So this is Christmas..

- MG

Naughty in November

There are just WAY too many photos to post here from the event I photographed last month. And too many to choose from.
BUT, to view all the photos - click here :)

- MG

More Goodies

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Goodies

I was digging in the good o'l archives and found some oldies but goodies..

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Snippets

I have an event coming up on friday in Waterloo that I'm super excited for. It's my first out-of-Toronto/Mississauga shoot that two of my cousins are dj'ing for. It's looking it's going to be an amazing night - I can't wait. In light of this event, here are a collection of photos from past events that I've photographed..

- Fusion Club Event (January 2009)

- ReelWorld Film Festival Press Conference (March 2009) for Urbanology

- ReelWorld Film Festival One Night Only Event (March 2009) for Urbanology

- LG Fashion Week: Canada's Plus Size Model Search (March 2009) for Urbanology

- MG

Antonio

Antonio was one of the most camera-aware baby I have ever taken pictures of.

I was asked by his mother, Pauline, to go to their house and shoot some pictures of Antonio so she can frame them. I went over with my little sister, Nyah - who helped me keep Antonio happy by occasionally putting small stuffed animal on my head.

The lighting in the house was excellent and made everything look very natural.

Pauline said she loved the pictures - job well done.

- MG

Big Cess

I had the pleasure of photographing album and website photos for an emcee, Big Cess. We went to a studio owned by the infamous Relic and shot most of the pictures inside the booth. Cess had Junior Phillip, of PhillipEllis, style the shoot. It was a good time! It was fun and productive; my favourite mix.

Look out for Big Cess' album soon :)

- MG

A little update.

I haven't posted anything in a while. So I thought it would be appropriate to give a little update on what's been going on lately and what I have planned for the next couple of weeks.

I photographed a bridal shower over the weekend and the photos urned out nicely. I'll be posting them once I'm finished editing.

Next week, I have three shoots!

Monday, I am photographing an 18 year old model from Mississauga - Vanessa Dee. She contacted me on he Model Mayhem website that I recently joined. I'm pretty excited! It's the first big creative shoot that I'm doing. I've asked my friend, Sara Marchese, to do the makeup - she has a really good vision for the shoot.

Wednesday, I'm doing family portraits for a family friend. She wants me to photograph her three children - two boys and one girl. All of the kids are super cute so it'll be a breeze.

Thursday, I am doing head shots for my friend, Philip Tetro. He's been doing a lot of musicals lately and wants to audition for more, hence the head shots.

Other than photo shoots, this weekend I'm going to McMaster's homecoming and I'm bringing my camera so hopefully I'll get some good school pride candids. Halloween is also coming up, so hopefully I'll be able to take some good candids as well.

New photos coming soon!

- MG

Website // Coming Soon!

I'm so excited!

My website is almost ready to be launched! Thanks to Aaron Henry for creating this masterpiece of a website :)

Just to give you a sneak preview (click on it for to see the full size image):

- MG

Val B.

When I told everyone that I wanted to build my portfolio, a bunch of my friends came forward asking to help out, including Val B. We've been friends since we were in grade 5 (so that would be a good 10 years) and she's been modelling for a while.

She came over to my house for the shoot and because I didn't have time to go out and rent equipment, I had to do my whole makeshift lighting thing again. I used my ceiling light with a table lamp that had a cool light on it. I also used the dinky little flash attached to my camera, which gave the pictures a harder light effect. In the end, we got a bunch of really good shots that I'm insanely happy about. Val's such a natural. I didn't even have to direct her all that much and she even gave me tips that she heard from other photographers.

I'm really excited because I have about 4 or 5 shoots lined up from now until november and most of them are paid shoots too :)

I can't wait to start saving for equipment. My life will be so much easier, photography-wise.

- MG