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Geoff Carruthers Photography

A little about me.....

Thanks for stopping by my new site. The old site was getting tired so I moved to a blog format vs a "flashy" image site. So a little about me. I reside in Hamilton with my wife and children. Similar to you, we are a pretty busy family with lots of running around. Both our children are active in after school sports which you will see reflected in my photography. 

I have been shooting for over 25 years, with a major focus in the last 5 years. I have a dual carerer. I am a Director of Marketing for a large consumer packaged goods company in Canada and I also have my photography business. Though you might not see the direct relation at first, there is one. The years of experience in the CPG industry has provided me with a extensive knowledge of product development and positioning in the retail world. I use this experience within my photography business as it allows me to choose products that fit todays style and have the appropriate costing. The product lines and the print options I provide are built on a simple guideline: Good:Better:Best. 

You need to make sure your choices are aligned with your budget and your specific needs. 

INVESTMENT IN THE BUSINESS

I also  am pleased to provide you a modern and simple on line system for proofing and ordering your prints and my services. I believe this is the most consumer friendly photography site in the area. Please look for the link "Geoff's Online Store" on my BLOG. The other investment which I have made is in the leasing of a shooting space at The Imperial Cotton Center in Hamilton. When choosing your photographer look to see what investments they have made in their business,including equipment. You want the security of these investments behind your choice of services.  

If you have any questions please feel free to call me or drop me an email. 

Geoff

 

 


 

Fall Family Portrait Special-Hamilton Ontario Photographer Geoff Carruthers

One of the most common requests I get is for a FAMILY PORTRAIT session. The opportunity to create a family portrait is not only a time to get your family together but it is also a time for creating a little piece of history. This fall I will have my first “special” and its centered around Family Portraits. The fall provides a season full of amazing colours and tempertures that are comfortable. If  you have a large extended family with 2+ generations in the family this is a must have for your family.

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In addition to the special reduction on the session fee, I have an offer on Canvas Gallery Wraps. These prints are a excellent way to present your images in your home. We source the prints from a lab in Toronto which provide excellent quality and craftmanship.

This is an excellent way for your family and extended family to create a family heirloom for their family for generations. It also makes an excellent gift for your oldest generation.

Here is an example of how a group session would work:

Say you have 3 families in the portrait, you split the session fee 3 ways and each choose a Canvas Gallery Wrap for your home. Very cost effective. So the total shooting fee would be $42 each for the three families. They then each choose their individual canvas sizes.

Key steps:

  • secure the date with your extended family. (usually the most difficult part)
  • provide your extended family members with the link to this post  for details.
  • call me to secure the date , advise how many families are involved.
  • deposit 50% of the shooting fee to secure your date
  • decide on the size and placement of your image(s) in your home prior to the shoot so you are comfortable of the placement.
  • inform your family of the staging of the image, what to wear,what not to wear.
  • discuss the look of the image,urban,classic,studio with Geoff
  • the shoot takes place and the families can select the portraits online.
  • Takes about 4 weeks after the final image selection to provide the final canvas prints.

This is a very cost effective way to create stunning images for your families.

Call me to book your session today: 289 244 7468
or email @ geoff786@cogeco.ca
or click this link…

Book My session now with Hamilton Ontario Photographer Geoff Carruthers  Cell 289 244 7468

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Summer 2010, off to a great start

The summer is finally here with lots of sunny skies. I have been pretty busy leading into these dog days. Three major weddings shot in June. Completed shooting 8 High School seniors grad images and a few family portraits. Lokking forward to a few weeks off. If you want to see some of the images from these sessions click here Landyn and Lori‘s June 5th wedding, Kiran and Kevin’s June 25th Wedding . The Lorne Park senior’s grad images can also be viewed by clicking here.

Looking forward to a busy fall with Brian and Colleens Oct wedding in Guelph.

