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Hello everyone,

Just an update to let you know that Rebekah and myself have just finished our first Help-Portrait assignment.
This was a tough one as it was for a beautiful 11 year old girl at Rogers House who does not have much time left.

To be perfectly honest with all of you, when I initiated this project in Ottawa, I envisioned taking portraits of seniors in nursing/retirement homes, happy children, single moms, people of modest means etc.
When I received the call from CHEO on September 8th and they described Heather and her condition, I was a little nervous because of the responsibility and importance of these photo’s.

We had a a good shoot last Thursday and came away with some awesome shots for Heathers family.

I spent the weekend editing my shots and on more than one occasion my wife Nicole and I got teary eyed seeing Heathers beautiful eyes and their gaze back… as Nicole said, it’s as if Heather is looking back at us through the eyes of an old soul…

This particular session has touched me like no other and will stay with me for the rest of my life.
I’m sure that Rebekah feels the same…

Perhaps later we may post a few pictures of Heather… just not now…

Thank you Rebekah so much for your support and contribution to this shoot… I cannot thank you enough!

Thank you also to Colina who was scheduled to participate in this particular shoot but came down with a cold and could not be near Heather. I know you were with us in spirit, thank you!

I was asked to participate in a multi-model, multi-photograher photo shoot this past weekend at Tailgators, a local sports bar / billiards establishment  and thought I’d share a few shots.

It was a challenging location because of almost non-existent lighting other than the fluorescent lights over the billiard tables.

It got all the shooters in Strobist mode and six hours later we called it a day.

The models below are, starting with the first photo:

Jodie J MM# 1287382

Sarah MM# 1181881

MUA (not shown) is Cindy, (MUAamorosa) MM# 1295625

My wife purchased a Hot Air Balloon Flight for my birthday this past June. After two previous cancellations due to unfavourable weather conditions, my flight went up as scheduled at the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival this morning! It was well worth the wait as it was an awesome experience!! I strongly encourage anyone who’s considering a balloon flight to do so!!!