home in Nobel, Emma and I headed off to the appointed location to hook up with Spencer, who was patiently waiting for his “First Look” at his bride in her gown. I have done “First Look” sessions for several weddings in recent years and it is always interesting to watch the excitement of both the bride and groom when they see each other for the first time in a private setting, before the ceremony.

After the ceremony, cocktails, grand entrance, speaches and just after the dance began I snuck Emma and Spencer away for a few moments for some sunset shots, just as the sun was disappearing over the Big Sound.

A small selection of the images from Emma and Spencer’s day follows.

July 8, 2011

Some Cunninghams having fun in Killbear Park – Parry Sound Photographer

Filed under: Portraits — Tags: Georgian Bay, Parry Sound, Portraits — johnbrisbane @ 10:17 pm

I delivered some enlargements and an album earlier today to Tamara Cunningham. A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of doing a series of portraits of 25 members of the Parry Sound area Cunningham clan. Tamara had called me and co-ordinated the extended family shoot about two months earlier. We opted to use Killbear Provincial Park as the back drop. Both Tamara and her husband Rick, had worked in Killbear and were familiar with all the great spots in the park. The day of the shoot there was a light rain but it let up just after we met at the main office. We headed over to Harold Point, a particularly beautiful part of the park, and one of special significance to Tamara and Rick, as Rick had proposed there several years before.

Below are a few of the images of Tamara, Rick and their three children.

June 19, 2011

Fathers are special – Parry Sound, Cambridge Photographer

Filed under: Baby and Child photography,Portraits — Tags: Cambridge, Parry Sound, Portraits — johnbrisbane @ 5:46 am

Yes, fathers are special, especially to their children. This past year I had the pleasure of working with many great families and in honor of Fathers Day I am sharing a few of the images of fathers with the special children in their lives.

Happy Fathers Day!

June 16, 2011

Real Estate Pros – Business Portraits – Parry Sound – Cambridge Photographer

Filed under: Business Photography — Tags: Business Photography, Kitchener Waterloo, Parry Sound, Portraits — johnbrisbane @ 8:12 am

Recently I had the pleasure of working once again with Nicole and Claudette Boyd, brokers with Royal LePage Team Advantage Realty in Parry Sound. I had first met the Boyd girls five years ago when I first did their business portriats. When they felt it was time for some portait updates for their website and promotional material I was pleased to have them call to arrange another portait session. As it was still winter in the Parry Sound area when we did the shoot, we opted to do the session in studio. A few of the shots from our session are below.

June 2, 2011

Pin Up Gal – Parry Sound, Cambridge, Pin Up – Boudoir Photographer

Filed under: Portraits — Tags: Cambridge, Parry Sound, pin up and boudoir photography, Portraits — johnbrisbane @ 9:32 pm

Recently I had an opportunity to do some pin up and boudoir portraits. This was a change from the wedding and portrait photography that I shoot on a regular basis, and I welcomed the chance to use some different lighting and techniques.

We set up in my Cambridge studio and used a wide range of studio lighting and backdrops to create a wide range of tasteful and interesting images for our special client. For some of the images, I used one of my two new backdrops from Serendipity Backgrounds. I recently added these to our studio set up and found that the one called “salvaged” worked well with the mood we were trying to capture.

A few of the images from our session are posted below.

May 28, 2011

Sandra and Joe’s – Love & Commitment – Parry Sound – Cambridge – Wedding Photographer

Filed under: Weddings — Tags: Parry Sound, Wedding Photography — johnbrisbane @ 6:44 am

The wind and rain did nothing to dampen the love and commitment that Sandra and Joe expressed to each other during a wonderful ceremony on May 14th at their home, just south of Parry Sound. Once it became clear that the wet spring we have been having was not going to let up on their special day Joe and Sandra made some quick adjustments to the plans they had for an outdoor ceremony. Their large garge was decked out with a wide assortment of great decorations, chairs were arranged to keep the guests out of the rain, and a huge tarp with appropriate decorations, gave the officiant (Sandra’s daughter), the happy couple, their best man, maid of honor, and young flower girls protection from the day long rain during their touching ceremony.

After the ceremony we got a range of shots of the couple, key family members, guests as they mingled and enjoyed a wonderful buffet dinner and Sandra and Joe’s first dance. A few of the images from Sandra and Joe’s special day are included below.

May 23, 2011

Kids & Puppies – Family Portraits – Parry Sound, Cambridge Photographer

Filed under: Baby and Child photography,Portraits — Tags: Baby and Child photography, Kitchener Waterloo, Parry Sound, Portraits — johnbrisbane @ 6:49 pm

Lori and John’s family recently expanded, big time! A few months back I got a call saying “We need some new family shots, we just got two Saint Bernard pups!” Wow, what a surprise! Not really! I have gotten to know this awesome couple and their two young daughters very well over the past several years and in spite of having very, very, busy business and personal lives, they are always ready to step it up another notch or two, so while it would have seemed a huge step for most families to add two Saint Bernard pups to the mix, it seemed almost a given for this crew.

The day we did the shoot, brother Andrew, was visting, on leave from his role in Canada’s Armed Forces, so we took the opportunity to get him involved in the shoot as well.

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