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.
Fall Family Hamilton Ontario Portraits Special~2009
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
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
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….
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.
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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Well this afternoon I took off to Guelph to meet up with Colleen and Brian for their Engagement Session.I would call this a cross border engagement as Colleen is Canadian and Brian is American. They met at the University of Purdue where they are both studying. They will be married next year in Guelph, Colleens home town. We actually shot the “E” session at two different locations. The first stop was the U of G and the second spot was the U of G’s arboretum. The setting is a bit nostalgic as its was where Colleen first graduated from before heading off to Purdue.
Colleen and Brian
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