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Interactive shopping

With the advancement of wireless technology in todays world todays media companies are quickly adapting to using impact-full visual media with consumers. In Ontario, Metro grocery stores have released 45 mobile Recipe kiosks at 15 stores in the GTA. These wireless kiosks are like a interactive recipe book on steroids. Using a large LCD screen as the visual message to the consumer it invites you to use the chest level touch pad for a product knowledge of sponsoring brands. Similar a bank machine, within seconds you maneuver thru a series of screens that provide recipe idea’s. It prints out the selection recipe you have made below the screen with isle identification of where to pick the products up in store. Very cool.

I have worked with both Metro and Pi Media in the roll out by sponsoring one of the brands, Windsor Salt. If you are in the GTA, visit one of these test stores:

250 The East Mall       Etobicoke       M9B 3Y9 Dundas  Cloverdale Mall

656 Eglinton Ave. E     Toronto M4P 1P1 Bayview Strip Plaza

Unit 1-16640 Yonge St.  Newmarket       L3Y 4V8 Savage/Mulock   Rio Centre

600 Sheppard Ave. W     North York      M3H 2S1 Bathurst        Sheppard Plaza

1411 Lawrence Ave. W    North York      M6L 1A4 Keele   North Park Place

1A-280 North Service Rd. W      Oakville        L6M 2S2 Dorval  Oakville Town Centre

1070-A Major MacKenzie Dr East  Richmond Hill   L4S 1P3 Bayview

First Pro Bayview

16 William Kitchen Blvd.        Scarborough     M1P 2B7 Kennedy & Hwy 401       Kennedy Commons

3003 Danforth Ave.      Toronto M4C 1M9 Victoria Park   Shoppers World

444 Yonge St.   Toronto M5B 2H4 Yonge & College College Park

100 Lynn Williams St.   Toronto M6K 3N6 King & Strachan Free Standing

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Sweet Paradise Bakery

Next time you visit Hamilton’s Sweet Paradise Bakery take a look around at the store. They have spent the last 6 months renovating the store. I have had a active roll in the final stages in supplying a digital screen network. Placed above the deli and the bakery these 52 inch screens look great !

They run a continuous loop fed thru the internet providing advertising content to the store and their consumers. Some of my recent photography is included in the advertising. Here is a image of screen above the deli taken with my iphone.

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London Devils Hockey Tournament

Ventured down to London Ontario to attend the 20th annual Devils Hockey Tournament. This all girl event was allot of fun for our group and well organized. I took my camera gear along and was able to shoot a couple of the games behind the bench. I used a Nikon 300mm 2.8 Nikon lens for both games which is a stunning lens. Its so big i had to use a monopod just to keep the weight balanced. If you are watching the Vancouver Olympics you will see those monster lens that the event photographers use.  So here are a few frames of the 300+ that were taken with that monster of a lens.

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Who said Communion Images Need to be Boring…

Wow, before you know it spring will be just around the corner. With spring comes the Communion season. Over the past few years I have really grown in the Communion portrait area of my photography business. People seem o want more of a casual look to their images for their children. When setting up for a session I incorporate both traditional and modern portraits. If you have been to the studio at 270 Sherman you will realize that this setting offers both of best options.

Each session starts in the studio against a backdrop that is chosen to compliment the child’s attire. These images are more formal and we compliment the images with the use of keepsakes.

Once the traditional images are complete, we work our way around the facility and create more modern images of your child. The use of the building as a backdrop opens endless options for creating stunning images. Large open windows with natural light, 100 year old brick walls that show their age. Moving the session outdoors allows for additional creativity with the use of staircases,fire escapes and loading docks meant for horse and buggies. Its like stepping back two centuries.

Due to the shortness of the communion season, booking your session is key. Dates are available but they will fill up very quickly. Please feel free to visit my galleries to see some of the images created over the past few years specific to Communions. Below are a few images taken for a early 2010 Communion session.

Session details and pricing can be reviewed here

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January 27, 2010 - 12:35 pm Los Angeles Photographer - Geoff, I really like the painterly look to your portraits. The black and white is timeless. Nice work.

First Post of 2010…

Well a new year and a new decade. If you look back at the start of 2000 and compare it to the end of 2009 alot of things changed. Had a baby girl in 2000…. the world did not end in 2000… then 9/11….and a couple of wars broke out. We lost a few family members in the past decade which is never good… Sold tens of milllions of dollars worth of frozen dinners german pizzas and fish in a blue box across Canada. Still not sure where it all ends up…
Took some excellent trips across the world and saw some awesome places around the world…Italy,France,Southern Ireland,Northern Ireland,Cuba,D.Republic, San Diego, L.A, Palm Springs, San Fran , New York City , Miami, Vegas , Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary, Halifax and even Knoxville and Atlanta for business. I went to the Masters and stood 10 feet from Tiger and Golfed Pebble Beach on two separate trips…and for the majority of these trips I had my camera !

I also got back into photography in the middle part of the decade as new technology was released. I am also guessing that technology will be completely different by the end of decade vs the start. Todays iPhones will be a thing of the past and youtube will be something different and social media will be different too. Its going to be a different decade then the past…So whats in store for the next ten..who knows. But I plan on having a camera with me and will continue to push myself to create images better then the last….


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Catch Up

Have been quite busy over the last few weeks so here are some things that have been going on around the studio.
-organized and completed a 40 family one day shoot on Dec 12th. It was a great success and we raised over $1200 with net proceeds being $750 to a local charity. You can see all of the images on section on the site called Geoff’s store.
-in November two other photographers joined using the space @ 270. Marta and Julie moved in November. They are a great addition to the facility and have a ton of experience in the Hamilton market.
-signed two weddings for 2010 in December which will be alot of fun.

So, if you have not done so yet, take a look thru the Geoff’s store section to see some of the images created in December.


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Help Portrait|Hamilton Photographer Geoff Carruthers

The smartest $30 you’ll spend this holiday season, as announced on my facebook page , I am organizing a fundraising event in the community on Dec 12th.

The concept is simple:
A group of photographers are donating their time to shoot you, in return we are requesting a donation of $30 which will go to a local charity. You will receive one print from the your shoot (8×10). Booking your time for your shoot is simple:

1. send me an email with your requested time on Dec 12th, on the half hour. ie: 10am ,10:30, 11am….
2. you will receive an email with your booking conformation.
3. as a “bonus” you will also walk away with a awesome gift bag that is crammed with free products for your to try at home from Canada’s leading grocery companies.

So, the next step,
-share this post with your facebook buddies via the “share buttons” on the bottom of this post.
-book your time as we will fill up.
-watch the video for more details on what is happening around the globe.

For more details on the program visit Help Portrait here



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Smarties go along way|Hamilton Photographer Geoff Carruthers

Well today was a perfect day, the sun was out and the trees were loosing their leaves. Not sure how much longer the weather and fall will be. So we go together with Vinnie and his mom and dad and headed to an area where we could grab some frames of the family rolling in the leaves…to motivate Vinnie a pocket full of Smarties paid dividends.
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October 27, 2009 - 8:43 am Sara - Thanks Geoff for an excellent photoshoot! You picked a PERFECT location. Vincent is a professional model and he really worked your camera! he also really liked the SMARTIES... Great Idea! Cheers! The Stumpo Family.

November 18, 2009 - 12:25 am Memphis Photographer - Dreamweaver Artists - Good job with this little boy - you got his playful personality perfectly. I know mom and dad love these images...

Family Portraits|Hamilton Photographer Geoff Carruthers

I have shot Vinnie and his mom and dad a few times over the past few years. In fact his mom’s maternity shoot was one of my first a few years ago . Today we met @ 270 Sherman for a quick session for a few family images.
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October 13, 2009 - 2:33 pm Memphis Photographer - this is the cutest family! I love the little guy's hair....great captures!

October 23, 2009 - 2:51 pm Dreamweaver Artists Memphis Photographer - These are nice shots. I know this family had to be pleased with these. Rick

December 18, 2009 - 1:36 pm Tom O'Meara - Really nice series. Tom O'Meara